Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-28
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says hes Why give up that we VIII never
reach the Senate bill, but we will reach the
House bill" But did not the gentleman say
that his object in moving to commit the bill
was that he might discuss the bill and exam
inc the Badger proviso :? And is not the Bad,
ger amendment contained in the Senate Dill
Thus it would be seen that the bill which the
gentleman moved to commit for the purpose Of
examining into could never be reached.
The meaning Of the gentleman's remarks
about the press was, that he Mr.. B had'acted
in concert with papers in this city to drive the
gentleman from the support OF the bill. Was
it not low ambition for man to take a
course Against a measure because another was
for il? Did the gentlemen suppose that twen-
ty Administrations could ever drive him Mr.
B from his position Even if the Admins
trati0n were against the bill, he Mr.. b would
go for it. They should never influence him in
this respect He had no more connection with
the Administration than any othcr gentleman
on this floor.
The gentleman had said that he mr. B J
was the last individual whom he supposed
would have made an assault on him, because
in the hour Of his greatest need the Hards
came to his assistance This innuendO was 80
deep that he could not understand it, and there
fore asked for an explanation.
Mr.. Cutting replied, that he had been in
formed that during the, canvass in Kentucky,
it having been intimated that the gentleman's
friends needed assistance to accomplish his
election, his friends in New York made up a
subscription of some $l 500, and transmitted
it to Kentucky, to be employed for the benefit
Of the gentleman, who ia now the peer Of Pres
idents and Cabinets. Laughter
Mr.. Breckinridge. And not only the peer
ID. Il 4 NcI kI,o r. tI,o
gentleman from New York, fully and in every
respect. IApplause.]
Mr. Breckenridge, resuming, said that the
gentleman should have known the truth Of
what he uttered before he pronounced it on
this floor. He (Mr. b was not aware that
any intimations were sent from Kentucky that
funds were needed to aid in his election, nor
was he aware that they were received. He
did not undertake to say what the fact might
be in regard to what the gentleman had said,
but he had no information whatever of that
fact. He Mr. b. came here not by the aid Of
money, but against the use of money. APP
plause The gentleman could not escape by
any subtlcty, or by any ingenuity, thorough
and complete exposure of any ingenious device
to which no might resort for the purpose Of
putting gentlemen in a false position, and the
sooner he stopped that game, the better.
Mr.. Cutting said that he had given the gen.
tleman an opportunity of indulging in one Of
the most violent, infammatory, and personal
assaults that had ever been known upon this
floor; and he would ask, how could the gen.
tleman disclaim any attack upon him when
he followed it up by declaring that his Mr..
ca intention and motive was to destroy a
measure for which he professed friendship?
Mr.. Breckinridge asked the gentleman to
point ia the occasion when he made such re-
mark.
Mr.. Cutting submitted to the Committee that
the whole tenor and scope of the speech of the
gentleman from Kentucky was an attack upon
his motives in moving to commit the bill. 1t
was in vain for the gentleman to attempt to
escape by disclaiming it; the fact was before
tho Committee. But he would say to the gen.
tleman that he scorned his imputation. How
dare the gentleman undertake to assert that
he had professcd friendship for the measure,
with view to kill it, to assassinate it by send
ing it to the bottom of the calendar? And
then, when he said that the Committee of the
Whole had under its control the House bill
upon this identical subject, which the Commit
tee intended to take up discuss, amend, and
report to the House, the gentleman skulked
behind the Senate BILL which had been sent to
the foot Of the calendar
Mr. Breckenridge | ask the gentleman to
withdraw that last word.
Mr. Cutting withdraw nothing. have
uttered what have said in answer to one of
the most violent and most personal attacks
that has ever been witnessed upon this floor.
Mr.. Breckenridge. Then, when the gentle
man says skulk, he says what is false.
The Chair The gentleman is not in order.
Mr.. Cutting. do not intend upon this floor
to answer the remark which the gentleman
from Kentucky has thought proper to employ
IL belongs to different region. Ii is not here
that will desccrate my lips with undertaking.
To retort in that manner.
Mr.. G. then declared that in moving to CON-
init the bill his object was to get it in such shape
as would be satisfactory to the country, and
put at rest the outcries Of fanaticism which
now prevail throughout the land.
He desired peace and harmony, and would
suggest to gentlemen who were anxious for the
passagc Of the bill, that it was not the best
mode Of accomplishing their object by assailing
those who proclaimed themselves favorable to
its principles and its great cardinal outlines.
II seemed to him, if gentlemen desired the sue
cess Of the bill, il would answer q better pur-
pose If they would turn their batteries upon
Its enemies, rather than attempt to destroy
those who were It's fr1cnds.
MIR. Yates then obtained the floor, when tho
Committee rose, and tho House adjourned.
Senate, Tuesday, March %, 1854.
Mr.. Brodbead from the Select Committee
on tho petitions asking review Of the deci-
sions Of the Board Of Commissioners appointed
10 examine the claims provided for by the
treaty of Guadalupe Hdalgo made the report
agreed upon during the recess by the commit
tee. He moved that the report and accompa-
nying papers be printed
Mr. Bayard made some remarks explana-
tory Of the reasons Of the delay in making I he
report, and Of the general view taken by the
committee of the decisions Of the Board OF
Commissioners
The report was then ordered to BIO printed.
On motion by Mr.. Hunter, the Senate pro-
decided to tho consideration Of tho Deficiency
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