Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-07
Senator Green.

To tie editor Of the 4LeIan3riq Ggz.ts.
In the Gazette, few days sIDce, appes,.s
what purports to be an account of dirs.n'
ty in the United States Senate, between :.
ators Green and Broderick, which. a, i,
inj ust.ce to the former, small srscs :.
your widely circulated journal, is respec,for
ly asked to correc;--as 1t is well uuder.,,.g
that the editor of the Gazette wculi NJ, NJ
lingly be made Instrumental in doing INN.
tice to any one; especially to Virginia kv
who has, by the force Of his genius, ,aIs,,,
aud ecquence, made himself. aud ri.a,
be one OF the first men Of the nation
Why any one should wiltuly pre.ar, al
misrepresent the facts of the case. and -
endeavor 10 place any Senator 10 f,,.a,
sltiOu, 1t is difficult to ,urmIse. but tbs, -
whole account referred u is perverted a.,
q false cOlorIns gwen 10 1t, there Is 10 DOM.
/ The facts are these. As one OF the mo.
tee Of Conference on the part OF the N4c,,.
| and the one who has had the whole ro,i.a
upon his hands, and endeayorei faihfnI,.
| aud periodically 10 sOOth and cOnciIla,a III
conflicting views, and produce q bappy srS
acceptable issue 10 the yexed question NJ fb.
! Kansas LecOmptOn bill, Senator Green M.
On the occasion referred t., sent tor one (.
the duplicate copies, then in tae House al
! Representatives, Of the bill winch had bsa,
agreed upon by the Two COMMITTEE, OF C.r.
! HI,S ba haI
| log u all parliamentary usage, and this b.
! did do IN order 10 compare data, &c, and Z,
| be sure he was correct 10 his yersi0n OF the
compromise az that time abJu, o be ,ubnI,
ted TO the Senate and the cJuutry, IS hayln,
! been agreed upon by both the Committee,
! Ii was at that moment that Senator Bryier
lex, who claims to be the yUuugeS, memle-
OF the Senate, and as such. OF course ha,
all the iueIpGrIence # the youngest memIe-
charged "n.ut he hdd been mtorms tat N.
| bill hld been epttt,Ousiy y5ilia,d trMt,
! Clerks Oficc." WIN all tbs :ucxlerIeDra
| he dIi not charge 1t OF his Own KNOWLEDGE
! A few words from Senator Green explained
the matter, aud large majority oi the Sc.
nate agreed perfectly with him. aud sustain.
! tJsIeg'
version, denial is invited Aud a T. Ser.
stor Green's "arroyd,a'y Directing TO The IL.
terventlon on the part OF Sen4tIr Stuart
at the same time, and upon the same sut-
! lect, II is also, notorious, that the latter VS.,
sIgnally defeated In the position he took, All
SO far from Senator Green at any time a,
suming to ''arrogantIy" dictate, 1t Is eqla.g
notorious that bis lnyarlable department
| just the reverse, aud 80 kind, courteous, SO!
concluding that his friends have comp laDsi
OF it, instead Of his opponents. Tai, .. A..
mitted by all the leaders OF the opFC,.tyE
aud 1t would appear, that CONSCIOUS Q. b.,
strength, intellectually, he deemed It Dytr
ali necessary to be "urrOgantIy' dlslJ.G
| but chose to follow the impulse, u Dl' o..
tural disposition, Astounding III genial aIl..
ness.
But it is not astonishing that an aHgrI
nous writer should attempt 70 mIsrryT,.el:
him, when the Washington Union, the e...
ing administration organ, 10 Its Issue q! =.
turday last, should laud others superlaaSe.!,
who had acted merely secondary part %
the Kansas matter, and not -ay q wgFi 10
reference to Mr.. Green, who as Is vel
known, was the AJAX, author, and supporter
of the bill aud compromise, a. Is admitted
on all hands. This cause Of hostility, Dos"
ever, to Senator Green as ev!uceI BY iS'
omiuous silence of the Union 10 reference
him, is well understood, and vii De eSrIaiI
ed 10 another communication. NlNphA.