Washington sentinel., 1853-11-11
WIN. ). BROWNS INFAMY.

remarks IN reply 70 Mr. Staniy, OF North Caro-
lima, said:] M
The gentleman from North Carolina MIR. STANI.y /
has said that he can look TO his side of the House
without shame; but that when he looked 20 this.
he blushed; that there was something " rotten IN
Denmark The gentleman has thus, in his place,
by this lnsinuation, given form and Importance To
an imputaton which this morning has been in
whispers circulated through this hall. He insnu-
aies that something improper has taken place be-
tween the democratic party and the reesollers, as
they are called. Sir, il is such an insnuaton as
the gentleman ought not 10 make lightly, or TO
which we ought in silence to submit. flatter
myself (said MIR. b. that the gentlemen on this
side of the House would be as little likely any
others 10 enter into any arrangement with the
party referred to- | am rejoced, however, that
the gentleman has made the remarks he did. IL
enables TO brand the rumor, in the outset, as it
deserves. Il is hardly necessary for me 10 say
that ii has no foundation in truth
Mr.. ASHMUN. VIII The gentleman from Vir-
ginia allow me TO put question to himf
Mr.. BAYLY Certainly.
Mr.. ASHMUN. Has not correspondence
taken place between the member from Indiana
Mr.. BRowNl and some member OF the freesoil
party, in which he has pledged himself 10 consti-
tute the committees III manner satisfactory TO
them!
Mr.. BAYLY. know of no such correspond
ence. Is the gentleman authorized TO say that
there has been such an onet Ii so, what is his
authorityi
Mr.. ASHMUN. Common rumor
Mr.. BAYLY And does not the gentleman
know that common rumor is common liar !?
Turning 10 Mr.. Brown, he said, 'lias any such
correspondence taken placef
Mr.. BROWN shook his head
Mr.. BAYLY continued. | am authorized 10 say
that no such correspondence, has taken place.
Does the gentleman infer that there has been an
understanding between this side of the House and
the freesoilers from the fact that some of Them
have voted with us? IL so, what can be more
unfair! The House is in q condition in which il
is impossible for il to be organized, unless they
vote with one of the great parties composing il.
Great complaint has been made throughout the
country, and justly, that we did not organize !;
thus implying that they ought 10 vote with one or
the other of the great parties. Suppose they had
offered to vote with the gentleman, would he have
spurned their support! Or would he have con-
sidered that it would have been quite right in us,
in such contingency, to have imputed an inn
proper combination 10 thema The gentlemen re-
ferred to have their own views to carry out, and
they most probably will take their own course in
doing it, And that portion, and portion only,
of them have voted with us--which they have all
along shown such an unwillingness to do, and
when they do il now under what appears neces-
sty--certainly does not contaminate us or our
candidate for the speakership. We must be judg-
ed of by the character of the great body of our
party, and not of those who are accidently thrown
with us.
Mr.. ROOT said he never felt called upon 10
make remarks to this house on account of remarks
which had been made by anybody else, and moth
ing which had fallen from the gentleman from
North Carolina, Mr.. STANLY, or from the gentle
man from Virginia, Mr. BAYLY had induced him
now to rise. He intended TO speak TO the resolu-
ton Of the gentleman from North Carolina. That
resolution conte mpated the whig party and the
| democratic party--those who We're in full COM
| munion with either of those parties, and nobody
else, as having some rights here. Now he had,
and he trusted he should enjoy, the same rights
on this floor as any other representative of free
people enjoyed. He should claim them, and he
should be an ugly customer if they were denied.
| He did not pretend 10 speak for either OF these
parties, but he protested against the kind of bar
gain and sale contemplated by the resolution,
which would transfer 10 them, and to them alone,
the right of organizing this House. If they had
the numerical strength, they could do il but he
protested against any written or parol bargain or
contract by which these parties, or either of them
was to organize this House, 10 the exclusion of
all others. He represented neither of them. He
supposed he would be deemed representative Of
what the gentleman from North Carolina, Mr.
STAsLY,l in most respectful language, had seen iii
| to characterize as Wilmot provisoism and .tom-
foolery Of that kind He had no doubt the gen.
tleman had spoken the feelings of his heart when
! he had spoken in that manner; but let him tell
| that gentleman, whether his political associates
saw fiji 10 tell him so or not, he ventured to say
that nine of ten of those representing the whig
| party from the North would not, and the others
dare not, when brought before their constituents,
say that the Wilmot proviso was humbug and
i tomioolery. Let them do so, and you could find
in his Mr. R.'sl section Of the country political
graves as thickly spread the graves Of the vic.
i tins ofthe cholera in those villages over which
4 that pestilence had swept--whose fields would be
so full Of graves as TO make them look like stone
quarres, where there would not be turf enough
for man TO wipe his feet on 1t was deep
seated immovable sentiment, fixed in the hearts
OF the northern people. They talked not Of dis
union, or anything Of that kind; but that sentiment
they intended should be represented here. They
expected that their representatives should stand
up and speak out on all proper occasions; and he
hoped that no man designed TO speak on this OF
any other subject, except upon proper COCA.
sions. What was this resolution designed for
Why to carry out the policy Of both OF these par
ties. What was the policy Of the administration
party? and what was the policy of the democratic
party as represented by the sole organ e To
dodge the Wimot proyiso,
/ Mr.. ROOT yielding for explanation
Mr.. BAYLY. lihink il due TO myself and the
| House 10 say, that since was last up have had
conversation with the gentleman from Indiana
MIR. BRowN.l was mistaken in saying that nc
correspondence had taken place between him and
the freesoilers. A correspondence has taken
place; but in II lie assures that he had refused
10 pledge himself and had said no more than that
| in forming the committees, he would place the
members of that party in such positions as their
standing in the House and the country would
seem 10 him to make proper. But the correspond.
ence will be produced, and il will speak for itself
/ Mr.. STANLY (Mr. RooT further yielding
said the gentleman from Ohio complained that his
party was not recognized in the resolution. II he
had understood the gentleman from Ohio, few
days since, he had said, ia reply 10 one Of his
| Mr.. STANI.Ys colleagues, Mr. VENABLE,l that il
was the business of the two great parties TO or.
ganize; and he really thought he was following
out the gentlemans own suggestion in offering
this resolution.
Mr.. ROOT (resuming) said the gentleman was
mistaken a. 10 one iact-pniRtentoEally no doubt
The gentleman said that he (Mr. RooT) had com
planned that every other representative than those
in full communion with one the other Of the
two great parties had been excluded from partici
patton in the arrangement. He (Nlr. RooT) hoped
so long as God spared his senses, that he never
should be represented in any such arrangement
He intended never TO be. II was a kind Of ar
rangement in which he did not wish 10 partici
pate; il il was TO be consummated, he hoped j,
wonld be in such way as 10 preclude the idea
that he had had anything to do with il.
Now, as 10 his having said the other day that il