The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-10


WAsHIsGror, February g. 1850.
Siarery the Senate Quaker Petition Speech Of Gsnsy
Housfon.
There IL nothing in the world like the negro question
II sbsorbs sverythingit mingles with rything-t
supersedes everything; there Is nothing like II In the
heavens In the earth, in the waters under the
earth Touch it any aide, In any FORM in any way,
at any time, on any subject and for any purpose or
wiShout any purpose, and there IL fsrmsnt an sfsr-
vescence, and large explosion Of gas.
The frat subject upon the carpet this morning. in
the Senate was the unfinished business Of yesterday to
wit petition from anumber of the QuAksrs Of Chester
ana Delaware counties Pennsylvania praying Congress-
to take steps (on account Of the negro question: for
the pesceabe dissolution OF the Union This 10 sav
the least Of h very modest request from the rsspec-
table society OF the broad brims II Indicates the
smallest possible understanding Of the powers Of Con.
gress In assuming that 1t has jurisdiction over the
appeal to dissolve the Union.
Such was the opinion of Mr.. Douglass; and position
OF so IRRESPONSIBLE character he contended, snu-
tied to no other consideration than prompt expusop
from the Senate.
Mr.. Sturgeon, once In eight or ten years uskqs n
speech Of from FIVE to fifteen minutes duration ard IL
is direct question Of some TO which no
has seine relation Of persess responsibility Such
occasion occurred to day and he made short OF
the Quaker petition He pronounced 1t spurious; the
signatures appeared TO be in the handwriting,
AID he had no doubt 1t got up by some black
hearted abolitionst, TOR his wicked purposes As
for the Quskers themselves he and they held no poll
have nothing to do with their abolition petitions and
he knew that In sentiment they ell old federats
OF 1889, or wings Of 1870.
Such the substance of Mr.. Surgeons speech to-
day and 1t Is the stuff for the berks County Bible
Mr. Dawson, of Georgia iscarsd, in good set terms.
the Senator from New Hampshire for STOPPING TO be-
come the instrument Of traitors to the Union.
AT length the debate ran on to that inevitable point
OF ell abolition discussions In the Senate passage at
arms between Mr. Foote and MIR. Hale, in which OF
the most effective hits given the Senator frous
Mississippi that he has ever received.
Mr. Ron at fha inf bQ
New Hampshire had been spurred up by certain
cent castisatons which he had received from the
MI Hale replied that no doubt the castigations Of
all the letterwriters and newspaper editors In the
country OF the Senator from Mississippi had kept him
constantly before the body and such the
suit he hoped the ewspapers would desst. fer ther
infections upon the Senator resulted In the punishment
Of the Senate.
The laugh unanimous In the chamber aud Ia the
galleries. aud the ice President compelled to oalE
to order. The Senator from Mississippi willing to-
leave the relative merits aud dmers Of his speeches.
and those Of MR. Hale, to the judgment Of the Senate
With some remarks from Mt. Seward and Mr. Chase,
the question Of reception of the Quaker petition waa
put of till Monday next
1he Senate then took up the resolutions Of General
Houston which rest upon the basis Of the extension OF
the Missouri compromise to the Pacific. His speech
Characterised by coed and spirit Of conci-
lstop which II more generally existing would speedi-
ly settle this slavery dispute. Aswe expected General
Houston took occasion for HEX back at South Caro-
lima and the statesmen and politicians Of that spirited
and fiery little common wealth He ntmatsd that the
call OF the Nashville convention did not originate in
South Carolina, because of the bad odor OF nuica-
tom and that hence the ogination Of that convention
assigned to the State OF Msissipp and that but
for the Southern address (of which Mr. Calhoun
the writer, there would have been call for South
convention by Mississippi
On the spot, and very pointedly, Messrs Foote aud
Davis of Mississippi and Butler Of South Carolina de-
manded Of Old Sam q number Of explan atoms; but
with all bis readiness and apparent disposition to avoid
any charge against the politicians Of either South Ca
rolpa Mssis,ppi he left the fret impression still
standing that South Carolina and Mr. Calhoun the
real authors Of the proposed Nashville convention and
that got In Mississippi because Of the odiur
OF notification which H. attached TO thea Pmetto state
On the whole the speech Of Gsneral Houston
ciiatcry the general question though not calculated
TO rertore him the seotio either Of Mr. Caihoua
his friends on their personal dispute Adjourned
to Monday.