Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-05-01

Tue WHta Caucus Ar WAsnfNaroN-
The Washington correspondent of tin
Philadelphia North 1merstan furnisI,e.
the following account of the proceedings
in the Wing Congressional Caucus oil the
evening of the goth inst, in relation to the
Comprehensive the original resolutions
of Mr.. Marshall OH That subject, had beer
ruled out of order, and he had declared
the callcu no place for a Wing to remain
III. 1t will be seen that Messrs. Landry
and Moore of this State withdrew from
the caucus. We expected nothing less
from our Wing representatives.
After the withdrawal Of MIR. Marshall,
Gentry, with much feeling, said he would
make one more effort TO save the unity oil
the Wllig party, and offered a resolution,
which in substance declared that in fixing
the time and for holding the National
Convention, the Wings did not commit
themselves Unless the Compromises were
| finalties.
A long debate ehsued, in which Messrs.
Outlaw, Campbell, Brooke, Of Mississippi,
Strother, Moore, of Louisiana, Ewing,
Catell and CIingman participated.
Mr.. Outlaw said he wished it to be un.
derstood that if the Compromise Resolu-
tions were thrust out Of the Wing caucus,
II was thrusting him out, and the Wings
whom he represented. Having said this
MT. Outlaw withdrew.
Mr.. Moore, of Louisiana, said that sud
action ruled the Southern Wings or d
the caucus ; aud then lie aud his colleague,
Mr.. Landry, withdrew. ..
Mr. Brooke, Of Mississippi, said he
would like to know, before he vent to the
Wing National Convention, wiat colnpa-
NY he was to keep and he lee also.
Mt. Strother said that tie Wings Of
Virginia had, in substance Instructed him
to leave the caucus wiepthe compromises
were thrown ont AM he obeyed these
instructions by t%akinghis departure.
MI. Cabell said tat the decisioif Of tile
chair, at the preselp meeting of the CAUCUS,
had caused man, Southern Wings to be
absent to.niuht He and others same no.
ping for a re ,srsal OF N1cl decision. The
confirmatja Of that decision would leave
the ca1eia composed of only Nortllen
men. md eight or ten Southern Wigs.
Ue then left with Senator Morton.
MI. Clingman. after sons remYfks, left
also, with Mr.. Williams, Of tennessee.
MIR. Gentry gave ,itterance 20 some in
remarks, and retired with others,
that Of the Tennessee delegation there
'efnained in tue chamber but Messrs. Gull
ON aud Jonvs.
The excitement caused by this secession
vas intense. AT this time there remained
the South only part of the North
Carolina, Kentuckey and Tennessee del
Igations, all the other Southern States
icing wholly u%nrepresented. Irdeed, It
lad become almost exclusively a North
I'm caucus.
Mr.. Murehead, of North Carolina, said
q had staid behind only because he hoped
lie Wing Convention would adopt the
Compromise, and II was certain. that North
would vote only for known conf
men.
MIR. Dockery said he endorsed his col /
to the fullest extent.
Mr.. Cullun said no man could hope to
AIRY Tennessee unless he was for the {
.ompromise.
On motion Of Mr.. Sackett, the time and ]
lace was then fixed for the holding oil the
tationl Convention.
Upon a division being taken between !
baltimore aud Pitshurg, the former receiv- J
|, thirty-one votes, and the latter eighteen, !
but forty-nine members present,
ner the Southern members had left. .
MI. Stanly defined his position atlength, |
nd said that unless the Wing party stood
pom the compromise, no candidate NOM I
lated by the party could receive the I
outhern vote. I
Previous to the adjournment, Mr.. Man.
said that he unprecedented that a J
lanifesto would be prepared by the South
m retiring Wings, aud that case he de- I
red the authority to reconverte the eau. c
US, and the authority was given.
A sharp controversy ensned between !
Jessrs. Brooks Stanly and Truman
ninth snd the cancu separated amid /,
reat excitement, about midnight. {
THE EEL.--The cells evidently a link (
the fish and serpent ; but, unlike
lie former, it can exist a long time out of q
he water, which its nocturnal migrations
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