The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-05-26

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charge Of their duties, and ali necessary or
psnses, both y Be ccyilfsd @ by thetnsclyta,
and paid out Of any money iii the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated
That IL shall DO the duty on The President OF
the United States 10 cause 10 be tfansnrittedt 10
the said commissioners; Immediately upon tho
passage and approval of the foregoing rRsoln-
tiofis, an authenticated cory thereof: and IL
they accept the appointment therein conferred.
they shall notify him of The fset within ten
days after heTeceipt of said rcsoIutionsi and
IN the event they neglect or fail 10 do SO, Il
shall BE- the further duty % the President, ana
he il hereby empowered, toappoiht others In
their places, who shall be sestedwith the same
powers, perform the same duties, and receive
the same compensation as the commissioners
specified or named herein
Mr.. FlOreHce briefly explained his tariff
substitute, claiming that IL avoids the per.l
PleEltics and complications Of the main bflI
Mr.. Curtis gave notice that at an early day
| he intended 70 bring the Pacific Railroad bill
before TIE ll House for discussion and passage
Mr. Eliot IN the course Of his remarks said
that II would be the happiest day 81 his life,
when az the proper time, and under proper suF-5
iToundlnEs, and at a proper request uf the cit-
liens Of the District of Columbia, he could
aid them 10 strike on the shackies or the
slaves. .3 III \ 5333 .'GIis
Nc. corwin, III reply 10 Mr.. Eliot,s allusion
TO him, said be did not agTee 70 an the pro-
visions Of the Fugitive Slave Law. IElIe had
been in Congress when Il passed, he would
not have voted for i, prefeTfing the old law.
# Mr.. Eliot was IL ad to hear these sentiments
of the gentleman. II MIR. Corwin would 70
one or two steps further, they could shake
hands. Is his friends, with his clear pefcep-.
tion, would reflect, he would come to the eolI-
clusion that there was no power found il the
Constitution for the Fugitive Slave Law. 5
Messrs. Carter, Eliot and Dawes eontro-
Sertcd the positions OF Mr.. Corwin, who III
his further remarks, kept the Committee IN
remarkab bly, good hunlor. When his hour ex-
PiFed, there was general aequiescenee that he
should continue hisspeech. II q,
MIR. Curtis wished to know how much time
he wanted. S%s Il ss.s Il. 81. p. 5s s;3s5s
Mr.. Gorwin thought he would ret through
before the Chicago Convention daughter. \
IIenade some good natured hits at the South,
which we're all received In similar spirit.
| He said, among other things, that some would
dissolve the Union to- morrow, because their
negroes ran so fast they cannot catch them;
but they ought TO reeollect that these negroes
have to run through slave States before they
| get TO free. Why not kill the negroes South
because they don't catch the fagitfye?. Z La,gh-
ter. John Brown got up a scheme In Chat
ham to operate In Virginia, contrary To- our
laws. Why not cali on the British Govern
l. lilOhts IILH IEanS-
actions? IL there was no other reason why
this was not done, II was because Great
! Britain wants our cotton, and we don't want
to 20 to war with her. (I.anshtersJ II would
NOT be long before Massachusetts, following
| the example OF Indiana, would pass law pre-
4 venting free negroes coming thither, and SO II
would be with other free States, when they
found that they were going 70 have a negro
/ paUpeT population. 81 # 81 #* & -;
n His speech was generally moderate and con
9:eiliatOry. 81. r.. r. ? e. . ..- &.
Tie Committee rose, and the House adj
/ iourned. h -. :<;. 4. h =. 5
/ April %. In the Senate several executive
communications were received ( u, y;
T. MF. Foster introdnceda bill 10 provide FOR
/ progress in the useful arts Referred.
The veto message of the President on the
| bill for the relief OF Arthur Edwards, was or
| the Goth. =: s 80: .... -
iii the House Mr.. Smith, va, rising TO a.
question Of privilege read an extract from Mr..
/ Bmgham's speech, In which the latter said
that Maryland tolerated open and active ef-
i forts among her citizens for the abolition Of
domestic slavery, and that Virginia felt and
4 saw In every fibre of her existence, that she
must either throw of that giant wrong oi
i perish by reason of its continuance. Mr..
i Smith said that, supposing the gentleman
Il from Ohio, did not desire to do injustice, he
II Smith sought to correct him by IemaTking
that he did not want the. gentlemen to say
that Virginia did that. Some ef her politicians
did ii, but Virginia Tepudiated it. - =
MIR. bingham (ohio) replied that he was
speaking of the politicians Of Virginia. He
wished to say that the South has men superior
to all such narrow, higoted, selfish, mercenary
4 pfejadices and practices, but unhappily the
4 gentleman from Virginia is not Of them. u J.:
Il s Mr.. Smith, after reading the above, said
j that itwould be observed that here was q
broad denunciation of the entire South and
Virginia especially. The great body Of its
] people are accused of being narrow, bigoted,
selfish and meTcenaEy, and that he (Sinith J
I was one Of them. Did he understand Mr..
Bingham as meaning what he said. .;.:, =. :
Mr. Bingham meant what Il said. I
4 Mr.. Smith,--It is FALSE. and the man who
utters il is a deliberate calumniator. "
r. Mr.. Bingham replied that the gentlemanis
declaration is not very likely to cause him to
strike out the Facts OF history; what he said
he stood by. ~ 49,. ri. - /. I. = -:
4 The colio9uy between Mr.. Smith and Mr..
bingham was continued at great length. The
4 House then went into Commute OF the Whole
ON the state of the Union. ~. =
1 Mr.. Jenkins eva, J argued that the success
OF the Republican. party would fill the people
Of the South with just alarm, apprehension,
: and feud even to the dissolution OF the Union.
Mi. Washburne wis. denounced the Fugi-
tive Slave Law, which the Supreme Court OF
4 the State had, In an unanswerable argument
4 pronounced unconstitutional. -. - =:
The Committee arose and the House adj
journed. r" :- III =>. s., =. =
T. A tornado raised over CArIenyills, Illinois,
recently, unroo6ng and blowing down houses,
barns. trees and fences. The roof OF tho I.u;