The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-12-13

RaE- The Fayetteville Observer is mistaken in
SuppOsing that ''mixediu up the proceedings of
the Sd and 4th of March in quoting from. the Con-
gressiOnal Globe last week. The p D. Bill (the
one reported by the conference committee) was not
passed by the House and sent to the Senate until
Is minutes past IL p. For proof of this We
refer friends to page 1910 Con. Globe, where
it says Evening Session-the House resumed its
session at : o'clock, p. M" We also refer to p.
1854, where the new bill was submitted to the
House and passed. Soon after which the hour of
l. arrived and the Speaker declared the 35th Con-
gress at end. Now if the House did not pass
the bill until l5 min after of course the Senate
did not receive it before that time. For proof of
this p. 1860 where it is stated that the Senate
received message from the House "at Is mini
ntes past ii O'Clock" announcing that the House
had passed the bill making appropriations for de-
fraying the expenses of the z. D. Department.
But the Observer says the committee of confer
ence of the two Houses did not prepare new bill.
We have contended that the bill was a new one,
and we refer to the remarks of Senator Stuart
(p. 1861 one of the conference committee, for
proof that are correct Mr. Stuart says that the
committee agreed to abandon both the bills (for-
merly before the two Houses) and to report q ne,c
Don't this sustain statement of the matter?
In the beginning of this discussion stated
that the main of the failure of the p o. bill
was the passage of Grows factous resolution, sup
ported by Vance and GiImer of this State. The
fact that some democrats (from the North and
Wes) also voted for the resolution, does not
the gentlemen mentioned or show the incorrectness
of our statement. The reasons singled out Gil
mer and Vance are, first, because they are members
of our delegation; second, because they had no
business acting with Grow, black republican, or
with any other man, of any party, in cal
culated to defeat the bill and thus not only en-
barrasS the Administration, but curtail the mail
facilities of the people of North Carolina; and I'd,
because whig papers (the Observer among the
numbcr) attempted to throw the whole blame for
the defeat of the bill upon the democratic party.
For these reasons we assumed the task of showing
who was to blame and that the shoe pinched the
feet OF the opposition.
In closing this discussion we will remind our
esteemed contemporary that we have never said Gil
mer and Vance sympathized with or approved the
principles of the black republican party; but that
they have acted imprudently we think is evident
and cannot be denied especially in the case of the
former gentleman. Look, for instance at the course
of Mr. Gilmer in the present Congress. While it
is right and proper that the black republicans and
all others should be made to show their hands on
Mr. Clark's resolution declaring that no man who
recommended Helpers book is fit to be Speaker of
the House, Mr. Gimer gets up and offers a resolu-
ton, as a substitute about agitating the slavery
question Why not Mr. G. willing to let the
House come to direct vote and say whether or
not man who endorsed vile ISLANDERS against the
South was fit to be Speaker?