Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-04-01
Warm work IN Congress Curing and Breek.

vas taken up.
Mr.. Cutting rose, which was the signal for gen
temen 70 crowd In front Of him. II Hns some
minute. i,efs.f.. the anxious ones were satisfaeio-
liiy Grated The galleries were also crowded
aud general expectation ran high that there would
bc something rich and exciting What Follows
isa condensation Of the debate
Mr.. Cutting said that on Tuesday last, after
ilic morning hour had expired, and the House
| went into the consideration of the business on
the Speakers table, a motion was made py Tue
| Chairman If the Committee on Territories IN re-
| fer the Senate Nebraska bill L, that Committee.
| On the either hand for reasons TINT then gave.
| submitted "A proposition that the bill be refer
red to the Committee Of the Whole on the state
of the Union.
The House listened 10 the clear and distinct
i argument of the gentleman from Illinois, Mr.
| RIchar son. against my motion. IL was an ar
oumenf which afterwards set the House some
| ahat Gu their guard and | submitted. IN terms
by no means dizrespeetful. the motives which
influenced my conduct on that occasion.
though That had expressed myself with perfect
candor. clearness. and frankness. ! said there
was not a gentleman on this floor stronger or
more yea lous advocate of what regarded great
princi,,Ie of the measure than ] ! urged
object oiis to the bill ITSELF and said that II would
not re- Gel We my humble support nor that OF the
majority. without essential notifications.
In ma king that motion ! am not conscious of
havin employed any language disrespeetful to
any n eI1ber of the House, more especially l
have no recollection of having attempted to
make an insnuaton against the moral honesty
of any gentleman who differed from me ON that
OCCASION. After the subject disposrd OF,
and the lapse of two days, IA gentleman from a
slayeht Il ding State. (Mr. breckenridge, OF ky")
who had no lot or part In this discussion, came
into tn House n volunteer merely, and thought
it not inc ompatible with his character, as a lead
ing me IN Der, to undertake 10 assa my motives.
1t is true he .disclaimed any intention to attack
Them hut said that while | cast one arm around
the mei 81 ire az friend with the other plunged
into its bl .enst the murderous stiletto, and that
like JAG oh with the aged Patriarch of old, had
practise d II cheat upon the House.
But { he gentleman meant not to assall my mo-
lives! II Ne gentleman who despses deceit meant
no impu Ia ton upon mel oh no. But he comes
tn the / OF with concentrated wrath and Bit
terness ag ainst me- to assal me for having stated
my reas, IN for making the motion which made
on that o &C aston. had proclaimed at the North
that we WI mid have TO take the brunt of the
N ld cutlery, and thought that | would
should be ,ven to discuss the measure. | was
amazed Ia { a gentleman from saveholdng
Stntr, VIII, his constituents ARE united and who
will take h TO their arms and press him for his
advocacy of the measure, should come here and
deuounce member from the North who, though
nifty for di, c, Ission. Was that fair for the South
Wns that g. air course for leading gentleman
in this ilou to take
The gent lcl man came here to stigmatise me for
merely ask ng that privilege. For more reasons
thnn one tn gentleman made favorable impress
sion on my co instruments They are men who
appreciate pat riotic services, and there were no
more promp a nd efficient gentlemen to aid him
than those anne gentlemen who associated
will me- nnc who made the victims of the
gentleman II on Ky.
Mr.. Cuttin z commended that he had never stated
that he friendly to the bill, but that On the
contrary he was opposed TO it. and believed that
a majority OF he House was. lie was in favor
of the princ pie of bill, but not of the bill
itself. Nobo dy believed that the reference of
the bill to the Committee OF the Whole was
ca livaleni 10 defeat of the measure Does
not the gentleman know that the House Nebras-
ka Bill will be reached, and that there is pre-.
con 'crted underestimate & to go into Committee
of the Whole and propose amendments to the
House Bill and report i. to the lIouse! What
Inconvenience would there have been in this -
Either bill would hc amended and would have to
20 back to the Senate. Then by what authority
did gentleman say | undertook to commit the
bill to the tomb for the purpose of creating IA
lasr impression in the public mind
Mr., Richardson. ! deem il due to myself to
state that there was no arrangement Us has been
sii' p"I'iH' an" ". 'N''N' '''''A''
nr. eating. did not say so.
Mr.. Richardson. | will state To the gentle
man. and he knows well, that we had the Scnate's
bill on the Speakers table, and we could have
discussed the House bill in Committee, and have
there perfected it,
Mr. Cutting Where
Mr. Richardson. In Committee of the Whole
ON the state of the Union, The opponents of the
bill could have there discussed it. If there had
been factous opposition to the House bill,
we would have had another chance at the Senate
bill.
Mr. Cutting. 1t stands conceded, as | OBJ
served il was the intention to discuss the House
bill in Committee of the Whole on the state of
the Union, and report it after it had been amen
ded.
Mr. Richardson. The gentleman speaks of
the discussion of the House, not of the Senate
bill The reference of the Senate bill placed it
in n position where it could not be reached in the
House 1t is thought very doubtful when it will
be reached The French Spoliation bill, and The
appropriation bill. and others, eighteen in mum
Der, belieeve, preceding it.
Mr.. Cutting. Don't let us trihe with impor-
tant subjects. In the name of God, if you had
gone into discussion on the House bill in Com
mittee, would you have had discussion on the
Senate bill in the House ! There seems to be
some other reason or consideration for the wrath
of the gentleman from Kentucky to be excited to
such an extraordinary degree. | thought he
shook and quaked with fear because of the out
cries from Massachusetts, and when he spoke of
the answering bugle from Illinois there may have
been apprehensions on his mind that if we should
not soon dispose of the Senate bill we might hear
more of remonstrance and louder tones of the
huCle than had yet reached these Halls and 9TH
err departments of the city.
Mr. Cutting then proceeded to re- state his OPP