New-York daily tribune., 1856-03-15
able sect of Abolit onits and Know No.hngs, vhios
ere one aud the sumo thing

able sect of Aboh.on,s, and Knor.So.hings. vAios
| ere one apd the same thing.
| Mr.. CRITTENDEN-Iw wish the Senator 10 unde,
stand that cooperate With the American party and
! standing here as a gentleman ana Senstor, aad
= claiming all The respect due 20 my honesty Free
nan repel with scon every imputation OF that kind
as etended 70 embrace me and my political associates
Mr. DOUGLAS explained-I spoke OF what Know
NothiDgsn In Ihnols, and said 1t might De othet
| wise in the South. Every Know Nothing Lodge IN
Illinois has adopted Abolition creed, and that is the
miserable faction which sent my colleague here The
Senator from Kentucky misunderstood me, else he
would not have conceived my remark personal 10
him. ,.,.,,.,.,.
the ana ifcaton he does.
Ny DCCGLAS-Every gentleman must hsye
derstood me as making distinction. | said nothing
about Southern Know. Nothlngs.
M TRUMbULL-I shall not permit such remarks
a. those from ny colleague to pass unanswered. l
shall sufer no man here or elsewhere to state of
things which are absolutely and totally unfounded.
If be means to say am, or ever have been Know
Nobipg or connected With any secret political organ.
izstop the charge is basey-I will not violate the
rules of the Senate, but ssy-untrde' lie proceedea
TO speak Of the politics o. Illinois, saying she was and
had ALWAYS bean Democ vatic state. In the Eighth
Congressional District which gave Pierce nearly 5000
majority be (Trumbull was elected member OF The
House bv more than 200 majority. lie ran as the
Anti-Nebraska candidate: ltSw dia bis cos.esagae
know be received every Know Nothing and Abolition
vote-he Mr. Trumbul did not know It,
MIR. D0UGLAS-My colleague said the reason why
he did not accept at Salem my proposition TO resign
our seats last year to test by reeeeson, wDether he
or | represented Illinois, was that Gov. Aattsssn
would appoint me and another Democrat 70 I'D me
vacancies. tell him will sign a resignation now to
take effect at the next meeting Of the Legislature
Mr. BROWN-Thsts right
MIR. DOUGLAS-rll give him till Monday morning
Mr.. WEILER-That's better.
Mr. DOUGLAS-I said my colleague received
every Abolition and Know Nothing vote in t5e Legs
lature. He dare not deny that statemen<' Why
0 luiyocate. - ,
colleague had become a chief Of the Black Republicans
Mr.. TRUMBULL-I ask my colleague to explain.
Mr.. DOUGLAS.-Was not the gentleman voted
for by Aboitioniss and Know-Nothngs from all parts
of the State
Mr. TRUMBULL.-I tell him no to his teeth; never
was candidate of the Abolition or Know-Nothing
party | have been voted for by members Of the
American party, and i was so with the gentleman
but that was their candidate is not true.
The colloquy was continued further, when Mr..
SUMNER replied to the remark of slr. Douglas that
he Sumner) had obtained a week delay OF the Ne
braska bill in order to circulate libel ON hm
Douglas.l Mr.. Sumner said that il was untrue-that
he had united with other Members of the Senate in
sending address to the people OF the United otses'
expressing the true character OF the on ana pedict-
inc MANY of the evils which have since ensued
Mr. DOUGLAS said that both Messrs. Chase and
Sumner on the occasion referred to- came TO his seat
aud asked him to postpone the Nebraska OIL one week
but the day after be discovered that they had written
an exposition of that and scattered It broad:
cast 1t the false statement that they had not bad
time to examine the BILL of which he Douglas)
plained That address attributed TO him base pur.
lf.aggrandizement-and not proper sense OF
public duty The Senator from Massachusetts did not
consider that belous-ob no. This might accord
with his ideas of gentleman and Senator.
Mr. SUMNER shall enter into no contest here or
elsewhere as to the character of gentleman. This
Senate shall decide whether the Senator from Illinois
the proper Judge Of this matter. 1t is not true that
went to the Senator's reat to make the requst to which
he audes. an
Mr.. DOUGLAS repeated that Mr.. Sumner, while
lnetending he wanted time to read the Nebraska bill,
had previously ranked grossly hbelOus pamphlet on
that subject.
Mr. SUMNER said the address was predicated on
the first bill and not on the last
Mr. DOUGLAS remarked that the reasons assigned
by Mr. Sumner for the postponement of the Nebraska
bill were not true in fact. -
Mr.. JOHNSON'S motion was then adopted, and the
Senate adjourned TO Monday.