Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-01-22
THURSDAY, JANUARY Il, looU.
SENATE.

for The adlnlssi" SION w., ~ so oriainal States in all respects what
equal footing Win lc iS"
Soevcr.
THURSDAY. JANUARY II, lS5O.
Several memorials We're presented; ~ ..m,r
FIR inf,rm,tion as 10 all proceedings, instructions, Nc, o. ''
President. &C., in relation 10 California, was Ia, laS, ,nh up
Mr.. Smith moved to lay the resolution 81 , .ha, i n" ssno,.
Mr Douulas was determined. ne sa!u, '"' Wv
should be- fully informed OH this SUBJECT. h., .,r.odv
." Mr., smith stated that the information had oeen a ~ = )
laid before the Senate. every word al IL a'u = """
useless expense 10 cause other copies To be hiau.. ana
Mr. CLAY suggested that it would be better 10 = nn' H., !.
the character Of the information when i 'r nonl, h.
House. II it was not satisfactory another ~ ''"" e"
, homo discussion followed, in which Mr.. Dawson -hf'
Donolas. Mr. Smith and others took part.
Nr Clemens took occasion 10 state that inc iolm -
when cau,i for. was from To time delayed. Democratic o.
majors had voted 10 delay it. From The priiortac! VI ~
! North ,r South had nothing 10 expect. me iiio'la.
Senators had voted 10 lay this resolution Oh ne 'aol', "n IN
the purpose oil preventing proper information Tor ne i,ouu.
in rrIotion 10 the slavery question. The North wolia Always
tak, surh a course as would shield themselves from ''ei
constituents, IN the subject III slavery. -.
Mr.. Dickinson said be- ought 10 be exempted Noi u'
CHARGE. for he voted against laying the resolution on The Ia
Nr Clemens. Nav God deliver me from such friends as
the Northern Democrats are. ! M""a s'"na, ~ - r. :"
: Northern Wings, who had began earlier. LOOK al 'c rcSo-
inrjons of All .he Northern legislatures look Al Their porl,i-
lar conventions. and il will BE- seen that They are All h"s'se
10 the South.
TN Northern Senators were willing 10 vote for these re-
solutions now-wlen there was no object in staying 'ic,n
ntr-whpn the information was DcIoIc lc othtl lo'1'. =
wouId no, countcnance the belief imposed on III, SCUM,
thar She would be aided BY Northern Democrats, when they
would take such a course here as "o'a sh''''' e"s''
by refusing information.
Nr shields djsclailned for himself the imputation that he
had been gnictcd BY such motive, in voting 10 lay the re-
Mr. Clemens said that Notwithstanding the gcntlemnn's
disrllimcr. which was meant to BE- offensive, he would re-
peat what he had said, and would be personally r''p'n''o"
for il. here and elsewhere.
=" Mr. Dodcr. of Iowa, and Mr. Butler, and Mr. Footeiin-
,crposcd, and urged upon The Senators The propriety OF pre-
serving order and avoiding personalities.
1Ir. Butler said the Senator from Illinois had NOT, NJ WAS
certain, intended any thing offensive.
Mr. Shields. did not. did not vote TO lay on the table
with III, view Ia cyade the question of slavery. lie had, IN
disclaiming il, intended no personal offence.
VI. Clemens MAS glad that matter was ended. Ihere
was not a free State north or west that had not passed anu
Mr.. Dsdsc. Of Iowa. You are wrong. Iowa has NOT.
Nr. Bright also denied The fact.
Mr.. Davis, Of Miss, requested the Senator from alapahlh
to Weld for ON, moment. He was himself subject I" he
much excited in treating this question. But he wonld ss
sest that il wa~ unnecessary ana l!nprop"r u agela.Hf ~ ~
difficulty by bringing up topics not bclo:- III. >rlh''t. ="
hoped that the discussion would be confined to the subject
Mr. Clemens would accept the suggestion; ana ne "on'a
now say that il was unnecessary 10 pass the resolution "
IN information asked for was before the House lie moved
Ia Ey the resolution on the table. go,
At the rclueSt OF MIR. Dickinson, the motion was not lad
on the rabbi. lr. Dickinson said thai for himself he had
always stood up for the South, and always would, and when
ever The national issue was made, Re would r'iudia'c H.
no matter whether il arise from The North or Souli.
The great body Of the northern people were as SOUND" on
the subject OF slavery as any other part "l me poo
! ME. lake iitE men out from titH tllt'H dNi ~ '"'
agitation would cease. lie intended To stand by the I mon
A. ii was. The agitation OF the subject in one gliater fur
nislcd the food for agitation in another quarter. The sweep,
Ing lcnunciatonS oi Tie North, such as We nave hcatd
from The Senator from Alabama, created sectional aglta-
ton al the south. He was sorry the subject had been III
%trudurci, bat was clad t. scc II coming 10 a head.
Ii the North ever marched against the South, 50 help him
God. ii h. had asword To- draw, h. would draw il IN the side
.. The South. He would sustain the North. too, IN opi,o-
Siuan 10 ans urgent demands from the South. Bht thr
North never would ;narch against The South. lie sword
would never be- drawn. From this heat, n better spiritoi
Cancellation would soon b. produced. He would say TO the
Senator from Alabama, tina, By one afhis speeches, he dd
NOR to provoke assaults al The North upon ihr South, than
all that the G1rri>ons and Philips had done. y "ona q"
noGe u promote agitation and Incendiaflsii al tH1 .\'iul
than all that had ever been done by aboliuonism IN the most
;rnji-h portion oi its career.
