Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-02-10

Tremendous Excitement in the House of Repre-
senattives---Free Soil Destitute of "Constitu-
tiOnal Majority"---Joint Resolution on its Sd,
4th, and 5th Reading, aud amended at every
stage-Speaksr's Speech y!
The friends of "liberty' throughout the
State will be gyati6ed to learn that Fusion
pledges to indorse Messrs Giddings and Gar
rison are in fair way of being redeemed.
On Thursday last. the joint resolution direct
ing our Senators and Representatives in Con-
greSs to interfere with slavery wherever it
exists, came uP, as it was supposed, on its
second reading, whereupon an amendment was
proposed by Mr. Stanton iustructing or Con-
gressmen to use their influence in preventing
the admission Of any more Slave States INFO
the Union. After furious debate, Mr.. Weir
offered an amendment to the amendment, to
the effect that no more territory admitting the
profitable existence of slavery-that is, rich
enough to produce cotton and sugar-shall be
added to our domain, and that that already ac-
quired, shall, in all its domestic arrangements,
conform to Northern opinion" regardless of
Southern rights, the federal compact, and the
peace and harmony of the Union.
At this period, the Hon. Speaker gave vent
to tremendous valsano o. indignation, which
he said he had reared to its present monstrOus
proportions from early infancy, against the in
stitution of slavery. He said slavery was an
evil-a tremendous evil-an unmitigsted and
ndescribable asi1S,7that it injured the white
man more than the black man that it tended
to d. moralize public virtue, and to make in
dividuals loose in their habits that the prin
cipal reason why noted instances Of individ-
ual depravity could not be found in the North
ern States could only be explained by the ab
sence of Negro Slavery that the Fusion De-
mOcrats and Wings, during the late cam paign,
had promised the Free-sOilers that all other
questions should be considered secondary to
abolition agitation; that the Giddings interest,
ia consideration of this Jact, had agreed to
abandon their separate organization, do with
out any of the offices, and labor like galley =
slaves for the aforesaid high contracting par
ties that for Que, he wanted his Wing breth-
rem to face the music +; he wanted to see wall
erected high as hell, and deep as heaven, and
extending completely around the immense di-
ameter of the universe, which should incloSe
slavery
Till time ad space shall from their spheres be hurled,
. An cal he eli Of n world
At this critical juncture, the reporters for the
Sentinel and journal, who had labored with
great assiduity to follow the distinguished
Speaker called for water, and the speaker him
self, like Shaidan, after his remarks on the
Impeachment of Warren Hastings, sunk grace
fully into his chair in order that the assembled
Lords and Commons of Indiana might rccov-
er from the effects of the unprecedented rhe-
torical discharge.
Several gentlemen, claiming to be Old Line
Wings, then arose to their feet. and declared
that they did not understand the sell /" to the
aboli,ionsts to be so complete as the Speaker
had Indicated.
Some Of the out and out Free Solers next
got up and DECLARED that they had been prom
Used, in secfc caucus more than they had
,askci. and ID hired if the intention was now
| to desert them.
The excl ement now grew intense, and the
Free Sellers were induced to withdraw their
amendments, under promise that the origi-
nal resolution, which was pretty strong should
at once be adopted.
To the amazement Of all, however, at this
period the chairman announced that the reso-
luton was on its "third reading" and that all
the proceedings were therefore Uoid. The Chair
mans decision was questioned, and an exami-
nation OF the Journals" was instituted.
Nothing satisfactory being elected, the Chair
man decided, after some reflection, that the
question was, shall the resolution be engrossed!
This status quo being denied by some of
the members, the Chairman now decided that
the question was on the passage Of the original
resOlatioRi
The question then was taken, with the fol-
lowing result:-Ayes 49, Noes 40. Failed for
want of a constitutional majority