Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-12-20

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Ne continue our daily SUMMARY of the pro-
ceedIsI"s of this body.
SArrnDAY, Dec. -.
SEHATE not in session to-day ~
HovsE-Mr. HICKMAN asked that his alaend-
inent Tor Ike slecii,'n OF Speaker 10y plurality
vote be entered ca tiie ,!.urnal
Til, va. oJec:ed to by the Dement'S. and
The whole DAY crusuined IN discussing the
slavery question
Mr. HICKMAN said he should vote for Rcpub-
iiean ia preference 10 any gentleman who
tains tie administration.
Mr Smith, OF Va. said that na man who has
Witnessed that gentleman course for the last
two years coUld doubt that he would at last land
Ia the Republican ranks. lie says he !,
s,'!id Democrat elected. and yet Will Vote with
the Republicans. " ho does he fool by such "A
doctrine as that The members uf the Demo-
cratic party are here 10 rerierl" :. high and holy
duty To- their country. want hinn To be M.
,i,rsto.,d a. a Black Republican. W no only takes
tae uaine at Democrat for the purpose of hood
winking and misleading. Let ask him
would he vote tur Mr.. Bocuck to day if he would
ri,e and say tina; he WAS opposed to tue Admin
i,:ratiom :
Mr. Hick man frankly uneGnivocally replied
that he would not, because Mr.. Bucock sus-
tanned the Administration in every Thing it has
done, aud he NJ. L.eknau) was mol believer
IN eleventh h.ur repentance. laughter He
w-HId Continue 10 regard himself as 4 Democrat,
Notwithstanding the REMARKS of the gentlemaa
fruu EIrginInia
Alr- Clark said Le never WAS and never would
be sectional man. tie WAS a representative of
the great city OF New York, city which could
.fufd ao send Il sectional man 10 Congress
He did not regard lie Republican party as Al,
abolition pnry. He defined aboiitionisIs
those who would interfere by violence with the
relation of master and slave.
Mr. Curry also made Il lengthy speech alb
"liIonism. He did not proI 10 hold the Re-
publican party responsible for excuses commits
ted by men holding anii-slavcry opinions. He
did lot Intend 10 charge that ,pariy with COM
piIctv in the raid lately made into Virginia.
He asked, :" IT you had the power of the Gov
e.nment To abolish slavery and render slave
property insecure. woUld you not do il ?"
Mr.. X gore, of Ind, {" TO- not iii the South.
eru States"
Mr.. Curry said, il the north elected Seward
or Chase, any other member @. t!.o Republic
can party on a sectional platform, such cleo
tion was 10 be resisted 10 the disruption of cv
cry tie which binds together this great Confed-
crazy, (appaEsc from the Democratic side. y
Let the north 20 home and repeal their personal
liberty bills, their habeas corpus acts. and their
maudamus acts. Let them execute the fugitive
slave law Let them open their prisons for the
safe keeping of the fugitive slave Let them
diary pamphlets al the south. Let them turn
out OF this Hall and the Senate the who
come TO insult and s.igma.izc the south. These
would be indications of public opinion and test
of returning Justice. His constituents looked
solely 10 the National Democratic party of the
north the natural allies of the Constitution
and the south. If the Democrats and our
American friends should not be able to inter-
pose Tor the security oi the south and the pro-
lection Of the Constitution. | shall counsel the
people of my State to offer most cffectual re-
siS'ahee' ana Shall urge them 10 hing themselves
.I;l,,I I,f - ~,
my first and last allegiance (Applause from
The Democratic benches and galleries.
Messrs. Kellogg and Logan ;,poocised for their
almost t,,bt ,b,. i.,v b.for.. WHOM RI. uorso 3D.
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MONDAY, Dec. ID
HOUSE, Nj. kigore wished to ballot for
sneaker
" Nh, ,,
pa l''e'' ma '''e "i''eS' mem
"e' o ''" 1l""se' III service si'"i" act rs tenn
i"''rS speaker until an election should take
place
Mr. Stewart of MI nitcb.d into Cbor,,,.,
'''N ''''''''
''N i4'i i'e' NUN
MI iiaSkIn sad that The speeches of SOUTH
ern members, breathing dis-uii"n. had been ap-
pituded from the galleries 10y men holding po-
9ltI"'s under the Federal Gcvernmcnt. while no
speech from the opposite side had been II a,le
1i'' 81" n"' embrace The utmost devotion to the
C"h1'i','Io" an" protection to the South. As
7" oi'' J"hh Brown there are not thousand
men ~ ''iT GoGh'Fy wa" would justify his act of
iniamy hlic 40 much excitement prevailed
al the South, Is 1t wonderful there should bc IA
n"hc" al oe N"fth In conclusion he said he
wa, erected As an independent man. His SYM
pa'hieS were with douglas and he could not vote
'of an Administration candidate.
Mr. Hickman gave n history Of Buchanan,s
b,,rav.I of IA. MI,
h,,, i,;,a.,,f an.I LII, mo ','e''P'S !"
ouy himself, ana SAID, as the President could
not purchase him, Others could not-he had been
offered more than he was worth, (laughter) and
he refused to sell himself, (applause.) He knew
where the trouble is, and the country knew !,
tie had ventured against giving to slavery an
unlimited charter; he had learned that man
might support every measure of an Administer