Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-03-06
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| :.5a5gil5 ~ SO. I'LL WAsuiNGroN, March 3.
SENATE-The rule setting apart Friday Tor pri-
Vate bills was suspended. H,tae
.Ihe Nebraski Till was Is ken up. y u t1s
Mr.. LASS SAID lie was lot present when the vote
| on the engrossment was taken! He desired his
vote Should be recorded in favor of its final pass-
| age os engrosSed, including Mr.. Badgers amend
nent which provided that nothing contained in til.
act shall be construed TO revive orput in force any
law or regulation which may have been enacted
prior tohe act of March 6, 1920, either protecting,
establishing, prohibiting or apolshing slavery.
| Mr.. Bell obtained the floor. ~ b. 49,.
Housg.-A message was received from the Presi.
dent transmitting the Attorney Generals Report
relative 10 plan for modifying and enlaIging The
Judicial System. Referred. Ia est, :. n -. >,l5..l
Mr.. Chandler presented resolution from the
Pennsylvania lie lsaure asking 160 acres of la MI
| for the soldiers OF 1912. Referred.
Passage Of The Nebraska Bill in the Senate-Er.
citing L'eGate-AMgry Personal Alteration
-.- e.is. .g.. WASHINGTON, March 4, 1851
SENATE-The Senate continued in session nil
night, at O'Clock ihIs morning the Nebraska Bill
was passed by a vote OF 81 yaes 10 Ia noes The
debate was very warm and exciting words passed
between Wade, Chase, Seward anu Summer and
the advocates of the bill. @-.t 5Hl sr
Mr.. Chase characterized the bill as bid for the
Presidency, on part of its author. III s.+s II
MIR. Douglass replied aud said in reference 10
Mr.. Chase, that he, Douglass, has never held any
office, nor du he get 10 tile Senate by corrunt ha =
e ms, lie had never got 10 The Senate by putting
his principles character and honor at public auction
Tor votes ile owed his place TO no corrupt baIgain
or coalition. aUtI. 20 ,..7ss b +. ~
AIr. Weller-But others do ....a ~.
Mr. Chase-Do you say came here by corrupt
bargain? aa.l.- 80 .,55. -, - :
Mr.fDouglass said the man W no charged me with
having brought in this bill bid for the Presi-
dency did come here by corrupt bargain. Dill you
mean me? il SO then mean you. 7..,.i .s,. -.
Mr.. Chase-l say 10 the Senator that il he saws
came here by any corrupt barg ins. he says that
which is fase. =
Mr.. Douglass-lt will not do 10 retort The charge
of Justification by his statement, against the one
have fastened OH HIM by the facts, l charge him
with having made false statements with respect to
me aud my motives, have given him Two oppot-
tuniies TO withdraw it and he has not had The man.
illness 10 do it. E s.' 'a' s7
Mr.. Chase explained that lie did not consider the
ambition TO be President an unworthy one and that
the references was not made III any offensive sense
toward the Senator. t "'
Mr.. Weller defended Mr.. Chase from the cIlnrqe
of corruption. -
Mr.. Chase said he was party to no arrange
ment and that none existed; there were three par
ties III the Legislature, Wings Freesolers, ami old
line Democrats and he got the vote of all the old
line Democrats and Democratic Freesoilers, he got
no Wing vote.
Mr.. Sumner sharply repealed Mr.. Douglass inl-
putation OF having got into the Senate by unwor-
thy means, ant said the Senator had stated that
which he could not sustain by facts. He said he
never sought the Office he now held, in any way,
nor was he party directly or Indirectly 10 the eff
fort which put him in his position.
Mr.. Douglass replied: The gentleman says he
had nothing 10 ito with the corrupt coalition and
bargain by which he was sent to the Senate. Oh
no! he did not steal the money. he only took it and
put it III his pocket.
The vote waS then taken.
Yeas: Fitzpatrick, Clay. Johnson. Sebastian,
Toucey, Givier, Weller, Bayard, Morton, Daw-
son, Petit, Shields, Douglass. Dodge Of Iowa,
Jones of Iowa, Dixon, Sidell Benjamin., Cass,
Stewart Adams, Geyer, Norris, Williams, .rhomp.
son Of KY, Thompson oil N. j., Badger, Broid-
head, Butler, Evans, Jones OF Tenn, Rusk, Ma
son. Hunter, Atchison.
=. Nays; Bell, Chase, Dodge of Wis, Fessenden,
Fish. Foot, Hamn, Houston, James, Seward,
Smith, Sumner, Wade, Walker. -
Messrs. Bright. Toombs, and 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 tie bill.
MessTs. Phelps, Pearce, Cooper, Everett, Clay
ton, and Wright did not vote. ,F
Mr.. Cass Congratulated the Senate on the iri-
unph OF squatter sovereignty.