True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-03-19
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FROM WASHINGTON,

FROM WASHINGTON.
Wade asked Trumbull if he yielded the
floor for adjournment.
Douglas; hope not. The courtesies of
the Senate have been taken advantage of
on account of my absence to make an as
sault on me.
Trumbull; No sir. knew not whether
you we're present or absent. was COM
menting on the hereport. did not Introduce
the subject, nor know that it would come up
to-day.
Douglas: My colleague dures to say in
fact, that he did not know ] was absent, he
acted with unfairness in attacking the sub
jeet when | was detained from tho Senate
on account of i'll health. would ask him
within what reasonable time will his speech
be printed.
Trumbul: think it will be published BY
Monday. q
Douglas: If l can ask postponement Of
the question till Monday | will reply to
sTrumbul's speech on Tuesday.
Seward: Take your own time.
Douglas, quickly. understand that game
take your own timo. The Senator from
Mass, took his own time to write and cir
cuu'e libelSon me about the time the Ne
braska bill was reported. understood my
coleog que to say he came here Democrat
that will be'news to the Democracy Of
Illinois, and is a libel on the Democracy of
that State.
Crittendeh interposed, spying the debate
was transcendng the rules. [Sensation.l ]
Douglass should have been better satis-
fed if the Senator from KY, had said so
when the Black Republicans denounced us
in coarse terms and rebuked them for want
of courtesy.
Crittenden: To what do you alludc.
Douglas: When they made vulgar and
coarse partisan assault on the Democratic
side of the Senate.
Crittendon: 1t is no more my business
than that of others to call Senators to Or
der for personalities, This is not the place
for vtuperotion; il should be settled else
where.
Douglas: ! do not regard the Senator
good authority in Illinois politics. was
was speaking of events of which ] was
better capable of judging than he. There
was further colloquy when the chair dcci-
ded that Douglas remarks were not person
al. Douglas, so far as advised, and he
believed it, his colleague was the candidate
cf poor, miserable set of Abolitionsts
and Know Nothings, which are ole and
the same thing.
Crittenden: | wish the Senator to under
stand that CO operate with the American
party. and standing here as n gentlemen
and Senator of absolute independence, AM
claiming all the respect due to honesty, al
freeman, repel with scorn every impu
tation that is intended to embrace me ant
my political associates.
Douglas: | spoke of what Know Moth
ingism is in Illinois, and said it might b.
otherwise in the South. Every X. N
lodge in Illinois !optcd the abolition cree
aud that is the miserable faction that sen
my colleague here. The Senator from Ky.
misunderstood me, else he would not hav
construed my remarks personally to him
self.
Crttenden: The gentleman did not max
the qualification he now does.
Douglas: Every gentleman must have nm
! derstood me as making the distinction.
said nothing about Southern Know Moth
ingism.
r Trumbull shall not permit such re
] marks as these from my colleague to pas
= unanswered. Twill suffer 10 man here c
, elsewhere to state of me things that OF
: absolutely and totally unfounded. If h
, means to say that am, or ever have bee
n X. n, or connected with any secret p'
litical organization, The charge is base.
; will not violate the rules OF the Senate; b.
. will say they nre untrue. lie proceeded
speak of the politics in Illinois, clnimin
that she is and always has been DEM
cratic.
n The colloquy was continued further whe
/, Mr.. Sumner replied to the remark of Dou!
v las that he, Sumner had obtained week
ID delay of the Nebraska bill in order to circ,
i late libel on him, Douglas.
Mr.. Sumner said that it was untrue th'
ei he had united with other members Of Il
1t Senate in sending an address to the peop
l. of the United States expressing the trl
ID character of Sumner. / sbull enter in
no contest here or elsewhere as TO the cha
r. acter of a gentleman. This Senate sht
o decide whether the Senator from Illinois
- the proper Judge of this matter ltis n
es true that went to the Senator's seat
make the request to which he alludes.
Douglas reported that Sumner whilepI
u tending that he wanted time to read t
re Nebraska bill had previously thanked
a. grossly libellous pamphlet on that subje'
Se Sumner said the address was predicat