New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-26
WEDNESDAY IN THE HOUSE.
An Ymportnut Day md ar fnterestinx Discus
s,en-noCiernnud and Winot on Free Soil
aids on Democracy Lights and shades
-Facts aud Opthiens.
x,,r,,snoudeDce Of The ynhune

Of The rnbune.
wlsHINeroS, Wednesday, July r.
This has been an important day in the House, as
ay unusually long sketck Of the discussions VIII
pdica,e. 1t variOusy dsPOsed Of number Of
matters during the morning boar, some Of which
viii notice In auother letter. Before i transpred,
RICHARDSON Of Illinois moved to 60 into Committee
If the Whole. This being carried, the Chairman
Of Ways and Means (BATLY Of Va moved TO set
aside the order Of the day, the California MESSAGE
and take up the bill Of appropriations iof the MIL
tary a. ademy at West Point, and the motion was
carried by q mixed vote Of Wings generally ana
Southern Loco Focos, tellers being ordered on mo
ton OF PRESTON king, and giving 90 70 % bAfLf
cot the foor and moved that It be lad aside 10 %
reported to the House, which certainly i0osea very
liberal ard far.
THIS was the signsl for the commencement OF =
struggle long anlcip ated. WENTWORTH mAue
1ro frua motion 10 strike oat all after the enact
nag clause, and made speech on y Iurn,uS ~
the Chairman Of Ways and Means, tbAfLf OF w.
he commenced tearing ct the mask by sn4nin5
that the purpose was TO pass the AgPlOtI
Bills and 20 home, leaving California Ne" %, I.
and Utah 10 their fate. JoHSsoN OF or, r. r.
quelt Cd, tauntingly, Is TO the purPo'es W not
Soilers WESTWoKrH answered that DC "A' no'
l. q
tended one of ther meetings, bus tnaI he ."aIoS
f,;snd Of California immediate and u1tr ~
a5,i..ior When he sat down MCOi 1850 -
snr.nc 10 the Hour, with Indignant sanP1 Iii
cnnr.e Of his colleague, M " Ell ., the
80. na, born, found as he Wss, a. Wy
.eai ,aon If congress, opposing the a1m s.Ion VI
rsiS,,,;s az a State He then proceedeo " I9P
.,s ,bst ths same course had been pursued "
,ss Free Sellers generally. de oest very neSy
~;,b motives, charging the Free oohers WIN uS
siripg TO keep the Caliiornla question oP9n
go he indications given by the late OAuiornls
Cspcus "A rumored. His speech was as delec1a'
HE , piece of scurrilty as you could conceive OIL
,Th;s ~ oourse he will allow me to say, since ne
k;m,en has dealt 30 freely with mo1ives' ou',
vhetber or rot, that ia my opinion oil n!in' an
vould be the opinion Of bis constituents tney mao
epioy ed the opportunities 10 stqdy DIS caArsei
,bo.e have enjoyed JOSH A. McCLEK.
