Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-02-28
CON CIR Es S.
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS ADD



TIONAL.
HoUsE.-When the morning hour expired, the
bill to establish certain post roads in the United
States and territories, passed without reading and the
Iieuse went INTO committee on the bill to pay the last
Mexican nstalIment.
Mr. King of N. j., having made speech in favor of
the BILL
MIR Allen asked the indulgence ofhe Committee that
he might make few remarks.
The Chairman, (Boyd) said the debate was now
consent.
Mr.. Ashmun-I hope consent will be given
aSeyeral objections were made, and confusion immed
atey ensued.
m, Mr. Allen hoped that the Committee would not ex-
Mr.. easy raised point of order. The gentleman
had already spoken.
The Chairman said no other had spoken and the GEN
tleman could proceed. o."
'Iles OF go on" Gentlemen in the lobby rushed to
the sofas to look over into the hall, and there was
lively movement in every direction towards the scene
MIR Aen amid the confusion, referred to what he said
last night, that before Mr. Webster would take the Office
OF Secretary of State, he entered into BARGAIN with
the Bankers OF Wal-st and Statest that they should
first raise HIM fifty thousand dollars Was This state
ment metby Mr. Ashmun Not at ALL Notwithstand
ing that Member of this House, on his own responsa
blIy stated the grave fact, gentleman and another
rose and endeavored to divert the attention of the House
TO excite prejudice against him.
n VVh
debate was limited having arrived
Mr. Ashmund-l suppose can speak five minutes on
an amendment.
Mr. Bayly-I am entitled to the floor.
MIR Ashmun-l want the floor to make statement
was not prepared to make last night
Various points of order were raised. Great conf,
sion, amid which NJ Burt proposed that Messrs Ash
mum and Allen each have twenty minutes for explana-
tlon Ibis was unanimously agreed to- and there were
cries oil 20 on the interest increasing the part of
the listeners, who chose the best places TO hear.
Mr.. Allen said, in substance If NV colleapue de-
MES the charges am ready to meet the issue when
ever and wherever it may be presened-a ask is that
the Secretary OF the State, his friends will give me
an opportunity to call for evidence and pledge myself
notwithstanding The denial, t. substaaIiae the charge
II the Secretary OF State, before he accepted the of
fee, wrote to his friends to raise him money The on
tire twenty-five thousand was raised in New York but
only nineteen thousand six hundred in Boston-the pen
tiemen there being freely bled that it was with diff
cuy hey could be brought to the point. He stands in
Office under these arrangements with business mon aud
bankers, and IS the most unfit person to have the
management OF the pecuniary negotiations of the Cow
ernment man OF independence instead of seeking
ought to have spnrned the Gift Whatever is nv nos
ton at home or here, have been frank open and I'M
usguseo make no speeches here for any portion Of
the country and aiterward go home and write them out
differently Tor country newspapers which are never
seen south OF Mason and Dxon's line. never obt,ude
my opinions The reason why Ihave not been re elect
Gu Is, te laws Of massachusetts require majority of
votes and am twelve or fifteen hundred ahead of NV
competitors But there is coalition OF strange inpre
dens IN my colleagues District He then renie3 to
Mr.. Hllard to show that greatness was sometimes tho
way to roenness and read from former speech of his
with reference TO Webster, and spoke of tho elder Adj
ans and Otlses, and asked what would have been tho
othe Massachusetts sgners of the Declaration of hide
pendence, II they had asked for money as conditon
Tor appendns their signatures They lived and died
poor, and preserved characters immaculate. and liz
posterity good nanes-far better than riches He do
MED his obligation to conceal the truth of the indroc
bribery because Webster a Massachusetts man
lie demanded to he informed in what he was upgraeG
towards Mr.. Webster.
MIR Ashmun arose. should do injustice to the cood
sense OF the House if consumed the twenty Minutes al
lowed. The sense Of shame and indignation in everv
face, manifested last night, was more effective re-
sponse than any words of mine There was no honor.
able man but led "Shame shame 20 The gentleman
charged last night and day that before accepting the
office Of Secretary olState Mr. Webster required as n
condition that he should receive $4,000 from Wa.st
and Safest, and that the contract was entered into
and fulfilled entirely with the exception of balance in
Boston IL was charge Of corruption, and that he en-
tered upon Office TO favor certain by his official in
iluence have nothing more to say than this, in the
length and breadth, in aggregate and detail, am a,.
thorzed to say, and on that authority do saw that il
is an unqualified Glsehood
Mr. Allen--I take ISSUE
Mr. Ashmun--The challenge is accepted Let the
deltner Of the Secretary carry out his designs. This
is all have to say NHf
Mr. Ailen--Will my colleague Weld the aoor
| Mr. Ashmun--Whcn ] get through. / have nav
done what ! was authorized to do. There is no mis-.