The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-01-27

escape unscathed.
One word as to the speech of my colleague
about Kossuth and slavery Is this the place
and this the occasion for my colleague to rise
and make speech in regard to slavery--to
be externally agitatng that agitating subject !
IIaughterl Why, here call upon him to cor
rect misrepresentation, and he commences his
speech with slavery. Laughter. Let me tell
him and this committee, this question OF slavery
is one which. from the time first took my seat
in this Hall, have not hesitated to discuss upon
all proper occasions. When | do hesitate to
meet it, upon all such occasions, let my right
arm drop from its socket, but let me protest
against these agitators. Laughter why, you
cannot say anything in regard to kossuth and
about Hungary, or about any other subject, put
there are men upon this floor who will see the
ghost OF. slavery, abol ton, lrecsol or something
else, rising up before them; and at it they VIII
go wind mill fashion, wagng war against it.
What pro ocaton has my colleague to come out
and assail the Freesoi party, the Abolitionists,
or the public press! Why, does not the public
sentiment Of our State stare him in the face and
point him to speedy political grave to wnichit
will consign the man who tramples upon the
popular sentiment of the day! | very much
apprehend, wnen the proper occasion arrives,
this question of slavery, laughter, and then let
me tell you, that the gentleman will be as silent
and dumb az an adder You will not coax him
into reply or speech when ! shall come
forward and in legitimate course of argument
assa the positions he has so long occupied but
here, Out of time. out of place, and out of order,
he pitches into it, as the saying is out West,
with perfect looseness. Laughter.
Mr. CAMPBELL. Does the gentleman from
Ashtabula Mr. GI1DISGs] yield the floor to his
first colleague? Mr. TAYLOR.
Mr. OLDS. | rise to question Of order
Mr. TAYLOR. do not mean to follow the
example of the gentleman--
The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from
Ohio Mr. OLDs rises to point Of order
Mr. OLDS. My question of order is this
that no gentleman has right to occupy the floor
more than once My other colleague Mr.. TAY-
IoR rises to personal explanation and occu
pies the floor for half an hour, and if this thing
is to 90 on, there will be no end to it. / want
tho floor for five minutes for personal explana-
ton.
Mr.. CAMPBELL In order to relieve my
colleague, however, will simply cay, this is
controversy between my two colleagues
upon the right, Messrs. GIrDINGs and TAYLOR
have myself nothing more to say, Having
made few remarks in respect to my personal
connection in the matter, yielded the floor to
my furthest colleague, Mr.. GIDDINGs,l because
he was connected with the controversy; and ]
had Just now yielded the floor TO my colleague
from the Ross district, Mr.. TAYLOR l rise
again to say that yield the floor uncondition-
ally
The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from
Ohio Mr. CAMPBELL had yielded the floor to
the gentleman from Ohio Mr.. GIDDINGs to
make personal explanation. Then he yielded
it to another gentleman from Ohio Mr.. TAY-
LoR] for personal explanation. 1t is legitimate
in the opinion of the chair, for one gentleman
to yield the floor for a personal explanation;
but it is not legitimate tor him to yield it for
the purpose of making n speech.
Mr.. OLDS. know can hardly claim the
attention of the committee at this late hour of
the day. do not propose to detain them five
minutes. ! do not rise for the purpose Of en-.
tering into this fight between my colleagues
upon the other side of the House. trust that
when this committee shall again have under
consideration the bounty lard bill they will pro-
vide that these gentlemen shall have bounty
land for services for fighting in this buck. shot
war; Laughter. Ny friend from the Scioto
district, Mr. TAYLOR, being a willy politician,
has made some insinuations at this time which
am called upon to notice, being from the same
State. propose to notice his great devotion to
the names of General Jackson and to James
Madison. He made the remark, that if these
ilustrious dead should rise and appear before
the American people, there should not be the
sane exerton to tender honors to them as in
the case of Kossuh. Why has my friend from
the Scioto district become so devotedy attached
Ia AZ MuHi nd Inp
that he places them among the great men of the
country! The gentleman has been a party
mamie has always given his allegiance as a
party man; and when the llustrous Jackson
was alive, and candidate for the highest hon.
ors before the American people, he belonged to
the party that carried the coffin hand bills to
blacken the name of that great man. Why
does he rise now and place him before the Amer.
lean people as enc of those to whom they will
not pay honor before they would to the name
Of Kossu,h! 1t is not to that remark paricu
!arly to which wish to call the attention OF
the committee. have observed that he is a
party man. He knows the condition of his
party now. He sees the handwriting upon the
wall, and he knows full well what the inter-
probation OF that handwriting is. Dies he stand
here for the purpose of giving information
Mr. TAYLOR, Gnterposing) Will the gen
t,eman allow me to ask him question! | will
ask him if he was not opposed to Jackson, and
if he did not at one time belong to the Wing
party in Ohio?
Mr.. OLDS resuming. will reply to the
gen leman. | owe the same allegiance to the
party to-day, although he did not belong to the
same party did then. What wish to call the
attention of the committee to at this time is this
the gentleman being party man, and seeing the
handwriting upon the wall, and knowing well
the Interpretation, wishes to speak upon this
floor, not for the ears Of members, but so that it
will reach the ears Of Southerners-me who
will be called before year shall have ELAPSED
to vote for another presidential candidate What
is the insinuatioa of my colleague! 1t is that
these Northern fanatics, Free-soilers and Abo-
iitionists, are uniting with the Democratic party
for the purpose of getting the ascendcncy in this
country. How long is it since my friend from
the Sciota district Mr.. Taylor has eschewed all
connection with abolitonsm and free.soilisrn in
Ohio? How long is it since his party has es-
chewed all connection of that kind Is not that
party united with every ism in the country?
Did not he and his party unite with anti ma