, 1860-04-27
BY TELEGRAPH.


WAsulxaros. April Is.
were received. 1"''e"''""s
Mr. xasssr introduced bill to provide fur
Inc ecto message Of the President an The ba11 |
for e. The relief of Arthur Edwards was ordered to
adjourned till Monday.
no9sE'@Af. Smith, Of Virginia. risiug to |
question sc Of privilege, read an extract from Nj.
nntngnams speech. ID which the latter satd that |
har5'an tolerated open aud active efforts |
among her cls1zens for the abolition Of domestic
alasery. and that Virginia felt and saw in every
no1o o1 ner existence that Ehe mus: either
.n .nrom oa tna. gent wrong or perish by its con-
nhuance. as. Smith said that, supoosins the
gentleman ftom Ohio did not desire 10 do him
injustice, he (Smlth) sought to correct him by
remafking that be did nut vant the gentleman
to say tnat Virginia did that. Some Of her poll
ficaGs i4 3: ald It, but Virginia repudiated them
politicians Of Vifginia, ho wished to say the
soutn 1as now men superior to all such narrow,
btgoted, selfish, merccaary prviadices. hut un.
hapP,!y the gentleman iron, Virginia is not one
Ar: Smith, after reading tho above. said it
would DO observed to be d broad denunciatiou
o. tue entire South, and Vireinia especially.
The great body Of lis people are ACCUSED Of be.
ing narrow, bigoted, sel6eh md n,erceuary.
and that hc tSmlth} was one Of th.m-ttat he
understood MIR. Bingham as meaning what Lo
saidt
Mr.. Dinghnu3-1 meant what saii.
Mr: stnlth-It is fai.e and the man who ut
tcrs it is a defiberate calumniator.
BIZ. Bingham replied tina. the gantleman's
declaration WAS not very likely to cause him to
strife out the Iacss Of history What he s4id;-
he stood BY. He repeated what lie had said ns
| 10 the former noysment ia Virginia 10 1boIist
the Stare sss!e.n. bnt for the last so years the
sectional strife had been continued b making
! war upon tas great ind beneficial policJ Of flee
| labor. Every one knows it to be true ,hnt no
1nan cou.d to-day s.and up in the Lcgs-
! lature Of the State Of Virginia ind give express
sion to such anti slavery sentiments az werr
| announced there in 1852 Why was Mr. Under
| wood driven uwa7? Where was tic geDtle-
/ man t5mitb then who was anxious 10 rindic.te
the light Of free speech? lie knows thut II
large mob assembled in Wheeling to suppress
peaceahlc meeting called to ensc, Kci.abi.
can organization, Tie repeated, wien i,c spoke
ospoliticians Of tue South, be did not Include
| everybody in the South, but tllcse who eise t-
1ect,on i" public opinion. The opposition 10
free labcr rests tu nothing but a mtrceuary
foundation. 1t Was the ol story Of Alesander
the Coppersn itll. The class Of men to whom
he referred u superior 10 I'LL such practices,
constitute a large 'ntjositv il The Southern
| States, but unfortunately they hare not the
power which is conferred By wealth aud social
position, and therefore huso not the power Ia
| make themselves felt.
iNr. Smith Of Virginia returned TO the charge
insis,inR TINT he hud gwen .prupcr interpre.a:
ton 10 Nr. DinEaam's remarks. If Mr. BnK
ham lind spoken OF politicians merely, he (Nr
! Smith) would MT h4ye word to say, but hs
; spoke Of tue g.ea. body Of Vireinia, in rieN
Of what Virginia hnd done in having given 0hie
. and other Western States to the Cuion. tt.
| gentleman dared to describe Tlreinisns ns sci
fish aud meTcenaty. The nan who brings sue.
charge IS guilty Of nttciiug calun1Dy- Ii
defended Virginia Tor prevent ne persons from
going into that commonwealth with torch il
hand to tire L"r sociIl and po!itlca! edifice. II,
said thst Dir. Underwood was treated with greu
delicacy, and reminded the gentleman tia
there were mobs in Ohio aud violations Of th
law, aad that the Governor OF that State refuse,
to surrender q Tstress to the demands Of iua
} tice. We're they to have lectures on prophet
, from such a source? simply wanted to re
ply to m attack on biz State and The South gen
T orally.
Mr. Bingham replied the gentleman drew G
bis fancy for his facts, and "a his imaeinatio
for bis arguments, and in the course Of his re
!, marks referred to the opinions cf Geo. Naso
t ! and Gov. Mcdowell Of less than 80 years cgt
: in iayor Of emancipation. lie rtpudiatel ii
!! charge That he did injustice to Virginia, IN
, yr. Smith rejoincd. He knew that Mr.. 31t
Dwell had expressed such opinions, but
1915, II mid 49, while he WAS Governor OF Il
T. Commonwealth, his opinions underwent
}, change, and he was not elected because be IT:
J. Il friend of emancipa!ian.
r. Mr. Florence moved that when the Ifon:
adjourn il adjoura till Monday, in order th.
gentlemen m4y attend 10 business at the d
, partneuts. There was IN understanding th
+. no Legislative business ST. ouid be transacted.
1 Mr. Ashmurc icped that tho gas and bancom1
- / speeches would Nil be made, no 1lat on .lle 7
r. turn Of the ahseu:ees the House might procet
r to business.
: The Huuse went ito Committee Of tho Who
n. on The State Of the Union.
=. Mr. jenkins Of Virginia argued that the gu
~ cess Of the Republic n party would tend to
dissolution et ihe Union.
Mr. Rice Of Massachusetts spoke npon II
n. tariff. making m elaborate argument on I!
a. wool question. demonstrating the common j
~ tcrest of the manufacturer aud the wool grove
i: and showing that there is Il gradual increase
Il. prices ei Canadian wool under the present lc
, duties. He: dvoca.ed the tariff bill at prese
49, before the Housc.
Mr.. Huffman made Democratic speech,
- 3lr. Washburne Of Wisconsin replied to I
=: ! colleague {4arrabee1 showing :lat the Dem
' cratic purity Of his State calm to he more RI:
cay hnsis!avery thsn The Republicans.
also denounced the Fugitive slave 1.aw. a
.es j,urned.