H.. would support the Union a. long a il would secure
harmony and peace; but, without them, a. he had once SAID,
thr Union was not worth Keeping. The remarks oil the sen
ator had a tendency 10 dissolve the Union, by repudiating
the northern portion oi the democracy. The democracy could
not stand unless il was united. As 4 sectional party II
could not stand. Ii the democratic party was divided BY
sectional lines. 50 would the wing bc, and the Union would
be n once rent i'll pieces by sectional factions.
Mr.. Downs did not believe that the northern democracy
was uniricndly 10 the South. lie relied much upon their
future aid in settling this question. |
his remarks 10 be arrested by the suggestion Of the Senator
from Mississippi, CIR. Dayi-,l and he deemed ~ unfair tlat
differences should be drawn a. to remarks which he had not
concluded. No one knew what he had intended TO say, or
how far he considered the Northern democracy 'miiirndly,
and what proofs Of it he intended 10 offer.
Mr.. Davis Of Mississippi, was ot the same opinion.
Mr. Douglas said that, upon inquiry; he had understood
lIl li oI'ihII ~ TIT ih'a'1 i"i ~ ni NN -
aware ih"t The information was in the House.
Mr.. Clemens explained that the documents were on tmt
Speakers table, but not opened. He would now say, thai
the South could no, rely upon Northern aid-ei'iier OF dem
aera;s or wings. Here and there were southern iricnds.-
But, the masses of HE Northern people were against ~, ana
50 were the Legislatures, and the popular Conventions. lie
would show this al a proper time.
lie you'll now state that he regretted that he had not an
sv.reI more calmly Il remark from the Senator from Illinois.
Nj. ShieldS) lie now perceived that he had mlrconstrncd
the remarks ri that gcntlclnan. lie wasawarc that he spok"
under excitement Of feeling, and taking the advice 81 ms
,;,J from, Mi..iAip.i Mr. EaDfp / he u,nulI urDluiSp Ia
keep hs temper better.
Alter an explanation between Mr.. Douglass and Nj.
Downs, in regard 10 Il remark of the latter, Mr. Whitcomb
asked the yeas and nays on the resolution.
Mr.. Downs moved 10 amen! by adding 4 further call. MI.
Clemens accepted itas 4 modification.
The resolution passed, and the Senate adjourned to Mon
day.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
Mr.. Melville, from the Committee OH Printing, reported a
resolution to authorize that committee 10 contract Tor print
i'm the maps accompanying the report IF the Snperiniend-
dent of The Coast Survey.
Mr.. McWe also, from the same committee, reported a reso-
luton 10 authorize the printing .: 10000 copies extra .: the
report nom thu Treasury Departmental the statistics "f com
lnercr and navigation; aud also recommending the hall bind
iny of the same in morocco.
Mr. Evans of Nd. rose and made some remarks in regard
To the manner in which the public printing had been done
under the contract SYSTEM. lie said thar the printing and IL.
paper upon which il was exccuicd was a disgrace L. the ma
lion. We supplied, he said, England with our public docu-
ments and received hcrsi III exchange. The contrast between
those We sent and those wc received from TINT nation WAS
id~cscgibably great. The printing executed by Congress VAS
inferior to the printing executed Tor the LEGISLATURE OF any
state III tt mon. re lTls ltl ~ tue tT'tlt ol tr Hill'', /
the committee would look iato the matter. Ii they dl not
he would be under the necessity OF introducing u resolution
81 instruction upon the subject.
Ar. lille said the committee had had no specimen, un-
der the present contract, by which IL determine how the
printing would be executed.
Mr. McCleruand sail il occurred to him that th, docu-
ment On commerce VA not ot such general interest rs IL
justify the printing ~ 50 large n number. He could see no
Necessity for printing 81 large 4 quantity. tie was well
aware that with some this SUBJECT VAS made a political hob
bv instead o! a matter Ia adyanc. the general interests nj The
! country. With snch no doubt the largest quantity was desi-
ralle. This did not, however. establish tile necessity iof it,
H. then referred To the mlnuer in which the public printing
hal been always executed under the contract system. The
I grinring had been most wietchedly executed under il. So
much 50 tina; il was the duty OF the House 10 rcpudlatc ii.
for the printing under il was repudiated by the general taste
Ii is true that il mad been effectively and worthlessly cxccul-
ed under il. He had been informed by n gentleman well
ycrscd in this subject that Congress will have 10 order a re-
print of all the public documents executed Tor the last Con-
grtss under the contract system. He was himself satisfied
that il was n waste OF the public money 10 print documents
III the way the printing had been recently done.
VI. Thompson. OF Nv. defended the action If III" com
mir; e. and showed that the present commits, hli no, pas
SD apon printing such as was described. But il congfess
was dissatisfied with the printing under the prcscn, sys,em,
lei them rccur IL The law .; lsl9-tSta5iish the rates oi thai
laws. and clec: II printer. Then the printing would be- well