Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1849-12-22
4 Card.

EDIroRs THE STATS SENTINEL:
Ge"Heme"-Eneloscd is card which published
IN the Union IN relation the late for Speak
or. III speaks for itself ! ask you 10 publish il,
with the speech Of Mr. w ilmot. Ii explains the
circumstances under which voted for Speak
er declared 10 the free-soi men, that If elected
would appoint Committees Tie judiciary. the Dis
'rict al Columbia, and on Territories composed Uf
able and impartial members from both the North and
The South. who would net fairly and not stihe the
public voice, BY refusing To report upon the ilnporan,
questions of slavery that might be- presented. This
DECLARATION, made IN good faith aud ul cnndor has
been denounced by southern men "a rcachcry uf the
blacklist character. From this charge | appeal la
my constituents, and TO the reemen OF the Nortl ern
States. Ought 10 have acted otherwise hnd
rather been defeated with the vote received than to
have been elected under pledge TO pack The coin
nlces for the benz fl of the slavc-hodIng Interest Of
Tie south But the time Inns come when the North
VIII no longer bow the neck the sluvocracy of the
Nonlh. am done. She cannot be satisfied with
moderate and conservative support but you must be-
come the defender OF her institutions. Ii YOU doubt
or ialfer, you are denounced traitor and with
lorcly arrogance you told that they will dissolve
The Union. Their Of conduct has fully deter
mined me never again to be candidate for Congress-
My conscience tells | have done right and /
know generous and con6dlng constituency will sus-
tam my course. w. J. BROWN.
Mr. Wimot's remarks will explain my note.
w. j. B.
Mr. WsLMOT sad that he had held a CONVERSE
ton " Iih tie gentleman from Indiana, (Mr. Brown. }
of which, with the permission Of gentlemen, he
would state the substance. He (Nlr. W. expressed
to that gen leman the conviction, which lie honestly
entertained that the public voice, IN respect the
great question which agiiated this country,
would be stifed in tie committees of this House.
All that he and those who were associated with him,
asked desired, fair opportunity to give ex-
preston 10 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
al the hands of tie gentleman from Indiana (Alr
Brown) that. IT he should be elected Speaker of
THE House, ne would constitute the committees as
that they and the constituents whom they represented
might be hea rd in this hall No stipulation had been
entered into, sought 10 be entered into, 10 the
particular men who should be placed these COM
mtees. They desired that the gentleman, IT elect
ed, should place upon these committees the best and
the abest whom the South had sent io represent
lis 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 men, 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 their
views should not be smothered. TINS was the pur-
port of the conversation.
He addressed a note to the gentleman from Ind-
ana, asking him. substantially, whether, if he was
elected Speaker Of tie House. he would so organize
the committees, to be satisfactory to himself and
friends! He (Mr. w desired fair utterance should
be gwen 10 public sentiment This was IN substance,
the only nrerrogatory he had put. He (lIr. w. }
aud his friends desired be satisfied that the consi-
tuition of the committees should be such
sitc the sentiments, they believed, of twO-thlrds
Of the freenen Of this country.
(0(-The Card of Mr.. Brown which accompanied
tic above, we have already copied.