Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-12-13
TH1RTY-s1xrH cQsGREss-FIasr SESSION
s,rrEptY, DECEMBER 10.
nnaa Of

'"'N'' So N"'N "T "sahF " 'F 'N'H''
adoption Of the plurality rule.
The Clerk said 1t wa, merely read for Information.
Mr.. Hickman Insisted he had \ right 10 OG-r the rr,VlG
ton which took precedence Of all other questions, am
asked for . decision OF the question.
Mr.. Grow aud Mr. Washburn c~ont-ndel ,ha, {. ". Hex
man had The right to Introduce she resolution.
Mr, Houston argued on the opposite side.
Mr.. Stanton said that even IL he should yield the aooT e
Which h. VA entitled the resolution could "i hs enter
tanned now, a. other questions were pending.
Nr. Reagan took occasion TO LAY hat the plurality r"-v
lur!cn Wa designed TO enable men To vote indirectly Tor
Republican. when they would not come nr HHe I"-n HI'
vote directly for -ucll a nominee.
Mr.. Hickman aid the rrInark dill NOS Apply 20 ht"I.
lie should vote Tor a Republican In preference l" ANY
gentleman who sg.iAin- TIL, Administration. ,APi!'u'' 81
the Republican side. There We're some ht.-r-
Mr.. i,esgan aid nobody d"nhtrd that the ;en'I"mai
would vote for 4 Republican ~ "s,ins; a Democrat IL,
rrpra:cd that TIE object OF 'h.' ur.'"iui attempt 20 aS
upou that resolution, was To shield s-iilr'Ern from ~
responsibility "f doing indirectly what they would hot dc
directly.
Sir. micsman-l have never conceded sny whrrr What
my ulriuia,. action would be. ! prefer the election Of =
sound BrInocrat-by that meal a Democrat "pp"''' u
the ADMINISTRATION an amti.Lecompion Democrat.
II the Administration party .ncce-i IN e!e'tihs asprhhrr
! trust | -hall submit IN = b''orinE 'Ii'ii' am p'r'r''!
willing that ever! maj. "a N" ,otnir' should An'" nay
views. LIT tn motion To amend the Journal be pay 20 t"'
House TO ,!-ciI-.
Mr.. William smith, q Virginia, Tcmar.ed hat no tt'r
who h,f witnessed the course Of the gentleman from
Penn. Il. ania f0. III" las, two years could doubt that he
~ogii al las, land Ia the Republican ranks. lie would s.k
that gentleman whether he would vote '"' w E"cOth !"
day Il he would r- and say that hr "Hs "pye>si ~ me
Admins; ration:
Mr.. HicEuan stated frankl. amt unrguiYocAlIy ;!,t he
would NOT, because VT hitOtk a ~. hAS'lS HH-hats'i Wv
Administration in everything it had done, AID lie Mi H.
vs no; a believer Ia eleventh. hour repentance. Laughter
stll h" reGardc! himself ns a Democrat. and 'Louid 'on'
Ilnu- % do 50 until hr inGni shat he p"tn'cr'Hc parry III
nj. section Of ihc roUL;.y L,'! moral "r physical !"Sr.
enough to exclude lin from il. u" though he stood ey
the r%.rdinal doctrines oi Tie Democratic party. Ani had
,IYays done 30. |: was 4 question 70 be 'iU..iei D! The
/ country, ~ "a WI" smbol!r> the Democratic 'ra',ra"ri-
unr.Lcr It b. jam, EUshauAn and lis followers, OF 'ho-'
VII" have held ih- ,-nitglvni- - ;he Cincinnati platform ia
it integrity aud entirety.
9 81. &c - ,fI ..nFV t.A.ss lu9 Ne learn 10 IL men icy
their ai.li.lInn and conduct. Tbs gentleman from I'nh-
syIyan!.. Sir. Hickman Ma not capable OF Judging h:na'
,rlf. but - Nir Smith and others could CLASSIFY him. lie
cias,.d III" gentleman VIII la. b!acse't Of b'"'" h'pu'''-
cans, not only in tic past hGt On the prt.eil; occa'i"n.-
10 i honestly, aui who acted With The Democratic party,
not ga cooperating with he Republicans. Why should Dem
ocra,s diner OIL great principles, since lie question 10 which
reference had been made had passed away, aMi 40" be"
iongei TO the pas!
Nj. Clark, in ~rr,ro"'eto 4 question asked b, Mr. Smith.
political organizations throughout The UnIon.
Mr.. smith asked him Whether Il" Mas, a Republican ora
Democrat.
Nr. CIarL replied that he w. orP">rNi :" I'll tie organ.
iIltion..
I fLaurhrrr.l H. Wa, not her" asn!E'' 'hr Constitution nor
against the Union.
