The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-03-07

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sos "ai grand jury terms for the county OF Hon
rao. which amendments make the law g,nsrai
were on motion Of Mr.. ToNtIS disagreedto
oh morton the Senate bill, refundng sum
money to Hiram A. Mealy. was taken nm and nass
ed, and IL a law = - r = -
on motion, the House took up and passed th,
OUT 70 Compensate VIM. N. Howerson, g. II Duur
,hsrs s'ss - .s n Cneatnam, for money expended BY
mem IN tns arrest Of two feions = Iisss'
| on motion OF Mr.. JONES, of Rappahsunock ths
| committee Of Courts was instructed TO INQUIRE in
20 me expectancy Of authorizing the voluntary en-
s ssmsement a. Susan. free woman of color, and
coyfSaTos AND ONO RaIIRoaD. esssl
/ MT sE6AR, offered a substitute for the Covinc
ION and Ohio Rallroxd bin, which was ordered &
i kr. GARsETT from the Committee Of Fipsnee !
made report asking to be discharged from the
turther confederation of the resolution for = re-
assessment OF the lands of the Commonwealth
nssmucn as senate bill, for that purpose is be
4 l9re tue house also. report asking to be dis
| charged from the further consideration of the re-
| solution for increasing the pay of the vaccine
agent at Richmond, as the subject is referred TO
special committee; and an adverse report on the
| Petition OF George Peabody & Co, of London
asking for issue of Coupon bonds, reported 10
1 De lost In the Arctic. Upon questions seyeraIlv
put, the Committee5was discharged from the furth-
| or consideration of these subjects q ;,
Among the bills reported were a bin 10 reneal
| the act making provision for the removal of free
negroes to Liberia, reported from the Committee
OF Finance; and bin providing for the marking
| Of tue boundary line between Virginia and Ten.
nessee, from the Committee of Propositions. The
| latter bill was ordered to be engrossed
POLITICAL. AF
Dir. NEWLQS rose to Q personal explanation.
aud therefore q matter Of privilege. He had been
| informed that refereuca had been publicly made
IN this city to the votes given by himself and twelve
har members agreeing With inn in politics on IL q
| bul more effectualy to prevent the escape of
slaves and in that reference II had been sousbt IN
/ Al tod Will holt
untrue TO the State. He gave to the imputatop
the most positive contradiction. and denounced the
accusation as false. lie voted against the bill be-
| cause he objected to the payment of the reward
| to the inforlner out of the treasury, He desired
that should be paid out of the fund arising from
tnes and forteitures under laws providing for the
punishment OF persons aiding in the escape OF
slaves interfering with the rights of property in
slaves. lie lad offered an amendment TO this ef-
feet, for which thirty odd members had voted and
| had that amendment been adopted, he should have
voted for the bill He denied that this justified tue
/ accusation which had been made against him. and
| repeated his denunciations of il. t-5--i q
| Mr.. NEWTON was interrupted by Mr.. INBODEN
who stated he had no doubt the remarks submitted
| by him last night at the American ratification
meeting at the African church, were alluded to in
the speech of Dir n. Ii so, he said they had beeu
grossly misreprcsented What he did say was
that thirteen Democrats had voted in the House OF
Delegates against the bill to prevent the escape Of
slaves, and that he had no doubt that Ii thirteen
Americans bad given such vote, it would be used
| in the campaign this summer against them, TO
strengthen the charge OF a6olitionism or abolition
affiliations which he expected would be made by
| the presses and speakers on the Democratic side
But he averred that he wa particular when maxi e
these remarks, in disclaming any charge of the
kind against tho thirteen Democrats and that he
expressed the most perfect confidence in their
soundness and good faith the exciting subject of
slavery. This was what he had said, and he had
gone further in his remarks and contended that It
was fair that any charge of abolitionsm that might
| be made against the American party should be
otfsetted with the vote of the thirteen Democrats
and he ayowed that he meant to use it in this way
whenever the occasion justifiedit. He pronounced
the report of his remarks which had reached the
ears of Mr.. NEWTON false and calumnious.
Mr. NEWTON, referring to the declaration by Mr.
lMBoDEN that he intended to use the vote against
those who gave it. went further with his explana-
ton and vindication of himself and those who
acted with him in the vote given upon the bill He
reiterated his assertions of his and their sound
ness. and the souHdness of the entire COM
munity whence he came, on the subject of the Pc
culiar institutions of the South. He referred to
| the soundness of the national Democratic party
and its reliability on this subject In the OF
his remarks he declared that he thought it would
have been far the most prudent to have paid
the reward (S5O0) to informers under the law ont
Of the fines and forfeitures imposed on the abol
tionists. He had been informed by the chairman
of the special committee that they would be more
than sufficient for this purpose. He argued that 1t
would have been much more acceptable to the
people not owning slave property than the pay
| ment of the money out of the treasury, which
might be distasteful to them and excise bad feeling
toward the law.
Mr.. HOLDEN took the same ground in ustifica-
ton of his vote as one of the thirteen.
Mr.. IMBoDEN having obtained a re.ststement of
the last ed argument Of Mr. NEWTON,
which was concurred in by Mr.. HOLDEN, declared
that he understood that they apprehended that
people who did not own slaves might be unwilling
that money should be taken from the treasury to
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that escaped. He intimated that he desired to un-
derstand them fully, that he might not do them in
justice in the use which he ayowed he meant to
make of the vote and what had been said
Mr.. BURwELI., of Bedford regretted to hear no
tice given that the opposition of a few Western
men to an appropriation fron the treasury, in aid
of the re-capture OF fugitive slaves, would be
| made subject Of agitation in the approaching
Presidential campaign He regretted it because
it would be Indispensable to present Virginia In that
campaign as unittrue and united from border to
border. The charge then, that any portion Of her
people were unsound would encourage abolition
lists TO believe that they were divided people.
The question of slavery, continued Mr. B., is
| now paramount to all others before the American
people. The settlement of that great question up
| on q just and final basis, is the great problem
which demands immediate solution. The South,
at least he said, must demand of all parties aud
| from all candidates for federal office, Q specific
pledge TO abide by and maintain the existing Le-
gislati0n upon the subject of slavery, as inal;ty
ne conceived tudt II was mucn Dettef 20 Qr6ct our
| efforts 10 secure such declaration from all men
and all parties claiming the suffrages Of Virginia,
than to wrsngle about the comparative fidelity Of
State parties or State sections, where all were
known 10 be .ound. lie depreea.ed the proposed
Issue and hoped II would not be brought forward
Mr.. BuRwRLI. went on to say, that - . mem
ber of the American party, he had relied upon the
pledges given by that party in June 1865 but that
obligation had been cancelled by the National Amer
lean Council, in February 1856. He would stand
by the legislation of Congress as it now existed He
would maintain the rights Of the South aud the
obligations of the Union, as defined in tho xIIth
section OF the Philadelphia platform of June, 1855
He would recognize no party or candidate who
stood any where else. But he would take no party
position until the nominees of the American party
and those Of the Democratic party should have
announced their position. He would then take his
stand where he deemed bis humble efforts might
be most useful TO the cause of Southern rights, and
national conservatism. To that cause alone, they
bad been and should be exclusively and faithfully
devoted.
Mr. GAREHTT applauded his friend from Bedford
(Mr. BrRwELLl for the manly and patriotic stand
he had taken. He hoped he would wait until the
Democratic Convention 1t Cincinnati, in June
next, when they would give him . man whose
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