Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-09
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fort of Mr.. Giddings to attract popular atten-
ties, to himself, which commenced in the hall
Yesterday, to be continued to day, ef he can
30 manage the House, was about az cool
piece of charlatanism as we have ever known
him to be guilty of though we have note
carefully all his attempts to play the same
game on Congress, occurring in the last eleven
years. He complains in this case that the
washir gton Union publishes commaniea-
ton in which. according to his inteip setation
of its spirit, mob violence is invoked against
Theodore Parker, Wendell Phillips himself.
ct id on'ne gems. This communication pro-
lounces them cut of the pale of the protection
of the laws and constitution because they
openly and avowedly invoke their followers,
men and women, TO violent resist ance to the
laws of the land. The pithy reply of tina,
common sense man, General Lane, of Indiana,
covered his case entirely. The General as
sured him that his IMPLIED fears of personal
violence were wholly unnecessary: that all
Tho world knew them to DO probably but the
effect II conscience, 10y which Mr. G. is SO in
the habit of swearing,l which, according to
the old adage, at times makes towards Of US
| all and, lastly, to save the time of the House
he offered to 60 security that no one would do
Mr.. G. bodily harm. He (Mr. g. then dis
claimed the idea that he stood in fear, pro-
clain1ip & his object to be first to vindicate the
dignity of the Hous,;C y and next, to fix on the
majority the responsibility for failing to re-
buke such spirit towards him, a member OF
Congress, asthe Union manifested in the ar
| licle in question
| Mr.. Olds then took him in hand, and con-
trasted the spirit which dictated his virtual
| appeal to the House for protection, with his
| recent labors in Boston to stimulate the free
negroes and crazy white men and women abo-
| litionists in that quarter, to mob violence
| against those who opposed his views. Upon
the subject Of the dignity of the House, for
which Mr. Giddings pretended solcitude, he
Ibid hin, brown by quoting his (Giddings')
aspersiors upon his colleagues who had dit
fered frcm him on the Nebraska question,
whom-~hen surrounded by people OF his own
kidney there-he valiantly declared had been
| bribsa. Mr.. Giddinss threw himself on his
privilege, and refused to be responsible in the
| Hall for his atrocious, and, under the circum-
| stances, cowardly assault upon those gentle
men out Of it. Mr. Odds proved pretty con-
clusively that only a person who would thus
stab his colleagues in the back, and tn sku.
in the Hall, from responsibility for the act
would, upon such q pretonce as he alleged, viz
tualy ask the House to protect him against
the consequences of the criticism of the Union
upon his course as public man. His propo
sition was, hereafter, to deny the editor of the
| UAtoM and his reporters the privilege of the
| door On concluding his scorching dressing OF
Mr.. O.: Mr.. Oids moved to lay the resolution on
| he table, saying to Mr. e., in reply to his re-
| quest 80 be heard further in his own defence,
mat lie could make il In Boston, where he had
| ,,andered his colleagues. the members present
evidently thought Mr.. Odds right in denying
| to him, under the circumstances, the ordinary
| courtesies of the Hall; for, in voting On the
| motion to lay on the table, there were more
| than three to one in It's favor-though nc
quorum voted-thus throwing tie final de-
cision of the question over until to-day
Money Lost in thu Mails-An Intsresting
and Important DecisAou.-An applicant for d
| patent on his withdrawal of his apple ion
| Instructed the Commissioner OF Patents /,
forward to him BY mail the sum Of twent,
dollars due him from the Government On saG
withdrawal The money Was sent agreeaby
! TO his instructions, and VAs lost in course O
TRANSMITS ion. On his application to be tmu
| nerated said sum, it was hold that the Pos
Office Department is established for the conye
| Lience Of the people, and Is medium To-
| them to transmit and receive intelligence anc
all mail abe matter but II Is not an inSuraDc,
| Office. The postage charged is TO more 10 tn,
estimation OF Congress than Il fair coni eu>a
ton Tor the services actually rendered, ant
Is not reward for any risk run in conveying
mailable matter. If the Pos tmasttr General
or the President and Senate, have appointed
dishonest Postmaster, tue United States ar
not bound to remun era. e the loss an individ ua
sustained by his having violated the law; ant
there is NO liability imposed on the Unite,
States in this case, from the fact that they wer
the trustees of said applicant and sent tn
money by mail as he di .ected
| Mr.. Commissioner McLane- Dlspatche
are said to have reached Washington to-day
saying that Commander Ringgold, who is a
the head Of the Behring'S Straits Exploring
| Expedition, reached Hong Kong on the 27tl
of March, where he met the Hon. Robert Nj
| McLane, U. S. Commissioner to China, VIII
being DESTROYS of proceeding at once to Can
| ton, the commander immedi ately sailed in hi
dag ship tthe sloop- of-war VincenneSl for tina
| point, with Mr. McLane on board.
The Japan E:spedition. have every rea
son to believe that the news (by the last arriya
| from LverpooD saying that Commodore Per
| rvs Japan expedition has met with success, i
| correct 1t is said In naval circles here tina
| private letters from gentlemen engaged in tn
expedition have detailed facts, which led t
the conclusion that the result could hardly b.
| otherwise than as annoanced in the news abov
referred to; and, further, that the Government
though keeping that impression to themselves
| have for the last tnree months been satisfies
that the answer Of the japanese Governmen
| would be quite as satisfactory as could reason
| ably be expected o-
From Havana The important and inter
estinW letter fro IN Havana fo which we rcfor