Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-12-20

'Rebel Platform" heartily eomaend to the de-
nuncistions of the Democracy of Mississippi.
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The Action Of the TIVE Parties In Congress
upon the Compromise.
As we shalt probably hear much Of the relative
action of the two parties in Congress upon the
compromise, previous to the late organisation of
the House of Representatives, we have thought
it best to give the following extracts of a debate
which sprung up in the House upon the subject,
just few moments before the bslleting for Speak
er commenced; Messrs. Lynn Boyd Of KentacAy,
and Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania. having
been put in nonaination :-Adv-
Mr., Jones, Of Tennessee, said that he designed
votingfor Mr. Boyd on account Of his knowledge
of the man, and of his consistent position on the
slavery question, not because of his nomination by
the caucus. ~ ~7. tt9' e-s
Mr.. Carter remarked that he,. too, shcuid vote
for Mr. Boyd; and he should so vote because that
gentleman had received the democratic caucus
nomination:
Mr.. Stanly made few remarks, regretting the
great difficulty which seemed to have arisen in the
councils Of the democratic party of the House.
Mr.. Savage saw little cause for the distress OF
the gentleman from North Carolina on account of
the troubles on the democratic side. He believed
that gentleman would fnd about as much as he
could attend to in healing the difficulties in his
own party. He was aware of no such difficulties
among his political friends.
Mr.. Campbell, of Ohio, made few remarks in
favor of the election of Mr.. Stevens, of Pennsyl-
vania, whom he endorsed as a true whig.
Mr.. Brooks took the. floor, and addressed the
House at some length to show that the wings had
this morning in large numbers endorsed the COM
promise. Had that been the only question, he,
too, should vote for Mr.. Boyd, if he was before
the House simply as the compromise candidate
He depicted the condition of the democratic party
with some of its members voting for Mr.. Boyd on
account of his fidelity to the compromise. and 9TH
ers who oppose the compromise voting for him be-
cause he is the party nominee. He desired to
know in what attitude Mr. Boyd stood. Did he
accept or refuse the nomination of a caucus which
had voted down the compromise He eontended
that the whig party was harmonious, standing
firmly on the compromise, and advised those wings
who did not intend acting with it at oAce to ge on
the other side. He had understood Mr.. Savage
to admit that there was much difference and diff
Guilty in the democratic caucus.
Mr.. Savage said that the gentleman had totally
misrepresented him. He had made no such ad
missions or statements. He knew Of 40 party
misfortunes among the democracy, and had mere
ly stated that the gentlemen from North Carolina
Mr.. Stanly, not finding any comfort in his OWE
party, was looking for consolation abroad, by i'm
agning some one more unfortunate than himself
His conduct was good evidence to the condition
of the whig party, but none as to that of the dem
ocratc party.
Mr.. Meade congratulated the wings on what h
understood to be the declaration of the geRtemar
from New York, to the effect that the cohpromis'
is henceforth to be the basis of the action of thu
whig party. He desired to know from him wheth
er he meant to pledge the whole whig party of tn,
North to stop agitation, and faithfully to execut,
the fugitive slave law.
Mr.. Meade (continuing) went on to show tha
in the whig caucus of this morning there was no
fourth of the Northern whig party in favor o
the resolution, and that not third of the who'll
whig party of the country was represented therein
He desired the gentleman from New York to sa,
whether these were not facts.
Mr. Brooks made few remarks to show tha
there was larger majority of the wings of tn,
North present than of the Northern members o
the democratic party present in the democratic
party caucus on Saturday evening last.
Mr.. B. here read the resolution on the compro
mise, adopted in the whig caucus, as follows:
Resolved, That we regard the series of act
known as the adjustment measures as forming, il
their mutual dependence and connexion, system
of compromise the most conciliating, and the bes
for the entire country, that could be obtained from
that, therefore, they ought to be adhered to an
carried into faithful execution as final settlement
in principle and substance, of the dangerous an
exciting subjects which they embrace.
Mr. Fowler next addressed the House, main
tanning that there were not more that forty whig
present in their in all. and that one- -thir
OF them-all from the North--voted to lay thi
re. olution on the table. He and others withdre,
on the failure of motion made by himself to ths
end.
Here much laughter arose on the Democrat
side, amid which conversation took place betwee
Messrs. Brooks Stevens, and Fowler; when
Mr.. Meade, resuming the floor, argued to sho
that, according to the confessions of Messrs. Fow
! ler and Brooks, there were only FIVE Norther
wings in the caucus who voted for the resolutio
forty in all, twenty of them probably from th
South. So, with one-third of all present again
the resolution, it was plain to perceive that n,
more than FIVE of the Northern whig member
there were for the resolution. Consequently, tt
action of their caucus afforded no proof that ii
compromise was supported by the Northern viii
members in considerable numbers. He was d.
termined to do his share IN opening the eyes
the country to the virtual deception which IL
whig party, in this pretended caucus action, WI
endeavoring to effect.
i Here Mr.. M. went on to show that, in the fa
Of the enactment of the whig resolution. the ma
of the Northern wings were unsound as ev
upon the fugitive slave question and he cor
pared the to the South satisfactory positions
Messrs. Buchanan, Cass, Douglass, Dickinso
and host of other Northern democratic leader
|. with those of the Northern wings.
In the matter of the resolutions, Mr.. ID. (r
] marking that he was not in Washington when q