The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-02-27

y! peace and harmony, he would .wllia,y Il
yield, and vote for her admission. ~
[ Editorial Correspondence Of the Col. Telsgra til
So WASHINGTON, DC; to
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH, aS
The California Question-Speechcs. in t,ca
Sendie and Uouse-IHr Butler and NJ VI
Hdie-Ihe Stale Of The Republic dc, tec=''
AS was anticipated in my last letter, 4 :
President sent in his Message on Wedncs
day, presenting the Constitution of California;
and her prayer for admission as a State, anti.
the recognition of her Representatives m ell..i
titled to seats in Congress, which has opened
new field of debate. The action of the two
Houses thus far you will find fully reported
in the Washington papers-lny purpose Gas
before stately in these letters, hcing merely
TO supply information which it is not the pro.
vince of the regular reports to record.
A profound sensation has been created by
this proposition, and the "tug Of war" between
tho North and South has now begun actually
to take place-the prccedcdcnt discussion be-
ing only i'll The nature Of sharp skirrnislics
leading To no very definite results, but tending
only to show the plan Of the campaign, and TO
mark out the battle field wlcrcon the struggle
was 10 take place.
Preliminary, however, to these discussions,
MIR. HALE Of New Hampshire, had consumed
the entire time OF the Senate with the pre-
sentation of petitions from persons purporting
to be residents of Pennsylvania and Mary.
land, whom the Senators from those States
disclainlcd and tlisowncd any knowledge OF,
praying dissolution Of the Union and lcgis-
lation on tho subject Of slavery.
The question Of their reception provoked
much pickering in the Senate, until at last, or
Tho ,cr,pl DIV Ar n,,pt >,t;,pc., ko
ing exhausted, lie rose, with bundle of pa.
pers in his hand, and rebnked the New Hnmp-
shire dcmago ,ue in a most impressive and
cutting manner. properly designating in terms
Of cuntemptuous Indignation the course and
conduct which he had thought proper to pur.
Sue to the interruption OF important public
business and private claims, for purposes Of
mischief and annoyance alone, and with no
motive save tho factious one oI kindng up
excitement.
The published report Of that rcbukc con.
veys no adequate idea Of its severity, or of the
signal character of The castiga,iun inflicted
for the rctort OF Mr.. HALE looks very we'll in
print. Those who were present cannot soon
forget the scorn!ul surprise of Mr.. BUTLER,
that the Senate should qnietly tolerate such
annoyance from source which he desipna.
ted AZ "a miserable mnority--a ,niscIicvoiis
inCcndiary--or Il madman;" nor the feeble
attempt attempt at clustering defiance fal.
tered out by the person SO properly rebukc,l.
With the trae instinct Of the clan to which
he belongs, Mr.. Hale attempted to verify Mr..
Butler's statement br striving TO make CAPT
tai ont of the correction so slernly admins
tcrel-but under all his assumed intffar
ence TO the assault, the wincing ol 1.-THE
CALLED jade" was plainly pcrceptiblc. Smar.
nuIp fhp pf.t, s,ir In. RI
time with quivering lips proclaimed his IN.
difference to it, and sheltered himself under
the rights Of his constituencies 'hough the
Quakcrs and Ladies' nl Penst7sgss9 * 20. 4,
any constituents sfhiSsil4;ss gsss54i sSs sSS
clara,ion iS gsz s e ss5s s S ~
hampshire bcod did I:3a Course through cOS-
ard veins NJ But!cs threw down OF his table
the pati:>s 90 held in his hand, and laughed
! aloud rs se most tjeerug and ;contcmptuous
zone ''hSsinable-as commentary on the
it-aS "a" - ci,7ts,foc, 1;-t-., s.s
even tenor Of his way as though he ha;!. not
heard what the whole Senate and auC.i.pry
were wonderfully amused at. And YET to
read the report one would suppose that Mr..
Hale came Off with colora flying auG 1tns
observation-disclosures lie was forced 10 beat . tc-
,rrat and rri,- u. c0!lItsun from - Fs5S=!;5tT-
The tlIrong ct iobbyics here who fill tic GAL
IerIcs are Northern chiefly, few Southern
people tarrying long in this metropols-bui
the sympaihlcs o!thc audience on this occa
sion were evidently agais. tn: champion If
the right OF misunderstanding.
a better representative for thH oM ,raHapy
OF the North Qor the bulk Of his petIitSSg.D =
were from those whom he stated to BE- '.J,''
dies, y than Mr.. Hale could no, he lounl {'}
his capacity for anything above misc&
making Or scoding is very limited. IibTa
stout, vulgar. ordinary looking rnln-Sw.lh
nothing like high intelligence or rciis5hncnt
III his Iacc,-but with an obslinltc aiIs CON ,
ccitcd expression OF counlcnancc ~ with
swagserlng manner and unpicasan' 3sicc
II hrdss well rubbed, could pass s!rcnt for
gold, he might be recognized ;3man OF
force; bnl he appears to infinitely Ehrc ad- |
vantage IN ihc PnHcrs Than he dorszA Iroprln
persona, especially after such setting
down, as he received from our iS'rlcSs and
unnch.ng Senator.
a habit which Mr.. IIllc has, w,cn agita-
ted, OF pro;rud.nr his under mp, adds 10 the
unpleasant expression OF his ffc-and al
though he seems ambitious ni the lead IN the
Free Soil movement. he vel vii bo compel
led by the unfortunate lack OF ability, to fol-
low IN tho footsteps oi the more aslutc, though
less inSolent Senator from New iork-Mr. |
Seward.
give this correct version OF this little in.
cideni, To show how Inadequate an idea ul the
occurrences here caHSDc derived from the
regular rcpor's-whcIa are accurate as .tarn<
they go. but being mcrf skeleton outlines, do
not afford the spcc,al% full picture OF the
most interesting sccEes exhibited OH these
Washington boardss
As before rcmarHd, The Nor,l"rn Press
has It's levers sirbAgly pIcd here, and Of
course our Southern men are always made
10 play secondary part. 1t Is To be hoped,
however, that il'7 will not a."ays be the case
but that tho Southern Lion " Ill soon assert
his right To employ his own artists, that he
may also take a place III the picture" III the
dispatches from the Council Halls as ever
from the battlefield, as the memories OF
Mexico attest. The manner III winch pct-
iions are sad 10 be prepared for The purposes
Of this trafcrnni agitation is as follows: a list
OF names IL obtained 10 some petition on an
other subject, (chcily Temperament after