Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-10-23
sENATE.-nonNIsq SESSION.

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SENATE.-MoRNIRa SESSION.
Thur spkY, Oct. %, 1857.
Mr.. ROACH: A petition fieu the citizen of Car
rol county praying the repesi the present law il
regard to the vote cast in reiea to subscription t.
TO Railroads; asking that . majority of the vote
cast at such elections shall deaid and not MAORI
" of the votes of the county, Rsed the guiana
torial vote, as required by tb. Eresent law.
Mr.. ROACH, introduced ~ carry into effec
the desire of the petitioners. Referred.
Mr.. DENTON, returned 7sERsel bills as correctly
engrOssed.
70 enable committees to f,ansact business tn,
Senate then adjourned until e >isrrOW 10 o'clock.
HOUSE.-AoRNISs sssIoS.
THUEspA1, October %, 1857.
The journal of yesterday ws: read
LOUISVILLE AND xAsBysESt RAILROAD.
Mr.. Speaker DoNELsOIii Nir. Newman in the
Chair.) Mr.. Speaker, in tj:s Essence oil my COL
league (Alr. Turner of Su.sae..i have to ask the
permission of the House, to s'sh up, out OF order
that gentemans resolution e'rEg) Dry to the Presi
dent and Chief Engineer of ti: 'uiSvllle ana Nasn
vile Railroad. 1t is the frs 2 S@ation on the eale1
DER and it is important to h2c sue information II
calls for. The President ~ chief Engineer Of
this Railroad, are now in this a'g, to remain but
few days longer Therefore sSAFe 10 suspend Inc
rules for the purpose oftskIp 9. that resolution.
The motion was agreed to, -. the resolution was
taken up. Il
On the molten Of Mr.. Speas1s D0NELS0N, the
resolution was referred to the nmittee on Interna
Improvement, with the requ" that the committee
have meeting to-day, and a themselves of the
information these Railroad off rs are prepared to
give with reference to that we'd
Mr.. ALGEE presented the memorial OF sundry
citizens of Wayne county, sski for law to author
ze popular vote upon the obstruction OF future
railroads in this State, which SIS referred, without
reading, to the committee &C Internal improve
ment.
Mr.. NEWMAN, from the cchmittee on Internal
improvement, reported back txs bill, mo 6Z) 10
repeal the third section of the et Of February 70,
1856, recommending its rejectiSn.
The bill (64) to amend the let OF February 20
1856, also.
The bill 1857 authorizing Haddell Moore to
build mill -dam-recOmmendiag that they do pass.
The bill 1897 to protect the cfedit Of the State OF
MISUNDERSTANDING its selection. The com
mittee deemng its provisions covered by the act OF
1872, and its extension.
The committee on Internal Improvements, also
recommended the rejection ofthsresOlution toequal-
iZe State Aid.
PENIrENTIARY REPORT.
The SPEAKER laid before the House the Report
of the Keeper Of the PenitenIiary.
On motion OF MI. tOLlON, u was Oruereu JnaL
three thousand copies be printed
On motion by Mr.. NEWMAN, the reading was
dispensed with and the Report referred to the com
mittee on the Penitentiary.
U. s. SENATORIAL ELECTION.
The resolution of the Senate TO 90 into an election
of United States Senator to succeed the honorable
John Bell on Tuesday the 9th inst, coming up In
the order of unfinished business
Mr. SAUNDERS rose merely to allude to a remark
by the gentleman from Linooln-that the day will
come when those belonging TO the American party,
would be hunting certificates that they never be-
lonRed to it. Such wouldnever be his case. He would
not care if his connections with that party were
carved on every stone in this building in letters OF
fire. He cared not what was to be the fate of the
Know Nothing order. 1t affected not the Spartan
feeling which he cherished under its hammer. He
hoped there were others OF the same spirit 1t was
enough for an honest man TO know he was right
He thought we had passed through the ordeal, and
what remained of the order now of the pure
stuff lie was not ambitious of the credit of eh n
ring marty colors and could nc like the gentleman
from Lincoln mir Davidson) H. "me enamOred Of
the name and enthusiastic 10 i1e cause of party
who had stood ever in opposition he principles he
cherished.