/. the last man. Of all Seryiledon, TO Prate OF
nnxorthv motives. The class OF which ms hou''
!. ri, i of rather thin and brittle glass ior mat
O.. .oon AZ McCIERHAsD made bis latest OBEY
.snce 20 his masters, there was consiel a'''
.nr;reine for the floor, and genera ~aHue Up
90 ,yas the successful catcher OF tne eye OF
". choi,msn IBoYp) and was awarded the hoor;
Ee Commenced reply and bad proceeded 70 rePe'
- sn,ssentstiops OF Nc CLERNAsD, that the eau
~ rnsditsted the crowding on. OF the approprla'
49, and keeping open the California question for
.s;ts ,ion's sake. he was called 10 oroer oy ino-
rI. Of Tenn sustained by hILLIARD OF Aa' me
,be.;tated about deciding, and wanted TO leave
:. - ,hs mere OF the majority bat decision was
;n.;stsd ON. aud he decided WILMor IN order; AN
n"Si xvss taken. the Chair was sustained, and
xtRyf, .,oT nroceeded with bold and manly speech,
,hn..i,g abo were. the real demagogues-those
Who were one thing az home, another nere' under
the peculiar influences brought 10 bear mere ne
reminded McCLERNAsD oil wna1 Tue Pfee gu
,,;nc;nle Of the Ordinance OF 81 had done for his
afast lection. whose real interests he Is so
shsmsfuly misrepresentiDg. OF course, Ephra'm
p'1 ~. Wnxor next turned his attention 10 the
Ub;es whom he represented as having undergone
remarkable change. Once, sad he tney 70 4, a
man stood up for Freedom, as asked Ia tne OaH-
krpis ssue. Now they hesltssea' ssreeLns ses I'm
!, civ " ;th the new Premier that Slavery was Tor
h;SSsn bv the law Of Nature TO 60 TO the Terrific
r;ssI He oomplimented the Southern ultras as
proying faithful to their consntuenclesi ana ex-
n,s.se1 his regret that Northern Representatives
nould not catch the FIRE Of their example, instead
of croucbipe and cringing TO me slave interest,"
Suore tor a moment, / thought saw some ht'is
,,ais,tinS in McCLEREAsD's eyei bat believe
-. ro;s,sken1 WILMoT said some hearty ah'
sioonaT, thines which were listened 70 win gfea
hteys,t ali around. This was shown Wnen OObl
of Alabama interrupted with the quesVloh WneIue
he voQA vote for o STAKEHOLDER Tor the freslasncy
(which be answered by saying tnat nc "oI!1 -. ~
nnll
go, conrse of the General Government WIN e
ffa ,hereto the unusual interest tet Ia MS II
ro.,l. ssv. was shown by the appeal 10 OoSS
withhold his interrnpt'oh ,,,,;h 1, mo hnnob
There Vas one disclaimer wnlch' In my n9'no
asttened WILMOT's speech, and th
guosWat he mad never discussed Slavery as a 01o'
".,;or He believed that It was purely P't"
4S.aast;on Mr., WILaOT will allow me 70 3.
,hs, he mas discussed Slavery DloTlhy, Wnetnef
dss;en,d il or not and will tell him farmer, "a
hsd he not done so, l for one would nor nave vai
al b,s efforts as have. woulu hol Sito rs
- noIitical considerations by themselves, a
NJ ~ 7 differ from the q arrsonians, IN theorie
,hs;, moral assaults on Slavery have ever ma,
80 feel something more than mere toleraton
shem L. ia moral assaults that are most hoSue
rrsy alone open the eyes of the Southern and 81
ere friends of Slavery. I'LL ..L,, ~
IL is fact In point, when Is wen NO.suy " .
,;oe that the speeches on the great question VI :
- ,shich have brought the most hearty respoi
us!, rs.idents OF the Southern States, have Z
- sha milk and water speeches OF the trimme
Des" ~ .rologists, bat the more hearty a
. .na speec6es Of frank and fearless men.
s"niJ nsme instance after instance In Pont CO
ms under my immediate notce, having nAd oos
.;a', 10 mt this matter TO the test over and oV
s~n P"r;ng the present struggle. 1t is so no
sar will be so till the end OF time, WI
AZ nu .,n,al impulses Of humanity remain as tn
are. .ro5 - W,t.o4 b,t canninO
.va;dsd the charges which WILMor had rePelt
az hss some cunning. Bat so has the fox, a
other dminuiiye Drained animals. By the wa
S Sas oonlS MIR. Speaker CoBB. with the commc
81, sense Of prOpriety. take such a weak man
McCLKRsAsD from q, ' me bsss Of the Fores a.
nc. comnittee7 But suppose he bad his re
% G. do,no so and, not being his Father =.
e or. 'o' hal not presume to insist 90 bis assgni
,s s, especially as it would not suit the conv'
fence Of !" the party ,.. :
son,;nned bv Mr. OLDs Of Oaio, who IA keC
s .Ss' :. ~nI;onal unity Of the gre a : Dsm0cra
-. and which il was attempted to de'tro
u r. ave a partisan speech throughout prOmp
sn mn ssEr1zER every now and then. He Is gr
y Dsmocrscy," that is, as seen in "the De-
cratic party Of tAis eenHt,y,' as he expresses.