Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-04-19

guage. We listened to them quietly and
beard them through, and now sir, this side
shall be heard, let the consequences be what
they may. "a ~ 3
Mr.. Pryor. This is the point / make
Let the gertlemau speak from his seat and
say al under the rules he is entitled to say,
sir, he shall not come upon this side shak-
ing his fists in our faces and talking in the
style he has talked. He shall not come
hero gesticulating in a menaeing and ruff
Mr.. Potter. You are doing the same
thing"
Mr.. Pryor, after =this=exiraet was read,
said that it was due TO himself to say that
on that occasion he did not recognise the
honorable member or hear any words from
his lips. Nor was be singular in this OBJ
livion of his presence. The newspapers
giving separate accounts of the proceed
ing made no reference to his presence
But finding him reported in the Globe, he
would admit that the member was here.
He discovered that the member had inter
polated the record in manner touching
his personal relations in most material
regard. The member had interpolated the
words @let the consequences be what they
may" and "you are doing the Something"
Then again, after the words as taken down
by the reporters-"I do not think that side
of the House has right to say where a
gentleman may speak," the gentleman adds
sand he shall not" = - = -
Mr.. Potter, of Wisconsin, was very much
surprised to hear the gentleman say that
he did not see him on the occasion alluded
to, but he had no right to say that the
gentleman did see him. He stood with
in few feet from the gentleman, and after
Mr.. Pryor had made the remark as to Mr..
Lovejoy shaking his fist, he (Mr. Potter
said, "You are doing the same thing" He
said this, as hethought, distinctly. As to
the correction of the record, he did what
he had right to do, and the gentleman
himself did the same thing. 1t was per.
fectly natural, where there were so many
talking, that the reporters should not have
heard all the remarks distincly.
Mr.. Pryor replied that the member
might have been here, but he did not see
him. He did, in two instances, substitute
one word for another, in no respect chang
ing the sense of his meaning, and not put
ting himself in a more heroic attitude.
He understood the gentleman then 10 say,
that on that occasion he. pryor in ruff
fianly and violent manner, approached and
gesticulated toward the member from Hi
nois Mr.. Lovejoy.) Was he 10 understand,
further, that the member Intended by that
any menace or offence. -
Mr.. Potter replied that what be meant
was this, that while the member from Vir-
ginia was making the charge about Mr..
Loyejoy shaking his. fists, he (Mr. Potter
said, very naturally, you are doing the same
thing. Mr.. Potter said that he deprecated
shaking fists on one side as much as on the
other, and he stood by what he said. He
considered that the member has the right
to correct his remarks from the notes of the
reporters and to supply omissions. He
would ask Mr.. Pryor, did he not erase Mr..
Potter's remarks after IT was put in by the
reporters, and what right had he to do. this
without consulting him? 1t was liberty
no gentleman should take with regard to
another, and be would suffer his right arm
to fall off before he would do it.
Mr.. Pryor. The gentleman wants TO
know by what authority erased the mat
ter inteipolated. l erased no word that
the reporters had written, but | felt author
lied to erase the unwarrantable and imper-
tinent integection made in the notes of the
reporters. The gentleman stands by his
language. / understand him to give me
the liberty of constructing his remarks as
choose. Whether or no he will stand By
it, the sequel will demonstrate. Laughter
from the Republican side.1
Mr.. Dawes, of Massachus etts, said, he
heard Mr.. Potter make the remarks.
Messrs. Smith, of Virginia, and Garnet,
of Virginia, severally expressed their views
against the Kansas bill.
Mr.. Grow, of Pennsylvania, closed the
argument in favor of the bill. As to the
boundaries they are the same as the Senate
and House have heretofore approved, the
area being $4,000 square miles. With re-
gard to her population, each house, two
years ago declared that Kansas had pop
ulation sufficiently large for State. She
has a voting population of over 1900.
One hundred and fifty-two of the Congress
sional districts each have less. He also ar
gued that nothing in the proposed boun-
daries would prejudice the Indian rights.
1t was time to close the old annals, and
open new chapter in the history of Kan
sas.
Mr.. Maynard's motion to recommit was
agreed TO. ~, sr l-.T -~
The bill admitting Kansas into the IN
ion was then passed-yeas 134, nays 73.
Mr.. English, of Indiana, said that, as
more than two-tbirds of bis political friends
had voted against the bill, he also voted
do.
r5 THE BILL, AS PASSED, sf sssf.
declares the State of Kansas admitted into
the Union under the Wyandotte Constitu-
tion, on an equal footing with the original
States, in all respects whatsoever. The
boundaries begin at that point on the
western boundary OF the Missouri where
the 37th parallel of North latitude crosses
the same; thence weston the said parallel
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