Mr. DAVIDSON began wings. the gentleman
broken off with the sllusion to VIZ being enthusiast
tic in another party. He was rs&fed whig-stood
and remained whig in princlpA, when some who
now eulogized the name Of ClsVs lad assassinated
that party in midnight ASSOCIATIONS He belonged t.
whiggery whilst it lived and = aid he be tainted
with enthusiasm inthe Democratic party by the men
who killed that wing party. TAX about member
ship of the American party as t. Jud passage in
mans life. bis remark was Lpo2 The odium Of the
Know Nothing party-not Of - american party,
now trying to present it as sTcf of postscript to
old whiggery. There was rctsi1g however in q
name 1t was living principle ..lat he regarded;
and he belonged to no party t:nG4gould be changing
names to catch the breeze of ySlar prejudice. II
was his pride that he stood ( fay, unfettered by
oath or obligation, and free - 80 battle under the
constitution of his country. -
MIR STANTON rose to corrG Il the sketch of his
speech Yesterday in this paperlle did not attribute
the course of Democrats hersko the duplcity of
Andrew Johnson, but that they lost confidence OF
success, from developments in sss. He continued,
at length, to defend the views 81 Senator Bell with
reference to the Kansas Eebra3a bill, Directing TO
to its being test uponI whiCS to- turn MIR Bell
out; and to discuss other matE brought into the
debate, until
Mr. TAYLOR rose to point a order. He desired
to know whether it was necessa&y for windmill TO
run by water. Laughter
MrSTANTON-to test the m -ster, could set down
and give them opportunity House to see the
experiment tried. Laughter. When Mr. had
concluded his remarks in Oppoption to what he de
nominated aristocratc novel; Rent for an election
of S Senator,
Mr. WILLIAMS replied, that + the course of John
Bell in Congress had been in iss1e in Jackson coun-
ty, the gentleman, MIR StsntOf] would not have
been here.
Mr. STANTON. If the gentleman was dissatisfied,
he would move over into his cOuaty and run against
him.
Mr. WILLIAMS. Come over, sir, and guarantee
that when you shall get ready return you will go
away purer and better man.
that will have emigrated from land of bondage
to land Of freedom.
Mr. WILLIAMS. l mean that'we will tear off his
MrW continued the debate
in this vein, alleging amongst other things that the
gentleman from jackson had taken public ground in
favor of the Kansas Nebraska bill. The gentleman's
party had also endorsed the "whte basis of An
drew johnson, for which it was attempted to
make the democratic party responsible, particularly
the gentleman from Knox, (Mr White) He elabort-
ed again the history of the resolution cf the last
sessitn offered and orsed by the opposition men,
bers, reading the yeas and nays in full; and he
special meeting of the lodge to stripe
the jackets of offending members in this connection
He then proceeded to bestow some attention upon
the Know Nothing phase of the debate, and to en-
large upon it, by referring to the obligation against
voting for Catholics and foreigners reading from an
editorial article Of paper of this city, The Nash
rule Gazette, edited by Henry Nancy, of the county
Of Jefferson particular severe inits commentary up
that order in its incipient stage He called speci-
al attention to the fact, that American apers and
the American party in Tennessee were jubilant
the successes of Black Republcanism in the North
ern States. Their language was, "We feel happy
all over" when they heard of the fall of the North
ern Democracy, which had ever intrepidly defended
the rights of the Southern States; and in these
be saw the reason why the Know Nothing party was
now SO nearly ready to pass away. He then pro-
,eeded to argue the oonsututionality, expediency
and necessity of proceeding to this Senatorial cleo
.ion.
A message from the Senate, by Mr. Stone their
Secretary transmitted bills for signature, and other
Ellis passed, viz:
bill giving further time to perfect land titles;
bill to provide compensation for service in select
ne fair grounds for the Agricultural Bureau
MrWHITE, of Knox. Since allusion had been made
o his course in the last Legislature, felt it due to
himself and those acting with him, to say few |
words in reply to the gentleman from Hickman Mr.
Williaus) and others He had stated on yesterday,
hat he occupied peculiar ground; that ne never |
Questioned the constituionsy Of the right of this
legislature to elect Senator, but stated that the
Democracy had denied it. When the Wing party /
vas in the days Of its glory, the Democratic party
lsd denounced an election under similar cireum-
tances as unconstitutional and unfair The gentle
nan from Hickman, (said he'll is entitled to my |