Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-12-12

II number nf questions being propoumhed. let :"''
il-Inrn on tho other siIn derilr wirriher He Sl:annnis
nro white men or not. n%anghtrr
Mr.. MrMulnu-1lIa gentleman had arrnignch Nj,
Van lnr-n for having introduced negro testimony. J
want to know bow the gentleman can cAGnlpt,e hun
self by SUCH testimony!
Mr.. CHmpbeli--I know tine character of this mai
Anior.Un; and with all respect to gentlemen, | should
rs socn take his word as that Of alter a pause any
un this floor.
Mr.. Florence said he did not see what application
the-o proceedings had 10 the number Of copies oi tho
Presidents message In DO printed.
Mr.. Clinsmau expressed Il hope that rambling dis
cIssinn would not hc engaged in NJ this tun". lie wa:
nnxi"ns to proceed To other business. There w"ui'
be- ample opportunity hereafter i"r debate.
Mr. iinus.uH, after whai le charged ~ u vi"lhtioI
By Mr.. Campbell of the i;sages ol III. House, Thought
ia" debate ought Ia he allowed 10 proccco.
Mr.. Grow rOs. IN II point Of order, insisting thai
this discussion WIS irrelevant.
Mr.. Clingnan thought it extraordinary that the
gentleman from Pennsylvania had juat made that dis
c"very, aud he moved that the previous Question was
not sustained.
Mr. Sherman said that on the first day Of the sea.
sion the gentleman from Missouri MIR. PiIelp~) intro
,lucel a question relative 10 Mr.. WhitiielTs sent, once
iudicialIy determined, and, before this was disposed
o%i-tle Democrats procrasiinating the President
had sent III his message.
The President had not only a~rrsigncd by uninund-d
accusations, the party which his administration
brought INTO existence, but s0n9ht tn defend himself
Ivy attri!mtiry TO that purity purposes which they did
not entertain. lie charged them with. while pretend
iuS I" prevent the spread al slavery, adrsirc Ia change
The existing Institutions ui The Stntes, thus accusing
that party Of false pru;-rccs. Those charged with
this are expected 10 listen patiently and not open their
mouths III reply.
the Republican party are The conservative men in
the North nj Inlluenre-whu stood BY the r"Inpro-
mise of 1870. They give Fremont main,itics uupre.
reden'cdly large. This charge Of false pr-iemce-
was unfoundrd. The Republicans did nmi propose
nor ~i-il Ia Interfere with the relations of the whites
aurl blacks in III" Southern States. They never
claimed the power To do it.
Til" President ilnpui"s that which il unf.unicl.-
They claim That, in violation Of The pledges lnH!- by
the President. and for p"iItical purposes, IN" Mlssuu
ri Cnrnprrmls'. was rrpcal-h. and unw they wcr- raii
.rI on Ia satmit la what their honor and scis: Oi JUS.
li'r declare Ia be wrong.
Tho Republican party w"uia not have had exist.
,rcc bat for the acis Of the President. wbo prepared
the population of kaIsns iur civil war by melting
ont Injustice 10 their reasonable demands. The Rr-
pnblIcnus only ask tina. The slavery question ir put
where the President found il :s I" the t-rritorics.-
Til" Democratic party, by ov-rthr"wimg Mcssrs.
Pierce and Douglas, put The Gcnl al condemnation on
the Kansas and Nebraska act. BY bringing forward
Mr.. Buchanan, whn had not been complicated with
it, they rvnird line question.
The democrats at Ohio and Indiana advorntcil
buchanan and Brrckinridgr and Free Kansas ln
those States they rvale,i and ay"IlrI the question al
the repeal Of The Missouri compromises by ,i.rlarins
TINT II imrli"r "l II" political Importance, AMI tipi Mr..
buchanan was nominated against the cuInlinrd VOTE
II MrsSr.. Fierce and Douglas: and That IL" r'puhiatrI
thu: law. And further, That Mr.. buchanan wnuht
make knIIsa, II free State. In conclusion, liz sad no
Nh" "pp".r'i {" agitation anil characterized tie Ii.In"
ciatIr party ~ II sectional purity. the lI"use the
adjourned, -