The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-06-03

Of one hundred and sixty six to one hundred and
eleven. The committee on credentials then re-
/ ported. majority reporting against Mr.. RAN
ToUL aud minority in his favor. The whole
committee recommended Georgia to join desga-
tons and cast the vote of the State jointly.
| Great excitement Reports were laid on the
table and ordered to be printed and made the
order of the day for tomorrow
Adjourned to O'Clock tomorrow.
COMPROMISE MISUNDERSTANDING CONGRESSIONAL
cAUcUs-THE PRESIDENCY.
speech Of Hon. ii. Marshall, of Kentucky.
In The House Of Representatives. May 26, 1852
CONTINUED
Mr.. GREY. How is it now with the Wing
papers in Kentucky between the gentleman and
myself?
Mr. MARSHALL. Since that paper had adj
vocated General Scott, think IL has taken a
liking to the gentleman. Laughter. There
exists correspondence between that same paper
and one who learn sits in office at the desks OF
| the Treasury Department. correspondence
evidently intended to prejudice me in the eyes of
my constituency; which asperses my motives
and falsihes my public course. take this oc-
cason to state, that while have not noticed and
| do not mean to notice the letter writers who
have been so busy of late with my name, that
understand this Courier correspondent is also a
daily correspondent for an Abolition paper in
the District of the gentleman from Ohio, Mr..
GIpDINGs.l Laughter understand that he
writes, too, for the Cleveland Herald, over the
signature of "Otsego," and he but drops the
g $ and writes to the Louisville Courier over
| that of "Otego." | understand also, that the
paternity of these letters is acknowledged Since
he became correspondent for the Louisville
| Courier, and since that paper has gone the
whole figure for General Scott, it has, | frankl y
state, exhibited decidedly better opinion of my
colleague than it had before his election. Laugh
ter.
Mr. BROOKS Will the gentleman from
Kentucky permit me? The same correspondent
writes the same wav to paper in the city OF
New York about Fillmore man.
Mr. MARSHALL. My colleague talks of
publishing his speech TO my constituents. "Oh.
that mine enemy would write book /" Sir, il
they who assail my positions and mediate my
overthrow will just add to the speech of the
honorable member the Abolition letters which
are written to my district against me from the
desks of the Treasury Department, promise
them all that my constituency shall put an in.
dorsment to show that it is not /, but the gen.
tleman who wears garments out of fashion,
+ Mr.. CAMPBELL, of Ohio. | wish merely
to correct the gentleman to the Cleveland
Herald. 1t is compromise paper
, Mr.. MARSHALL. have never seen il, and
care very little about its character. Nv col
league has chosen to allude to me as "a mum
candidate in lS49," and Institutes comparison
between my position then and that of General
Scott now. This charge of my colleague will
be laughed at by my constituents, and would
, | ~ e..
them. But as he will circulate it extensively
and as the Scott papers will no doubt strike
large editions of it, will render a brief expa.
nation Of how far 1 was mum candidate
was the candidate of the Wing party-had ac
cepted Wing nomination for Congress- 1t SC
occurred that at the time was canvassing my dis
trict for a seat in Congress, candidates were can
vassing the several counties for seats in the State
convention, to revise and amend the State const
tuition. These discussed questions pertinent to
the duties of the office to which they aspired
Among other questions, the policy of providing
in the new constitution for system of gradual
emancipation of the slaves in Kentucky arose
This discussion brought forth intense feeling
and while the Wing and Democratic parties pre-
served their distinctive organizations there was
a union of Wings and Democrats on pro
slavery ticket, and union of Wings and Demo.
crats on an emancipation ticket made for the
express purpose of testing public sense on this
local question, Independent of the general party
organic cation. My district contained very small
Wing majority, though it had not been repre-
scented in Congress in eighteen years by Demo.
crat My competitor wanted to take the chances
by turning our canvass for Congress on d purely
local question, with which, when elected, the
successful candidate could not by possibility
have anything to do. | refused 10 permit the
canvass for Congress TO turn upon any such
issue, and confined myself to the discussion OF
those questions which Congress- had the right
to consider made no concealment whatever
of my views on the question of emancipation
| would not agree TO canvass for Congresson-
, al seat as Wing candidate on that ground be.
cause could not possibly act officially on the
question, no matter what my opinions might be
and the discussion was therefore utterly and in
dsputably prevalent.
If my colleague perceives no distinction be
tween that case and the refusal to answer upon
a point on which the Executive of the Unit I'd
States may, and, should General Scott b.
elected in all probability will, have to act,
shall hope for clearer perception from Impair
tal minds, who will not read my reply through
the discolored medium of personal prejudice
AS to the comments of my colleague in regard
to my casual meeting with Mr. SEWARD, after
my retirement from the caucus, shall permit
them to pass to his constituency without fur
Their notice than that they are far beneath the
allowable sources even of inference ia parlia-
mentary discussion, and that cannot afford to
waste time or to outrage this House, by seri-
ously expressing the reflections they awaken"
In the account Of the proceedings of the
caucus, given TO Kentucky by my colleague,
he has ATTEMPTED TO ridicule my course On
that occasion, by producing what he sug
gests might be circular letter to the men,
! women, and children, of his district, Civ.
/ ing familiar account of the occurrences Of
that evening, to allay their fears. | have only
to say TO the people of Kentucky such an &C
count as he furnishes may contain fair reflex
of the estimate my colleague placed upon that
scene, but if they should be compelled to rely
on il for the facts they will die in utter ignorance
of the proper history of that caucus, and Of the
motives which animated those who retired from