Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-03-06
TELEGR APHICl NEWS
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rELEGRAPHED FORTH OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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,l.a.7aIs5 ia zs.ss,i,;. WAsuINsroS, March 81
| SENATE--The rule setting apart Friday Tor pr
vate bills was suspended f:tf-se
The Nebraski bill was ia ken up. ~ % ~.
MT. Cass sad lie was lot present when the yot,
on the engrossment was taken! He desired hi.
vote Should be recorded in favor of its final pass
age os engrossed, including Mr.. Badgers amend
ment which provided that nothing contained in Ii,
ctshall be construed TO revive orputin force an,
law or regulation which may have been enacted
prior tothe act of March g. $40, either protecting
establishing prohibiting or aUolishing slavery.
| MIR. Bell obtained tile floor. II n. I'd. ,,i,s,
| NHoUsE.-A message was received from the Presi.
dent transmitting the Attorney Generals Report
relative 10 plan for modifying aud enlarging The
judicial system. deferred. - 80
| Mr.. Chandler presented a resolution from the
Pennsylvania LIE ;slature asking 100 acres Of land
for The soldiers OF 1912. Referred. 5tsse. N
Passage of the Nebraska Bill in the Senate-Er.
| citing L'ebaie-Angry Personal Alteration.
| -..sgpgasy .glls WASHINGTON, March 4, 1854. d.
| SENATE-The Senate continued in session all
night, at clock this morning the Nebraska Bill
was passed by q vote of 81 yaes 10 Ia noes. The
debate was very warm and e~cltiag wotds passed
between Wade, Chase, Seward and Sumner, aud
the advocates of the bill. FGaa1,
Mr.. Chase characterized the bill as a bid for the
" III. IsFl l Z.
| Mr.. Douglass replied and said in reference &c
Mr.. Chase, that lie, Douglass, hus never held any
Office, nor dlu he get to the Senate by corrupt bal.
G ins, he had never got 10 the Senate by putting
his principles, character and honor at public auction
Tor votes, he owed his place 10 no corrupt ba.gan
o con ition.l ss-ut.is % -5ssl T. .l.z sac. II
AIR. Weller-But others do. o tsHs taH
Mr.. Chase-Do you say came here by corrupt
bargain? b45 t. ~ l.,-5- $50 S5itss .Eits,f
Mr. Douglass said the man W no charged me with
nc uS httf hrt t,s.
dency, did come here by corrupt bargain. Dill you
mean me! IL SO then mean YOU. 5QaBHur isE,
Mr.. Chase-l say 10 the Senator that il he saws
came here by any corrupt barg AIMS, he says thu,
which is fa.se.
Mr.. Douglass-It will not do 10 retort the charge
of Justification by has statement, against the one
have fastened OH HIM by The facts l charge him
with having made false statements with respect to
me and my motives, l have given him Two oppor-
tunliies to withdraw it and lie has not hal the man
illness 10 do it. ~ l'f 1- -. FH 4a
Mr.. Chase explained that lie did not consider the
ambition TO be President an unworthy one and thai
the reference was not made in any offensive
to@ard the Senator. ~ p.
Mr.. Weller defended Mr.. Chase from the charge
of corruption ru. i'a7 $50 -st.'t sttlgs -
Mr.. Chase said he was party TO no arrange
ment and that none existed; there were three par-
ties in the Legislature, Wings, Freesoilers anu old
line Democrats, and he got the vote of all the old
line Democrats and Democratic FreeSoierS, he got
no Wing vote. .5i
MIR. Sumner sharply repealed Mr.. Douglass in-
putation OF having got into the Senate by unwor-
Thy means, anG sald the Senator had stated thai
which he could not sustain by facts. He said lie
never sought the Office he now held, in any way,
nor he party directly or indirectly 10 the eff
fort which put him in his position.
Mr.. Douglass replied The gentleman says he
had nothingto do with the corrupt coalition and
bargain byiwhich he was sent TO The Senate. oh
mol he did not steal the money, he only took it and
put it IN his POCKET. 5i a4s45 ~ sl7.
The vote was then TAKEN. .lfr aa.
Yeas: Fitzpatrick, Clay, Johnson, Sebastian
roucey, Givier, Weller, Bayarl, Morton, Daw-
son, Petit, Shields, Douglass, Dodge of Iowa,
Jones of Iowa, Dixon, Slidell, enjamin. Cass,
Stewart, Adams, Geyer. Norris, Williams, Thomp.
son of KY, Thompson OF N. j., Badger, Brod-
head, Butler, Evans, Jones of Tenn, Rusk, Ma
son, Hunter, Atchison,
Nays: Bell, Chase. Dodge of Wis, Fessenden,
Fish. Foot, Hamlin, Houston. james, Seward,
Smith, Sumner, Wade, Walker. r. e
Messrs. Bright, Toombs, aud Mallory were alb
sent by sickness, they would have voted for the
Bill.
Mr.. Allen was absent by sickness in his family;
he would have voted against the bill.
Messrs. Phelps, Pearce, Cooper, Everett, Clay
ton, and Wright did not vote.i ssss-r., i
Mr.. Cass congratulated the Senate on the tri-
umph Of Squatter sovereignty.