The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-25

propriations for the support of the lighthouse es
adjustment for the current fiscal year, in one hour
after the same shall have been taken up in com
mittee.
| The House then resolved itself into a Committee
OF the Whole on the state Of the Union upon that
subJect-Mr. NENABLE in the chair.
Mr.. POLK said il was not his purpose to discuss
the bill before the committee, and trusted he would
| be permitted to PROFOUND question to the gentle
| man from Pennsylvania. MR. THApDEus STE
JOIN w. HowE) was speaking, interposed the re-
| mark that when General Scott received and nc
ccpted the Baltimore Wing platform, the word
''final' was not in tho resolution which endorsed
| the Compromise measures as settlement OF the
| MIR. STEVENS observed he had said this: that
| General Scott had before him the edition Of the
platform as ii published in tho National Intel
lges.csr and the Rspu6Iic of that morning, in ne-
| Their of which the word ''fnal' appeared.
Mr. POLK replied he had taken down the Ian
| guago which the gentleman then made use Of; and
| he now wished to know whether the Wing party
| of Pennsylvania are supporting General Scott
without tho power and force OF the word "hnai J."
Answer, air.
Mr.. STEVENS wished the gentleman to treat
| Mr.. POLK considered that a sectional Issue
about to be made. w
Mr.. STEVENS considered that the gentleman,
| by his manner, had not behaved respectfully
| towards him. And he said that, so far as he
| knew, some Of the people of Pennsylvania sup
port General Scott because the word ''final is not
in the resolution, while others support him because
| Mr.. POLK said he intended to expose the gross
harotry between men of the North and men of the
South.
Mr. STEVENS now asked the gentleman a
| question: whether some of the Democracy Of the
| North support General Pierce because he is in
favor of the "finality' of the Compromise, and
| others because he ia against it.
| MIR. POLK replied The question ia answered by
| lett IN Ial he he
| was nominated.
Mr.. STEVENS asked the gentleman to yield
the floor.
| Mr. POLK said he had more to submit than the
| gent leman had any idea OF; and he proposed 10
prove, secondly, that the Wing party, as nation
! al party, have gone into liquidation, and cannot
pay ten cents in the dollar. At Baltimore, where
| they nominated General Scott, he understood for
three or four days-because he was there himself
| that men from Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia,
| had agreed to come to Seward; and, when they
nominated General Scott, it was known the bar
gain had been made, and the South was bctray
| ed and sold to Seward, and they had to go over
| bound to him. He referred to his colleagues, Sen
ator JONES and Mr.. CULLoM, in this connexion.
| Mr.. CULLOM said he could not hear his col
league [Ihese gentlemen occupied seats on OPP
| poste sides Of the HALL
Mr. POLK. I wish you would come little
| nearer, then. say, the man who occupies the
position OF Senator from Tennessee at this momcn I
was to have been nominated with Fillmore on the
same ticket, and that be betrayed that interest.
| My colleague answer TO whether he wus
| connected with the betrayal.
| MIR. CULLOM. The Senator to whom my col
| league refers can answer for himself; and pro-
! claim here that any insinuation that have be-
trayed amy interest, public or private, connected
! with either the North, East South, or West, is
gratutous, unfounded, untruthful, and utterly
| false
The CHAIRMAN called the gentleman to order.
! Mr.. POLK said there was but one way to arrive
at facts, and that a straightforward course.
maintain the fact stated Of the Senator from Ten
nessce, that he betrayed the Wing party of that
State. make another charge. ! will not allow
this thing to go in indefinite kind of response
| biHty. l will make il a fixed one. will cay when
my colleague made the assertion, in the City Hall
Square Of Washington, that Franklin Pierce or his
| horse tainted he lied.
| The CHAIRMAN reminded the gentleman that
such remarks were out of order.
| MIR. CULLOM. When my colleague insinuatt 8
that made false representation, he is liar.
| Mr.. POLK. would ask some friend of the gem
Mr.. CULLOM. That is what say.
Mr.. EDG ERToN. Would it be in order to
have the fnaty resolution read?
Mr.. POLK resumed. The friends of General
Pierce had heard him illiberaly, unfairly, and
| shamefully attacked, and therefore il rem
| dcrcd necessary to review the history of Gene
raj Scott, public and military, and to hand
down to posterity denial that he ia all that bis
| friends claim for him In the Of his =
marks on this point, Mr.. POLK said that General
Scott had badly treated Worth, Duncan, Ransom,
| DlCklnSon, Pillow, ana OtDers; ana GcucrHl
Worth had said to him that his sword was taken
| from him General Worthy because General
! Scott did not desire that any man should share
with him the honor of battle. Duncan was the
| first victim OF ScottB vengeance in Mexico, and he
tried to crush him. General Scott was unworthy
| as a civilian, and q magnificent bumbug and
was VIGOROUSLY vain If necessary, proof of what
! he had stated could be produced. General Scott
| sat in proud state when Santa Annals commits
sioners came to know whether he intended to fight
al Chapultepec or not; and, playing the grandec.
| he submitted to it, and sacrificed seven hundred
| and fifty men at Moline del Roy.
lit ID proper to cay that the reporter gives but
| hasty sketch OF the proceedings, which, for the
most part. were but iinpcrfcctly heard by him.l
Mr.. WHITE, of Kentucky, arose, saying he
| understood the gentleman to give General Worth
as the authority for an understanding between
| General Scott and Santa Anna.
! MIR. POLK said he would encounter all the ha-
| gard OF saying it was TO-
Mr.. WHITE inquired whether the gentleman
could produce no other proof than by going to the
| graveyard.
MIR. POLK repeated what he said was correct,
| and he could prove it.
MIR. WHITE then called for the proof.
| Mr.. POLK would say, in answer to the gentle
| man, that his purpose was not to engage i'll any
| personal controversy. He had learned that the
| therefore he would say to the gentleman that he
understood the rules which govern honor in their
respective sections. and when he (Mr. W. asked,
| he (Mr. p would answer him.
! Mr.. WHITE Will the gentleman yield the
| floor a moment for personal explanation?
| Mr. POLK. OF cuurse.
| MIR. WHITE. The gentleman says that he uu,
derstood that was selected to DC ptted against
| BIN. say il is false. And whenever my honor
is assaicd, know to what mode Of redress shall
! resort.
| Mr. POLK. For fcer of nisapprehcn | tell
| the gentleman nc is a liar.
| There was excessive excitement all the
| Hall.
| The CHAIRMAN called to order; and, amid the
! confusion
| MIR. CHANDLER moved that the COMM tee rise,
saying that the proceedings were disgracafdl
| Mr.. POLK claimed the floor, and remarked the
gentleman could not make the motion while he held
| possession of it.
There were loud and long continued cries OF
| "Order!" "order!'' and "Down,' "down!' "Tukc
| your seats in 'front.'"
| Mr.. BAYLY, Of Virginia, suggested the gentle
man from Pennsylvania could not, by such mo
ton, accomplish the object at which he aimed
| Mr. CHANDLER appealed to the Chair and to
the House to maintain the dignity which belonged
to this branch Of Congress, and TO suppress such
irritating language, which would lead to quarrcs
| and bloodshed.
| The excitement having measurably subsidized
| Mr.. POLK resumed his remarks in vindication