Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1851-12-10

the whie eaucus of this morning there was not 4
fourth OF tho northern wg party in favor ofthe res
oloMon' AND that not third of re whole whig party
OF tne country was represented therein. He desired
the gentleman from New York to saw whether these
were not facts.
Mr. Brooks made few remarks to show Tint than.
was larger majority of the Wings Of the North
present than of northern members Of the deocratic
Party-caucus on Saturday evening last.
MIR. b. here read the resolution on tho Compro.
mise, adopted in the whig caucus as'fo,lows:
kesotued, That we regard the series Of acts known
as the adjustment measures as forming, in their
'ual dependencies and connexen,a system of compro-
mise the most concating, and the best for the entire
country, that could be obtained from conflicting sec
interests and opinions and that, therefore, they
Snt 10 be adhered to and carried into faithful exc
hnai settlement, in principle and substance,
embrace. ""'' "'eJ
Mr. Fowler next addressed the House, ,nain,aininp
mat there were net more than forty wings present in
tner caucus IN all, and that one-third Of them-al
from the Norh-vosed to lay this resolution on the
table. He and others withdrew on the failure Of a
motion made by himself to that end.
Here much laughter arose or rse democratic side.
amid which conversation took place between Messrs.
Brooks, Stevens, and Fowler when
Mr.: Meade. resuning the floor, argued to show
,hat according to the confessions of Messrs Fowler
and Brooks, there only about five northern whies
in the who voted for the resoiuton-forty In
all, twenty of them probably from the South. SO,
with onethrd of all present against the resolution,
1t was plain to perceive that not more than five of the
northern whg members there were for the resolution.
Consequently, the action Of their caucus afforded no
proof that the Compromise was supported BY the
northern whig members in considerable numbers.
Ho was determined to do his share in opening the
eyes of the country to the virtual deception which
the whig party, in this pretended caucus action, was
endeavoring to effect.
Here Mr.. M. went on to show that, in the face of
the enactment Of the whig resolution, the mass of
the northern wings were as unsound as ever upon
the fogttive-slave question and he compared the Ito
the South) satisfactory positions Of Messrs Buchan
an, Cass, Douglas, Dickinson, and a host Of other
northern democratic leaders, with those of the north
wings.
+ In the matter of resolutions, Mr.. nj. (remarking
that he was not in Washington when the democratic
caucrs took place) declared that the meeting laid the
resolution the liable only because fraction Of the
party was not the proper authority to lay down q
platform tor the democratic party OF the United States
and, with great eaSnestness, ne held that ito course
was far more appropriate than that OF the whig eau
Gus, which, with but about Ave northern members
concurrfng, acted as to endeavor, knowingly, to-
create the false impression the South that the
thern wings more reliable for the maintenance
of the fugitive-slave law intact than the democrats Of
the North. The gentleman from Virginia further
called the attention of the House to the fact that tho
democratic party did acknowledge the free-soilers
as members of their ofganiza,ion. For himself he
repudiated themA
MIR. NJ. further contsnded that the South could not
be deceived by this move. The whigs Of the South
know fall we'll the rostenness Of their party at the
North and if the southern wings really desrous
Of peaee and TO see agitation put down, they must
unite with their democratic brethren. That 10 their
inevitable destiny. The passage of that resolution
by southern wings, with the assistance of few nor.
thern wings, cannot deceive the South. They wilt
perceive, as proper commentary the nomination Tor
Speaker of the gentleman from Pennsylvania Mr..
Stevens1 by the gentleman from Ohio, Mr. Camp.
bel] both wings, and each in favor Of the repeal Of
the iugitive-save law. The democrats have free
soers among then,-they are the exception; the
wings have some tue men who are also the excep-
ton. The great body Of the one is sound-of the
other, unsound.
Mr. Richardson addressed the House in few re-
marks, reviewing the course Of the gentleman from
New York Mr.. Brooks] on the Compromise, and
showing that he ,eo had failed to vote the ques-
ton Of the enactment Of the fugitive-slave law.
Mr.. Brooks (n.errupting Mr. r. remarked that he
was recorded ten distinct votes In IA
vor of the Compromise, but acknowledged the cor
rectness of Mr. Richardson's statement relative to the
particular vote in question.
MIR. Richardson (continuing) held that even tho
gentleman from New York was far less likely to
| stand by the compromise than the northern democ'
| racy. He, CMr. Brooks said Mr.. R., like other
such soldiers who had deserted in the heat Of the
battle, had cause regret much that he had done 60,
finding victory perched ont the banner OF the Com
promise.
The gentleman from Illinois next argued At some
length to show that the wings of the North who are
| now for the Compromise were formerly, with great
unanimity, against it. He would not trust them %
leaders and he explained the Propriety of permitt'
ing them, in whose compromise views the South
could by no means have confidence, to take more
modest places than those Of leaders in the cause.
| Mr.. r. then held that from the commencement of
the COMPROMISE contest to this hour it's reliable nor.
,hern friends were democrats almost exclusively and
in doing he analyzed the strength OF the fugitive
slave law in the House of Representatives Of the las,
Congress- TO prove that, while on its passage twen-
weight democrats from the North voted for II, there
but three northern wings found IN Its favor' OF
| whom but one MI Taylor] had been reelected.
| Mr.. Brooks and others inquired how many OF its
northern democratic friends had been reelected.
Mr.. Harris, of Tennessee, (by leave Of Mr.. Rich.
adson) read an analysis Of the vote the passage
OF the fugitive-slave law.
; Mr. Richardson (resuminq the foor) urged that in
acting on the question Of re-elecng democratic nor
thern members who had voted for the Compromise
their constituents had endorsed their course with
great unanimity. Thus Of the thirteen northern de
mocratic friends of the Compromise who we're agar
before TIE people, but had been defeated and thu
SUCCESSORS of all the others were Compromise demo
Gratis. He further called on the South to remembe
the history Of the action Of both parties at the Nos
on this question. He called to the mind OF the gen
tIe.nan from New York. that though he Mr. Brooks
was now so much opposed to the heesollers az TO o.
willing to drive them forth from the whig camp, i
was but recently that and the entie northern wh'e
party acting with them. In view OF this fact
he begged, with all due respect for that gentleman
, to decline acknow iedgng him as leader. He wa
: too newly arrived in the Conproase camp; and On
der the circumstances he Mr.. R.) could not ventur
10 surrnise how long nigh. be until the necessitie