The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-12-14

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Congressional.
In another place we have referred TO the
action Of the Senatc-taM Of the Senate,
rather--on the Harpers Ferry excitement.
In the House discussion involving the
same question or leading to the same style
of debate has occupied the attention of the
members. No Speaker will probably be
elected for a week or two, the Clerk of the
last session doing duty meanwhile as chair
man.
Our posted readers may remember seeing
= year ago, notice of book called the sIm-
pending Crisis" and written by Mr.. Helper,
an anti-slavcry man of North Carolina. A
compendium setting forth the general con-
tents of this book was shown to many Re-
publicans for their Endorsement as a means
Of getting the work into circulation. The
New York Herald recently published the
names of 6S Republican Congressman
who had signed recommendation Of this
Book. The work is incendiary and revolu-
tionary in dangerous degree as the follow
ing Average passage from it will show:
$50 it seems that the total number of
actual slave owners, including tn sir entire
crew Of cringing lickspittles, against whom
we have to contend is but three hundred
and forty-sevcn thousand five hundred and
twenty-five. Against this army for the de-
fence and propagation of slavery we think
it will be an easy matter-independent of
the negroes, who, in nine cases out of ten
would be delighted with an opportunity to
cut their masters threats, and without ac
ccpting Of a single recruit from either of
the free States, England, France or Ger
many-to muster one at least three times as
large and far more respectable, for its utter
extinction. We are determined to abolish
slavery at all hazards-in defiance of all the
opposition, Of whatever nature, which it is
possible for the slavcocrats to bring against
govern themselves accordingly"
This subject being brought before Con-
gress, Mr.. Clark of Missouri moved that no
man whose name is signed to the paper in
dorsing this book should be candidate for
Speaker. This created lively muss, Mr..
Sherman Of Ohio being one of the first on
the list and he being the strongest Repub-
lican candidate for Speaker. Many of the
Republican signers stated that the book was
bad one, that they only signed the COM
pendulum and good many had never seen
either, though their names were thereto at
tached. In the discussion which grew out
of this case some very ugly words were
used by Northern aud Southern hotspurs
Mr.. Reuben Davis of Mississippi, express
cd desire to have Seward hung on the
same gallows with Brown.
Mr.. Kellogg Of Illinois gave vote dur
ing the week on some question Of order and
said vote did not suit Mr.. Greedy, where
upon the Irib1ne came down on Kellogg,
rampant. X. being young and saucy, fired
back and charged Greedy with being closet
ed with Douglas during the celebrated
Lecompton excitement and agreeing with
D. to assist him to the Senate from Illinois
while D. should help Frank Blair to the
Senate from Missouri. Douglas friends de-
MED this and bitter debate followed which
pretty much ended in an attempt at fight
between Logan of ILL.,, and Kellogg. They
both apologzed afterwards and the thing
dried up. Mr.. K. insists that he can prove
this conference between Douglas and Greedy
and the Chicago Press & Tribune rathe,
emphatically takes sides with Kellogg
The proof Of it would kill Douglas before
the Charleston Convention, and that objec,
is SO dear to the Press & Tribune that j,
can afford to sacrifice Greedy. Mr.. Dougla.
in letter read in the House Indignantly
denies the nonsense and the public will not
place much confidence in Kellogg's futur.
statements about it. That Douglas was
Observation-Disclosures, if you please-with Pre-
mincnt Republicans during that excitemen
is well known and perfectly justifiable-
they Endorsed lbs course, not he theirs ant
were the first to denounce him in his cleo
pioneering canvas-he has remained Anti
Lecompton, they fell back on Wilmot Pro
viso grounds, which was precisely the op
posite Of Anti Lecompton.
But little except sparring has been don
in either branch of Congress. Hickman @
Pa, Anti-L. Democrat, gave notice that h
would vote for Rep. rather than an Adm
Speaker-this created some sensation.
Carriers Address.
We have been written to by several par
ties to know if we wish a Carriers Ad
dress prepared for the Times, and some ash
us what it would be worth to us. We tax,
this method of replying that we have M
taste for such old nonsense. From the tai
cnts Of some Of our correspondents W,
have no doubt passable Address could b,
got up for our Deril, but we have seen s.
many collections of insipidity in that lin,
that we never read one now-a-days-beside
this we give the news of the day as it pass
es along, and it is therefore not nccessar,
to sum it all up at the beginning Of tn
ycar-besides (twice) our satanic partne
is too big to peddle such stuff, don't like t,
beg quarters Of paying subscribers, know.
he would get no money Of man who don