Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1849-12-27
A Card.

EDrToRs OF THE STATE SENTINEL:
Gentlenen-Enclosed is card which published
in the Union in relation to the late contest for Speak
er. Ii speaks for itself. ! ask you TO publish IT,
with the speech of Mr.. W.lmot Ii explains the
circumstances under which was voted for Speak
err declared 10 the ree-soil men. that If elected,
would appoint committees the Judiciary, the Dis
trict of Columbia, and Territories composed Of
able and impartial members from both the North and
the South who would act fairly and not stife the
public voice. by refusing report upon the important
questions of slavery that might be presented This
declaration made in g,nd faith aud all candor has
been denounced by southern treachery of the
blacklist character. From this charge | appeal 10
my constituents, and TO the freemen of the Northern
States. Ought | TO have acted otherwise! | had
rather been defeated with the received, than to
have been elected under pledge TO pack the COM
mees for the benefit of the slaveholdug interest of
the South But the time has when the North
will no longer bow the neck To the slavocracy of the
South. | am done. She cannot be satisfied with
moderate and conservative support, but you must be-
come the defender of her institutions If you doubt
or falier, you denounced traitor, and with
lorIy arrogance you told that they will dissolve
the Union. Their Of conduc, has fully deter
mined me never again to be candidate for Congress.
My conscience tells I have done right. and
know generous aud confding constituency will sus-
tain my course. W. J. BROWN.
MIR. Wilmot's remarks will explcin my note
w. ]. B.
Mr. WILMOT said that he had held a CONVERSE
ton with the gentleman from Indiana, (Mr. Brown,)
of which, with the permission of gentlemen, he
would state the substance. He (Mr. w } expressed
to that gentleman the conviction, which he honestly
entertained that the public voice, in respect to the
great question which agitated this country,
would be stlhed in the committees of this House.
All that he and those who were associated with him.
asked or desired, a fair opportunity to give ex-
preston the great public sentiment of the people
of the country. They wanted, and they asked moth
ing more. All that he and his friends had desired
at the hands of the gentleman from Indiana (Mr.
Brown) was that if he should be elected Speaker of
this House, ne would constitute the committees as
that they and the constituents whom they represented
gt be heard in this hall. No stipulation had been
entered into, sought to be entered into. TO the
particular who should be placed ON these COM
mittees. They desired that the gentleman, If elect
ed, should place upon these committees the best aud
the ablest whom the South had sent 10 represent
its interests here in order that the views OF the
South might have full and fair expression through
the committees and the halls of Congress. They de-
sired, also, that northern holding the opinions
of the North. and representing the views of the
northern people, should also be heard through the
committees and the halls of Congress- and that ihe
views should not besmothered. This the pur
port of the conversation.
He addressed a note TO the gentleman from Indi
ana, asking him, substantially, whether, if he wat
elected Speaker of the House, he would organic,
the committees tn be satisfactory to himself anC
friends! He (Mr. w } desired fair utterance shouIc
be given 10 public sentiment. This was. in substance
the only interrogatory be had put. He (Mr w..
and bis friends desired to be satisfied that the consti
tuition of the committees should be such as not Il
stihe the sentiments, they believed, Of two-third
of the freemen of this country.
l0e-The Card of Mr.. Brown which accompanies
the above, we have already copied.