The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-05-07
WHIG CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS.

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occurred at the recent Wing Congressional
Caucus, copied from the N. Y. Express:
WASHINGTON, April 90.
The Wing Congressional Caucus reassem-
bled, to night, in the Senate Chamber, at 8
o'clock, Judge Mangum presiding
| The attendance was rather thin; number
of southern members and some of Mr.. Web
ster's friends being absent Among those
present are Senators Smith, Fish, Seward,
Wade, and Messrs. Fowler, Briggs, Brooks,
Halves, Stanley, Gentry, Landry, and Hum
phrey Marshall The latter gentleman pur-
poses renewing his compromise platform,
offered at the previous meeting, as to which
a lengthy and stormy discussion is expected.
| SECOND DISPATCH.
The Caucus have fixed upon Baltimore as
the place, and the 18th of June as the time,
for holding the Whg National Convention.
An excited discussion has been going on.
THIRD DISPATCH.
Mr.. Marshall, of KY, offered the original
Wing Caucus Resolutions.
Mr. Stanly objected to themas out of order.
The Chairman sustained the objection.
After discussion, principally between
Messrs. Marshall and Stanly, the decision of
the chair was sustained yeas 40, nays Is.
Mr.. Marshall said, as the chair had decided
the Compromise principles of the Wing Ad-
ministraton out of order, this was no place
for wings to remain; and he then withdrew.
The negative votes against the decision
were Southern men except Stanly, Morehead,
Cullom, and two Kentuckians Among the
alternatives were Fowler, Wade, Campbell,
Sackett, Schoolcraft, and others.
Mr.. Gentry with much feeling, said he would
make one more effort to save the united whig
party, and offered resolution in substance
that in fixing the time and place, the wings
did not commit themselves unless the COM
promises were final. This is as received
A long debate arose, in which Messrs.
Campbell, Outlaw, Brooke of Mississippi,
Strother, Moore of Louisiana, Ewing, Cabell,
and Clingman, participated.
Mr.. Outlaw wished to be understood-if
the compromise resolutions were thrust out
of the whig caucus, it was thrusting him out,
and the wings whom he represented
then he withdrew.
Mr.. Moore, La, said such action ruled the
southern wings out of the caucus, and then
ne and his colleague, Mr.. Landry, withdrew.
Mr.. Brooke, Miss, would like to know be-
fore he went to the whig national convention
what company he was to keep-he then left.
Mr. Strother said the wings of Virginia had
in substance instructed him to leave the eau
Gus when the compromise was thrown out
left.
Mr. Cabell said the previous decision of the
chair cssds-a nilify southern wings to be alb
sent to night. He and others came hoping
for the reversal of such n decision. The con-
firmation of the decision would leave the
caucus with only the northern men and or
10 southern wings. He left with Senator
Norton
Mr.. Clingman, after some few remarks, left
also.
Messrs Williams, of Tennessee, and Cen
try made some indignant remarks, and OF the
Tennessee delegation there was in the cham
ber only Cullom and Jones.
The greatest excitement prevailed at this
secession and there remained from the South,
only part of N. Carolina, Kentucky and Ten
nessce. All the other Southern States were
wholly unrepresented Indeed, it had become
almost exclusively northern caucus.
Mr.. Morehead of N c., said he stayed be-
hind only because he hoped the caucus would
adopt the compromises, and it was certain
that North Carolina would vote only for the
Mr. Dockery endorsed his colleague to the
fullest extent.
Mr.. Colum said no man could hope to car
ry Tennessee unless for the compromises
On the motion of MIR. Sackett, the time
and place was fixed.
Upon division between Baltimore and |
the former received 81, and the !
latter 49, showing but 40 present after the
southern members left
Mr.. Stanly defined his position at length;
unless the whig party stood upon the COM
promise, no candidate could receive the
southern vote
A sharp controversy ensued between
Messrs. Brooks, Stanly and Truman Smith,
and the caucus separated amidst great excite
ment, near midnight.
Prosious to the adjournment, Mr.. Mangum
said he anticipated a manifesto from the re-
tiring Southern Wings, and in that case he
desired authority to convene the caucus
was given.
The result seems to indicate a sectional
division in the whig party. Such men as
John Bell, Dawson, Berrien, Grier, Badger,
Pratt and Pearce, of the Senate, with all the
Representatives, and other promi-
nent members absented themselves in conse-
quence of the pre-announced decision of the
Chair.
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