New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-18

FROM W.asHLNGToM
Special Correspondence Of tbs NsG orsaas crescent
WAsaNeros, May 10, 1854.
AS anticipated the House sat late last night
and after having mailed my letter strolled
back to the Capitol, For the most part The
speeches upon this Nebraska business have beer
mere repetitions Of the same arguments. and are
therefore exceedingly tedious; but now and
then new member breaks the monotony by a
freshness of style and an unhacknied train d
reasoning Such an one ii was my fortune to
hear IN the closing speech last night--Hon.
Edward Ball, Of Ohio. This gentlemaD, Viz
ginian by birth, treated the question OF slavery
dispassionately, and was listened to with no
common interest Mr.. Smith, Of Virginia, (lsx-
ira Billy J interrupted him once or twice. but
took nolhing by his notion The most teiiing
portion, however, of Mr.. Balls remarkss was q
rindication of the North from charges very sys-
tematically preferred by Mr.. Stephens, OF
Georgia. Mr. Ball brought Mr. Stephens TO
! his feet more than once, and showed by the
| record. which Mr. s. had also appealed to, but
/ erraneously. that the North were not Obnoxious
/ to his charge of systematic opposition to South
i srn interests lii the admission or Arkansas, q
| majority Of Northern men voted affrmatiyely
and in the annexation of Texas, the Senate
| stood for it 13 to ID Of the Northern mem
bers Ia tie), against 1t, IL to IA of the Southern
members and in the House it obtained 1
majority of the Northern members Thest
"reminiscences, and these records, Mr. Bal
brought forward to vindicate the North from
the charges Of sectionalism and intolerance, ST
industriously repeated against them by certain
Southern gentlemen. His speech was decidedly
the most effective which have heard from any
Southern member. It was an array Of facts
without any rhetorical embellishments; but the
facts were SO grouped together, as to completely
discomft agitation and agitators.
To-day we had some light thrown upon the
| efforts Of Gen. Taylor's Administration to pro-
cure a change in the present onerous exac
! tions attending the guano trade, Mr.. Pratt, O.
\ Maryland, having presented the resolutions o.
| his Legislature upon this subject; Mr. Clayton
took occasion 10 say that, when he was Secretary
/ Of State, the efforts of the Government were ex-
erted to procure modification of the existing
| laws in Peru, and that treaty to this effecl
4 was actually negotiated with the then Peruvian
| Minister here, but upon its being presented tt
/ his Government for ratification it was violently
opposed and finally defeated by the English CAPT.
| talists having contro of this monopoly, and The
! Peruvian Minister was recalled and anothe,
| sent here in his stead. Mr.. Clayton seemed tt
| have but little hope that anything could be af
! fected in the matter.
The claim of poor Myerle, of which I wrot'
4 yesterday, is not yet out of the Senate woods
| for this morning motion was made by MIR
Bright, of Indiana, that the House be requested
/ to return the bill The day was spent in dis
| cussing whether such motion was parliament
4 airy when the design was not to correct cleri
cal error, but to reconsider the merits of bill
] 1t was sent for.
The House still discusses slavery.
4 CHRoNIcLER
WAsHrseroN, May II, 1854.
At length we have approached the crisis 9
| the Nebraska business in the House. Thi
/ morning, in accordance with previous notice
! Mr.. Richardson. of H., moved that all debat
/ should cease upon the bill in Committee of til
Whole tomorrow at - O'clock The opponent
Of the bill, {haying concerted their measures il
q private meeting, Immediately met this motiol
| with a series of motions, accompanied with call
for the yeas and nays, the plain purpose of al
| which was merely to defeat the bill by delay
To enable my readers to understand at least tn
outlines of the case, must state that write o.
Thursday--if debate cease tomorrow at /.
O'clock, there would still be Friday, Saturda,
and Monday, for FIVE minute speeches upol
amendments, which the rules allow, and tn
| final disposition of the bill, but no longer; fo
on Tuesday the Pacific Railroad bill, being
especial order,'' will have precedence, and thi
bill will be thrown back again.
1T was urged that the vote ought not to b.
taken upon the bill, which had created so mucl
feeling both here and throughout the country
until every member who desired to be heart
| upon it had had the opportunity
| 1t was replied that already some eighty
speeches had been made upon it--more than hat
| ever before been made upon any great publ
4 question--and that weeks might be required t
meet the demand of its opponents, while tn
Pacific Railroad bill could only be postponed b
| unanimous consent
! Mr.. Kerr, of N. c., Ia friend of the bill, sug
gested that the debate should be extended an
hoped that no gentleman would object to post
poning the railroad bill.
a pause ensued, and there were cries o
"agreed." Mr.. McDougal, of California, con
| sented that the Pacific Railroad bill should b.
| postponed another week If day certain wert
| fixed upon for its consideration The Speake,
said this could be done by unanimous consent
| Mr.. Savage, of New York, objected TGrea
sensation, and cries of 50 Who objected 2''
Mr. Hunt, of Louisiana, earnestly appeale,
to the gentleman to withdraw his objection, an,
hoped that the House would not resort to an,
tactious methods, but go on to discuss fully an,
vote finally upon the bill
4 Mr.. Benton asked what was the question, and
| upon the matter being rehearsed by the Speak
i er, said that whatever might become of thi
bill he should object to any postponement of tn
1 Pacific Railroad.
Here ali Cancellation seemed to end, and tn
process of calling yeas and nays upon all sort
| OF frivolous motions recommended. A membe
l would move call Of the House, and deman
! the yeas and nays; another would ask to b
excused from voting, and upon the question o
excusing him the yeas and nays would be called
l and after this, some one voting in the maiorit,
would move to reconsider the vote by which tn
House refused or agreed to excuse the membe
from voting, and, upon this, call for the yea
and nays!
1t was in such temper as this, and while i
was engaged in the agreeable occupation hay
described, that left the House with every pros
4 pect of a continued session, even through til
Sabbath, if the physical endurance of member
4 would enable them to keep their posts day an
| night.
Thus you perceive we have already sort {
civil rebellion; for if this kind Of opposition b
successful it amounts to such. Meanwhile ther
4 is no little danger that the contest have dc
seribed instead of being limited to the Quake
communications of yea, yea, and nay, nay, ma
be that much $ more than this which 6 come
| ofeviP'--in other words, that there will be som
| disgraeeful broils upon the floor of the House
To turn from the House to another subiec
Is Louisiana greatly excited about the couuut
! ofCnba Ii the question is answered affirma
lively have nothing more to say--if otherwise
it is my duty, as a faithful chronicler Of even,
passing around me. to inform you that the Hor
/ John Siidelf is busy as the devil in n rota