Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-08
REcArfTuLAlIoN


Majority for the Bill. D
Mr.. Clayton, of Del. who absent and Mr..
Bell, of Texas, who voted in the negative, both
appear from their speeches to have desired the
removal of the Missouri restriction, and 10 have
objected to the bin on account Of its interference
with Indian rights, the inadequacy of the populn-
ton, the vast dimensions Of the territories, &c.
Messrs Bright, Toombs aud Mallory, who were
absent from sicknesst is understood would have
voted for the bill.
Mr. Allen (absent from sickness in his family
would have voted against it.
During the discussion which preceded the vote
several passages of personal character occur.
red between Senators. Mr. Douglasas the NOV
er and patron of the bill, the favorite target
of free soil malevolenoe and misrepresentation.
We suboin a few samples
Mr. Douglas, The Senator from Maine has repeated
in sly hints the ausion to a Northern man with
Southern principles, made by the Senator from
Massachusetts. Was that description aimed
at hml Let the Senator from Massachusetts
openly and in "a manly manner say did he mean 10
apply thatremark to him
The Senator refused TO answer
here was no doubt of it,aIthough the author
of it refused to acknowledge il. He utterly re-
pudiated the character of being a Northern man
with Southern principles. He had never claim
ed that character. No act word of his life
could be adduoed TO show TINT he had ever as
sumed such character. He never knew but
one man who claimed that title ana that man
was the free soil candidate for the Presidency in
lo4s. 1t was said that this bill was bid for the
Presidency This was charge made against
him by the address. He bad already shown that
the reporting of the bill was but dseharging the
Inn . ~
bill and supporting it, he but obeying the in
strucuons of his State. He had acted only in o.
bedience TO duty and his instructions from his
State Legislature. Who were they who had
made this charge Of corrupt motivcsi He would
say to those Senators that he had never held any
office, nor did he get to the Senate by corrupt
bargains. He had never got to the Senate by
putting his principles, character and honor at
public auction for votes. He owned his place 10
no corrupt bargain or coalition.
Mr.. Welier-But others do.
MIR. Chase. Do you say came here by cor
rupt bargain.
Mr.. Douglas | said the man who charged me
with having brought in this bill a. bid for the
Presidency did come here by Il corrupt barpain
Did you mean mel II so, mean you
Mr.. Chase. ! say to the Senator that If he
says came here by any corrupt bargain he say 5
that which is false.
Mr.. Douglas. 1t will not do for the Senator 10
retort the charge of Justification by his statement
against the one | have fastened on him, bv the
facts. ! have charged him with having made
false statements with respect 10 me, and my mo-
tives, and have given him opportunities to with
draw them, and be has not the manliness to do it,
when their falsify has been exposed
Mr.. Chase explained the statement in the adj
dress that this bill was Presidential bid All
great measures had more or less reference to the
political eanvassed going on from year to year.
He did hot consider the ambition to be President
of the United States TO be unworthy one
The reference not made in any offensive
sense towards the Senator.
Mr.. Douglas do not know whether / ought
to accept the explanation of the Senator lie
says it isa laudable ambition to aspire to the
Presidency, and in saying that this bill was a
bid for the Presidency, the Senator SAYS his adj
dress did not mean any impufntion on my mo-
tives But let the Senator remember that while
he now says it was laudabe to bid for the Pres
idency. he in his address called the Bill crimi-
nal betrayal of plighted faith meditated bad faith
and an atrocous plot against freedom and hui
mainly.
Mr.. Weller alluded to circumstances attending
the election of the Senator from Ohio. BY an
arrangement the Democrats got the offices, the
black laws repealed, and the gentleman
from Ohio was elected Senator.
Mr.. Chase said he was party to arrange
ment, and none existed There were three par
ties in the Legisature--W Wings, Free-Soilers and
Old Line Democrats. He received the votes ol
all the Old Line Democrats, and also the Demo
cratic Free Sellers. He received no Wing
votes.
Mr.. Sumner said be shrank instinctively from
rePelling personal assaults. He would nowsay, If
the Senator means to say that came here by any
waiver of principle; by any abandonment Of my
principles. of any kind, or by any effort or sole.
itation, or any action of my own. in any way, he
states that which he cannot Sustain by facts
never sought the Office now hold in any way
nor was La party in any way, directly or indirect
ly, to the efforts which put me here.
Mr.. Weller said be had interfered in the mat
ter, because he was the only native of Ohio il
the Senate. He regretted that the State wa
represented as it was in the Senate; but thu