Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-01-26

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=. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 1856.
The committee on Ga Speaker" beg leave to
report, ssno progress" and ask permission to
continue in session until they can accomplish
and how long that will be you have
the means of judging just about AS we'll as since
it all depends upon white men, and you know
what the red man says in regard to them. But
badinage aside, no progress has been made that
is apparent to the eye, in the election of Speak
er in the last four weeks. Banks, a few days ago,
came within three votes Of being elected, and
might have been elected had all been present who
desired his election; but some men cannot be
made to attend strictly to their duties, public, or
private, though the Democrats are more atten.
tive to matters which concern the interests of their
party than ever the Wings were. 81 wish to
goodness said member at this time, s'that
could once be associated with those who feel it
a duty to attend to what they are sent here
for"
Upon calling Mr.. Brenton's name yesterday, to
vote, be rose and said that so long as Mr.. Camp
bell, of Ohio, was before them as a candidate, he
had voted for him. that since then he had continued
to vote for Mr.. Banks. In doing so he had shown
his fidelity to principle, to his party, and to
men. But it appearing to be useless longer to
vote for Mr.. Banks, he gave notice that he should,
when next called upon to vote, look around and
SEQ if it were possible to cast his vote for any one
more likely to be elected.
This is looked upon as an indication of break
ing up of the Banks phalanx, and an attempt to
concentrate upon some other person and should
think Mr.. Brenton himself, who is from Ind. and
has been in Congress before, not bad or unfit
man to unite upon.
Since last wrote, we have had the Presidents
Message thrust into the faces of both branches of
Congress. In the Senate it was received and read.
In the House the Clerk received it without author
ity from the House to do so, and a melee was
soon raised in regard to whether it should be re-
ceived and if received, read, whether it should
be sent back to the President, or laid on the ia
bic unread. The latter course finally prevailed !;
but an attempt was made again the next day, to
have it read. But this, after strenuous effort.
proved futile, and it was not only laid upon, but
nailed to the table.
The motive for sending in the Message unbidden
and without waiting for the organization of the
House, became apparent the moment it was prin-
ted the President had made bid for Southern
support for denomination, and as many dele
gates to the Cincinnati Convention are to be cleo
ted on the 9th inst it Was indispensable that he
should get his bid before them in time. This is
the whole secret. And now, hope the bid will!
be accepted and Frank Pierce be re-nominated by
the Democratic National Convention, as their can
didate for President in 1856. AS to. how the bid
was made, need only to refer your readers to the
remarks in tn. Message upon the subject of Slave
ry, and the contests between the North and the
South. Speaking of these remarks, Southern
Senator said to me, that he could not but look
with scorn and contempt upon any man who would
desert his own section of the country, all the prn
ciples and ideas in which he had been nrrturcd,
and all his kith-kin, companions and friends, and
60 over to others for the base purpose of politi-
cal gain. Senator Jones of Tenn, also remarked,
in regard to the Message, that Pierce had gone
South of him by long distance. -.,- II
Mr.. Hale not happening to be in the Senate at
the time the Message was received and read,
took the earliest opportunity to express his opin-
ion of it, and of the President himself, for hav-
ing gone upon his knees to the South, and charg-
ed others ''whose shoe-latchets he was unworthy
to loose" of being enemies of the constitution,
because they did not happen to think Slavery the
greatest blessing ever conferred by Bene6cent
Being upon mankind. '' sa.e,
Abiding to that part of the Message relating to
the possible rejection by Congress of Kansas, be-
cause of her permitting Slavery to exist within
her borders, Mr.. Hale said:
s'This part of his Message, stripped of its YER
biage, means this If, by the illegal violence of
the men who have gone over into Kansas, and
undertaken to establish Slavery there, they shall
come here and ask for admission into the Union
with slave constitution, and Kansas shall be
rejected, the President tells US that is the most
favorable aspect in which that question can be
presented. That will be the issue, and, if it be
decided against Slavery, we are threatened with
civil war;" r.
He continued
'sThe President undertakes to designate as en-.
emies of the Constitution those who differ from
him on this subject. l do not know how others
feel, but say it is an insult to the majority OF
this nation. The President knows, if he reads
anything beyond the most servile sheets that his
creatures send to him, that the public sentiment
Of this country condemns most decidedly his &C.
tiou ~ tnat AoIEieoTys NO man KNOWS IL better
than he, or ut least no man ought to know it bet
ter; and when he goes on to characterize as en-
emes of the Constitution those who differ from
him, he knows he characterizes certainly one
half of the popular branch of Congress, and quite
a number of the members of the Senate-no mat.
ter for them, however as they do not belong to
'healthy organizations" let them take care OF
themselves. will not speak for them, but speak
for myself, and say the President can do me no
sort of harm by any such denunciation as this
l am perfectly willing to take it but, sir, stand
ing here as a representative of our native State
his and mine together will not have him
hurl such an imputation as that unchallenged OF
unrebuked. He has no right to designate any men
who are here under the same oath to support the
Constitution which he has taken, as enemies Of
the Constitution and when he does it he comes
down from the high place which God, in his wrath
for the punishment of our national sins, and for
the humiliation of our national pride, has per.
mitted him to occupy. l say be comes dowr
from that high place into the arena CT a vules:
demagogue, and strips himse!: OF everything which
should clothc with d:suity tie Office of President
OF - United Stats. Ideny the issue hurl il
back in his face tell him, when he undertakes
to designate these men as enemies of the Consti-
tuition, he abuses and defames men whose shoe
latchets he is not worthy to unite.
ssSir, these are plain words, but the time de-
mands them. When the President Of the United
States sends such a message az this to me, or ia
body OF which l am q member, shall be re.
strained BY no consideration from speaking what
l believe to be the truth. The President saws
that if the enemies of the Constitution-we ali
know whom he includes in this phrase-are tc
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