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Mr.. Wilmot. That slavery shall 60 no


further.
After further proceeding, Mr.. Brown
caused The letter which he addressed 10 Mr..
Wilmot, to be read. It was in substance,
that if he was elected Speaker, he would
constitute the committees for the District
of Columbia, Territories, and the Judiciary,
in such manner as to be satisfactory to
Mr.. WiImot and his friends. He said that
he was a representative from Free State,
and had always been opposed to the extern
sion of slavery, and, further than that, the
Federal Government should be redeemed
from the responsibility of slavery when i.
has the constitutional right to abolish it.
Mr.. Brown again addressed the House, in
vindication.
Mr. Bayly offered few remarks in the
authorized him to declare that he was
against the Wilmot Proviso; and he thank
ed the Wings for throwing out the hint that
revealed the history made known to the
House.
Mr.. Harris, Of Tenn, had voted for Mr.
Brown, and desired, if it could be done, TO
have his name altered on the record.
Messrs. Burt, M'MuIlen, Venable, Hub
bard, Stanton, Of Tenn, and Woodward,
acknowledged that they had been deceived
in Mr.. Brown, as to his principles on the
slavery question, believing to the contrary
of what was revealed by the letter.
Messrs. Robinson and Durham defended
Mr.. Brown.
Various efforts were made to proceed with
the election.
But, at few minutes before 3 O'Clock, the
House adjourned.
THURSDAY, Dec. l3, 1S49.
Upon propositions, relative to the organi-
cation of the House, debate sprang up
which involved the slavery question, the
Wilmot Proviso principle, and The dissolu-
ton of the Union. The participants were
Messrs. James Thompson, Carter of Ohio,
Meade, Duer, McLane, Root, Baker, Allen
Of Massachusetts, Wallace and Colcock Of
South Carolina, Toombs and Stephens of
Georgia, HilIard of Alabama, Marshall Of
Kentucky, Conrad Of Louisiana, Cleveland
of Connecticut, and others.
Mr.. Meade expressed his anxiety to elect
a Speaker, but if after the organization of
the House, propositions were to be intro
duced to abolish slavery in the territories,
he trusted in God that his eyes had al
ready rested on the last Speaker in the
House.
Mr. Root delivered himself of an amusing
down with his sarcasms upon the ''Chivalry,"
for their affair with Mr.. William J. Brown
yesterday. He compared Brown to Buff
falo calf, and the 'sChivalry" to parcel Of
wolves who were after him, with keen ap-
petite. They had got him so holly pressed
that his tongue was out and his eyes glariDg
wildly. As for the threats to dissolve the
Union because there was a Free Soil party
at the North aud on tho. floor, he entertain
ed no fears in regard to them. II gentle
men were resolved to dissolve the Union,
he thought they had better do the deed at
once, now, while the House remained in an
unorganized condition, for then it would no,
be binding As to any Northern members
who contemplated a dsser.ion from Free
Soilism, in order to play into the hands Of
the South, he warned them, if they had as
many children as John Rodgers, to prepare
the faggots and put on the children's Sun
day clothes, as they would want to see their
daddy for the las, time.
Mr.. Duer warmly urged the members 10
organize the House. 1t was time. He de-
preca.ed an organization upon local princi-
pies, and was ready to cooperate with
Wings Democrats or Free Sellers, openly
and fairly, to effect an organization. He
would vote for any capable and honest man,
who might be agreed upon, except dis
unionist For a dlsunionist he would not
vote.
He was here called upon by several mem
bers, to specify or designate disunion's
to name him. He Immediately point
ed to Mr.. Meade, standing not far of, in the
centre aisle, and said there is one. MIR.
Meade Immediately exclaimed, sit is false!"
Instantly Mr.. Duer rejoined, "you are a
liar !" Mr.. Meade sprang forward, but was
stopped by the members and others near
him. Great confusion prevailed. The Ser
geant-at-Arms Of the last House, being pre-
sent, took the Official Mace and went into
the crowd of members and commanded the
peace. Order was soon restored, and MIR.
Duer asked pardon Of the members for hav
ing used phrase, disrespeclful to the House,
which he on the impulse Of the moment fell
compelled to use.
Mr.. Toombs, Of Georgia, made fiery and
vehement speech against the alleged en-
croachnenls of the North upon the rights
of the South, and proclaimed that the South
had stood these Entertainments for ten years,
and would tolerate them no longer. Soon
er than have the Wilmot Proviso adopted
as the law of the land, he would gladly see
the Union dissolved. For his own part, he
did not care to have the House organized
until assurances and guarantees should be
made TO the South that the aggressions of
the North should 60 no further.
lie was several times warmly applauded
by the Southern members.