Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-01-17
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TRIRTY-FIFrH CONGRESS Second Session.

T6lRTI-EIfTa CUEGEEoo- o5cOnu ceSslOn.
SATURDAY, Jan. Is.
HOUSE.
The consideration of the motion to commit
the French Spoliation bill to the Committee of
the Whole was postponed till the lst of Febru-
airy. This does not affect the similar bill re-
Gently passed by the Senate.
The House then took up the private calen-
dar, and after having made progress therein,
the House went into Committee of the Whole
on the bill to codify the revenue laws.
Mr.. COmns of Massachusetts, while not APP
proving of all the details Of the bill, would yet
give his support on national grounds.
MIR. Giddings gave notice of an amendment
to abolish the traffic in slaves, to which this
country, in the treaty made with Great Brit
ain in 1914, is committed. He said, will gen.
tlemen countenance the traffic in human flesh,
and involve the nation in the guilt Of perjury
Mr.. Smith OF Virgnia-What do you think
of the coolie trade and the French traffic in
Africans
Mr.. Giddings-I think it is as bad as the
coastwise slave trade. If it were proposed to
sell the gentleman and his wife and children,
should object. daughter
Mr.. Smith, suggest whether it would not
be as well to comment on the interesting fact
that thirty five vessels in the free States are
engaged in the slave trade, and only five in the
the morals of his neighbors.
Mr.. Giddings-I would as soon lay my
hands on Northern as a Southern pirate; l
am not sectional in my views. Laughter
In the course of his remarks, he said if he were
nominated for Governor OF Ohio, he would
make a straight-out issue with the Democratic
party. He wished to know from his colleague,
Mr.. Cox, whether the latter's party was for or
against the slave trade.
Mr. Cox rose to pay his respects to his col
league for a few moments, when crowd gath
cred around him He said Mr. Giddings
knew that the Democratic members of the
last session voted that it was inexpedient and
unjust to reopen the African slave trade, and
that the Democrats, North and South, were
opposed to it.
Mr.. Gddngs remarked that he alluded to
the coastwise slave trade.
Mr. Cox resumed, and said that Giddings
had undertaken to place the Democrats in
false position, and nculcate tie idea that the
Democratic party was proslavery, when he
knew that it was neither pro nor anti-slavery.
His colleague sustained negro equality, in a
speech the other day, but in his printed speech
modified his language.
Mr.. Giddings remarked that his colleague
misunderstood him.
Mr.. Cox--Are you in favor of negroes voting
in Ohio
Mr. Giddings-I expressed no such opinion.
Uaughter)
Mr.. Cox-Would you permit them to vote {?
Mr.. Giddngs-I would whenever the ne
gro excelled the Democratic party in intelli-
gence and moral virtue. Excessive laughter. J
Mr. Cox-lIe does not come up to his doc
trine Is he or is he not in favor of African
equality and niger suffrage in Ohio!
Mr. Giddings-I would put them and the
Democrats on the same footing. daughter. J
But will not interfere in the quarrel between
them.
Mr.. Cox--The difference between my age
and that of my friend, if l may so call him, will
not allow me to put him to the torture, because
he cannot be elected Governor of Ohio In
rising, all | wished to do was to put the Dem
ocratic party right, and it is right. The gen
tleman can come on with his forces and we
will meet him..
Mr.. Stanton of Ohio, rose to ask Mr.. Cox a
question, but Mr.. Houston of Alabama object
ed The House had had enough of this.
There was much confusion during the proceed
ings, every one being evidently interested in
the dialogue.
Mr.. John Cochrane in closing the general
debate on the bill, proceeded to answer object
ions and to advocate the passage of the bill.
The committee rose and the House ad-
journed.