Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-02-16

was attended to.
Mr.. STANLr. Has the gentleman finished
his explanation
Mr.. GIDDINGs. Notyet.
MIR. STANLY. How much longer!
Mr.. GIDDINGs. | am sorry to see slayehold
ers copying from dough faced Wings of the
IN NORM. Let the dough faces copy after you.-
MS is your business and they ought to do it
And here will say an important measure and
bill was pending, for the non passage of which
was censured in certain papers because l did
not carry through the River and Harbour bill ut
an early period. This was imputed to neglect
because was absent the last few DAYS of the
session. lappeal to you, Mr.. Speaker and to-
members who were at that time here TO benz"
testimony that | made use of every nossib,e
means to hasten the public business, from the
commencement of the session,-and nevervoted
Tor an adjournment for more than one day.
During this session, have declined sometimes
to adjourn over even one day. If the gentleman
censures me for that let him say so, as a man.
1t IS the first time | ever found my friend dodg
ing.
instead of spending seven months upon the
California question, it should have been disposed
OF In as many days; and instead of the gentle
manand othersr remaining here, they should have
ADJOURNED and gone home two or three months
earlier than they did This would have saved
a large sum OF money unnecessarily spent Is
there Wing OF a Democrat, or dough face
VINO was in the last Congress, who can tell qui
bono we remained here doing nothing! I be-
heve that the country would have been obliged
to US five had left before we did.
Gentlemen were looking forward to the nomi-
nations Tor PRESIDENT and he warned the coun-
Try, that until the nominations were made, no
business would be done. This is the policy: and
/ Ia a.
do nothing until the nominations are made and
until Buncombe speeches are delivered and dis.
tributed.
MI STANLY. yiehled the floor for an ex-.
PLANTATION, but the gentleman branched off in Il.
lecture at large on general department; for he.
seems to think that he has some special Gift from
Providence, or even a higher or louer po,ger,
which will not refer to here, [aughter1 to-
lecture dough-faces, Wings and Democrats
linen the gentleman goes on and renews his lee
lures lie admits that he went home and neg
lected the public business. We heard nothing
then OF his lectures. No tea men delay public
business so much as that honorable member.
Nlr. GIDDINGs. I call upon the gentleman to
make good his saying; and in the face of the
House, pronounce it false.
Mr.. SrANLY. 1t is usual for one who has no
regard for the decencies of life to relieve him
self OF responsibility by charging falsehood-
one who sneaked away from this House, taking
ms pay tor work which he did not do Is he the
lecture men in this House. oranv
negro OF Tree negro out oft! Does itnotcome
with an Ill grace from that source? We have had
enough OF this. As to another matter. He got
up here to-day, on motion to print the resolu-
tons OF the Legislature of New Jersey, and de-
nVefed MS views on slavery and the slave trade;
thus lnteTupting the whole order of business
was inf to1 byy,
the runaway member who goes home to secure
his own election, and leaves, for his part,
the pubic business to take care of itself He
says that the subject of his dinner is the great
est one Which | ever discussed. have discus
sed one smaller and that is the subject of the
honorable member himself Laughter And
this has been forced upon me by his own inso-
lent conduct in the House. As he has THOUGHT
proper to refer to an Internal improvement BILL
every member OF the last House will bear mo
out In the assertion, that he did more than any
strict construtionist in this body to defeat it
His support is death toany measure. He makes
a bill odious.
Mr. GIDDINGs. I am rejoiced that the gen
tleman does me the justice to say that can do
more than fifty members. There were not fifty
votes against the bill. / have Just been told
that there was majority of only sixteen on its
hnal passage. | am glad that the gentleman
has a1raigned me this point. WhenI came
here the whole system of internal improvement
was disbanded 1t was difficult to re-oreanize
the system in President Polk'stime yetwe got
Dill through both Houses which met the fate
OF Veto And, for the sins of President Polk,
the gentleman alTaigns me. At the last session
there was a triumphant majority in its favor in
this House, where | make my speeches and
exert my influence, if l have any When the
gentleman descends to low valgarity | cannot
follow INN. lie removes all Obstacles in going
Town, and no decent man can follow him [
therefore will not. know that my country
and my constituents do not expect this of me.
AS the gentleman has been selected to sneak
Tor the services OF the North, will say to him,
That as the bill passed, my distlictreceived dou-
ole than it ever did before under the admins
ration OF my distinguished predecessor, and no
man stood higher in this HOUSE than he. The
oia' however, went to the Senate, and met with
taclous opposition. Eerceiving several gen
1lemen conversing with Mr. Stanly.l I pro-
test against dough-faces advising the gentle
man. A tair fight and fair play is all | ask
voice: You shall have it-go on."l-
The seWilc presses Of the North have ar
falgned me for the loss of the River and Harbor
dill Ill the Senate, because my influence was
1ot sufficient to carry it through in that body.
BY the delay OF the gentleman from North Ca
'oiiha and the northern services, we did not get
our bill through here in season to enable the Sen
lite to pass it.
Mr.. STANLY. The gentleman from Ohio.
ays it is small business to say anything about
lim lplead guilty to the accusation. It is not
] ly small business, but the business of scar
'enger to have anything to do with him; and it
would become necessary to wash the hands after
having had hold ofhim. But he thrusts himself
Upon us as kind ofcensor. It is small business
or me, and don't know how can descend any
over than by taking to task the honorable mem
Del. from Ohio. voice: ''Good."] Net good;
t is very bad task; but I must do it. Ire
peat, that whatever he advocates he renders obi
'us. He refers to my course on the California
'ill; and makes n reckless assertion when he
avs that am responsible for the seven months
leay on that measure. Ii there is one subject