Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-05-22


was the trst time that widow Of ex-President had
died in this city during the session of Congress and it
might be the last He hoped there would be objection
to the resolution.
Mr. STEPHENS, Of Georgia, suggested that the House
adjourn until Wednesday They could certainly spare
one day. and he understood that the Senate had adjourn
ed over tomorrow in order to attend the funeral
Mr. FOWLER said that he would most cheerfully mo-
dy bis resolution IN accordance with the suggestion Of
the gentleman from Georgia He would have originally
offered IT in that shape but he apprehensve that it
would be asking too much A
Mr. STANLY moved to amend the resolution so as to
make 1t read as it was originally introduced by Mr..
FOWLER.
Mr. STEPHENS, of Georgia, trusted that the amend-
ment would not be adopted II the House intended to
pay respect TO this distinguished parsonage it should
tainly devote one day.
Mr. STANLY said that he would not yield to the gen.
tean from Georgia in his respect for the deceased His
amendment would accomplish what the gentleman from
Massachusetts, deemed proper and would avoid the diff
Guilty of loss of time He wished the resolution to pass
unanimously but at this period Of the session. when
there was SO much business before them he thought they
could pay appropriate respect the deceased without de-
laying the public business.
The question was then taken, and the amendment of
Mr.. STASLY rejected. tab
The resolution Of Mr. FOWLER, as modified at the sug-
gestion OF Mr. STEPHENS, was then agreed to.
TERRITORIAL BUSINESS PRESIDENCY, sc.
On motion Of Mr., RICHARDSON, the House then went
into Committee of the Whole on the state Of the Union
r STANTON OF Tennessee in the chair and proceeded
to consider the bills the calendar relating to Terrific
rial business the first being bill authorizing the Governor
OF the Territory Of New Mexico to call extra session of
the Legislative Assembly Of said Territory should the
same be deemed necessary and expedient.
Mr. KING, of New York, latter few Introductory re-
marks, spoke in relation to the compromise measures,
and the laws respecting slavery in the Territories He
said that these laws stood upon the statute book
and whatever the present opinions Of the courts of the
country might be Of their constitutional validity enough
had ranspred to show that the courts constituted
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The Democratic Convention at Baltimore in l848 refused
to adopt this platform but outside slavery issue
made by the Nicholson letter. and the Democratic party
divided and defeated. The compromise
not passed party measures They were not issue
between the two parties organized Democrats and
Wings; but few OF either party supported them all If
part of them were particularly presented, controversy
would be revived If the fugitive slave law alone should
be presented and his duty to decide whether that
law should be continued, modified repealed he would
vote to modify repeal it and if the electors of New
York should be challenged by the issue presented to them
to decide at the election whether they were satisfied with
approved that law in his opinion they would reject the
candidate for President presented to them because he
made the fugitive slave law the platform of his party po-
tcs as he could have no doubt that Georgia and Misss
spp would reject candidate who should be presented
them because opposed to that law An issue upon the
subject of slavery was and be- in the present cond
ton of the different States of the Union sectional issue
The effort of political parsans to make it that either
party was more friendly to slavery than the other had
ty regarding slavery it existed in the States the sub
ject of State and National jurisdiction had always
heretofore refused to make national slavery issue The
Democratic members of the present Congress- assembled
caucus at the of the present session.
fused to make such issue, and he believed that the
Democratic National Convention which was soon to as
sembe would refuse to change its position in this respect
by making slavery issue for the Presidential election
but should such issue be deliberately made by the Ma
tiona Nominating Conventions and the electors of the
Union be invited and challenged to indicate their opinions
of slavery by their votes for President he had doubt
that the verdict at the election would truly express the
sentiments of the country upon that well upon any
other question presented at election for popular
dict to pronounce upon.
Mr.. CULLOM followed, and indicated the action of
the Wing in ruling out Of order to the PROPOSE
ton to fix the time and place Of holding the Wing National
Convention, the compromise resolutions moved an
amendment thereto. He thought that the Withdrawing
of certain Southern gentlemen from that cal
cuated to excite sectional feeling and its tendency would
be establish geographical division in the country He
said that he had statement which would show that IL
those gentlemen who withdrew had remained, the
promise measures would have been sustained by majo-
ry Of four counting all those Wings in who voted
for the compromise resolutions of the gentlemen from
Georgia Messrs. JACKSON and HnLYER) and those who
in said they would for it He expressed him
self in favor of the naty of the compromise measures
and declared that he would support for the Pres
dency who was not sound upon that question He had
always preferred Willard Fllmores nomination for the
Presidency and would award to him what need of praise
his tongue could lisp for the manner In which he had dis
charged the duties of the highly responsible Office to
which he had been elevated by the elective franchise Of
the American people The people of Tennessee were
divided in their devotion to Willard Fillmore. IT. how
ever this gentleman should not obtain the nomination of
the Convention, and they should present another cand
date sound upon the compromise he would support him
with equal ardor he would Willard Fillmore, if the
nominee In his opinion, if the Wing Convention would
lay down the platform they had always had and endorse
the compromise according to the spirit Of the
Tennessee resolutions that subject that State would
give large majority in favor of the Wing candidate.
Messrs. CLINGMAN and FITCH then made few re-
marks in reply to portion Of Mr.. CUILoM's speech
when
Considerable debate ensued between Messrs. GENTRY
CABELL OF Florida, D0CKERY, and MARSHALL Of
Kentucky, in relation to the proceedings of the Wing
caucus.
Without taking vote the bill under consideration
the committee rose and reported progress.
Mr. CLARK asked the unanimous consent Of the House
TO offer resolution TO discharge the Committee of the
Whole on the state Of the Union from the further cons
deraton Of Senate bill to renquh TO the State Of Iowa
the lands reserved for salt springs therein.
Objection made
Mr.. CLARK moved to suspend the rules pending
which
Mr.. DAVIS of Massachusetts,, by unanimous consent
presented the report Of the minority Of the Committee Of
Elections in reference the Pennsylvania contested cleo
ton case which was referred to the Committee Of the
Whole on the state Of the Union.
The House then adjourned
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1852.