New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-13
pAULDIYG AND THE FILLIBUSTERS IN
CONGRESS.
cor-..ro-sert.

iusfice would Dave won a sQtM VctD1y V'O'
Slavery Props gsndism. piracy and tillibu.terlng
Asit was, thoush the former were not compe'eiy
triumphant, tse latter were deci,sely defeated
TIE report OF msjoIiiy Of the Committee on
Foreign Rrlstions 10 respect to the conduct oi
Capt PsuIdipg in capturing and bringing nome
William Walker aud "bis merry men, wnlch was
made by Mr. Clngman. a. the last session. came
ND TO-DAY for consideration. lbe COmnlttec suo-
mitted three propositions VI rather Promiscuous
"apd cl,pdestiDe character, 70 quote Mrs. Oamp,
to whom, by the by, Mr.. Chngman doe' nos oeir
tbe slightest resemblance. They affirm IN sub.
stsnce, that inssmuch a. the United States would
moi allow any forego power to carry persons forc-
III, ont of t,eir Jurisdiction therefore the United
States Aforesaid ought lot 10 take any body by force
from the soil Of ANY foreigo power; and, as the
President in his annual message OF last year pro-
fessed to hold these opinions, and recommended no
action IN the premises Congress rs oeuer leu
the matter drop. Mr.. Richie OF Pennsyivanla,
from the minority of the Committee, moved
TO amend these Mandy pamby propositions by a
frsnk resolution rendering the thanks OF Congress
TO Capt. PauldDg for arrestlDg Walker, because
ne was caught in the act of ilvadiog friendly na-
ton with forces raised and msrshaled within tho
Jurisdiction OF the United States. To this manly
declaration Mr. Barksdale of Miss. moved a bold
amendment denOunclDg the act OF Pauding as with
out legal authority and DertlDg the of the
House. Dir. Wright of Ga. proposed to override
fuis by resolution declaring that, though the act
Of Pauidinp was without authority Of law, it was
within the letter 0f bis Instructions from the Navy
Department; and, also, tlat armed emigration,
like that Of Walker, was not contrary to sound In
terpations law and was but fulfilling the manifest
destiny o. this country OF course, do not pre-.
tend to give the precise language of these various
propositions.
The previous question was ordered On the adOp-
ton Of the resolutions. There was much fu,ter-
iDg on the d. mOcratic side Of the Hall; an evident
indspo.itiOn to disclose divisions in their ranks,
and shrinking from putting the yeas and nays on
the record. DIlatory aud side-wnd parliamentary
tactics were resor'ed to-questi0ns of order were
beaped one upon the other-and motions TO "lay
"tbe whole subject GU the table" were made and
taken az eften as the rules would permit. Bat
this lodging was oil in vain. 1 be Republicans
voted in a body, while there rallied with them
several South Americans, most of the anti-Le-
compton Democrats out of Illinois, aud dozen or
more of such Administration men AS Messrs. Cor
ming and Hatch of New-York, Dewart Gllies and
Owen Jones of Pennsy vari ia, Cox and Groesbeck
of Ohio and Foley of Indiana.
BY an oversight, our friends omitted, until too
late to call tue Yeas aud Nays Oh Wrights reso-
luton. IL was veiy difficult fer Slavery prOpa
psndists TO vote against it, and very embarrassing
for the supporters of the Administration to vote
for il; because while it declared that PauldIng had
violated the law it affirmed that be had obeyed his
instructions; and it approved OF armed emgra-
ton"-tbe tOrloru hope Of the Propagands. The
call Of the Yeas AID Nays on these propositions
would have made the Democracy squlrm like
Aayed ellis. But the demand came only after the
resolution bad been swamped unoer laundering
ono" And now, the House stood face to face
with Barksdae's resolution OF censure. The
Yeas and Nays were ordered. 1t was
IL. .h.t al Upntlgmpn
want to vote for it. 1t was equally
plain that all Southern gentlemen didn't want to
vote against it, In fact Southern gentlemen were |
embarrassed, and didn't know exactly what to do
with themselves. So, Southern gentlemen tried
to thrust in little explanatory aud exculpatory
speeches in the form of inquiries of the Speaker, as
10 the parliamentary effect Of such and such votes,
and what such and such votes might be supposed
10 mean. But, the previous question and the Re-
publicans were nexOrabe. "Order was de-
manded, the gayel descended, Southern gentlemen
subsided and the call of the roll proceeded Barks-
daes resolution tailed to come to the scratch by
vote of about two to one.
It was now evident that unless the whole matter
could be table Rtchie's lau6atory resolution
would pass So, the motion to lay on the table
the convenient resort OF craven plucks and feeble
spnes--was invoked. 1t was defeated, Qua C ,ll OF
the Yeas and Nays, by All Unexpectedly strong ma
jority. And how the flUtterug on the right OF the
chair increased. There was inc-ssant tlyiog to
and fro through the ball Long neids were put to-
sether, and long ears became apparent. Bocock
explained, and Keitt calculated, and Houston ex-
perforated, and Hughes made variety 0f motions,
all out of order as usual. humphrey Alarshaii,
generally right, but wrong on this question, was
gestculatiug violently in various parts o the hail.
while Horace +. Clark WAS equally Ubiquitous and
ei ergec in br nQipg the anti hhbuster troops INTO
sction. Cloak rooms, and smoking. rooms, and bye
all sorts were bastt secured for recusants.
Attempts to get in terse arguments, Ia the
shape of questions of order, by gentlemeo
on the right of the chair, only provoked ln-
tense inyocations of "order" from gentle
men on the lett of the chair the Speaker many
times and oft earnestly inviting gentlemen oa
both sides IL "resume their seats, and plainly
intimating to them that " conversation IN the Hall
ives too loud" At length the vote taken, aud
kitchies endmeDt was adopted by w yeas To %
nays-s most gratifying result. Something IKE
applause, very FAINT but yet perceptbe, broke OUT
ON the Republican side, but instantly ceased
Ritchie on the alert, moSed to reconsider the vote
Just taken, and to lay that motion on the tabe-the
parliamentary, or, rather, the Congressional mode
of clenching a welldriven nail liz was done.
Victory now scemed just within our reach. All
that remained to complete triumph was to
adopt the resolution as amended. But, alas there
is no reliance on dougbfaces. They always yield
under severe pressure. A motion was made To
table the whole subect-nsde, beleve by one oi
the men who had voted for r.fss~ Asne ndm meet
The Yeas and Nays were ordered Experienced
spectators of the scene knew the motion would
prevail. They felt il in the atmosphere of the
Chamber That indescrbable something We call
"nagnttism told them that dough was beiag
manipulated. Two or three changes from the last
vote were noted near the head of the roll; aud,
when the inevitable Felix X. Zolcoher was
reached, the tally stood ~ Yeas To % Nays.