The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-12-22

Wru lur whom loo would never VOTE nv"
dat was piausiOaisTs, Tie would never
Y0lo 60 pul q iiinu 900 lhr Speakers clnr VIC
would iu my event advocate ~ sanction @
dirsuluiiOu Of lhin mon, liHyly, ui Virgin
in, aud number % oiirfr, uu-lly from ilt
Loco luco sida Of lho lluurr, dirclalnrd
llhhl there wcrenuy dlruupnlrlH ig lbr House
AT Ducr suud thrru were turH ~ mime
one, uaHir one cumH from lhr locD l."r0
Suuthrrurrs, and among ufhrrH rom u, ~
= Meade. Of ATRlnil, WhG Wns HiHudlug, wiu'
nnuy olhrrs, ~ tho man malr, HNd nFlf
whore NJ Durr was speaking "lhrr n
/ uur,' sud Sic Durr, poiui4up a. Meade, ~
b. lHlsr p Hnid Mr. Arndo duck 40 light
ming Ducr-liis eyes flashing, mud lUs mnu'
iucr lupu-rluued -snid, in lpud aud diHliucl
innes "Nuu Hre q liHr" Here ihG srpIr
hrRPnfH descriptions mruheb lluckrl a. The
centre, hud lrli lltrif seats Many ct lho uu-
/ privileged persons ni iho lluor fnrkrd iuin
the Hrrn The Virginia and ruplurrn men
irom lhe Loco Foco eide Of lho llouso, clus'
4 tered nfauitd Meade, who appeared slluusi
pale with rng0 0ud something elsc. The
Sergeant at Arms wAs called for, aud cunr
forward, VIII tie Speakers mHce ~ ms
hand, 90 VIZ Durr'H HrHl, nB u 60 arrest hiH'
~ sO' directed by the House. Duer stood ou
hiH feet the nHiV roul and COLLECTED person
IN The Hall. Meade stood ~ the main hislr,
4 looking daggcrH towards him, aud mnkiGg
I mutiuu7 with his hHUd 20 DUR, nv u i''
wished him e. 90 iuiu Tie rulunda md have
o regular guuc 90 hnirun-, burr slund liT
ground likr man, A. suun ~ order WIS
~ some degree restored lao recommended
his spccchS0- cool aud uueNctrd ~ u moth
ing out of tho ordinary cnurru had ihkeB
pluce, and went on aud finished las remarks,
| do not believe lint lhrtu we're over seen
such un oNhhupn OF cool, determined, aud
unilincliug courage, lbcro dld nor HPpcur
from the tones Of hi- voice, the logical cor.
reclness aud connection of his speech, tie
expression uf the eye, or tho counirunucc,
any thing ia fact 10y which We can Judge Of
the state ui irchuF Of q mnnlhe lchnt change
D from what he had always appeared. Amer
hc got through, hu si,i ,lowu IN ~, seat Hud
appeared the same cool, determined mnu.--
I venture tu say thnt DucT was ihr only mnrt
"a That huu-e.wh appeared 10 have crraprd
the prevailing excitement Mr. Ducr apollo
giZrd 90 lhr ilDu.r for glr expression be- hud
u-od,uud sud that Ice was justified ~ my ing
tie member frum Virginia was disuUlonlst
from speech Of hiB which he had read.
The excitement nll this time was intense,
Meade was taken out OF the way or went
out of The way OF hi, own accord. dId NOT
rro him ngnlu until Hu hour az lyo AFTER
wards. Doubtless challenge viii be given,
Indeed hcHr that Que has nlrcndy been CIV.
On, Aud tint Ducr, " hoH ntkcd iho would
|tolrnci, answered, mot one trord' The de-
bite ~ tie House tor the rcst oi HE DAY wns
-ai Lac Ii.aat rAclillg cilliacler-- lnaH4Aa Of
Ca, made q tremendous 'Ncilnhlr rp'cch,-
llr declared that bthc Nllmut pto,i-o Wn-
? l4isssrd, lee Tor nHe, Mas isT q dissolution Of
Tie Union. 'lhis sentiment WINS received
~ cHppiug ut l,auds hy the ilm-pura an the
IL. L.
calling God to witness the sincerity of his
,derhrutiUu. Stephens, of Ga. raid, that lac
endorsed every word his colleague had Spok-
en-. The South would never submit To bo
dt-grnrrd and iusullrd. They were o MI
Monty, but they were men. lie had loved
'Ihc Union, he loved IT now, bat no loved Il
ouly ~ long 40 It recognized an equality Of
rights Far rather would he rcc GrurgIn a
SECOND Hungary, It hnwliug wilderness, her
people hunted down as beasts, than submit
to dishuuur or degradation, Tie concluded
+ 10y mrrrru,rur rursrs Upon iho southern
n.rn who fail IA make bold stand Tor hll
State nud her riglns, Toomhs, lutho course
Of hig hurnuguc, siad IhnI ll,o difficulty ~ g.
.lrcliur "a Speaker arose ltom geographical
division oi parties,
Cob Baker of Illinois next spoke tic
made q bold aud eloquent dcIrucc urthr tn.
lou, md declared himself, Wilhut Proylsu
man. he wax not, aud the North WINS uuI
to he driven from their siaud 10y .thrcntr OF
'disuuion. Tie dcsplsrd them. lie had no
fears of diss ulutiun. however politicians
might dcclaim on that floor. llo had heard
of 1t before. Il camu up under General Jack.
T son, bur II hUd hUgU crushed tic rT not
brlpvc that the SuuilI--he Coud mot hriIUvc
that the South were IN cnrucsi IN this matter.
] A number of others spoke after this md a
mpug them was M Allen OF Massachusetts.
lie Commenced 10y saying that lac had heard
n great deal about The dissolution uiIhc L.
mon. lie Ind thought There :uight IT, some.
I ihlug IN II, but lie WINS now satisfied that
there WAS not. Men who are serious do not
act as those whu huYe advura,rd disuniuti
today. act. Men who are serious in any OH
lcct sit firm, TALK litIlc, aud act more. lie
Ihtn said that hu dlad not voted against his
colleague from any personal objection which
! LIZ entertained. bat in consequeuce of his re-
| lusul to give pledge. Mr. Allen | under.
stood to object to the way IN which the Com.
mliee on the District OF Columbia had hceu
instituted hy Mr. Nnthruhf that thc voice of
the Free North mad been stuffed in that Com.
miliec, aud lhhr no report could loo uhlHIned
from it. lie had better overhaul the Jour
nalS Dt lhn House beiorr be makes such MI
assertion. lie will find that this Committee
did make report. That Commiliee report
ed bill TO abolish Slavery in the District
of Columbia. Mr. Alien eette4++tietl att
appeal TO elect n SpcukcrN ON geographical
! division Of pat,os.
WHERE Where is the Free Democracy