Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-01-05

aroused the ultimate destruction Of slavery He had
ed them long ago. But unfortunately, his powers had no
proportion 10 his ZEAL He had that there was an adj
vance made by zeaots upon the of the North
and that the whole body Of the North were setting
IN array against the South and would destroy them unless
the south time was warned and reused maintain its pro-
per position de had heard the gentleman from Georgia
Mr TOoMBs) the other day speaking about dsunion He
(Mr II had no approximations Of disunion Why ) Be-
cause as Mr. Phillips had said in the speech of which
tracts mad Just been read the lords Of the LOOM if gentlemen
chose to call them So were the natural allies Of the lords Of
the ash-that the interests Of the North were allied with
slave labor, and would sink to annihlaon without H. aid
But he had no apprehensons now, BECAUSE the language
OF the gentleman from Georgia. MR. STEPHENS the neoni.
OF the South after long Sleep had risen up and shaker
their nvincble locks They aware of the danger Of
gradually crcumscrbng them within tie folds Of the senent
to crush, with the influence and with the mighty strength Of
the boa, their energies and their e He begged gentlemen
not to mistake He knew that the Union was SAFE because
the South was aroused and if the gentleman from Ohio was
not an enemy to the Unon he charged upon his (Mr
colleague that he let him tell the gentleman that
the sooner he displayed his patriotism by the etracon Of his
ayowal in favor Of the Wmot proviso the quicker would
be manifest his devotion to conservative principles For
sooner than the South would submit have their institutions
ccumscbed to have their feelings outraged and their chill
den degraded they would separate this Union as wide as the
poles Let not gentlemen be mistaken. The sentiments
expressed this floor the other day had gone on the wings
Of the wind andwih the force Of lightning, the different
sections OF the Souh and in what paper had there been
response The voice of the people, like the voice many
waters had come up declaring their on this
floor that they must now assume the attitude OF bold defiance
to the crcumscrpon Of their rights in the Territories to the
abolition OF slavery ia this District declaring with united
voice that the Unon dear was rich in its associations
embeshed with all that could make desirable was nothing
compared with the interests which to them e-with-
which all that they owned and which they would trans
nit to postety heritage, would have passed away.
Mr. GlDDlNGS said no gentleman could regret than
himself that this debate should have been forced upon him.
He had intention of reading lectures to Others his col
league (Mr. ScHErcK) he'd ntimated He had come here
n q far
he able and when he had seen himself assaed
through the Taylor press Of the North, he felt duty to
in short some OF the which had constrained him
to withhold his vote from the honorable gentleman from Massa-
chuses While previously the floor he had assigned
some Of those But the honorable member from
Massachusetts had fit in his explanation to refer to
vndicaon which he Mr had published years since
The honorable gentleman had referred fact which he had
then stated and in the heat Of the had pronounced
it false. He had intended to treat that gentleman, he did
all others, with respect but he felt bound refer the
statement alluded to by that member.
1t known to the whole country that in the Presidential
campaign of 1874 the entire Wing party had denounced the
Mexican war, and had done zeaousy than
himself He was for Withdrawing the troops from Mexico
when the Wings into power here in lS47 The gen.
eman from Massachusetts, Mr WISTHRoP) had, he
dersood in with all other Wings denounced the
and when the question presented here May 1885,
he changed his position and voted for it.
Mr.. WINTHROP inquired if the gentleman intended to
say that he voted for the war
Mr. GIDDINGS said he did intend to be understood,
He intended say that the gentleman did vote for the bill
declaring This change of the gentlemans position
sued Of his objections him candidate for Speaker
Mr.. WINTHROP. deny that ever changed my position.
Mr.. GIDDINGS resumed But when he had given his
voe he at assaed through all the Taylor papers
of that day deserter from the Wing ranks So general
these attacks that he felt constrained to publish vnd
cation Of his VOTE In writing out that vndcaon he au
ded to this change of position by the gentleman and had
party voting for that bill That he had also urged his col
leagues personally to do And finally that he had placed
his vote in favor of the bill on record
Mr.. WINTHROP. deny that ever came out
Mr.. GIDDINGS. Well, his organ did, ~.
Mr.. WINTHROP. have no organ.
Mr.. GIDDlNGS. Now, the gentleman says that that
statement is false Does he inendto deny that he voted for
the bill That was the very gist Of the charge It cons,i
uted the very of bis objection 1t bore conclusive
evidence of his change of opinion There stands the record
Of that VOTE No time alter, effort it. 1t
will descend in all coming time, and will forever remain in
dubabe proof Of the accuracy of the charge The gentle
man, nor his friends, have will deny it. But
how does he now attempt to escape from Why by say
ing nothing about it, by evadng this important part cons
utng the charge, and turning off to collateral mma
tea NATTER seeking form an issue upon an incidental re-
mark Now, the gentleman is too good awyer suppose
that he escape the charge brought agan him by such
rreguariy of special pleading The eyaen is too papabe
to deceive casual reader. The obedion to him
that he had changed his mind This change he has
Denied he deny it. But he insists hat although he
voted in favor Of the war; which he and the whole party
had denounced yet he did his party do it
now even as 10 these collateral matters which ne says nc
proved by two colleagues, all they said could say
that they had no recollection of it while honorable gen.
eman from New York. E. D. CULVER, every fact
TO which he had alluded within his distinct recollection
Other gentlemen had testified to parts Of he conversation
He would here leave the gentleman from Massachusetts, he
had not time to follow him further.
He said he had but word in reply to the gentleman from
Massachusetts, behind him. the left, (Mr. RocKwELL)
That gentleman in when he said that the commit
tees appointed the 10th of December They were
appointed on the 18th Of that month.
Mr.. ROCKWELL. That is true On TT lrsday, the
7h December the House adjourned to Mo day lnat
resolution introduced Wednesday bu three egsa-
tive days had interviewed. .
Mr.. GiDDINGS. There can be no doub about the fact
When Congress assembled the country anxious on this
subjects all were looking to that committee, expecting
prompt report this important subject Such was the delay
that my colleague (M Roor brought forward his resolutions
peremporiy ordering them to report Tins was OIL ne nau
said He left to the country to whether me delay was
unreasonable His colleague seemed to hnk was, ana nad
therefore offered his resolution Whehe the House 80 thought
not they passed the resolution from which II would De
fairly implied that they thought the delay was at least unne
cessary
He said he had word or two il reply to his colleague
Mr.. scHEscK That gentleman in is47 was aware that
he would vote for the Wing candidate he then knew
his reasons and he would add another fact his colleague
did not then denounce him.
Mr. SCHEGCK (interposin5 inquedt MS colleague re-
ferred to private conversation between them ana another
colleague!
Mr.. GIDDINGS. No, ST.
Mr.. SCEENCK (contnaing) referred to what Mr. CID
had stated and that there was just so much
in it as made liable to demonstration and he Mr. 81
His colleague knew that it that time the gentleman from
Massoct ,ses (Mr IS, 's0