The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-12-16
Thirty-Sixth C0ngress-First SEES
sion.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l5.
SENATE.

ING oeudG1 met ~ nOOns
The Vice President announced the COM
mittee called for under Mr.. Mason's resolu-
ton OF inquiry relative to the Harper's Fer
~ invasion. The Committee consists of
Messrs. Mason, Davis, Collamer, Fitch, and
Mr.. Pugh submitted resolution, which
lies over, instructiEg the Committee on Ter
ritories to inquire into the expediencv of
repeating so much of the act for the orgaui.
cation of Territorial Governments in New
Mexico and Utah as require all laws passed
by these Territories to be submitted to Con-
gress for approval or rejection.
Mr.. Mallory gave notice of his intention
to introduce bill to regulate and increase
the pay of the Navy.
The Senate then proceeded to an election for
Chaplain. The first ballot resulted in no
choice; on the second, Rev. DR.. Gurley was
elected, receiving IS votes out of the SO SEN
ators present.
Several petitions were presented, when
without further business, the Senate ad.
journed till Monday next.
HOUSE.
The House met at the usual hour.
Mr.. Vallandigham resumed his speech, re-
marking that the courtesy he extended to
others at all times he was resolved to exact
for himself at every hazard; and therefore
last evening he had right to expect the
courtesy OF an adjournment, as he did not
then wish to address the House. He repeat
ed he then said, that the man who endorsed
Helpers book containing sentiments of an
insurrectionary tendency and intended or
tending to SOW the seeds Of discord, strife
and civil war, was not fit to be Speaker, or
member of the House. The gentleman
from Virginia, (Mr. Millson,) the other day,
went farther and said that such man was
not fit to live, yet the Republicans received
this remarks as mute as fishes, and gentle as
lambs; and they must regard this observa-
tion from him not as q menace, but as sober
truth.
He had been served with a notice from
the Republican side of the House that they
were determined not to listen to any further
remark from him. For this he did not care
he would tell them that the country holds
its breath in suspense and listens to the
slightest word which falls from the lips of
gentlemen here present.
This Union has been threatened. He &C.
cupied the position of armed neutrality. He
was not Western man, and had no sympa.
thy and very little good feeling for the North.
de was bound to it by no ties whatever, ex-
cept by the strongest Of all ties, common
of all was he Northern man with Southern
principles. He was a United States man
with United States principles. He was for
giving to the South all that belonged to it.
The fugitive slave law, right to slavery 10
the Territories and whatever rights the Con-
stitution confers. Our fathers made the
compact and he would yield to it, not a
grudging, but a real obedience in all its parts.
-(Applause.}
He was not a proslavery or nen-pre 3 la
very man, but had severe indifference on
the subject He thought he occupied the
constitutional ground of our fathers, in
whose days people were animated by pstri
otism; and had not, as some have now, an
anti-slavery God, an anti-slavery Bible, and
an anti-slavery Constitution.
He avowed himself Western man by
birth, and sentiment and education, while at
the same time, avowing himself q constitu-
tional man. He said Mr.. Corwin had been
detailed to lead the forlorn hope of the Re-
publicans and to be shot down at the Mals-
koff. He could never conquer.