Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1859-12-26
Mr. Farnswortli5 rcy;r,3e.tl.t i,o

had placed. himself on both sides Of II
question. The Republican party NJ,
y founded upon principles, but The Demo
SEatlS party of Illinois was a man wol
Snlpplng, party--a party Morshfppine Douo
i iI4 Whatever Douglas said was law +
!hern; and right here he would ask his col
]. league if be agreed &
4 air. Foulke-We- worship Stenbnn
Douglas, and you worship Fred DouglaS
e Great laughter. .,a
Mr. Farnsworth then inquired yhetLc
8 MS colleague from the Fifth District am
ms party In Illinois would support who
ever was nominated at Charleston. mo mnt,
ter what the platform? .'''s'
Mr. Morris, of ILL.,; had no deirc to he
drawn into the conversation which had
3een held with his colleague. He had no
= o9uOt the Charleston Convention would
Suopt the Cincinnati platform, and he had
nominee. Htot us
AR. Farnsworth-That's no answer
will VIZ S''' ehey
Z Mr.. Farnsworth reioincd that Judqe
douglas had declared in a letter that IL
would not accept nomination, unless he
was plaGed upon platform that conceded
tne right OF Territorial Legislature to le-
glSiate upon the subject of slavery.
!. ar morrls-We consider ALL that our
business, not yours.
Mr.. Farnsworth in rcnlv bsl3 +ho+ =.
was also the business of the RepnbIicon
4 party, and asked with what consistency
Judge Douglas could. support the nomjnca
OF the Charleston Convention upon Mat
ihrm, upon which he would not himseIf
be candidate 't''-'1S'-
Mr.. Smith, of w., said that the very
gentlemen who had endorsed Helper's
DooK, had been put in nomination ms nre-
s,iaing officer of the House. That presi-
Jung othcer must sustain the most intimate
personal and social relations, necessarily
MIN inc members, over whose dclibera-
tloEs lie prcSideS and he asked the House
and the country, if they would riphtfnIly
ana truly perform their great social and
Poiitlcal duty by elccting that man to pre-
Slue over this body. He put the question
mere and he desired the country to under
stand it. They may have the power nv |
force OF numbers to put man who is n
murderer, a robbcr, man who proclaims
ms deadly hostility to one-half of the
Union, IN that chair, but ask them if If |
Is right, It they viii. stand.as the represen-
t auaS OF constitutional liberty ON this
g Mr.. Sherman, with composure, but signs
OF gatheIing Storm desire to know if
inc gentleman from Virginia applies these
words to me?
AR Smith, quickly-I am illustrating
uio not say that the gentleman is a mr.
derer; have no such thoughts. and I wns
about TO say so, aud it would have come
win more grace than from an interrup-
MT; Mr.. Sherman, with satisfied air-I
the gentleman.
W.T. oinltll, lmpGrYiOuslY-I was illustra- I,
ing would you vote for murderer.
DIT. Sherman and others, eagerly-Ccr-
tainly not
Mr.. Smith, it was the act of n nartv2
Mt. Curtis, very much cxcited-Tcall the
gentleman TO order. consider that n reS
I hectioh upon the members on this floor
- mpeaches the honor of every man on .
tnls side of the House, and ask the pcn- T..
tleman to recall it. /
air. Smith, tirmly-When have any
thlng to recall | will recall it without h.
ing asked. Applause in the galleries. 4
II Ihe gentleman will just keep cool he =
Till perhaps fare all the better for II .
charged nobody with being mnrderers or u
'onoers, upon this floor, but do CHARGE :
NAT when we came here we found fiat =
'lAtE-eight members of the last Congress =,
in'thy OF them now here) did endorse !,
inPniet according to what we had right :,
y peliGVe that WAS just as bad aud as II
Cries of good, and applause u
IL the galleries. ''pp'4uSe
Inc Clerk said that he gave notice YES
erday that if the rules OF the House werc in
gun Y. Violated by this applause in the gull te
Iiie5 ne would call upon the officers of lu
" house TO suppress ii. In accordance fl
herewith he called upon the Serpennt- III
rms and door keeper to perform Their Ii
uty. Here ensued q scene of considerable al
members CRYING ont a
Olear the galleries." whilst others honcd su
laG Such a course would not be pursued nc
u inc galleries cominotion could be OH te
srYed and one middlc-agcd respectable tn
entleman exclaimed loudly, az will leave Sc
, ana made his way through the dcnser SO
llrong, whilst the Sergcant-at-Armsp mass ST.
: AT AT rapid pace out of the main door &c
!! ihe House to intercept him. dc
Finally order was restored. Tho CIo-l.
"ted that it was not his intention IN ~
&c galleries cleared, as many orderly ners
ms occupied them, but simply to nre- no
rye order, and the business of the House cit
'oceedcd. ~ --O'''e C,'
ar. smith said he was proceeding to Ill ste
stTate the position that had been taken Eha
inc democracy, and had used strong col
lures OF speech for the purpose of max
ltln way from which there could lie
escape. he was surprised that the me
H'l I'LL, from Tenn. should have fallen au
to the error of stating that Mr.. Sherman dc,
u olselalned the atrocities of the Helper am
a!pt He would ask that gent where =.
g, got !, his information. /
~, .I ciSun tlongnt 1t proper to say that an
zen Mr. Sherman had disayowed any5 in do,
ltlon to interfere with slavery. in, the
ties, he considered that he (ShermanI I
d repudiated the ultra. doctrines of fLoo ~:
OK; That was the way he understood If s' -.
a oaliot was taken, but no election, SEer- ON
ntlng 4. '' the
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