Mr.. CIu.. No. SIT.
Mr.. Smith asked which PAT! maintained the principles .!
The CouvirotIon-wa- it the Republican or The Democratic
party:
Mr. CLARK said tia, h- zane into the lat Congress- p"in-
ocrat. lie was one now, but not attached 10 ihe Demo
cratic party o. this iiou,e or OF his district. lie zoos his
seat In The last Congress with Hose whom lie supposed
pledged to the Democratic piA,forn-hr mean; IN it, NORTH.
rrn exposition. lie had not been here long before he
found more ihau one sectional party. H. heard tn Dis
,ipyri>I.I gentleman from, South Carolina Mr.. Mile say
, ;i.t tie south was intensely sectional. aud then lie began
20 doubt whether h. b:i"mg-i anywn"re, and that doubt
wa, not yet removed. lie "aSa national man. aad. look
iuy "a Tie preservation UI III" Union, and Tor La'i0ual men
who would cooperate with him, lie cared less ,tnHi party
than lis country. L~Aprlau.-
Mr.. Miles remarked that Mr. CLARK ,I not pgcSiN-l! .at
what he id utter on that occasion. H." did not 'ay that
the Son,h Wa sectional ia all rs alms and purposes; tgi
he did >,y. and reiterated again and again, that lac "hsa
sectional Lan-thal he nAs FIRST devoted, heart ahd soul,
to the in,-r-,,. 81 hi, immrd!air constituent, ANA state.
He owed III. chief an! primary allegiance 10 lis state.
III, Stat. hal the first aud prominent ctaim on The love, N
lection, and devotion OF every onchf her sons. Even !! II
We're true thai he Sanih we're not ,rcuonaI-eren ~ were
lrIr that n sectional spirit exists, would net the state be
,usta-i The gentleman said he came into Congress ~
peciin. 20 Had but one sectional party, but that h- discov'
cred very -oou that there vas another sectional patty
Was thai strange Did not Ike br:ct Ike: 'oali there
he a sectional party At the North without expecting there
would he one arr: y-'i aglins; il At the South Were gen
;lcmen 10 be reproach-d for the 'eciiohal'n thrust upon
.hrm They would Fight nr- with tire they would band
their forces, II necessary. by doing 10 they would no.
surrender any PATRIOTS motive" or surrender that love oil
country which ,huUii animate every citizen.
Mr. G!ars said Mr. Mi!'> wa the gentleman to whom he
referred a. having made the remark. H.. ,ME. C!ars)
never wa. and never could Ice. a sectional man. liz WAS
a representative IL The great city OF New iork-a city
which could Eo, afford 20 send sectional men 10 Congress;
lie could not but recognise that that great city IS destined
not 10 consent that the chain Of wealth which CONNECTS
the States hall he broken. lie had been called an Sho.
Iiioni,i. and might be- here permitted 10 say that his aiten.
tlDH lad been called to Ia" Cpil-iItlllrf 81 Tue u .Il-tiNl'
which contains . report OF the proceedings II" ms ii"a.s'
and IN which The following language j. used lie thr
CLARK, hat never been an aoohtioni'i until he came /" The
City Of Washington" No doLLt tli. va, either an error
Of The reporter OF 4 rhi>rrint. The reporter here fakes
occasion to say that il ~s - m.l"imt which hr and I'd.
printers much regret What h" did say was that 'fc had
never sen an abol!iiOnist until hr c.ine To III" city al
Washington" Ne had no doubt thar Ibis remark ~as.;lrouch
inadyrr;-nce, r.porfri. inaccuratrIy. In saying this h.
did not refer to the members Of the Republican party.
They are not regarded a. ahol;iOni,ts in III" city OF Ne"
York. lie did not regard thu Republican party 4, an
.t.if.t,f t.FI TLsy- srials L. far urslt he. know HlN.
iiiioLis;, who entertain the same political opinions AID
vote with that Organization; bat II 80 Happened that be
had 10 personal acquaintance with such r-r,oEs Ia hs
di'tric'. He 'h-n proceeded 10 define what he meant ~
uuVlion!.is. among other things, saying those who would,
slave, aud Md incHe, counsel, and advise INSURE
zion. tn" recent, Affair At ~iiarp-r's Ferry furnished Il
.trOLg illustration Of practical abolition IN the most hide.
Gus ierm. J.: ;h"-e who, 10y contributions 81 money OF
U;h-rwisr, wDlli mah- compensation 10 the master Tor
the services % his slaves in consideration oil the 'urrei
der Of his title to them were nboItionisis, lar sn-" tl'er"
we're thousands. oil them nj the North. II to differ from
the Administration as 10 its whole territorial. pohcy-i
to dissent from the action Of the majority Of the demo.
cratic Organization in Congress as o. The admission -!
kansas into the Union require, that n:-n who so diaeE
rla!nei the right TO bear the name and honor Of being Al
atolitionist. II lac wa, an hbo!''!onist, there were NIL
lions Of them AZ The North.
