The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-12-31
Greeley on the SEhig Caucus.

In letter from Washington 10 the Tribune
Greeley speaks out about the Wing Caucus as
follows: After some remarks upon the vote in
the Democratic caucus he continues
However, the fact that such vote had been
riven nn becoming nniscd abroad, created a
general buzz, and frw Bglcr Wings fancied
,ha. it afforded them an opportunity tor mas
ter stroke. SO an anonymous call appeared in
the Wing papers of TO dav for Whig Caucns
in the Post Office Committeeman at niae this
moning--at which hour many Members had not
finished their breakfasts, and not few were
utterly ignorant of that call. Several who had
seen it suspected a cat in the meal and s,aid
away But between forty aud fifty convened
Fl r;y-two is the highest number counted by any
ono whom | have consuitcd-and Mr.. d. Out
law, of n c., was called to the Chair, with
Henry d. Moore, of Pa, Secretary.
Resolve approving and sustaining the Com
promis, measures sln this tntality as Gnahty,
was moved By Mr. s G. Haven, of our State,
late law partner Of Mr.. Fillmore, now President
Thaddeus Stevens, Of Pennsylvania, opposed
/ its ad orton. Grin Fowler, of Massachusetts
moved that it lie on the table. This was voted
down, whcreupon several members took thrli
! hats; bu, over thirty of the cghtyfivc Wings
renaincd and adopted th,m. They did not at
:
sitting Of thirty or forty minutes.
At u the House came to order. and nnmin
atinns for Speaker were demanded Major Polk
of Tenn proposed and cuoozcd Linn Boyd a
a GOOD Democrat and good COMPROMISE man
| Hcrrupon two or three Compromise Wings
fancyinr they an opening, rushed on, H.,
own especial Representative; Hon. Jane
Er ,oks. ia king tn, lnudest. He talked quit
Icontemptnously of the Free Soil Wings as
small faction which must now swallow tn
Fugitive Slave Law or be out of the Viii
party.
Richard X Meade, Of Va, answered yer
forcibly. showing that the Northern Democracy
ifnot wholly o-Slavcry, come far nearer bcin
; so than the Northern Wings, and that if Slave
ry would not trust the former it had no rcilab,
allies at all lie analysed the vote nth VIII
> Caucus, and utterly exploded the idea OF tn
South turning to the Northern Wings as Il.
best champions of Slavery.
Col. Richardson, Of illinois, followed on tn
same side but paid his respects more espectali
, to our Representative. He urged that the Ne
York ErDrcss had, not many years since, Clam
s cd Free Soil supp ,rt for the Wings the tril
5 ant. Slavery Extension party, and that vi
e Brooks HIMSELF only in the last CongrsS. dodge
a t!se vote on the final passage OF the fngtn
: Slave LGw The law was sustained on Its p1
sa re by taesnfy-ctgh NnrthcfA democrats ~
i only three Northern Wings, and but one OF u
n three had found his way back to this Con nEFcs
Under such circumstances, he thonsht u
South would let the gentleman from New Yo
;arry at Jericho while before accepting hi
c as leader and counselor.
y Brooks explained after fashion, but own
that he regarded his vote aglinst the Fug't
Slave bill as the most unfortunate aci cfhis III
i The House enjoyed broad grin al his exp"n>
and do think, if he made any thing beyo
eight dollars to day, it was not IN the llou'
e Nor do think any Compromise Whig cap
p was made by the days operation.