Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-04-10
The Bargain.

Week after week the editor of the 20 Sentinel" com es
down upon the leaders of the free soilers" denounc-
ing them all kinds of scamps and traitors Did he
entertain the opinion of them at the time that he
bargained with them for their make him Speak
era The appointment Of the committees be
isaetory these who would stop the dis
solution of the Union ITSELF to promote their neiarous
designs" Is it possible that the editor Of that paper
would enter into bargain with such menl-JourHaI.
The editor of the Sentinel never bargained with any
one make him Speaker-never asked any to vote
for him He received 100 votes before lie had any
conversation with Mr.. Wimot. We again publish that
conversation and ask the world where the evidence
of bargain When interrogatod, Mr.. Wilmot rose
and said
That he had held a conversation with the gentleman
from Indiana (Mr BrOwn) of which, with the permits
Of the gentleman he would the substance.
He (Mr. W. expressed to that gentleman the convc-
ton which he honestly entertained, that the public voice
would be stied in the committees of this House All
that he and those who were associated with him asked
desired, was fair opportunity to give expression to
the great public sentiment of the people of the country
They wanted and they asked nothing more. All that
he and his friends had desired at the hands of the gentle
man from Indiana (Mr. Brown was, that after he
should be elected Speaker of the House, he would so
constitute the committees that they and the constt-
uents whom they represented might be heard in this
Hall. No stipulation had been entered iatO sought o
be entered into the peculiar to be placed upon
those committees. They desired that the gentleman Il
elected should place upon those committees the best and
the abeS whom the South had sent to represent its
interests here, order tina. the views of the South
might have full and fair expression through the Com
mittees and Halls of Congress. They desired also,
that the Northern men, holding the opinions OF the North
and representing the views of the Northern people
should also be heard through the Committees and the
Halls of Congress- that their views should be smot
cred. This was the purpOrt Of the conversation.
lie addressed note to the gentleman from Ind.
asking him substantially whether il he elect
ed Speaker Of the House, he would organize the Com
mees to be satisfactory to himself and his friends
He (Mr. w desired fair utterance should be given to
public sentiment. This IN substance the only inter.
TogatOry he had put.
Now here is the much talked of bargain. The free
sellers asked what Mr.. Cobb afterwards gave them
with which they were satisfied. We defy the world to
produce any evidence Of bargaining When these free
sellers voted for William j. Brown, they knew that he
opposed to the Proviso. But they had confidence
believe that in of his election they would
respectable places respectable Committees and that
they could be heard through the Committees and on the
floor of the House. They expected free thought and
free debate, which they were entitled to, and fair
chance for free soil all of which they got under Mr.
Cobb, and no would they have had under William
]. Brown This is personal matter, and we are now
done with it,
We ask our neghbor of the Journal question
which certain, from his high character for frank
ness, he will Is he in favor of the repeal Of the
fugitive slave law7 If not he in favor of its modca
toni and if so, what modification! Speak out-have nc
political secrets.