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A Qse.sis. OF ver.eity.

a Question OF veracify.
Hissis C6saty, !fiss,l Sore~Io q 1850.
GEsrLEsrs Although ti,s battle may b,
considered lost and won and amonx the de
isa,ed. that tired sts,csm<n and patriot Jomx
BEiL included, l am not willing 20 give mn our
odd ship u State the Government Of these Uni
ted states In discss-ing a point Yesterday in
rriaiion tao the unfair rvccrd Of John Bell die
terminated BY the Brcekinridge cosnmits>r. 1
brought yoa IN A. sustaining my position in what
tobcr. showing tia, jsase. II. Hammond. Of
South Carolis., voted with Mr.. Bell in the neg
alive 10 lay an abolition petition on the table
This was hztiy contradscted. pledrvd ny,-lf
for the vcrseity of your statement and further
protai-ed that 700 wvald furnish the p,cr.-sry
proof 30 that u would be inooasc.sabls. wifi
you not oeilge an old subscriber BY 20 doing.
AMI NJ the same time vindicate your own char.
ac,er for scraeity' II the fair fame Of your Ia.
estmable journal can be tsrnish-d we can have
no hopc m any. III W
Meszrs. GALEs 4 SEAroS
We should hardly take the trouble TO tisprore
the imPutations OF any ooe 50 prrjudicrd bv
party feeling as TO think us capable Of fal.ify.
ing facts for the purpose Of aiding the cause Of
political favorits, or, still worse. to sully the
character Of an honorable gentleman. like the
esumabls Senator Of South Carolina. referred to
IN tbs above note. Bus. to sastain the ground
taken by our worthy Mississippi subscriber. and
to vindieate his confidence in our statements. We
subjoin The yeas and nays ON the question of
laying on the table Of the House Of Representa-
tives an abolition petition ON the 18th Of Deem.
Der. 1885, and for whose vote in the negative On
that question Mr.. BkiL was charged nv Al.
sreetinridge Committee with dI.loyal,, to the
south.
HoCsE 90 REPRESENTATIVE, DEc. ls. 1875.
Mr.. JACKSON. Of Mass, presented n petition
run sundry citizens Of Mass, praying Congress
TO provide for the immediate abolition Of slavery
within the District of Columbia which he mo..
ell 10 refer 10 n select committee
MT. HAMMOND moved that the petition be not
received
Mr, GARLAND. Of Virginia, moved 10 lay the
petition on the table.
Mr.. HkxAosD sAid. ~ he was avar. Of No
rule OF the House restricting The REJECTION OF De-
tiiions, he would modify his motion by moving
that the House rrjeet The petition
Mr.. OAKLAND said. NJ the motion Of the reu
tleman from South Carolina to reject was in or
der, be would withdraw his motion To Law the
petition on the table.
Mr.. BrARDsLEv renewed H.
After debate, the yras and nays having been
ordered on the motion TO lay the petition ON The
table, the question was 10 taken, aud decided
IN the negative follows;
y ENs-Messrs- Q. Allen, Anthony, AAh. Ba;.
hey, Barton, Beale. Bean, Beardsiey, Beaumont
bockee. Bosee, Boyd, Brown, Buchanan, Burns,
l Carr, Casey, q. Chambers CLANCY Chairman
Chaplin. Cleveland, Crane, Gushing. Cushmap'
| Davis. Deberry, Dickersoa, EvAhs, Fairfield.
fhsnch, Fry, W. X. Fuller, Haley, Hamer. Han.
neisSn, Hardin. Harlan, 8. =. Harrison. Have.
Hawkins, Howard, Howell. Huntington. Hunts.
man, lhgessoll, Ingham, Jarvis. J. johnson. n.
NJ Johnson, b. joiner, kennon, Kilgore, Kin
nAri: Nlinsensmith, lane, Lansing, IAporte. J.
Ire. j. iee, leonard. Logan. Lucas. job Mann.
'" AAsm. NJ. Mason. :. Mason. Miller. Mont.
gomcry. Morgan. AuhlenburK. Page Parks.
fat,ersoi, Pierce, Phelps, Rencher. John Rev.
noids. Schrnek, Seymour, Shepherd. Shin. Sick.
les Spaneer, Sutherland, TAYLOR. J. Thomsoo.
Iurril. sherwood, Vinton, Wagner. Webster
Weeks, l. Williams, 3. willams-95
NAIs-AsSsrs. Adams. II. Allen, Ashley.
BEit' Bond, borden, BoEldin. Briggs, Bunch. ].
Caihooh, w. B Calhoun, Cambreleng CamDbeii.
w. Is. Carter, Chambers, Childs, Claiborne.
Ciark' Coffee, Coiss, ConRor Corwin- Craig,
Trainer, DarliigtOa Douhlcdav. Dru,noooL
Dunlap, Elmer. EvEEErr, Farlin. Forester. p.
Z. Fuller. u Ga,klad, r. Garland, GilIet. Glas.
cock, Graham, Granger, GrAntiaad. Cravcs
uraySon, Grennea, Griffin, J. Hall, II. Hall.
Hammond, Hard, Harper, A. q. Harri.on'
Haynes. Hazeltine, Henderson, Hester, Hoar'
holsey, Hopkins. Habley. w. jackson. J. Jack.
son, james G: Johnssn, n. johnson, j. W. Jones,
gndson' iAwler, Lawrence Lay, L. Lea. Lincoln.
Love, Loyal, Lyon, Martin, j. Y. Mason. Mau.
~, May, MeCarty, AC0sads, Mckay, MeKep-
man, Mekeon, MeRina McIAne, Mercer. Mill
gan, Morris, Owens, Parker. Psffoa, ID J. PeaFce.
y A PeArce, Petsigeu. Peytoa, Philips, Pick
lbs Pinkney. Potts, Reed. Joseph Reynolds.
Roam Robertson, Rogers, RnsselI, Shields
Slade, SPrague, Standefet, Steele, Storer, Taln-
ierro, Thomas w Thompson. ,Touoey, Toms
ranaeTpool' ward Washington, White. Whit
80 the House refused to Law the ne,;,;oo ~,
the table. '@
This i the vote on the question. osseiallv -.
corded on The Journal Of the iiouse and our
Mississippi friend will perceive by Il tha, not on
~ Mr.. HAsHoSD, but nearly all tbe o,I..r IL.
ing Southern members voted with Mr.. lgtl
against the motion 10 lay the petition on ,be Ia.
bic. and, moreover, thar they and he did a. IN
IfTieet consistency with the strietest hdeiay 10
this section. ~
We have placed the names Of the Virginia
Democrats, who voted With Mr.. BE1l, in haIies.
that tbs people Of the State may ses how bAse
aud unmaniy was the BreckinridTe Commute.
AZ Washington to throw odiun upon our gallant
stv,darl-bearrr
Twelve Virginia Democrats. in company with
Nr. BEI, and prOniDeni among thess. John w.
Jones Copcs SPEAKER John Y. AAson, late
Minister TO Franes) Dromgools. Patton, and
WisS Also, Touosy, o. Connectieat, (no- Sec.
re'aTy Of the Navy ADD Cave JOHNSON Of Ten
ns'see. lAr Poiks Postmaster General -
Shame, whers IL Thy blash'
a Mad VirRfnian.