Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-02-12

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but that should continue to talk much longer might
myself say imprudent things and SO win sit down
with the expression Of the hope that shall come to
something practical There is the Pacific railroad am
for it. There is the land bill and say the honorable
Senator from Iowa, MIR DoDGE who takes so much to
heart that have it much in my heart he has, but
that am not ambitious, and therefore will stand
back and let him take the lead; and if do not make
speeches on it, viii give the magic influence Of my vote
to sustain it,
For these reasons am opposed to giving much time to
questions Of this sort for something practical
And when honorable Senator's will not them, for
would be invdiousf there any conscious of their
own merits their sagacty their powers desire
an opportunity to spread out those merits and that saga
city before the country think they ought to take some
other tme and to let those Of who want to do the
business Of the Senate and determined do it, have
an opportunity There is my friend from Rhode Island
Mr. CLARKE who has but little time to stsy here,
and who desires to sgnalze his devotion che best in
eress Of the country and not to ..en to these speeches
of these ambitious men to forbear these
disnays these reasons shall 40 with The honora
from California for the posponement until the
4th Of March, fa
Mr. UNDERWOOD am a matter OF n a. ro.r r,aroh-
teri and want to say few words in reply to NV friend
from Arkansas who thought proper to attack the Wbr
party. l want to yndicate that party in yerp few
words from the charges he has made against them and
to prove that they not that miserable minority which
he has supposed them to be- Iwant turn the tables
npon him by few plain facts and show that his party
is exactly in that position. Now sir, how many votes
H.
cd and you will find that he received less than 600
And how many voters there in the United States Fer
some other purposes applied at the Census Bureau and
sas " s voting Il H.
United States to elect your candidate And yet sir we
are perpeuay tainted about being overwhelmed with
ajosY. chen they have only fourth Of the peo-
pie Of the DATED States entitled 10 vote upon their side
This is the state Of the facts Sir you might get every
electoral provided you could get majority in
each State fthe Union-and majority of one has
times elected Governoryou might get every electoral
vote those in State and be in considerable mi
n0rity Of the peopleof the United States just
state these facts in order to- show this Boosting party
that S constantly taunting with being miserable
minority, that when you compare the amount Of support
which TINY have received tested by the vote at the
polls, with the whole voting population OF the United
States they occupy the very position which they
stantly attempting to assign to us.
Now, sir it may be said by way of reply that, If the
whole population had voted the relative proportion which
each party would have received would have been the
That is the only reply which be made to the
facts which have stated Sir the fact that the people
did not go to the polls and vote shows dissatisfaction
may be allowed to express it. with both parties and if
had time would show you the foundation Of that dis
satisfaction. But will not go into it, will only state
the fact that out Of hundred and sixty thousand
tiers in Kentucky only about hundred and ten thou
sand went to the polls leaving fifty thousand that did not
vote at all and know reasons which kept them
away, though will not go into them now.
Sir, General Pierce in minority of fortyeight thou
sand in the New England States of the actual vote cast
If you viii put the vote of the gentleman who occupies
the seat at my right r HALE with that Of Gen. Scott,
and if you take New York. Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Delaware and Maryland together with the New England
States he will still be in minority of fifteen thousand
And you may carry this calculation throughout the United
States and it will show that the boasts made here by way
of taunt have facts upon which they rest Sir,
deny that the Wing party party lack confidence in
the virtue and intelligence of the people.
Mr. BORLAND. Win the honorable Senator permit
me to say word by way of explanation did not ex
tstes and accounts of elections. intended only
this Finding great fact before the country say
great factthat is that with very few exceptions the
Wing party have always been defeated, and under
stand the result of the last election that they had been
most signay and disastrousy defeated, undertook to
account for it principles Of political philosophy and
the one announced the one which occurred to me
being sound and correct But if the Senator
undertakes to contest that point and intends to bring
forward array of statistics Of various Presidential cleo
tons, that will open q new field of inquiry to which
shall have to take little time to prepare to reply
Mr.. UNDERWOOD Mr.. President l have given the
facts in regard to the election and have given the
in regard to the number Of voters which ascertaned
from the Census Bureau They speak for themselves
about to conclude my statements to my friend over
the way Mr. BoRLAyD) by denying the charge against
the Wing party so far as connected with It. that
endeavorng to conceal any thing from the virtue in
teigence and honor of the people So far as have ad
vocated Wing principles and Wing policy, it hss always
been by appealo the virtue and intelligence Of the
people, and by attempting to bring facts before them
gentleman from Arkansas (Nr. DoRLAsD) ought have
pointed out the specification and sad Here is the fact
this is the time when and this is the place where, the
party that asserting have been guilty of endea-
vong suppress knowledge and facts from the people"
Sir, there is no specification given. There is no time
place. fact pointed that we gainsay or
deny; and it viii be time to make response when the
fact of the time and place. and the specifications of the
indictment shall be given.
The question being taken postponng the resolution
till the 4th Of March, the yeas and nays follows:
YEAs-Messrs Adams Badger, Bell Brooke Davis, Daw-
son, Fish, Geye Hale, Mangum, Miller Morton Seward
Smith, Spruance, Wade, Wcller--17.
NAYSMessrs Atchison, Borland Bradbury Bright Brod
head Butler, Cass, Charlton Chase Clarke, DcSausure
Dodge Of Wisconsin Dodge Of Iowa. Downs, Felch, Ftz-
patrick, Hamn, Houston, Jones Of Tennessee Mallory Ma
son, Norris Petit, Rusk, Sebastian, Soule Sumner Under
wood Walker-29
SO the resolution not postponed.
Mr.. BUTLER. move that the resolutions of the Sc
nator from Michigan relative to what is understood
he Monroe doctrine be also referred to that committee
The PRESIDING OFFICER. 1t is not in order
The question being then taken the adoption Of the
resolution, it was agreed to.
And afterwards the joint resolution of Mr. CAss, de-
cratory Of the views of the United States respecting
by European Powers upon the North Ameri
continent and respecting the Island of Cuba, was
postponed for week. vz to the Sd February but its
not resumed until the 9TH.
In SENATE, February Z, 1853.
Mr.. CLEMENS said Mr. President, when the Senator
from Virginia (Mr. MASON introduced his resolution in
relation to the rpartte convention proposed by England
and France l confined to q bed of sickness; but