The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-01-12
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Interesting Letter from Mr.. Greeley.
The debate in the House on the 10Th,
wherein Mr.. Fuller and other members who
have chosen to play the traitor to their con-
stituents, defined their new positions, is done
up in the following spirited style by Mr.
Greeley. We think the distinguished editor
is now, and has been for months, unduly pre-
JUDGED against Mr.. Campbell Of Ohio, but
still we give his letter entire:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 1855.
We had another interesting debate in the
House to-day useful and profitable dis
cussion. Mr.. L. D. Campbell of Ohio, WHIP
had the floor over night, wisely declined to
speak, preferring that the House should re-
sumo its attempts to get organized. II hear
that Mr.. c., on considering how many mem
bers had already slaughtered themselves this
session by indiscreet and untimely haran-
CUES, proposed to make a moderate addition
to the forty acres which now forms his estate
for Congressional burying- ground-the bo-
dies to be deposited end-wise, like driven
piles, to economist room. think he had
additional reason before night to realize that
such depository is needed and would spec
Oily be filled.] So the House proceeded to
vote-several members absent or silent
and only 1O2 answered ''Banks" No choice
Mr.. Barclay of Pa, now took the floor,
with the purpose of defining his position.
He had been pointed at yesterday as an
Anti-Nebraska Democrat, and rose to repel
the aspersion on his Democratic orthodoxy.
He said he had disapproved Of the passage
of the Nebraska bill, regarding the repeal of
the Missouri Restriction therein embodied as
q useless, irritating abstraction but he now
objected to the restoration of that Restric-
ton or to any further agitation respecting
Slavery!
Nov here are the facts in the case, as
understand them. Mr.. Barclay sought and
obtained the Democratic nomination for Con-
gress last year. An Anti-Nebraska candi-
date was started against him. Mr.. Barclay
thereupon took the stump and ayowed him
self thoroughly Anti-Nebraska. Thereupon
his opponent withdrew, seeing no reason for
having a contest about nothing, and Mr..
Barclay was elected by an undivided vote.
On the strength of this election he comes
here, votes every time for Richardson, the
special champion in the House of the Ne
braska bill, and declares that all his Anti
Nebraskaism died with the consummation of
the outrage by which it was excited! Per-
haps this is good faith to the people who
elected him, but I cannot see it in that
ight.]
Mr.. Thompson R. Whitney-our distin-
guished Representative of the Hook District,
made swelling speech in demonstration of
the National" character of the "American''
party in the North. He stood square on the
Philadelphia platform, twelfth section inclu-
sive, and manifested ineffable contempt for
newspapers" especially those printed in or
near 'my District" AS he was q believe)
sub-editor himself, when he last had another
trade than that of office-seeker and not es-
teemed brillian member of the quill,
thought he lifted his nose little higher than
ne could steadily carry it. Thence he went
on to ventilate his amazing Inconsistencies
OF the most obvious political facts and,
though had rather an exalted opinion of his
ignorance before, I had no adaanata idea of
his natural qualifications to be Nnow Moth
ing. He boosted that New York (the State
had been carried at the last election on the
Philadelphia National Platform; when in
fact the leaders had to hold State Council
at Binghampton and adopt very different
platform, with Free Kansas plank in it,
before they could begin or even attempt to
carry the State. He forgot, also, that he
had expressly committed himself bv his
duly recorded vote in the Senate of our State
(Feb. 9-lO 1S54,) to oppose evermore the
establishment of Slavery in any Territory
covered by the Missouri Restriction. He
further asserted that Massachusetts, had re-
elected Gov. Gardner on the PHILADELPHIA
Platform, when Gov. Gardiner was himself
one of the boilers who denounced and repu-
dated that Platform. He boosted that our
city had given twenty-six thousand votes for
Joel T. Headley (which is some six thousand
more than the truth will warranty while
Preston King, the "Black Republican," had
but six thousand, &C. think have known
as many gross mistakes crowded into one
speech, but not one of such moderate length
as this was.
Mr.. John Kelly, late Alderman of the
Fourteenth Ward, afterward gave us a touch
of his quality. He has lungs like black
smiths bellows, and made more noise to the
minute than anything have heard in Wash
ington but these detestable dinner-gongs-
He spoke SO loud that his words were
nearly drowned in the volume of mere sound
that enveloped them. I understood him to
dispute altogether the Nationality of even
Whitney's american" party-there was but
one really National party, and that was the
National Democratic which was supporting
Richardson, and next Fall would send six
thoroughly National Democrats to Congress-
from our city. Now what made this partic-
ularly nice was the fact of Mr.. Kelly's cleo
ton as "Soft" by the aid of Anti-Nebras-
ka Wings, who, having no candidate of their
own stripe, went in for him as inclined to
our side OF the question in order to defeat
the real National Nebraska Democrat. Mike
Walsh. should like to have an accurate
statement of the net profit of that operation,
nike is Nebraska enough; but if he were the
MEMBER now, we might once in while get
Daiiot Ior speaker while he was out taking
q drink, while Kelly, believe, is always on
hand. If Mike contests the seat, and has
good C Sc, hope he may succeed.
Mr.. Henry NJ. Fuller of Pa, made the
speech of the day, putting himself COM
pletely on the Southern American Platform
He, like Mr.. Barclay, had deprecated the
passage of the Kansas-N Nebraska bill as OPEN
ing the foodgates Of sectional convulsion:
but he regarded the repeal of the Missouri
compact as an abstraction, and should op-
pose Slavery agitation henceforth. If there
had been any misunderstanding with regard
to his views hitherto, there should be none
hereafter. In conclusion, he invited cues
tons from any who were not fully satisfied
as to his position.
MIR. Sage of N. Y.-"Suppose bill should
come before this House to restore the Mis-