Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-03-22

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Mr. DAWSON. The Senator will allow me 70 state my
position correctly, said that the declaration that gentle
men would pass this bill although it had Objectionable fea-
lures without amendment Objectionable was not good
legislation that the body ought TO strike out that which was
bad and in that which good which any body might
propose That is the position occupy t 4sat.
Mr.. BoRLAND. do not think either misunderstood
msstated the position of the honorable Senator his po-
stion was substantially, and is, as he now states IT. that one
more Objectionable features in bill, otherwise good, II II
could be amended constituted proper ground Tor s
jecon Now that say that it does not fairly lie in the
mouth Of that Senator to assert that POSITION nor become him
at this day TO urge such argument We all well remem-
Der that upon this floor, within less than twelvemonh
past his position and his argument the very opposite Of
this refer 10 his upon the well known measure,
batch Of measures called inderenty " the omnibus lhe
adjustment" the compromise, Of last year. Sir, we all
remember how earnestly and zealousy he sustained that YETI
there no Objectionable features in that Did not the
Senator HIMSELF and nearly all who advocated that notable
scheme ADM, that contained seriously Objectionable a-
lures Indeed he did, sir think they all did How does
such that square with the position which he now
assumes But be did not stop at simple advocacy Of the
alluded he did not merely say that while he
GREETED their bad features be compelled TO vote for them
because Of the pePonderatng good he found in their psy
s'ons No sir, he went further than that ne actually
fused to make amcndmenrefused 70 aid in getting clear Of
the objectionable features aud insisted that he would and all
the rest must swallow the whoIehe bad with the good.
Now, Mr. President much the honorable Senator
plains Of the friends Of the present bill none OF us that know
Of certainly not have gone far that On the
ry not only admit the existence Of defects in the bthe
presence even the prominence Of Objectionable features but
certainly, and doubt not many others, willing desirous
and anxious remedy those deeco get clear Of those OBJ
jectionsbe eatueso perfect the BILL far as we cam by
suitable amendmsnts, before have 10 upon its final
passage II we succeed 10 this shall be srat6ed. But II
we fail IL We canno, make the bill any better than il is
do not hesitate repeat, what said this morning, that
rather than hse its manifest and manifold advantages, will
for it IT, Until the Senator from Georgia say
much Of bis upon the compromise, think, in.
stead Of arsgnng the conduct Of Others be may be poa
bly, employed 10 looking after his own justification. m
next turn for moment to my honorable friend from
Mississippi (Mr. DAvIs who, In the course OF his remarks
this morning, in very summary manner, read myself and
those Democrats who with this occasion, out Of the
Democratic party. He undertook to lay down the Demo
cratic platform, upon which be planted himself in regard 70
this measures and the inference very natural that these
who did not stand upon with him Of the party
Mr.. DAVIS, Of Mississippi. Ny friend from A'kansas