The North-Carolina standard., 1849-01-03
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WASHINGTON, December %, 164Ss
If the House yesterday goes to make il
The hre may after all be no sectional action
fs na' % mart of the South at this time. Lrefer to
ired Oh f the House to lay the table the motion
the by which Colts resolution was a
s..rt of Michigan, who made that motion, de-
nped ,eech in explanation, in which, if under
aOOd n" "reyent the Introduction of Slaves from the
drd This District, as general mart or depot for
snt He fortified his plea In favor Of this action, by
e aaO for of John Randolph in 1916 to effect this
ung ab the action Of special committee, and also
&tc % the statutes Of several of the Sayeholding
the introduction of Slaves therein for sale.
Su ss". of the day, G. B. Smith, Of Indiana, gave
the e the motion to reconsider prevailed, he should
pe md Colts proposition by substituting simple
to the District Committee to enquire what leg
JrcnO he necessary to prevent the introduction of
ssuoh - abroad into this City District for sale.
Sbfe' -, ubiect matter postponed for fortnight
The WIZ ~ nroDosition of Smith will, Think, surely be
ESn w DI for the much more obnoxious resolution Of
@O' @ Nss York Abohdonlsts'
be Ne" of Yesterday further distinguished by
Inc neral hammerng of Greedy, Of the Tribune,
7e? snaqcd to array the whole House against him.
Fao ~ tenor of recent publications In his newspaper
I'll Jvoted his paper since taking his seat in the
Hs ~ 81 nersonal attacks on the members of the House.
House l." ,bem by name. This may be well enough for
taEs reeiy but it is written down to be gross
Luz ubcn perpetrated by Mr.. Representative Greedy
urce is an article charging that all the members
HS have peculated on the treasury in the way
." ing -. mileage. Now, in the first instance, no
L charges mileage, the distance for which each Is
TeI; 6xed by the Committee mileage, and in
his representation is full of errors gross that
80 to be errors and become down right papable
Dc Tb. members paid by law, according to the
fN f. br the usually travelled route between their
H1 H. homes and this City. So it often happens
f.ry in the case of Northwestern members (from
I y kl,,kk E,,a
e" If each other allowed one for five hundred
Hns % ore than the other Poor Greely Jared badly at
rJs of the House. Turner, of Illinois, denounced
Tr and scoundrel, to the evident delight of
DL L n,;oritv of the members. Sawyer hammered him,
rI Rutler King, Evans, of Maryland, and others He
SUL ShnHed about by all. They seemed in this matter
49,, marty lncs and to vie with each other in heap
sn,emnt ""s upon him. He evidently realized that he
VI made great mistake in charging fraud on the men,
M ~. and all through the columns of his newspaper,
sas himself member. Turner introduced resolutions
I;,uirv on the subject, including one to ascertain
sber his article distinctly charges fraud DC Horace
,lhammer away III return qulte as uneIchuhy IN MS
.Dr warrant you.
n. change in the majority of the House upon the
@ If Slavery in this District manifested yesterday,
- already served to cool down the temper Of our friends
am the South. Twenty four hours has thus produced
t. az remarkable a change in them, that from the
.aioo form with which Colts resolution enacted
afh
Sder NAV say with perfect truth, that of all men
snn the South Mr. Calhoun and those known as his
s devoted friends, coolest. In the recent storm.
T.b he addressed the Southern congressional meet
7 his speech was marked with more temperance of eX
MISSION than those of almost all the other speakers,
PplEeOn of Va. being the only one who talked blood
nd thunder. ...r.rs. F .---
hmust not be thought however that the apparent al
ra6on in the purpose of the House that it does
MT design to abolish slavery here. The majority have
discovered that it be done, at first Purposed by
striking two three heavy blows, without shivering the
TniOn IN striking it down. Believing that it be
arlr accomplished with smooth words, Disgusting the
Ultimate purpose. vet marching step by step to the
mnphshment of the main object of abOlisling slavery
h the change of appearances has been resored to in
d. hope of the surely attaining the end of Gid
tng Co.
It's more alarming to me- therefore, presents
tsf-I mean ahotionism is. 1t strikes me that there
viii not vigorous opposition to the proposition to do
with the business of slave trading here, unless the
South to understanding TO treat any Northern
movement touching slavery in the District of Columbia
uthey have been the point of treating the very Of
flae proposition of Mr. Gott- The trade in slaves
E,buneSs-s quite unpopular at the south at the
nNh and northern members knowing the fact will be
P to insist with pertinacity on the enactment of the
opposition of c. B. Smith.
Today in the House no matter of particular general
interest hAuspred. The days proceedings however pre-
Sed an instance of gross and garing ignorance the
at Of member which to illustrate the way IN
l1th through the utter incompetency of some of the
sSa Of the people, the public interest often suffers
The judiciary committee reported back to the House.
'a recommendation that if he dismissed in other
~s laid on the table, Wentworths resolution in IA
f Of the enactment of a law making all officers under
~ general government eLecttre by the people. Now
n resolution proposing to do by law that which in
many Instances only be done by the States in amend
S ne constitution. evidence of ignorance of the
0HRaaOn oil the part of who has been for ten or
Years the conductor of public press, and for more
-n htee years member of the House. for which any
nol Oo OF fourteen would deserve thrashing-a sound
mns 1t not strange therefore that the legislation
mouse Is often supremely ridiculous and at times
u"u 10 the public interest, when such members as
"aof OF the resolution in question thrust them
'" ~'Ward to interfere in its business.
"a, may nay mention that Houston of Del moved to expend
IN, IN addition to what sale Of the old furniture
% %Ig IN re-furnshing the Presidents House for Gen.
:"' lhe resolution however Withdrawn when
~ ~ perceived that Cobb Of Ala, about to offer an
FS;I eI' 70 1t showing up the manner in which the
- uan oemagogued on the occasion Of the offering
S.u' resolution appropnating less sum for putting
S. e N order for the reception of the family OF
III re' Executive. No democrat would have object
ss: e sum, II 1t be nccessary-but it a lucky
Sagsey. ''"" ." ''' 70 BIO" up 'nE HATFAX, %fTPI "
~DAM RAIL ROADS. The receipts on the Madi-
sS ~ indianapolis Railroad for the week ending
H. november, were $4,000, or 10000 per day.
-" company is almost unenualled in its earnings.