Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-02-07

Der Of the House. and citizen of the United States for
the next President WILLARD FILLMORE. He believed
that the country indebted TO him than man
living for the peace and quietude which il enjoyed
and it seemed to him that the South under moral
obligation to stand by him and re-eect him President
1here was moral obligation resting upon all men who
desired the peace and quetude the country and who
in favor of these final settlement of
the slave question: to rally around the present President
of the United States. e44E ,i.s
As Gen. ScoTT, he believed him to be the greatest
captain of the age and that had ever lived who
had achieved much and been lightly rewarded for
his services He however could not and would not in
the present condson of things give his vote for him for
President and he believed he spoke the sentiments of the
Southern Wing party Unless Gen Scott would do what
had been demanded o. him. and place his views clearly
before the country they would give him their support
When Gen Scott acting Secretary Of War be exerted
himself to the passage the compromise measures
and he was therefore entitled to the support Of all
promise men but he (Mr CO. was determined never to
go into contest again and elect whom the Adolf
toniss could say occupied their ground If Gen. Scott
should be nominated candidate for the Presidency
| he did not believe he would receive the vote of
Southern State. The Southern Wings determined
that should be elected by their President of
the United States whose opinions capable Of being
Imisrepresented.
/ Mr.. MURPHY replied to some Of the remarks of Mr.
CABEL, and commended that the principles upon which
the Union party OF Georgia formed the prnc-
Pies recognised by the Baltimore Convention The
why the Union men Of Georgia would to the Baltimore
Convention that they believed that the Democratic
party North would be likely recognise the princ
pies for which they commended than the Wing party.
MIR. CABELL said that he had expressed the opinion
that il the Democratic party should nominate who
would take the same position which he had occupied for
the last twelve months and the Wing party would refuse
to do he would give his support the Democratic
ticket He would ask the gentleman from Georgia if the
Democratic party should meet in and adopt the
resolutions of l848, and refuse to put itself
upon the position occupied by the Union party Georgia.
while the Wing party should adopt the Georgia Union
platform, would he vote for the candidate of the Wing
party
Mr.. MURPHY replied that the Union party of Georgia
was organized upon principle and that principle had
been proclaimed to the world and he would say that
he would vote for who should be opposed that
principle, would vote against any who should be
in favor of it. He in favor of going to the Baltimore
Convention, because this principle would find OPPOSE
ton there, and II was certain that it would find friends
there If by going to this Convention and acting with
the Democratic party they could the influence
of those opposed to them and put the party upon correct
and right principles then he proposed that they should
go there. As to the Presidency he willing to vote
for any having correct principles, and who pledged
himself to carry those principles out but without this
he would not he would for this because he
was Democrat that because he was Wing,
or another man because he Union man.
Mr.. McMULLEN did not rise for the purpose of making
political speech but desired to call the attention of the
committee to the subjectmatter under consideration
The object of this bill to make land warrants trans
ferabe and he would take this occasion say that
subject could before Congress in which the poor
soldier felt more interest than in the under
consideration The gentleman from Florida had predi-
Gated political speech this bil by which he had
1 IT,
cal parties Of the country, and also the time
allude to the recently newfangled latelyborn Union
parity
Mr.. DISNEY (interposing and the floor being yielded
to him desired to reply part Of the remarks of the
gentleman from Florida, in which the gentleman had said
that he Mr D. had not voted for the fugitive slave law
The why he did for this law because
he deemed it ineffective and capable of accomplish
ing any thing. When the bin first taken up in the
House he asked the chairman of the Judiciary Committee
to withdraw the demand for the previous question:
To Int pt tlppnan
declined to accede to his request He apprehended then
what had since been proven true that the bill would
source of agitation in the hands Of the FreeS@ers of
the North
Mr. CAMPBELL of Ohio desired to inquire Of his col
league whether he opposed any modification of the
fugitive slave law at this time?
Mr.. DISNEY replied that he was the great mass of
the people of this country having acquesced in the
in the particular form which twas passed. though
Mr.. CAMPBELL. l will vote to modify and repeal it.
Mr.. DISNEY. / will vote against both.
Mr.. POLK said that he would PROFOUND to the gentle
man from Ohio the question whether he would be willing
to open the discussion of this agitatng question by
voting for any alteration, notification change in any
| part Of it?
Mr. CAMPBELL said he took very great pleasure in
answering the gentleman He thought he could say with
great safety that he had taken steps since the organ
cation of this Congress to agate again the question of
slavery.
! Mr. POLK. Give categorical answer
/ Mr. CAMPBELL had not said that he in favor
of agtatng this question He knew enough Of the House.
from the of the last Congress- to know that
agitation upon this subject would do good here AS
to THE question of the gentleman from Tennessee he
would vote to modify the fugitive slave law because he
believed the details Of the law unjust and oppres
ve lie believed the day would come, and that before
| long, when Southern themselves would propose q
modification Of that law
Mr.. POLK. Is the gentleman from Ohio a Wing or a
Democrat?
Mr.. CAMPBELL. I believe there is difference be-
tween Southern Wings and Northern Wings, rs there
TO be between Southern Democrats and Northern
Democrats SO far as / am concerned, think my poit
cal opinions in my State have always been under
stood. | have always been regarded there Wing,
| always been nominated Wing, and always voted the
Wing ticket for President throughout my whole life,
cept in 1848 when for the first and last time, lodged
and did not vote at ALL will give my for so
doing, and will PROFOUND nterrogatory the gentle
man from Florida. My reason this: desired in
National Convention to have the opinions of the candi-
dates spread upon the records and the gentleman from
Florida says that he must have them before he will
vote for candidate The gentleman from Florida will
recollect that Notwithstanding this desire the part of
myself and Others he of the chief actors in
sitting that expression of opinion and he insists
the adoption Of this form
Mr. CABELL / was not member of the Philadelphia |
Convention.
Mr. CAMPBELL. Were you rot present?
Mr. CABELBS reply was not heard by the Reporter.
Mr. CAMPBELL. You outsider, then.
Mr. POLK said that the gentleman from Ohio had said
that he would vote to repeal the fugitive slave law and
that he also member Of the Wing party He would
ask the gentleman from Ohio if il element Of the
creed of Whiggery that the fugitive slave law should be