Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-12-28

In the SENATE of the United States, on a
recent occasion. Mr.. PuGH, of Ohio, uttered
the following complaint:
Now. sir. and in that connection. a very
startling fact is worthy of observation. You
say that you have usage in the Senate on
the subject CT Committees; that your usage
il. first never TO dispiace Senator from
committee Without his own consent and.
second, never to promote any one else over
him. ! have not made any statement in re-
ference 10 your usage, except to yourselves
privately. for now Jour years. / knew that
if said it, the declaration would be made
that the Senator from Ohio wanted to be
Chairman % Committee. But, sir. / am
going out of the Senate and. in the little
time that remains to me, il would not be of
the slightest consequence to me: and, there
fore, at least nov, i can say that your usage
is infoIeraIly bad. II is a usage which has
operated to give to the Senators from the
slaveholding States the Chairman of every
single Committee that controls the public
business of this Government. There is not
one exception. When you come to the only
case, that of the Senator from Illinois, the
only Senator from a noD-slaveholding State.
holding the Chair of a Committee touching
the public business of the Government YOU
tried him, as you say, and condemned him,
and executed him. in his absence, and then
cited him TO appear and defend himself alter
wards.
The Cindnnati Enquirer, democrat, refer
ring TO the subject says
We regard the composition of the Senate
committees as an nnmitigated political ont
rage. The craftsmanship of every committee
of any inheritance given to Southern
Democrat. No Democrat from free State
assigned any leading position. The
whole programme was sectional in the ex-
treme. The Southern Democrats were neither
just generous nor magnanmous in thus ap-
propriating to themselves all the political
Donors of the Serate. While the Democrats
are opposing the Republicans as a sectional
party. il does not look well to see them fill
all the Senate committees mp with chairmnn
taken from one section Of the Union. The
free STATES have Democratic Senators that
are qualified. hy ability and long service in
that body. for the highest positions, and
there il no excuse for such an unequal ar
rangement. The designers of that programme
co:ld not have assisted the Republicans more
effectually than they have by ignoring the
existence of Democratic Senators from the
free States.
Gg-The Cleveland Plamdealer. the organ
Of the Democracy of Northern Ohio, ex-
presses its Indignation as follows:
From the Cleveland Paindealer, Dec. 81.
look 10 the Senate.
The telegraph announces the following
committees in the Senate: Mr.. Mason re-
mains as Chairman of tn" Committee on For
eign Affair; Mr.. CLAW do. on Commerce; Mr.
Yulee do. on Post Office; Mr.. Mallory do. on
Naval Affairs: Mr.. Bayard do. on the Judici-
arv, and Mr.. Brown do. on the District of Co
lun'ba.
These constitute all the important commit
tees Of tina, body, enough to control the en-
tire legislation Of the country, and it will be
seen that the South hare got them all. So far
as the organization of that body is concern
cd. here is mo North. no East, no West' 1t
is all Solrh. SOUTH, SOUTH! Sectionalized,
tie Committees stand thus:
Foreign Atiairs-Ma>on. Of Va. SOUTH.
COnmerce-Clay. OF Ala.......... SOUTH.
Post Office, Yul,e, of Fla. SOUTH.
Territories Green, of Mo-. SOUTH.
Ntval Afflirs-Mallory, Of Fla. . SOUTH.
Juiiciary -Bayard. OF Del. SOUTH.
Dat. OF Cclumbia-Brown, of Miss. SOUTH.
This makes n pretty showing mp To the
country of Southern clanishness and section
alsm. By cottoning and sugaring together
in Congress and Conventions, the South, by
a unity of action, melted by a unity OF in
tercsts. have so far controlled Presidents
aud party issues. a. to put the Democracy of
the North, East and West in false positions
h,fur" the people. The result has been to
driv the Democrats ftOm the free States out
of Congress. not being able 10 stand on
Southern platforms and cope with Northern
Opposition. Every turn of the Southern
thumb-screws upon tn Northern Democracy
has dccmnttd their numbers, until now so
far rs the Democracy Is concerned, the South
have nndisputed control in both branches OF
Congress.
IL iuvcigling Old Buck into his Lecomp-
ton policy, the South would have blotted out
The DcmOcia attic party North, but for the
powerful and timely interference Of Senator
Douglas. As it was, IL made slaughter
house oil the free States, carrying every one
Of them over TO the enemy save one, and that
one was VII re he defiant leader of The
Northern Democracy resided, and carried on
the campaign IN p rsOn against Buchanan.
Black and the Black Repubicans-alias the
Wo, III, the Flesh, and the D--l.
1t tore down a towering Democratic ma jor-
ity in the House. it has nearly Obiterlted the
Democratic IA iOritv IN the Senate, IA MAORI
ty that stood triamphantly against all oppo-
siti0n for ararly fiftv years Lccompton sent
Senator Jones, Scaator Wright, Senator
shields, and Senator Pugh, into retirement,
aud substituted Black Rrpub cans in their
places. II Will loon end the days "t Senators
Bright, and Fl'ch; and leave Douglas the
last ID mocratc senator in that body from
all the FREE, Stats The sole survivor of his
race No Now Democratic senator can ever
he elected from any free State who in any
way endorsed tina fatal measure. Douglas
is the last commissioned on the list and il the
present SouthcrI dynasty is to be perprtuated
"a he will hc the oRly Democ aiic Senator rape
eafipo ory portion Of has great n.tedaacy North
HIScl and DiroH's i,ne.' At pre- nt the
ouih have the President. aud Vice President,
al Cabinet DOES any une doubt thar The
'uth have majority Of the supreme Court.
'ocs any on" deny this? By their late ac-
on IN the senate they have control of our
oreign Relations. our Commerce the Post
'Hice Department. Territories. Navy Affairs.
dietary DC. And still. this same South
threatening o dissolve the Union because
'ey are persecutcd people. The little
ate of Florida which has not one half as
any voters as Hamilton county is honored
iih the Craftsmanship of two Senatorial
ommlltees, f"st Office, and Naval Affairs,
hiie Ohio. with mors voters than florida,
Ithama- Mississippi Louisiana, Texas aud
eoreia, put together, has nothing. And yet
IS The Soutl who are continually Tantng
;ainst sectionalsm.
$50 that some power the gin would give US,
To see ourselves as others see US "
II is in vain to look to Congress for the
r. ection of this most glariug and most
Wing evil. The press aud the people must
pply the correction. The Charleston Con-
ntion is the tribunal before which such
Iesti"ns must come and be- tried. There
people WHO make Presidents, Cabinets,
ID Congr ssmen. speak directly through
rr delegates. LIT the country press, too.
rongLout the Northwest aud throughout the
Z States. he heard on this subject, and the
,oner the better. Unless this seciionali>m
done away with. the Democratic purity
igh, a. we'll disband at once. The peopl- of
e North will stand such vaSsala gh MS this.