Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-04-12
xxxvI,h CONGREss-FIRsr SESSION
Preceding Of Yesterday Aftern.eu.


Homestead bill at length, after premisinp- that
Washington and Jefferson were the fathers Of the
homestead policy. The republican party. looking
about for something in the way Of capitsl. and
finding that this was popular measure had
adopted IT In their platform. 1t was originally
democratic measure, but when the re6uhlican
party took 1t up. the democrats became frightened
and abandoned It He concluded by ure mo every
friend of the measure to stand by it, and pseu ia
passage in some form. and he believed the p,esi-
dent would not veto 1t.
Mr.. Mason replied to some administrations upon
him in the speech of Mr.. Johnson
MI Wigfall spoke in opposition to the Home
stead bill, replying at some length to the arpu.
ments in its favor, of Mr.. Johnson, of Tennessee
Mr.: johnson, of Ark moved that the bill from
the House, with that from the Senate, together
with all the proposed amendments be referred TO
the Committee on Public Lands, with instruc.
| tions to report it back on Tuesday next.
This motion led to long discussion, which
was participated in by Messrs. Wade, johnson,
of Ark, Gwin, Brown, Douglas, Pugh, Slidell,
| and others.
When the motion was agreed to, with an i'm
piled understanding that when reported on that
day it was to be persevered i'm to final action.
And at ten minutes past O'Clock the Senate ad.
iourned
HousE.-The House having under consider
alton the bill for the admission of Kansa, under
the w yandotte Constitution
Mr.. Quarles, of Tenn. was in favor of recon-.
! hitting 1t to the Committee on Territories. as
moved move 9y i1s Go colleague Mr. Maynard TO in
| the Indian lands was vioatve of treaties The
population was not sufficient. Besides, the WAN
dotte constitution was anti-republcan, according
States, because it permits foreigners to vote Kan
| sas was not here by virtue Of any law she having
| rePudiated the Ems lsh bill
MI Cox, OF Ohio, rose to give his reasons for
voting for the admission of Kansas nnder tho
| w yandotte constitution. He was for the present
D Dlil because ne was friend to the people of
ma Kansas. Inc English bin was not intended, as
the Delegate MIR. Parrot) charged, to keep Kan
sas out OF the Union. He repeated, that bill
enabled the people to reject the Lecom pton const
union, and he voted for it with that intent The
e.ate characterized that bill as "a mean and
| ialse contriVance' This remark should have
been qualified, I'm justice to the men who stood IN
10, the rights of the people of that Territory.
,h M' III liy s rose TO privileged question He
OF the report Of the scene which occurred in the
| House during the delivery Of Mr. I.oveioy IS
speech on Thursday last. The passages cited
| that time, and which charged Mr. Pryor with
| having approached Mr.. Loveioy in a ruttiaplv
ana menscing manner. After the reading Mr.
| Pryor said
| 1t is due to myself Mr. Speaker, to saw that on
the occasion to which this report refers did rot
| recognize the honorable member from Wisconsin
nor ala hear any, word from his lips Nor am
| peculiar or singular in this Ignorance of his
presence, for by reference to the leading journals
| OF the country, the New York, Philadelphia and
| the Baltimore papers, all of which give sepa
| rate distinct and independent account of what
| occurred no reference is made to his presence
and not one word attributed to him However /
| find this in the Globe, and presume must allow
| that ne appeared and did speak on that occasion
| Curious, however, to sec what he did saw I had
recourse to the manuscrip ut of the reporter and
find that lie (Mr Potter has interpoia,ed the rec
ord of our oceedings in manner touching the
personal relations and affecting that record in
most material regard
He then read as follows:
" Mr. Potter.-We listened to gentlemen upon
the other side for eight weeks, when they de-
hounced the members upon this side with violent
and offensive language. We listened to them
quietly and heard them through. And now, sir,
this side shall be heard"
There stopped the manuscript of the reporter
The member from Wisconsin added in his own
handwriting, " let the consequences be what they
may
Again, sir, Mr. Pryor is reported to have said :
- lie snail not come upon this side shaking his
hst In our faces and talking in the style he has
talked He shall not come here gesticulating in
| a menacing and rutfianly Manner,
MIR. Potter is not reported as havipr made anv
response, The reporter heard no response from
him, and think he reported none. He interjected
In his is own Dn.i handwriting this reply:
MI. Potter are doing the same thing -
he said wished 'tY ppttsseut this fact and
70 say that not only did he not recognize the gen
tleman or hear the language reported, but no
papers IN the country excepting the official record
attributed such lang uage to him Having called
the attention Of the gentleman from Wisconsin
| and the House to this fact, he would saw notbim,
more. S
Mr; Potter.-Mr Speaker, am very much sur.
prised that the member from Virginia should sav
that he did not see me upon that occasion Rut
sir, have no right to say that he did when he
states differently, and of course cannot be posi-
tive as to this fact. But stood sir within a few
feet OF the gentleman just after be had made the
remarks to which he has just alluded in reference
10 Mr LoveJoy,s coming on that side gesticulatirp
and sha king his fist, and then said sYou are
doing the same thing; | said it distinctly as I
| supposed, and was surprised when looked at the
notes to see that | was not reported | then did
What supposed had right to Go under such
circumstances, and inserted this remark When
was conscious of having made snch a remark.
ana knew others on this side heard me- ! thought
had right TO insert that remark In its proper
place. That did. also claim the privilege of
exercising that right in looking the notes to
correct them; and believe that the member from
Virginia did the same thing.
MIR. Pryor No sir.
Mr.. Potter (resuming AT any rate. the re
marks Were corrected, Judging from the aDpear
ance OF the manuscript did no more than he
ana; IL is quite natural to suppose that under such
then prevailed, with so many speaking at the
same time that the reporters did not hear dis
tihctly; but there were gentlemen on this side of
there published in the Globe of to-day. That is
all have to say upon this subject
MI Pryor mir. Speaker, one word, sir. Let
me say to the gentleman that did not see him
As to the other point he makes that also altered
the report, have this to say: did in two in
stances substitute one word for another; in no
other respect changing the sense or nv meaning:
certa My not to make it stronger, and certaiulv
not to put me in any more of heroic attitude
understand the gentleman then, sir, TO say that he
ala say, on that occasion, that had in a rutiianlv
and violent manner approached and gesticulated
towards the member from Illinois. Now. sir I
wish to know, if understand further that he in
TENDS, oy that, any menace or offence to mys.Ifp
Mr. Potter-Alr. Speaker, what meant was
this: while the gentleman from Virginia was
charging Mr.. Lovejoy he left his own seat and
mad come down into the area and was shaking
his fist at Mr. Lovejoy, and charging us that L
would 60 TO the country, this same offence if il
be an offence, on the part of Mr. l.ovejoy / said
what was very natural that should say under
toese circumstances that you are doing the same
thing" deprecated the sba king of fists on one
side as much as the other; but / meant what
said, and | S aud by it, And, sir, Is | said be-
fore, consider that member has a rio hit under
such circumstances to not only correct his I'm
guaSe from the notes of the reporter lint that |
where a remark has been omitted owinu 10 a fail
ure OF the reporter to hear it during such excite
nent as then prevailed that he has nerfect obt
to put it In it, and inserted IL because dcsired
the report to be correct. That was the only mo- |
tive had. And, sir, would ask the member !
from Virginia if he did not erase that "a ne remark
after it had been placed there by the reporters
And would also ask him what right he had |