Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1854-02-15

words IN reply to the remarks Of the Senator Whit
ne eharaetesiaed as insulting and abusive Of The
upon the constitutional right Of sl2reholdc tarfJ
their property TO any Of the United States
de said that the senators who we're eyer 50 clamos
rous for the observance of The voted
at the last session to repeal the fugitive slavelaw
which formed part of the Compromise Of 1850 sz.
The Senator'S threafenings as to the storm which
TINS hail would raise were4 Pcetcals and rem nd
s ed him OF very Proiane anecdote With which he
became acquainted at tile Mammoth Cave Ererr
one who entered that Cave came ont With feelings
to some extent poeticals On one occasion, man
on coming out rushed to the register md recorded
the following verse which he would repeat without
Mammoth cavei oh what a spoti -
In Summer coli, in Winter hot /.
General Jackson MeiI and and Thander.s n,s' >
Prolonged Ia. ghserj
He begged the Senator not to threaten Let the
Senator argue. buthe impiored him to fiighfsl
them He said all the South asked for was Justice.
He had always been opposed to the Missouri Com.
promise, but was disposed to submit toit until re-
turning sense OF duty should induce thesN Northsto
propose its repeal ssszrssess -
Mr.. Wade briefly replied
The chair said the question pending was the mo.
tionof Mr.. Chase to strike out The declaration, that
the compromise lne was superseded by the act of
81. The yeas were Mcssss. Allen, Cass, Chase Ev-
erett Fish; Foot, Hamlin, Seward Smith, Stuart,
Sumner. Wade and Walker s5s<< 8 -
Mr.. Douglas moved to strike ont the words,
which was superseded by,'' and insert !" which is
inconsistent WITH ~ - 81 e -
Mr.. Cass said he could vote for, this amendment,
but not fer the words declaring the sapersedure.
Mr.. Badger contended 4that the two things rero
the same -
Mr. Cass replied, and Mr. Badger re;oinet.
Mr.. Cass said he preferred at once that the Mig
souri, compromise should be repealed in 50 many
words. He believed il Was urconstitutionaI, and,
therefore, should be repeated.
The debate, as TO the distinction between thsso
two phrases, continued till affer4 O'clock when
the bill was postponed, and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF FREPSEsEsrATfvEs.z<Ch The Speakerlaidb bee
fore the House, from the Tncdz1ry Dcputment
copy of q letter from the a61 phn w Dasixngf
to obtain appropriation for expenses ircnrfed
in the Cayuse warm IS47-'4S; which wefc referred
| to the Committee of Ways and Means. On motion
of Mr Stephens of Georgia, the President wag re-
quested to furnish copes-of tnecofrsspondence Of
the late commissioner to China. The bill Of the SEN
ate in relation to their disbursement fund Sas re.
turned from the Senate with two out Of three tho
amendments of the House adopted The House still
refused to adopt the Clause providing for n
of the salary of the Secretary of the Senate. Mr..
Chandler reported resolutions from Tie COMMITTEES oa
the San Francisco wreck which lie 6Tcr for deb5to
The bill granting to the st Louis and Iron Mountain
railroad right of way through the grounds dscf Jcf<
fcrson barracks was passed Several executive come
munications were laid beforexth House one from
the War Department, transmitting s.of. the
surveyors sent to explore the routes for the Pacific
railroad, was referred to the committee that sub
ject. The Senate resolution for Increasing Che forca
Of the Office OF The superintendent of public printing
was passed Several reports from Committees we're
made and sundry bills introduce
THr BrasIso o. 4Ir s4E4,fra EGsons,A.. sF,,,s5.
er Particulars. The telegraph some days ago re-
ported the burning of the stea1ncr Gecreia af New
Orleans, and the loss of large number of lives Tbs