Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-09-09
Congressional
WASHINGTON, August 9 /

pfOpflatlonS Tor The support Oh HYnI
houses.
The general debate having been
pre- viously limited TO the hour. 4.
Mr. Polk said it was not his pur-
pose 70 discuss the bill before them,
but to show, among other things.
that The whig party ha We gone into
liz pidation, and cam ot pay 10 ce nts
on the dollar. He Was not at B;3lti-
more when The wings mo minated Gen.
Scott, and it was unde r$ hood for three
or four days that men from K en-
tux ky, Tennessee and Virginia, had
agreed to come to Sew ard, and the
fac / that Scott was dominated es-
tablished that che bhrg;in had been
made.
Mr.. cullOm -Ica 1T hear my qdl-
lea que.
kThese gentlemen occupied Sc ats
on opposite sides of tile Hall. Ne M
bers generally began TO manifest ;ed-
Iditional interest in the proceedings.)
Mr. Polk (inNreply)-- II wish then
20 would come a little nearer.
. Mr.. Gull om-I uddd rstood you to
say something aboht d betrayal Of
the South.
Mr. Polk--I say the man who
no occupies the position of Sena tor
from Tenn essee was I'd have been
nc minated with Fillmoi e on the tick
eli, and that he betrayed his trust II
Nj colleague can ankw er whether Fhe
was connecie led with this betrayal,
Mr.. Gull BIN Ny col league in the
Senate can answ er fof himself. ]
pr claim here chat | have entered IN
to no COLT sion, public or privd tie,
and | prom ounce the in situation nm
founded, ur[ truthful a nd utterly false.
The chait Imam knocked 10 ord er,
and much excitelnend VAS every
where mani fested, many pf the mem
be rs rising TO their fdet, and q. rush
be ing made BY .the lobby occupah ts
TO the bar. H
Mr.. Poll resumed, +; Iying thq ere
was but one way to al rive at She
facts, and that was a ST afghtl6rwdrI ID
co rse. | repeat, Senate Jones be-
ira aged the wing party Of Tenn essff;
and | viii make another charge I
will not allow this thing to 80 into
an indefinite kind of responsibility;
/ viii make i q fixed one. SLY,
VIII en- m y colleague msde tie ass%r
tio at the City Hall in this city,
that Franklin Pierce, or his horse,
tainted, he liedl i
Tile chairman and hers called To
ordery and there was M uch excite
me pit and apprehension Of person al
conflict. Il
Nj. Gullom--Whc en- my colleag4 be
ms ndatcs that have made a fall Be
repreB entation, he ista liar 4
AI4. Polk-Let the gentleman sen dI
some friend 10 me, and that will do i
Mi |. Cullom-That's what l say.
Nh. Edgerton- / ask that the fl
nality resolution be read /
Mn Polk resumed, saying that d Il
Ter ali the unfair, illiberal, and sham e. !
i'll at tacks on Pierce, it was necessa-
y 10 review SCOTS history and han ID t
iown Ito posterit ! a denial that Scoi I
s all his friends claim for him, and
istorE would show this: He the q
poke of Scott's persecution of Dun 4
an Worth, Die kinson, Pillow, an a
III er4 being enFious of their fame, L
md d OF wishing them to share the \
lonorS Of the campaign. These sol II
liers we're the victims Of Scott ven HI
re; lncf, and Sc oft was not only IN ~
worthy as civilian, but is a magnif-
;ent lumbug. Facts prove thes ell
hings After mentioning many
hings told to him by the late Gen.
VortH, he said that Scott was sitting
n pro- a state when Santa Anna s.
jomm issioners came to know wheth- II
r SGD lit would fight at Chepultepec
r not Scott played the grandee, 1
nd submitted to it, and thus sacri- !
ced ! 80 lives at Moline del Rey.
Mr.. White, Of KY, rose, saying he
Understood the gentleman to make :
n aHusion to an alleged understand
g betwd en- Scott and Santa Anna !
L. wished to know whether the gem +!
eman could produce no other evil /
ence for this, than by going to the IL
"a yeyard? +
Mr.. Polk-I say what / have !
a ted is correct and ! can proyeit. 7
Mr.. White call for the proof.
Mr. Polk-I will say in answer toll
re gentle man, that it is not my E,
lrpose TO engage in personal con- h
otrorct, b,t 7 Ioorr tbo4 bo ko,R