Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-03-28
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WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, Mach 81, P. M


recently made, atrbung to Mr. BUCHANAN, the author
were the natural allies of slavery" He read certain ex-
tracts from speech delivered by Mr. Buchanan, to
substantiate the accuracy of his citation
Mr. KING replied to the remarks OF MIR. Hale
Mr. BENTON asked to be excused from farther service
on the committee of Foreign Relations. Inc vote beng
taken he was accordingly excused lit supposed that
he retres from this committee because Mr., Fooe is
member OF the committed
Mr. BENTON then took up the report OF MIR. Foote's
remarks Yesterday in the Senate, as published in the
Inteipencer of this morning and charged that Senator
with having written out speech for publication wholly
different from the one he had made on that floor He
denied the right of any Senator to do this, when the
speech involved personal ISSUE He pronounced the
printed speech to be false-nfamously false-and ac-
cused Mr. Foote with inserting in it sentiments which
he had not uttered, and suppressng to which no
had given utterance Amongst other things to which
that Sanator had given utterance on that oor he
noted the following: AT present. he (Bentonls shield
ed by his age his open dsavowal OF the obligatory force
of the laws of honour, and his Senatorial privileges
This Mr. BENTON pronounced to be false IN TACT, ana
douby false, because was never uttered IN the senate
Let any one insult me, continued Mr.. B., in place
where can chastse him for his backguardism, and
shall let him know whether l young or old. He
had never made disavowal Of the obligatory force of
the laws of honour-had never made any svowal on
the subect-it was device by the who wrote it to
shield his own cowardce from infamy. He had never
claimed his Senatorial privilege for the purpose of offer
ing insult and shielding himself from resentment. He
had never done it but if insulted would repe it as
long as he could, and if the Senate would not protec
itself from language which would disgrace brothel on
the Five Points, he would protect himself cost what it
might.
L. LnJ a. Il
the Reporters the speech which appeared in the papers
Of the morning The notes had been submitted to him.
One aluson he had omitted at the suggestion OF friends;
he however, repeated all he had said yesterday, and
also all that appeared in his printed remarks. If any,
thing more offensive desired, he would repeat it
In conclusion, he said he done with the matter in
the Senate and asked the Senator from Missouri
say yes to the question: Was he willing to hold
himself responsible to the laws of honour Was he
willing to meet responsibility according to such laws9
Nothing farther being said by either party,
Mr. CHASE arose and concluded his speech on the
California message of the President othe United States.
He opposed all compromise OF the questions now at is
suemantained the purity OF purpose and fidelity of the
opponents of slavery in their opposition to that nstitu-
ion-and declared that they would enter into COM
pact of forbearance in relation to the subject.
After short Executive Session, the Senate adjourn
ed.
HOUSE OF REPREsENTATIvEs.-The SPEAKER invited
Mr. WINTHROP to preside over the deliberations OF the
House.
On motion, the select committee to inquire into the
Speakers conduct in relation to charge of MIR. PRES
TON KING, authorized to sit during the recess
1.-THE charge Of Mr. KING assumes the following form
81 charge that the journal Of the House has been mutt
lated by erasng motion that did make, and substitu
ting, by interlineaon, that did not make, in
FIT
debate on the California bill These words are changed
and message substituted."l
To which Mr. Speaker CODE responded yesterday as
follows:
Il do not wish to be understood interposing any
objection to the resolution which has been moved, but
it important as conceive. that simple statement OF
what has occurred should go before the public in
nection with the charge which has been made by the
gentleman from New 4ork On the day indicated, the
gentleman rose to privileged question, under the rules
OF the House to offer the usqa resolution to stop de-
bate the question pending before the Committee OF
the Whole. AS you, slrs, as yon and the House are
aware it is resolution very frequently offered, and
resolutions to terminate debate in blank, always
kept on hand. When the gentleman from New York
and offered the resolution he had not reduced it to
writing, but requested the clerk to do so. direct
ed that it should be done by the clerk The gentleman
Immediately made motion to lay the resolution on the
table. The House voted before the blank had been fill
edup by the clerk. Subsequently, sent word to OF
the clerks that the resolution be read stop
debate the California message, and so directed The
enrossing clerk did not bear the direction to the read
ing clerk and the resolution was filled up by him. You
and the House know that it is my duty Speaker to
correct the Journal OF the House. 1t is read to me the
morning after the adjournment. When the journal
read the succeeding morning the resolution was
TO stop the debate the Presidents Message and
the California bill, then pending before the Com
mittee of the Whole on the State of the Union. | in
structed the Clerk to strike out bill, giving him my
for not entertaining the motion TO include the
bill, namely: that twasa privileged question to move
stop debate on the message because it had been
ferred to the Committee by the House But the bill
had not been before the House and the House had
parliamentary knowledge OF the tendency Of the bill
could not entertain privileged motion resolution
TO recrminate the debate on it. This correction was
made in my room and the journal as corrected was
read the next morning to the House. The circumstan-
ces occurred just | have narrated them. | have
nothing more to sayI
motion to reconsider the resolution referring the bill
for the renewal Of Woodworth's Patent 10 the Com
mittee of the Whole was made.
Mr., OTIs, Of Maine, spoke against the report OF the
Committee on Patents, which recommended a renewal
of Woodworths patent. He favoured the recommit-
ment of the whole matter to the Committee on Pa
tents
On notion the subject was laid upon the table, and
the House then went into Committee of the Whole,
and took up the Presidents California Message.
Mr. AsHMUN spoke against the extension OF slavery,
and favoured the immediate admission of California into
the Union He, however, recognised the right OF the
South to demand the admission of four Slave States, to
be carved out of the territory OF Texas
Mr. AvERETT followed, taking the Southern side of
the question Without concluding, he gave way to a
motion that the committee rise
The Speaker laid before the House report from Mr.
T. B. King relative TO California The House then
adjourned
TRIAL OF DR.. WEBSTER.
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