Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-12-29

this case would not drive gentlemen to dc
anything of which they would repent here
after. He did not feel that the remarks
which had been made in relation to some.
thing being "rotten in Denmark" affected
him at all. He did not belong to Denmark
NOT even to the figurative Pickwickian
Denmark which he had spoken of. But the
gentleman from North Carolina thought
there was something rotten in Denmark
They would all be wiser hereafter. lie
knew nothing about the inducements which
had been held out for gentlemen to vote ono
way or the other. Pledges would not be
very strong inducements Tor him. The best
guaranty that lie could have, would be the
good character and known principles of the
candidate. He thought pledges coming
from a man that could not be trusted without
them might well be distrusted themselves.
1t might admit of doubt who would turn
out to be the "Tom-fools" in the end. There
is said to be one kind of fish that will bite
best at a bare hook. Do you know, sir, what
fish that is? | will tell you in confidence.
1t is the gudgcon; but whether there are any
gudgeons in this hall, and who they are, /
leave for time to tell.
The peculiar state OF things in this body
at this particular time may, perhaps, be
somewhat illustrated by an anecdote which
l have heard of one of my countryInen, a
member OF the universal Yankee nation.-
lie was travelling on a steamboat on the
ONO river, and having made the acquain-
;Gnce Of 9 frllow-passenger from the lower
country, ;iii9Jyf set NJ a friendly game of "po-
ker," by way of killing time. After playing
for awhile, the Mississippian, in a tone of
vexation, exclaimed: 81 should really like to
know what has become of all the aces. /
haven't seen one for half an hour" To which
the Yankee replied, snow would you, rally !
Wal, one on ems in your coat sleeve, and
'tother three arc in my butte" | don't know
that any gentleman here has any thing i'll
his coat sleeve, but | do know several gen.
tlemen who wear boots with very long legs
10 them. If gentlemen should remember
this anecdote a week, they may then be a
bic to understand its true application. One
thing it docs prove, that the Yankees, III
stead OF being the sly, reserved people that
some evil-disposed people have represented
them to he, are the irankest fellows on earth;
aud however anxious they may sometimes
appear to acquire information, they are al
ways willing to impcrt it.
The Broscn SsVindle-Souihern Denunciations
We gave last week the evidence that w
J. Brown of Indiana, in his anxiety to be
Speaker, had played a double ~gamc-pledg'
ganize certain Committees to suit him and
his friends, and pretending to be opposed to
the extension of slavery and in favor of its
abolition wherever Congress had c~onstitu-
tional power, and on the other assuring his
Southern friends that he was opposed TO the
Wilmot Proviso and in all respects a sup
porter of their rights. Several of his friends
made an effort to defend his consistency and
honor, with what success, so far as the South
ern Democracy was concerned, will appear
from the following extracts:
MIR. BAYLY of Va.-Sir, had ! known OF
the existence and character of the correspon-
dence which has been read, and of the inter.
views preceding it, no earthly consideration
would have induced me to vote as i did,
And | am quite sure that such would have
been the feeling of the great mass of the
members on this side of the House.
Mr.. I. G. HARRIS of Tenn. had reluctant
" voted for the gentleman from Indiana mir
BROWN upon three several votings. He haC
done so, being deceived by the assurances o
that gentleman, made to Southern gentlemen
upon this floor, as to the position which thai
gentleman occupied. He felt it due to himself
and the constituency which he had the hon.
or to represent upon this floor, to ask of thi'
House (what he had no hope they woult
grant, for leave to change his vote from MIR
Brown and place it upon the record for some
gentleman who is true, either 10 theSouth n Oh
the North-ior some gentleman, sir, who i.
,,ot ,n;nt.pu hocl with ppa hand to N ,.a,ar,
that is favorable TO Southern views, with al
assurance that that record contains and re
fleets his present views, while at the samt
moment he is signing a pledge to violate ev
cry principle of that record with the other.
Mr.. STANTON of Tenn.-Iam unfortunate,
w among those who voted for the gentleman
from Indiana-even "to the bitter end."-
Like all those gentlemen from the Soutl
who gave him the same support, l had ASST
RANGES that, in his canvass before the people
he had boldly taken ground against that mea.
sure which has produced all our difficulties
and exposed the Union itself TO such immi.
nent danger. | did not, for one moment
deem il possible that he could seek an ALI,
ance with the authors of this mischief, much
less that he could descend 10 the point Of
promising them all they demanded. ! feel
sir, that the odium of this transaction, how
ever unjustly, will in some measure fall up
on myself, in common with the whole South
/ desire to throw off this odiun; and / deem
it a complete justification TO say that could
never have supported that gentleman if | had
entertained the least suspicion ofsuch a tram
saction us that which has been disclosed
! gave to the gentleman a generous conf
dence;" ! leave it to the country to say
whether that confidence has not been abu-
sed.
i have but one word more TO say, 1t is
that l feel myself, in common with every
Southern gentleman in tue same position
deeply indebted to those few gentlemen on
this side of the House who had the courage
and the foresight, so far TO break party tie:
as to arrest the election of the gentleman
from Indiana. ! take this occasion publicly