Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-06-10

LER.-Ihe washington SOiIcati"''tss -
Philadelphia Pressin one Of his late letters
spoke Of Senator Bigler's last achievement IN
I the debate about garden seeds, andalso OF Sena-
4 tor Hale's remarks, which are as follows;
Mr.. Hale. It is yeryrarely, sir that debate
in the Senate is intended to influence the aeu9n
of members here, butt is made 70 eniIghtsn li.e
Country Tconfess. however, that this debate
has enlightened my mind. was at trst lncnn
ed to 90 against this appropriation, but the con,
/ alterations which have been urged with so Inuch
force by the Senator from Pennsylvanla, con cor
fess have weakened my convictions IN mat t :.
rection, and have also induced me 10 % t1r ..
! n the enneaI Vhichhe so powerfully and patheti-
1 caIIv made to the honorable Senator from UeoF-
I Ola has not moved him, he must be imperVlo"s
i to eloduence and to pathos,
think that the case which the Senator rom
Pennsylvania has presented, IS emlnehuy JUS ss
[ agree entirely with what ne. says We' ~ ~
Hooking to popularity / think that the whole
i North peunsvlyania no less than any other part
of the Union. win endorse his veracity, If nothing
else when he declares that he has not oeeh seek
| ing popularity; and when he appeals to the sena,
! tor from Georgia, and tells him what hard road
The NorthernLD Democrats have had to travel, how
\ much they have had to sacrifice and to face; and
then asks it, in return for all this, he cannot let
| him have a few onion and garlic seeds, laugh
| ter / / confess il the Senator from Georgia was
not moved, was. [LaughterJ think 1t Is
reasonable, and more than reasonable, even u
he had asked for little of the vegetable in'i
grown. But when he says, ''Look at the North,
and see on every side, and hear by every man,
proof that we have not pandered to popularity;
see what we have suffered in your behalf; when
YOU see all that and see that we are not eNofol'
tant we do not ask any offices; take your iot-
eien missions and distribute them where they
appropriately belong; take the Federal treasury;
and use it; but when we SO home to an outraged
constituency. will you he so iliberal as not TO
LET ms carry few onion seeds, little garlic,
and now aud tIlen a cabbage, laughter 80 that
our constituency may be inclined TO WINK o
little at the course we have taken on tnis gTe"l
question upon which have sacrificed SO
much for you:" ] confess that even II hau
such strict rules as the Senator from Georgia
lentertains upon the Constitution, when such an
appeal us that came from such source, the
'tripht bower" of the Administration not ask
ing to take the SAGE, or anything eise, out
simpIy n little onion seed-a vegetable that, nm
der peculiar states of application, is calculated
to produce tears-[laughterl cannot you let
us 90 home and cry with onr constituents over
what we have done do not want TO De per-
sonal, hut appeal to the honorable Senator
from Georgia, and ask mini can ask num-
for we have always been on friendly rela
Mr.. Bigier. Allow me. I have no idea at all
TINT the Senator intends to be personal
Mr. Hale. Oh, no.
Mr. Bigler. But he uses terms which 40
not understand; talking about the fright bow
err and "ace," and all that sort of thing
Mr. Hale. Well, sir, do not understand
them; but thought the Senator did, because
the Senator from Georgia spoke OF 1t, and ne
seemed to understand 1t then. LaughteTl
do not understand them; but suppose II rs
parliamentary, highly So [laughterl-or else it
,,,t t,ava I,aan intrOduced l do not
know what the Fright bower" is suppose 1t
is a napal fkaape.dll term laughterl-or some
thing of that sort -,
Georgia and myself do not agree ON political
questions; we have differed; but, ] believe, in
our social intercourse we have never had any
difficulty, and whenever it has been in my pow
er-I do not know that ever had an opportu-
nity where it was in my power TO DO MIN a
slight favor, but If 1t was the case, wouid 90
it but if he has the slightest personal regard
for me. beg to throw it into the same scale
where the eloquence and pathos of the Senator
from Pennsylvania have gone before me- ana
both together we ask foT-n little union seed.
fLaughter.l Can he, under these circumstances,
resist? No, sir.
am as strict constructionlst OF the Consul
tutlon as any, not excepting the honorable Sena.
tor before me TMr. ToombsE but have read
all the platforms, and suggest to the Senator
from Georgia that he is little too fast. think
considering what has been done, we may con-
tinue TO vote these seeds, at least until the
Charleston Convention sits, and then, have no
doubt after these developments, there will be
new resolution that will cut off these seeds, and
that onions will be unconstitutional ever: after.
TLaught9r.1 But until that is dohe, until that
proviso is put in, think the faithful may con
strne the provisions of the Constitution and the
Cincinnati platform as the honorable Senator has
suggested. think we may construe them with
out straining the Constitution any more to buy
onion seeds than it does to catch runa" ny slaves
/ guess when you find provision the Con-
stitution that there is mode to take money out
Of the Federal treasury to pay for reforming tu-
itive slaves, you will find also the pro- lslon that
q little sum may be paid for onion seal. Until
a clause forbidding it comes either III the Con-
stitution or the Charleston Convention, let us
have the seed; but have no doubt twill be
unconstitutional after the Convention sits
CnEAP GLoRY.-Afairs of honor are getting
.,commoner nor Pinchback jewelry, at Wash.
ington City, nova days Everybody, these
times. is getting reputation for chivalry. The
other day the ''lie direct" passed between
Hughes, a Hoosier, from Indiana, and Harris,
Sucker, from Illinois. OF course neither the
Hoosier nor the Sucker ever came near fight.