Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-10-27

From this statement of facts, we came to the
conclusion that Edmundson and heltt,
stood in the same relation to brooks, that
Joseph and Frank Knapp stood to Richard
Crowninsheld.
We then proceeded to state that upon the res
olation to eens,ge Edmw'dsoa, MR.. DE WITT
VOTED NAY, and also that he voted against
the resolution to censuIe Keitt, and not to GEN.
sure Keitt when the question was first taken,
but when the question was divided, he voted
to eensure Keitt, and not to censure Edmund
son.
We now come to the transcripts apology.
This consists of two assertions; first that
Col. De Witt voted with the majority of the
Americans and Republicans from the slave
states; and second, the Committee after Ed
mundson had explained, amended their re-
port, exculpating Kim, and it was upon this
amended report that Col De Wits vote was
based. Both of these statements are false;
wholly without foundation, as we shall pro-
coed to show.
Here is the vote upon the resolution to CEN
snre Edmundson:
YEAS Messrs. Albright Allison, Barbour Henry Ben
nett, Bllinghurt, bingham, Bliss, Bradshaw, BrentoD,
Buthnton, Burlingame Chafee, Ezra Clark Clawson,
CofAx, Comins Cragin, Cumback, Dsrnrel Timothy Da-
Wis, Dean Dick, Do1d, Emre ddings Gilbert, Granger
Robert B. Hall, Harlan, Holloway, Howard, Kelsey,
Knapp, KnowloD, Matteson Morgan, Morrill,, Mott Muir
ray Pennington, Perry Petit, Pike, Purviance, Robbins
Roberts, Sapp Scott Spinner, Sranahan Tappan Thor
ington frsfton, Waie, Wa brd &c, WaIron Cadwsader
G. Washburne, Watson, WEIGH, and Wood-6o
NAYS -Messrs. Aiken, Allen BAH, Barksdale, Hend-
1ar D.r-so
Broom, Burnett, Cadwalader, James Campbell, John
2. Campbell, Leu ID. Campbell, Garlic Caruthers,
Osskie, BGyGrd Carrie, Cling man, Howell Cobb Will
hanson w Cobb, Cox, Craige. Crawford Cullen, Da-
wilson, Day, DeRitt, Dickson, Dowdel Dunn, Eii Ed
yards, Elliott English Eustis, Florence, Foster Gallo
i0ay, Goode Greenwood, GroU, Augustus Hall, j. Nor
risou Harris, sampson W, Harris, ThoTas Harris,
Harrison, Haven Hickman, Hoffman VdLenttne B. Hor-
ton, Houston, Rlghston, Jewstt, George W. jones' j.
Clancy Jones, Kelly, Kidwell, King Knight, Knor,
Kunkte, Lake, Letter Letcher, Lindey, Lumpkn, Al
exander K. Marshall, Samuel s. Marshall, Maxwell Nc
Mullen Mcqueen, Smith Miller, Milson, MiItl0aTd
Nichols, Norton, Mordesai Oliver Orr, Packer Parker
Peck PetoH, Phelps, Powell, Pringle, Puryesr, Quit
man, Reade Ready, Rcaud Ritcnie, Rivers, Robson,
Rutn Rust, SGbin, Sandidge Savage Seward Sherman
Shorter, Simmons Samuel A. Smith, William Smith, VIM
R. Smith sneed, Stanton, Stephens Stewart swope, Tai
bot Taylor, Thurston, Todd, Trippe, Tyson. Under
wool. Vail Walk, Walker, Warner, Etihu Washburne,
Israel WashBW n, Watkins, Wells, Wheeler, Whitney,
Williams Winslow, Woodruf Daniel B. Wright, John
V. Wright, and Zollicofer-lS6.
The yeas are all of course, Northern mem
bers, and among them will be found the
names of all of Mr.. De Wits colleagues, ex-
cept the Speaker, who did not vote. In the
list of nays, we have italicised the names of all
the members we recognize as having right
| to be elassed as Americans and Republicans
from the free States" We may have made
enc or two errors, for we classify them from
memory. of their qualifications, but we are
very nearly correct 1t will be seen that Mr.
De Wits associates were principally men
from the South, who openly justify Brooks
and his sccomplices, and Northern Buchanan
men and Fillmorites, who are not to be taken
as Northern men in any just sense of the
word. Thirty-th Cor thereabouts) Northern
men voted the same way,-a little more than
half the number who voted to censure. We
dispose of this matter finally at this time, and
shall not probably refer to it again. We are
not to be drawn from the discussion OF the
proprety OF Mr.. De Wits vote, by any side
issues, such as the character of his associates.
We have shown what censure Edmundson |
deserved, and what Col. De Witt did towards |
him. Derelicdon of duty on the part of 9TH
ers, is no excuse for him.
The transcripts other statement is also
false; the Committee made no charge in their
report either before or after Edmundson's
speech. They agreed to divide the resolution
of censure, so as to vote on Keitt or Edmund
son separately, and after the censure of Ed
mundson was refused, they made change in
the preamble necessary to conform to the ac-
ton of the House, and this was all, SO far as
we can ascertain by an examination of the re-
cord. Moreover. it will be found that two out
of three members of the majority of the Com.
mittee, who reported the censure upon Ed
mundson, recorded their votes in favor of it;
we refer to Mr.. Spinner of New York, and
Mr.. Pennington of New Jersey, men who tho
roughly understood the case. We here dis
miss the transcripts apology for Col. Col. De
Witt.
We stated in our article on Wednesday that
Col. DeWitt's " habits Of intimacy and good
fellowship with slaveholding members had ma
terially weakened his steadfastness Of princi.
pie and determination to stand by the rights
and dignity of his constituents We think
we were warranted in coming to this conclu-
sion by the facts given in the Edmundson
case Instances of unfaithfulnesB to the cause
of freedom on the part of Northern members
are not so rare as they ought to be not so
rare as to excite any very great astonshment;
not SO rare as they will be after a few more
examples have been made of them. We hold
it to be duty, on the part of the Northern
press, to expose any delinquency, especially
whenever the delinquent asks for re-elec-
ton, and enters the field, after having once
declined, for the purpose of interfering with
the choice of the people. The fact that the
Spy has sustained Col. Dewitt, and recon-
mended him to the voters as a true man, is
not to be brought up in mitigation of our CEN
sure. 1t is rather to be taken as evidence of
our faithfulness to the cause of freedom, and
of Col. DeWitts backsliding from the correct
course. If we do our representative any in
justice by narrative or comment, the advan.
tage is with him, and not with us. But he
must shoW that we do so. The spatterings of
his apologist, the Transcript, will not satisfy
the voters of Worcester. AS further evidence,
tending to show that Col Dewitt has been
too long in intimate companionship with
Shareholders and doughfaces at Washington
for the good OF his political health and sound