Mr.. Smith continued, remsrking tia. Sir. BorocN aas not
put up because he WAS an Administration man, but bscauss
he hai been = lifelong aud hsnored Democrat. lie alluded
10 Sr. Clark As having appealed 10 tie suGFages oi The Ne"
York Democracy on the ground that he was d Democrat,
aud yet he refused to act With the Democratic party no"
81 TIL, important cI!sl,.
Nr. Cla:k asked whether Mr. saith, IL ease lie should
ind that the people OF tie North were combined a, a see
tionsI party ia opposition to 4 sectional party combined At
the south, upon the slavery qu-.ii"n, would deem IL Jusiih'
able cause for attempting 10 dissolve the Union:
MIR. Smith. Whenever q combination OF a majority Is
formed for the purpose OF uarrIpg upon The Constitution
AMI the constitutional rights -! any section O1 The IHlSn,
An out Of IL. tApplaus-
Sir, CLARK. so am !, sir; Lu, iha, /. not my question. |
Jay IL \ President OF the | nitei states should hr elected,
either BY the North or the South, | care not which
4 VOICE fou cant DO il, because You cant get votes
enough.
Mr.. CllrL-Cn-a.l-factory to the other portion, would
YOU, spraHing the sentiments Of your constituents, and
dare to say ,Gat yoa would regard that a. a jus, cau." for
dis'oivins The t","n-l D-,n in ad'""'" Of any 'r'"p""g
upon The rights Of the south.
Mr.. Smit,-Ao man can tell what n day may bring forth,
su, Il is unHecc-,ary 10 declare Whist ! will 90 in a future
contingency tina, may never arise, and probably n-Nrr will.
You came here at the lat Congrrs, 4 Democrat. You dis
,euteI with thai, party OIL soue issue, o! the day, aud went
home and told your people 20. Tho.s people sustained you
In that dissent; and now tina: you have come back, that il
sue having passed away, will you redeem your agreement
with your people by declaring yourself 10 lie "a p"tn"crsi
and actin; with yodr party:
Sir. ClaTk-My constituents, would nur.r sustain melt l
should have political cUH,Ort with those Who, In
the event any man .houli he elected Trr.id"n', however
obnoyiou, hr might lie, without waiting for ,Om" overt act
ar som. violation Of constitutional right. would deem II sui
aci-nt ground f"r 4 dissolution Of The Union. Appliance
MIR smith asked whether Mr.. Clark intended hereafter
TO act With the Democratic party or ID" Black Republican,
party
Mr.. Car. replied tIat he could not exactly discover
WHERE the Democratic party was. Ia. had looked Tor II rPon
The Cincinnati platform and 1t VA. not there. ~.ApHl.us"
Oh Tie Republican side.
MI. Smith would 100; undertake to ,ay that Il any par.
ticular man should he elected President lie would Al once
favor Il DISSOLUTION gi the Union. Sufficient Tor The day Is
the evil thereof. lie maintained atiherc ~a, no righ, in
this lIou.- 10 let u minority Organize It. II wa very well
known that a certain number of member, intended 10 90
over aad vote fOT sherman ~h-r-vrrI sis-uld become ne.
crssary; be; Jet .hrEi 10 it liz" men, ini let their c"hstiiI'
enis settle the question.
Mr.. Curry rrocer,!-,! to Ildr-s, ID" House In regard 80
the result, which naturally and Inevitably dow from the
principles oi she Republican party. The sstii!"n aud ~
rit-uynI which We row behold does not have It, origin in
tie fact Of III" orslnifation Of the House being al !mpof'
tant ma Ter: nor ], il owing 10 Tie circulation a al Incsn'
diAry pamphlet, or to ih- mYri. rOgS incursion recently
usd. into the state VI Virginia, lhr-r were but Incident.
10 a pT.ac.pIr-the revelations, more or les shaipWy. OF a
purpose. Th- real cause Of III" present. agitation IA thr
public mind j. In consequence OF The opinion entertained
by mary that property ia man is 4 farce-;lat III" African
Is the EQUAL OF the white man-tb"t lac !. a ciil1"o "i IL"
United states. and entitled To- al the privilege. and inmu.
mites o! sih-I citizens. Mr.. Carey dit not propos" 10
charge TIE Republican party with completely Ia t.s raid OF
John Brown: :roHIrh- boi;"m Of hi, heart. lac acquitted mem
! that trin,c: lls Nlnl! L!hrai.. !rcrrtth b lI-. WHICH nae