Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-01-23
EDIToR s PROPRIETOR
WHOLE No. SOC.

Mr.. Sherman. fundsrsland that Gov
ernor Adams supported Nh. Buchanan.
Governor Adams bears the san, ! RELATION
TO the Democratic party. as : spnnorfer
of Mr.. Buchanan, is any menbsy Sc fha
Republican party bears to Mr.. 9femopI
by supporting the Republican party.
Mr.. Leteher. desire TO get the zen.
tleman back to the point. He tells You
he is conservative man. and stan,ls up.
on the compromise measaFeso OF 1850 and
yet he undertook TO arIaign the President
of the United States. 10, an antisslasery
speech the other day for intr6dGcine this
controversy into the House. He telisyon
that all was quiet. that there was no aei.
tation or excitement until the Presidentof
the United States, by his conduct, gave
Organization, form aud body 70 the Re-
publican party Of tue North.
Now. sir. let me call the attention Of
the gentleman to historical fact, Ieame
to Congress in December, 1851: aud du.
ring the FIRST session of my service inyihis
body u couple of gentlemen from the
State of Georgia Messts. Hityer and
Jackson) introduced resolutions indorsing
the oompromise measures as passed as
the previous Congress. ask the gentle.
man from Ohio II he Is not coguizanto Of
the fact that the party Of North with
which he then actsd--ihose who then
profsssed to be conservatives. aud now
complain that they have been dfiye1sby
stress Of circumstances into the Repnbli.
can organization, did not, 90 the number
Of seventy or eighty. vote agains, the g.
uslity of those Iompromise measures Of
1850. and repudiate their binding obliga-
ton as settlement Of the slavery ques-
tion ?
Mr.. Sherman In The conventions
which represented both Of the old polii.
cal organisations the eompromise naeas-
ures OF 1880 were declared to DO finals
ty upon this question. Those measures
were acquiesoed 10 by nineteen twentfeths
OF the people of OHIO, by their POLITICAL
organisations. The %hig patty and.lha
Democratic party in Ohio nhm6sred sten
times as many as the party which sup
ported John p. Hale. Aud / say Again.
mad it not been for the disturbances OF this
question in 1854. such a thing ~ sgiIa-
tton OF she slavery question could mot
possibly come from The Northern States.
or any considerable portion Of Ihem.
Mr.. Letcher. Ii the Wing party Of the
State Of OHIO. 10 which the gentleman
then belonged. acquiesced 10 the compfo-
misc measures OF 1880, viii he be good
enough to state how they happened 30
send Mr.. Wade 20 the Senate cf the UnI-
ted States2 5t -
Mr.. Sherman. think he Was sent In
1850.
Mr.. Leteher. He has been se.eleetsd
since. and was sept by the party ofwhich
the gentleman Is q member.
Mr.. Sherman. Mr.. Wade was elected
TO the United States Senate Ia te4e as
Whig. and that was before the compfos
mise measures OF 1850. He has been
since re elected Gs a Republican,. ~
Mr. Letcher. The gentleman from
Ohio tells US that he ihdorsed the COM
promise measures Of 1850. Now those
measures repudiated the Wilmot proViSo.
Did the gentleman endorse them with
that understanding
Mr.. Sbetman. l endorsed the seni-
meut which 1 understood 70 be At she bA-
sis Of those measures, and that was. that
the question Of slavery was settled 10 eV.
cry State and Territory beyond the dam
ger otinterference.
Mr.. Letcher. Then gentlemen indors.
ed the compromise measures Of 1850. 80
far as they met their appreciation. aud re>
jected them where they did NOT square up
with their peculiar notions. Now, the
gentleman says that the Kepublican orr
ganizaHon has been alWayS opposed 20 Guy
Interference with the rights Of che master
TO his slaves in the States but. when
call on him 70 explain the sentiments Of
his senior colleague. he tells me that he
is not responsible for those sentiments.
and that have no right 70 call on him 70
explain his political connection with him.
l understand that he and his colleague
both stand upon the PhIIadslphia Repub.
lican platform. aud endOrse its principles
and policy.
Nj. Sherman. ash the gsntlemau--
Mr.. Leteher. Does the gentleman
stand upon that platform and endorse It's
principles ?
Mr. Sherman. { stand upon she Phil
adelphia platform. which allegSs tbst
Congress, has the power, and thai it is its
duty 70 prohibit the extension of SLAYER!
to the Territories Of the United States.
Mr. Lstcher. 1 understand that the
gen.leman's colleague Mf. Giddings aid.
ed 10 constructing tne plstfor0I upon
which the genGemaa stsnds. and pPon
which the RspubIican parsy in.tbe North
have taken their poSitiOn. The gentle
man now repudistes him. bat eIipgs
70 the platform which he aided to
Econs.ruci. Let me ask him whether
Inc holds Mr. Seward 70 be soaDd
Republican, standing fairly on de plat
form, and maintsining is principles and
policy 2 Does be endorse tbe sentiments
i Of Messrs. Seward aud Wilson on the sub-
n ;aSt - J5,yay,, u. fith, kaSs h,.s1 ! ,soeat-