Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-06-16

IL Is said that the resolutions of The majority of
the committee Of this body. reported en- Monday.
were drawn by Mr.. Burwsll. Of Virginia, and
submitted by Mr.. Lyons, Of New York. The
Tribune has the following report Of Tuesday .
proceedings:
PHILADELPHIA, juno ~, 1855.
There has been great debate all this forenoon
on the slavery question, in which Judge Hopkins,
of Alabama, John w. Foster. Of Massachusetts,
5. Squires, Of New York, Senator Wilson, Of
Massachusetts, Mr.. Morse, Of Alabama, Mr.. Ca
rey, Of Massachusetts,, Mr. Camback, Of Indiana,
and MIR Barber, Of New York, have participated.
Judge Hopkins made an elaborate, specious, le-
gal argument for slavery on the Calhoun ground
that the Constitution carried slavery wherever il
carried its own supreme authority.
The speeches Of Messrs. Foster and Wilson, of
Massachusetts,, were given with effect. They
We're directed largely against the Northern
dough-faces, and embraced whitening exposition
of the sham pretensions of the New York dele
gates. Massachusetts comes here, said General
Wilson, with $4,000 men at her back; but these
men of the Empire State have nothing ut their
backs but their clothes. William II. Seward has
his heels upon their necks, and will crush them
out, SO soon as the people get chance at them.
They are impotent in influence as they a.c
beggarly in character. New York is thoroughly
anti-N ebraska, and has SO exhibited herself in
her election Of Congressman, and in the unani-
NOUS declaration OF her Legislature. Mr. Fos-
ters speech embraced some passages Of great
beauty and effect. He spoke of Daniel Web
ster, Of his concessions to the South, which then
betrayed him, and turned him off with not even
the poor compliment of nomination for the
Presidency. Then it was that the iron entered his
great soul, and he went home to die. If he,
with his great talents, his commanding reverence,
could not overcome and turn back the anti
slavery feeling of Massachusetts, how can we
expect to ignore her sentiments, now deepened
by fresh Southern orgies, and stand up for q mo-
ment within her borders.
The speech of Mr. Morse in defence Of the
Southern view fine one, and that Of Mr..
Camback was very effective. He stood up boldly
for the position of the North. Mr.. C. is young
man, (but twenty years old,) formerly a
Democrat, and is elected to the next Congress
from Indiana on the anti-Nebraska issue. He
has been prominent and very effective here in
concentrating true Northern feeling, and stands
fully upon the Massachusetts, platform, as do all
his colleagues.
Mr.. Barker's speech was a bitter reply to the
attacks upon him from the Massachusetts, men,
bers. He undertook to carry the war into Africa
The debate goes on this evening. 1t is believed
the South will propose a milder slavery platform
compromise with the North. But it will not
do. Nothing short of the substitution of the mi
nority Massachusetts resolution will prevent an
explosion. The North grows sitter and sitter on
that an ultimatum.
Eight O'Clock, p. m.-The debate on slavery
has ragged all day with great vehemence. On the
part of the South it has been conducted with
much fearlessness and power. Foster and Will
son of Massachusetts, and Ford of Ohio, have
made magnificent speeches, showing the imposs-
bility of union on the majority resolutions, de-
nouncng the repeal of the Missouri compromise
and demanding its restoration. The New York
delegates have been riddled fore and aft for their
doughfaceism. The South is cowed completely,
and the doughfaces are thinning out wonderfully.
Men here are beginning to find out that the North
are in earnest. Seymour, of New York, has de-
serted his associates and come on TO the restora-
ton platform. Pennsylvania has seen new light,
and says she can be saved only on that platform.
Kenneth Rayner has felt stiffened up by dis
patch from a reliable friend in New York, saving
that not single free State can be carried on the
majority platform. The South are on their knees
asking for compromise. 1t is impossible to de-
scribe the effect ofthe days debate. The talk of
the North has been of the plainest and most Wig
orous sort.
Ten o'clock, p. m.-The council is still discus
sing the slavery question. Many delegates vet
desire to speak. Sperry, of Connecticut, spoke
well tonight, denying the spinal complaint and
demanding the restoration for Kansas as the least
concession to Connecticut. Kenneth Rayner
created great storm among the southern mem
bers to-day by declaring the repeal of the Mis-
souri, Compromise not only uncalled for, but an
outrage The question will be reached to-mor-
row. The probability now is that both the ma
jority and minority resolutions will be rejected,
and milk and water attempted.
The Herald report says:
The evenings debate was continued by Hough-
ton, of North Carolina, who elaborated the south
ern view of "the vexed question " in speech of
considerable force and power Sperry, of Con-
neeticut, succeeded, who advocated the restora
ton of the Missouri compromise, and expressed
the opinion that platform might be safely adopt
ed without declaration of sentiment upon the
slavery question. Winchester, of Maryland, Of
fered resolution to adopt the first part of the
committees platform, ignoring the question Of
slavery, and declaring it practical for the several
sections of the country to stand thereupon in the
full enjoyment and possession of their "peculiar
views" He was followed by Brown, Of Tennes-
see, who believed the disturbances of the Missouri
line to have been unwise and impoltic, but still
was opposed TO its restoration.
From the correspondence of the New York
Herald.
PHILADELPHIA, June J3, 1855.
Mr.. jennings, Of Illinois, opened the discussion
in a speech of half an hour His views were ultra
abolition.
lie was followed by Mr.. Burwell, of Virginia,
who advocated the majority report, because it
pledged the Order TO quit agitation upon the SUBJ
ject Of slavery 1t offended none by contemning
their opinions, but bound the Order to maintain
the laws. This was no dishonor, but a duty
He could not consent to pretermt some expression
of opinion upon the question of slavery. 1t was
the main purpose Of the Order to maintain the
Union, and this was the only question which
threatened it, The Convention had harmonizcd
upon every other subject. The foreigner was
bound by limitation OF his political rights The
Catholic was restricted in the abuse of his reli-
gious doctrines; but proposition to quiet domes-
tic diSord among the States and people was to
be ignored, draped under empty generalities, or
left open for local agtations. He could consent
TO no compromise which disturbed exis ting legis-
lation.
With others, he had entered the Order hoping
to find patriotism which neither Of the old par
ties possessed. To the interests which he repre-
sented, the questions of Amercanism and Catho-
licism were comparatively unimportant The
professions Of regard for the Union, the pledges
not TO permit the agitation Of any question which
should disturb IL, had attracted his support He
came into it, not seeking power but peace If he
was told that by reopenng the agitation the party
could acquire the controll of the government, he
must reply for those for whom he acted that Off
ces and honors had not sufficient charms to induce