Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-06-27

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was Witnessed in the Senate, the night the
bill passed that body, was acled over again
In The House. on ihe night on which The
final vote was taken. Nike Walsh. now The
acknowledged leader Of The Hards Of New
York, was so intoxicdied that il took one or
Two members TO manage so as TO get from
him the rude, ,incoherent, hali.idioiic replies
when ihe yeas and nays were called on the
several questions, which Immediately prece.
ded The final vote. And WileyP. Harris, Of
Mississippi was SO uproarous, that bis col
league gave him upland to protect him from
greater disgrace led him out Of The House,
for he was 100 much intoxicated 10 vole.-
You will therefore no, find his name recor.
ded for or against The bill. Jus, before+th
adjournment look place, Mr.. Harris came
staggering into the Hall agaiL, and wander.
ed down the side aisle, crossed The open
space in from, Of the Speakers stand, and
seated himself near Gerritt Smith. Lord
Elgin, who is now on a yisii 10 Washington,
was near by, locking at Harris, when Mike
Walsh managed 10 reach him when there
cemGaenced such ludcrous maneuvers De.
tween, them as 10 excite much msrriment land
more notice :han the Speaker, who was
frequently calling the House 10 order. and
trying hard TO bring business to close
Bui disgraceful as was this closing scene 10
the House, i, was innocence itself compared
to wha, subsequently, took place in the SEN
ate, expunging The Clayton Amendment
The bill must needs 60 back TO the Senate
Tor concurrence. This gave rise 10 a new
series Of debate and explanations in that
body. Senator Bell felt ,ha. injustice had
been done him by Mr.. Badger. who with
other Wings of the Senate, had committed
him in favor Of the bill, without his consent.
Seeing some of his Southern Wing friends
crawling in the dus, TO the feet Of Douglass
and yielding up all political integrity.-doing
that which in The language Of Senator But
ler 'conficted with their better judgment,
and The honest conviction OF their mind. -
lie fel. his indignation stirred within him, he
manfully cut loose from them, and declared
,ha. they were neither friends to their coun.
try, nor 10 him. This done, Mr.. Seward
made most solemn appeal TO Senators,
pointing 10 The consequences of their course
Nigh. came on. Messrs. Benjamin Wade,
Chase, Bayard and Butler, made speeches
for and agains, the bill Mr.. Butler was un.
able 10 stand without "reeling TO and fro, +"
and SO incoherent and poin.less were his re.
marks, iha, one of The Senators who knew
how to approach him, went and persuaded
him to Sit down. Mr.. Weller, known as the
blackguard Of the Senate, Obtained The floor
and said he had some things TO say, in order
that he might sleep, well that night, and thai
was 10 call Senator over tie way hollow.
hearled hypocrite, and went on in such 0
low abusive attack on Mr., Seward, as 10 ex
ceed anything | ever heard ou, OF a man o
war Senator Pratt called Mr.. Weller tc
order, for which Mr.. Seward rose and lhakn
ed him. Mr.. Weller acknowledged himsel
ou. Of order, but thought he could no, die il
peace until he said il. | heard some OF lha
Senator's friends trying TO excuse him. OF
the ground that "he had been drinking" jus
before the bill had passed to third reading
Mr.. Sumner rose, and after looking al III
clock, said:
alt is now nearly midnight Al this la,
hour of session drawn out to una accustom
ed length, shall not fatigue the Senate b
argument. There is lime for oil things
and The time Cor this has passed. The de
Termination Of q majority is fixed, bu. nc
more fixed Than mine. Duty TO myself, an
also 10 the honored Commonwealth Of whic
l find myself The sole representative in .h
immediate exigency, will no. allow me 10 d
less than 10 enter my earnest protes. again
The consumma,ion Of grea. wrong"
After pausing moment. he proceeded,
, slow and measured tones, until he had pr,
sen,ed several remons,rances against III
bill Iha, had reached that day. These bein
received, and laid upon the table, there "
; remained before him 1873 separate remor
srances from clergymen Of every Pro,es,al
, denomination, from each of'the New Eng
land States. "These rpmonslrances," sal
the speaker "are identical in character wi
The larger one presented by my distinguish
, ed colleague, mr. Evereu) and were origi
: ally intended as part of IL, but did not a
rive in season 10 be annexed 10 ,ha, interes
ing and weigh,y document" Mr.. Sunni
then proceeded 10 speak Of the Nebrasl
! Bill, and the effect Of passing IL, on III
, country, particularly on new England; an
. in this connection made allusions to the p
ii,ions before him. He said: IL am unwil
3 ing, particularly at this lime, TO be betray,
into anything which shall seem like d
! fence Of the clergy-,hey need no sue
. thing, a. my hands" .ia saf EGGS.
: | feel utterly incompetent. Mr.. Editor
/ do anything like justice 10 Mr.. Spinner
i subsequent remarks, Suffice il 10 say, III
: he hushed The iarring clemens and the Al
{. dent spirits Of tina. Senate Chamber into
b profound silence-more deeply realized pc
e haps a. that dead hour Of the night. lie q
/. ,ually went on to defend The clergy and the
u righ, 10 Petition, ip a spili, and intern
that iihrillei and subdued, \ should su
. pose, every person within the sound
4 his voice. Judging from my own feeling
Q and the apparently solemn attention he /
J. ceived, should think he succeeded in CO
h vincing all present. tha. the clergy both b
10 FORE and since The Revolul on--in the da
70 OF John Adams, and In Ihe days Of Jud
J. Douglass, were useful class Of citizens
e But was mistaken. for Mr. Douglas folio
10 ed him in another TRADE, sbusing the clerI
ID lin which, however, he said nothing viii
re he had said before, unless il was 10 call d
l. $3.50 who followed the Abolition lead
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