The North-Carolina standard., 1849-12-19

appeals to southern feelings no solemn inyocations
addressed to the Almighty, Gas if. indeed. he were
God of dscord,) will make us believe tnat mere IN
this hall there is man who chambers IN ms secret
heart a purpose so accursed and so deadly Sir we
do not believe the Union ever be dissolved. N Q
evidence sha II convince till the deed is done. e
if such thing be possible, it shall not be our fault
We shall not shrink from the calm expression OF oui
/ deliberate Judgment. We are here as freemen, and
we will speak and act as becomes us IN the face OF
i the world and posterity. Gentlemen, who is there
among u.s. amid all this talk of dissolution, that does
not love the Union2 Is there nan In this vasi as
semblage who, on the coolest reflection, wouid not
give his blood to cement it! Is not this our country
and is it not all our country4 GApplause.] Sir,
confess this response gladdens my heart; and already
! l reproach myself that l could waver in my conh-
! dence but for moment. 1t was mourntuI specta-
Gle to true-minded man, when threats OF disunlon,
fierce and bitter could draw forth shouts OF applause
from gentlemen on the other side of this House, as
if disunion glory and If, indeed the threat
were already accomplished. And yet, sir, the echo
contradicts the utterance. This shout for the IN
ion will be taken up among the masses, TIL 1t be-
comes perpetual anthem of hope and JOY. II
| will swell amid the mountains of the North, and
travel with the winds the prairies of the West
1t will reverberate through all the vast extension OF
the confederacy, and be repeated by thousand ad-
vancing generations. Sir, in the name of the North
so rudely attacked-and speaking what know to
be their sentments-I say dissolution of this Un-
ion is, must be. shall be impossible, long as an
American heart beats in an American bosom, or the
Almighty sends his wisdom and his goodness to
! guide US and bless US.
Mr.. Baker was followed by Mr.. Stephens, of Geor-
gia and Mr.. Colcock, of South Carolina, both of
! whom endorsed what Mr.. Toombs had said in the
strongest and most impressive terms. Other gentle
men also participated in this memorable debate, and
| among them Gov. Cleveland of Connecticut, who
spoke most kindly of the South.
At the conclusion of the debate, the House voted
again for Speaker, follows: Mr.. Winthrop SO, Mr..
Stanly 81, Mr.. Howell Cobb 40, Mr.. Potter "a, Mr..
Boyd 26; and the balance of the votes scatter
| ed upon number of gentlemen. .
! The House then adjourned.
SENATE.
FRIDAY, December IA.
The Senate met, and there being no business of
| importance before it, that body adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
After the journal of the previous day had been
read sundry resolutions introduced looking to
an organization of the House.
Mr.. Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, offered
Resolution providing for the election of Speaker
by plurality, "proUtded said plurality shall not be
less than third of the whole number of votes so
polled." Mr.. Johnson advocated this Resolution at
considerable length and in the of his remarks
took occasion to show the unfair manner to the South
in which Mr.. Winthrop had constituted the Com
mittees of the last House of Representatives He
argued that Mr.. Winthrop's election at the last
sion, had strengthened the anti-savery influence at
theAexpense of the Southern States; and he stated
that the election of the present Vice President with
his known abolition sympathies, and the endorsement
that gentleman had received from the pen of Gen.
TAYLOR had tended materially in the direction
vet the South had looked favorably upon both.
While upon these points he bore down heavily upon
Mr.. Stanly and Mr. Isaac E. Holmes. Mr.. Johnson
added that though the South had thus made herself
party as it were, to this her rights in vot-
ing for Messrs Winthrop and Fillmore, yet she was
evidently now awakening to sense of duty. The
people of all the Southern States except North Caro-
lima, appeared to he aroused on this subject.
Mr.. ClIngman, rising, said he wished to make an
inquiry of the gentleman from Tennessee, Mr.. John
SON, to whether he understood him correctly in
saving that North Carolina sumbering long.
Mr.. Johnson dscaimed any disrespect to the State,
but meant that she not forward some of |
the States, &c.
Mr.. Clingman said that many persons thought !
North Carolina asleep, merely because she not !
always talking; that when talking only was to be |
done, she left it to others but when the time for
ton arrived, State before her. AS soon as |
the news of the battle of Lexington arrived with
in few days thereafter, the people of North Caro-
lima met together in Mecklenburg, and in a number
of other counties, and once formally dissolved the
bands which had connected them with Great Brit
ain, and established a government for themselves. |
If there should be necessity for acton'to protect
the rights and Liberties of the South State would
be more forward than she in any proper action.
Mr.. c. further said, that this being the first occa-
sion on which he had been before the House in any
way, 10 prevent mlSconcepuon as TO his views, he |
thought proper say, that though his in vot
ing for speaker different from that of the gen.
temen from Georgia referred to, yet he approved the
course of remark in which they had ndulged yes
terday. The sentiments generally expressed by Mr..
Toombs met his cordial appreciation; and he had re-
peatedly said that the speech of that gentleman was
of the ablest forcble, and eloquent he had
heard, evident from the profound and ex-
cited sensation it produced the House. In his
general views, well those of his colleague TMr.
Stephens1 and of the gentleman from Alabama Mr.
Hiliard. he fully concurred. But he thought that
the southern members, being in the minority ought
rather to allow the House to be organized as former
ly, and wait the of events. If Improper
measures should be brought forward, then would be
the time to make demonstration against them in the
most effective While he hoped that no ne
cessity would arise, he had no doubt but that if
would be met in the proper manner by the South
AS to Mr.. Winthrop, he differed entirely in opin-
ion with the gentleman from Tennessee, REGARDING
that gentleman eminently qualified for the station
of Speaker, he having presided over the last House
with great ability and dignity. His personal prefer
ence would lead him to vote for Mr. Winthrop inde-
pendent of other considerations. This statement he
thought it fit to make, lest it should be supposed I
that differences in casting votes for Speaker implied
difference of opinion with regard to the rights and
duty of the South.
Mr.. Woodward. Will the gentleman from Ten q
nessee allow me to make observation! The gen- 7
tleman from North Carolina Mr.. Clingmanl has al
luded to historical event which can no longer he
@,,4Ik - m