Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-01-10
Correspondence of the State sentinel.l

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Editors Sentinel The attempt of the Fu-
sionists to apply the gag law, in its most OBJ
noxious features, met with signal rebuke on
Monday. 1t will be recollected that last
week, on the motion Of Democratic men,
Der, the time of debating any proposition was
limited to ten minutes This certainly was
more than could in justice have been expected
at the hands of the Democracy, and should
have been satisfactory to any fair-minded
reasonable man in the opposition ranks. But
not so. A Mr.. Perry, of Maine, while de-
claiming loudly in favor of full and free dis
cussion, introduced resolution cutting offaN
debate and providing that there should be no
adjournment until a Speaker was elected
This ridiculous proposition had 10 be surren-
dered by the Fusionists because it was so
badly worded that some portions of it were
utterly unintelligible. But Mr. Sherman,
of Ohio, introduced resolution embodying
the first portion of Mr.. Perry's resolution, and
for this gag law, the great body of the Fusion
lists voted, including Mace, Colfax, Petit,
Barbour, Cumback, Brenton, and Holloway.
Yet these are the men who blathered so loudly
in Indiana last year over free speech. Their
righteous souls were wonderfully indignant
because the friends of the Nebraska bill in
Congress were not willingto to give them twelve
months of the precious time of the country
in which to debate 1t, and this too. after they
had consumed several months in its discussion.
But now, however, when the time which
should have been devoted to the public busi-
ness is. wasted by them in fruitless attempts
to elect q Speaker, and when they may as
well speak as vote for all the good it will do,
they come forward and present their gag law
to stop all debate. Latterly they have been
moving any number of Bunkum resolutions
in order to throw the Democrats into false
position, but to-day they were completely ta-
ken aback to find themselves canght in thei
own net Another resolution similar to that of
Mr.. Perry, providing that there should be no
adjournment until Speaker was elected, was
sprung upon the Democrats, expecting them
and the National K. Ms to vote against it so
they might go home and raise the cry that the
Democrats threw obstacles in the way of the
organization, bat number of Democrats, to
their great surprise, thought they would teach
these denRgogues lesson, and so voted for
/ the resolution 1t was amusing to witness
the deep modification and disappointment
on the long faces of the Black Republicans,
and this evening when the hour for adjourn
ment came, it was still more amusing to no.
tice their attempt to sneak out of the diff
Guilty by motion TO take recess until to-
morrow morning. These men have not an
idea above low trickery and the most distin-
guished demagogueism. They never rise to
the dignity of statesmen.
In the debate to-day over the resolution
providing that Mr.. Orr should act as tempo
rary Chairman, the little Congressman from
the 9th District got decidedly used up. He
was very much afraid if Mr. Orr was
placed in the chair, that in two or three
weeks they would get tired out, and then a
proposition for him 10 act as Speaker would
be brought forward, and would likely pass
Mr.. Campbell replied, that if Mr.. Oolfax was
the kind of stuff that got tired and backed
down when principle was at stake, he had
better pack up and 90 home. This hit was
received with shouts of laughter all over the
House, and the little trickster looked awfully
chop-fallen. Recovering, however, from his
chagrin, Schuyler urged that he meant thai
the Democrats and National X. Ms would
get tired and unite. What himsy get-off
as if they would not get tired just as quick
and be as likely to unite, if Mr. Orr wasor
the fioor instead of in the cnair But to add tc
his discontinue Mr.. Jones, of Penn, OF. the
7 part oil the Democrats, and Mr.. IL. Marshall
OF Ky, on the pars of the X. Ms, secuted
E all idea of uniting, and begged the gentle
man from1ndiana not to lose a nights sleeI
on such an apprehension. Poor Schuyler, i
/, was about MS iirst effort in the House, aud I,
e get SO badly snubbed all round, and especi
ally, too, from Nir. Cimpbell, his first choc,
q for the SpeakerShip was too bad. CumbacI
was abont to aSsls. his owner, but not havin.
: AN opportunity OF putting in his oar, he wen
and consoled Schuyler over his Il scomfture
Pi\CkNEY