Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-01-18
WHOLE NO. SO,
A Victim of Misplaced Conf
dence.


quick cunning man can use himself I'D
by using too mach cunning. ....
1t will be remembered the name of
Mr.. Brown, the late Second Assistan,
Postmaster, has stood at the head of the
Washington Unions colum of martyrs
--"the first martyr under the Whig ad.
mlnistration. BY the following sketch
of the proceedings in the House, it will
also be seen that he is the first m mlrtyr of
his own party, to wit:
Upon the ballo, in question, lls votes
were necessary to a choice. Through
the hrst half of the call Brown went
swlmmtngly. Booth and Durkee, both
consistent and steadlast free soilers, an
swered unfaiteringly, Brown. Mr.. Gid
d'ngs heard himself appealed TO, and
smoo,hingly, calmly, clearly aud coolIy
responded, Brown. (At this response
there was more than a smile on the
Wing side, and and a Certain portentious.
ly sardonic grin appeared upon the faces
OF some half dozen Southern members y
Wilmot-Brown. Preston King
Brown. Alen-Brown. .ta ~
Mr.. Brown received liz votes.
Mr.. Ashmuh said Brown had sold ont
the Democracy TO the Free Soil party.
Judge Bayly, (indignantly,) deny it.
|, is all false. -
Mr.. Ashmun. | have common ru-
NOR. a.... ... ......sr, ,..
Universal cries. Common rumor is
liar. +
Mr.. Holmes, OF S. c. know it
(Decp sensation ..a rs ~.
Judge Bayly. 1t is all false. (Whis-
pering with people in his rear.) e..
Mr.. Sianly. There is gentleman
over the way, (meaning Mr.. Brown him
SELL who can tell us all about it. 1@.a-a
Judge Bayly. | am just informed
there has been a correspondence, but not
at al of the character stated.
Cries. Let us have it! Let us have
it! Out with it! .r 9*...
Cries from the Toomb's section.
Treating with the enemy. Holding in
tercourse with the enemy. Let's hear
all about it!
Other Southern Locofoco gentlemen.
The rumor is all lie.
MIR. Stanley. But let us hear from
the gentleman from Indiana himself.
Mr. Brown, (rising sensatinn) Mr.. B.
spoke for half an hour Nothing but |
report in full can give the leas. idea of
him. He confessed to a letter to VIII
mot, and to having received a letter.from
Cries. Show the letter from Wilmot.
Brown. | have left it at home.
Cries. Send for it. Send for it.
Brown. (Fumbling in his pocket for
the letter.)
Cries. Let Wilmot give it to US.
Wilmot. | have not copy.
Cries. Give us the original. a...
" ilmot and Brown. Neither has
copies. .......-. ..... ...... ,.
Wilmot states the substance of his
ettcr to Brown, viz: That he wanted
The District of Columbia Committee so
organized, that the Free Soil feeling could
5lve free utterance to it. ..s -....... .-. &
Intense sensation and modification.
Brown all the while explaining, and
Burt, of s. c., catechizing-but Brown
yetting deeper and deeper in the mire.
woodward and other Southern Locofo-
los coniessing to their degradation, and
Mr.. Hubbard, Of Alabama. | wrote
% the gentleman, asking his opinion and
he gave me no answer--but he answer
ID Wilmot! ,i.g..E q. :... .s...
MIR. Burt. vote for him, because of
he way he appeared in Congress on the
ecord. a tIa ..a #l
Brown reads his letter. tits pledge
Q make the Committee satisfactory TO
Wilmot and his Free Sellers. ,.,.t
The Southern Democracy in the
'reatest sensation. No pen can pic
ure it. ~ l@E
@ A gentleman from Tenn, with ndig-
lalion.) Tear my name from the rec
'rds. | despise myself for becoming so
iupca. Here this man had pledged
linn elf on one hand, and on another :
olnilv TO me; the records show where
le voted against the application of the
Winthrop Wilmot Proviso to Oregon
}, tear my name from the records.
Mr.. Bayly. deeply thank the gem
lemen from N. C.. and Mass, for having
ed to this exposure.
Mr.. McMullen, of Va. | vote very
for Brown but do so on his
'ersonal pledge this morning, that he
vas opposed to the Wilmot Ptoviso in
IL its varieties and forms.
Confusion! Excitement! Many speak
ng at once. Brown had not only him. !
ell by the exposure of double and op- !
osite pledges to Wihnot and to the !
'outh, but by his own speech, in which ,
ngenlous catechisms made him say /.
nings that would prevent both gentlemen !,
'om the North and South voting for him. !,
Brown seeing this withdrew his name !
hut if he had run again, he would not
ave got twenty-five votes. This scene !.
lsted from l2a o'clock to 3, when such !
7as the excitement, that the House pref !
Y much on all sides agreed to adjourn.
here has never been before in Con- I.
ress such an exposure. :