The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-02-19

1HE rEbIAHA ELECrIoE.


Trnmbull presented at the same time, the |
protest Of the Black Republican Senators
and Representatives, and offered resolution
that the case be referred "a. the Committee
on Elections. The point was raised BY Mr.
Douglas, that the Governors certificate was
primS tacte evidence, and that the uniform
precedent wasto give, the slaimsnt,rhssing
that certificate, the scat, ana let the protest
and objections to the vsiidity Of the election
60 to the committee. This proposition was
vigorously resisted by Senators Trumbull,
Seward and Hale. They eonlended that
the Governors certificate was contradicted
by the record Of the Legislature --ihat the
primd fdcie evidence was o7erruied BY the
conclusive evidence Of the ilIegality and ir.
regularity of the election. Z $50 s.l,s,t uc'f
"''Would," Senator Trumbull exclaimed,
+any Senator occupy seat on that floor
under such a statements OF the facts, and in
the face of'tte recent decision in the HARLAN
case9 - u4a F Hu egVd ~ n
10 tfis Mr.. TooMbs aptly and forcibly re-
piled that The facts, il facts they were, set
forth in the protest were behind the cefti6.
cate, and could only be inquired into after
the certificate was received; that he never
believed The Senator from Illinois, lTruuh 1.
bull, was entitled to his seat, but he held il
under the Governors certificate until the
Senate finally decided in his favor. This
'pdlht was argued AZ great length. s''.,'.sas
Seward contended, in speech delivered
with unusual volume and vehemence, that
there was no law authorizing the Governor
to give such certificates; that no Senator
from New York had ever presented sncf,'
evidence of his title to q seat; that they
were no better evidence of the fact of elec
tion than the transcript Of the record of the
proceedings Of the Legislaiure-and, in.
deed, net as good, for the Legislature certi.
fed to what occurred in their own body, and
the Governor to what he has learned or heard
had taken place. ......., 4.
Mr.. Hale contended that the certificates
we're primd tdeie preoe; but in this case the
legislative proceedings was the conclusive
proof which set aside the prima tacie, mi.
Mr.. Pugh presented the authorities and
The reasons in favor OF the admission Of the
claimant, and The recognition 'of'her g Gover.
noF's certificate, in a very 'Ulear and torcible
manner. -r,, II .t,,,-r, II, , .,f.s'--- - e.. ,..l
Tie argument Nus Continued by Messrs.
Touccy, Bayara, Bell, and others; but little
thai was new or striking was elic.ted;-;
There was, indeed, "a tedious iterutioR oi,lhe
same idea in hearty adj the speeches. rr
Mr.. Bright, who presented the credentials
Of Mr.. Fitch, stated, with some w1rmth, thai
tho proceedings in The INDIANS Legislature,
80 violcHt and re, olntionary in their charac-
ter, had beenjnstigated by The s nators from
New York and Hinois; that he would not
now be betrayed arlto a discussion OF the
facts; that the statements nf the protest were
not true, and that it wuuld be shown in due
time that the applicant was duly cle,Tted. d
Mr.. Hale, ,retorted by reminding the SrDa
tor Of the refusal Of his party, headed by the
same Governor who gave this certificate, to
prevent an elcct;ohin the State last year.
when the Republicans had the mEj jriiy ir
jJint session. U d. +t-.lss -.ft : t4 ,sat4s
Mr.. Mallory retprtcd on Hole by reading
his speech some wears ag", in the contested
election OF the Floridl Senator, in which
the doctrine was laid down VERY clearly, that
the Governors certificate should aiwnyse en-
title the party tn his seat. ,-s, ..s <.-+ ..s,1.
The developments of this discussion
brought out some painful proofs OF the incon
sistcncy of our party leaders. '"5
By strict party vote, the resolution IN ia
vor Of swearing Fitch in was adopted, and
accordingly he was sworn. ,s- FL. s,.r,. ,.s,,...
During the discu. sion an amusing incident
occurred to diversity the gravity 'ef the de-
bate. Judge Butler wus speaking on 4hc,
question: and showing the Necessity Of oh
serving the good old forms Of the early days,
Of the Repubsp, 'Hc declared that, they
might call HIM On old 70 y, bat H. would
say that 40 Scnator ought to appear in that
body without the rert,icate OF the q ,ver.a
nor, the proper ecoastituti,nai md Iawlul5
representative. OF the sovereignty, of the
State. Here General g ,ss left his seat and
walking over to Judge Butler presented his
hand. iTeinarking, "gsFe IRE 5oisf Hand ON
that, Judge, and the two venerable Sena,
tors shook each others hands quite warmly.
They are stott ufd pgtsuts. By the bv,
speaking Of stout Old mer, saw yesterday,
riding on very fine black ciitrgtt, an el.
derby t.ihitnry lookibg gentleman, with o.
very decided expression Of countenance, and
an air OF general satisfaction and self.com
placency.
The horse Which this Old gentleman was
riding was spirited animal, and, as he ap 4
preached a dark pile of rubbish, he SHE'D
to the other side Of the street. A contest
ensued betweeh Him aUd his rider; the lat
ter insisting, with most determined check
OF the bridla, on his passing over the pile
Finally, the rider carried his point, as from
his expression it was quite evident he would
do, and the pile being cetred, the horse re
sumed his regular pace. "Thus goes old
Bullion" remarked bystunder, .salwaysl
determined to carry hispoiat. And SO il
was, in admirable cosiditisn for q man ofhis
age, the remarkable old gentleman who, al
ter forty yenrs of distinguished service In the
political arena, quietly sits down to write
huge tones, and arayels hundreds OF miles
to deliver lecturcs before audiences compos;
ed Of men, women and children. Tho frat
volume Of Colontl Benton's valuable serie
Of the condensed "Debates OF Congress-
has just appeared from the press Of Apple
tonna 1t is "a bulky, but very valuable and
interesting record, and the whole country
will join IN the prayer that the luthor may
live long cnoughto complete the series. NJ
] have just seen the last arrival from
Wheatland. II is the seme old song" NJ
Cabinet,p the difficulty Is all about the Sec.i
retary of State. Mr.. Buchanan says the re-,
tnaindrr OF the Cabinet is easily determined.
The prevalent impression to.day Is In favor
OF Robert .! J!2Walker There can be no
doubt that he isreahy the choice of Mr.. Blu
chanan, but he desires to be Satisfied that
the appointment would be satisfactory 10 the
people. .4s, r, r.
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