Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-06-09
Congressional

airy, us published i'll the Globe and desired to
know whether any such speech had been dc
! lvorcd
| Mr. Wilson said ho had prepared his speech
with considerable care, but had not read it all
tothc Senate, desiring to save time, and as a
disposition seemed to prevail 10 attend to otlI-
or mnttcrs, he thought by so doing he confer
red service on the Senate particularly as
his speech contained no allusion to the Sen
ate; He (Wilson) spoke fifteen minutes and
then stopped to save the time of the Senate.
| Mr. Hammond said the Senators speech
Contained reflections upon the Judiciary of
his State Which, if it had been delivered on
the iloor, would have been instantly rcpcll.d.
llc protested aSainst the practice Of publish
ing speeches which were not delivered In
thlS case 1T was made to appcarthot the Sen
at0rs from South Carolina remained silent in
their SEATS when tho high judicial officers of
then State had been assailcd He diam
fmond) pronounced the charges contained in
hlS llson' s) speech unjust and untrue. Mr..
hammond then proceeded to vindicatc the
purity OF the South Carolina Judiciary, and
hoped that motion would be made by some
/ Older Senator that would put stop to this
perpntfatiOn of fraud and forgery.
Mr Wilson rejoiucd. lie had put nothing
r." ,,',2 SPS'SOh ilc WIS hot WlllnT tO VOW. 1t
had bcen the frequent practice of Senators to
tput III Their speeches matter additional TO that
spoken on the iioor, lie reiterated the, state
| 'hert that Judge in Charleston had gpos. "
reverted the law to shield persons Sutity of
W''HunS the law against the slave trade
nc l,0d yielded to the popular sentiment Of
H"utn Carolina, which favored the revival Of
the slave trade.
Mt hammond replied, that the great mass
loi 'hc people OF South Carolina did no. fuvor
INC EiaVc trade, and concluded By saying, that
thc senator from Massachusetts and others on
that SIDE OF the chamber were chartered lib
| eft,n's.
MF' Dayis offered resolution that tho
COMMITTEE ON the Library report some mode
OF obtaining correct reports of the debates of
thc senate and that measures be tatcu to pre-
vent alterations in speeches, changing their
meanlnS' The subject was laid over.
CoyGREss1oy yAI-On Fr;d,y tho 1rorso
! Post-o!hcc Deficiency Dill wos r:,nrtcl T. tI,o.
Senate with various anendmonts NE 0vcr.
land Mail Bill, after remarks bv Scnotnr t,,v;,
WAS laid aside in comnnny With fbc r,;vatn
calendar. 10 make wot fortho Aah,tn ,,,inn tl,o
Davis resolution. Mr.. Crit,cndcn in cort;n.
nation of his remarks Of THURSDAY sow mn
call for Congressional intcrvcntion IN hrhaIf
of Slavery discovered no dispositon ON tbr
part Of any Territorial Government to intnr
fcro with Slavery and deprecated onv ontic.
ipation of the future to make mischief IN thc
sprcscnt. The ouesti,n was taken ON Mr.
Browns amendment, that intervention is now
needed, and it was lost, yeas ). nays 43. Air.
Hale, of New Hampshire. was among the
yeas. An amendment offered bv Mir. Colla.
mer, that Intervention would never he recn,ir.
eG, WAS lost. Mr. Clngman's resolution that
no necessity now exists for intervention was
CmnntL, 'r6onna;aono3 o'Ij W. nv" NJ cc,' nS'''
solution comino nm Me.srs r,;nn w. ",'" ,p
Brown both offercd omondmonts 'rh;|,h 80 am
Elnst Mr. Toom,i,s n,ovod "s 80 $1,000 "s1s" "o'1
That thc action nf rnmonoss "l'1i a. 49,
within Constitutionol l;m;ty yh;ch v.s aooon
tod The fifth rnson;nr n,a,, "''o, odso, " |'oop
AZ noys D ,Tbo o;vtlr raso,,t;o ""Vpttui p1; J'''
cloros ihc ricbt IF S,s+, J., "na, "'';on Go
admission tn the lrn;nH e. aa,,';t ,,I''"h ~,
Slavery was also odnntod voars % 49,, - ~
The seventh rosol,t;op rola,;vo 80 t,'o fy,s;,;,-o
law was tho tonic Of on ann.,ol a,',
in w}ch Mossrs ILL an1 ~,
tod AZ its closn NO Tnd;an Vm p,n.'e'P"-
Bill was toI;on mn and thn eonatd
An attempt TO b1in~ m in tbc iIouso tho 'Ii B;i
e';,:' eor 'ho nuJu1Ihent Oh hcVp'utionary Claims
,"'ts g"o iAcuSc co,,SuSrol rs .T 'he private cal