Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-01-25
CONGRESSIONAL.
xxxvI ooNGREss-Flasr sEssros.


should uaite to defeat the latter. The
Democrats have manifested every DISPOSE
ion TO unite with the South Americans
aud Anti Lecomptonites on a national bs-
SIS until their spirit of concilistion has
become exhausted. The South Americans .
have presented Mr.. Gilmer, who could new
er be accessible to him lBsrkesdsle.) Mr.. |
Mr. Gilmer, if elected, must be supported |
by some of the Republicans, and he would |
vote for no man who commended himself
to the considerations Of that party. he
did not doubt Gilmsr's loyalty to the South
but his political conduct. Rather than the
nominee Of the Republican party SHOULD
be elected, q man who received no vote
from fifteen Of the States Of this Union
rather than his State ahd section should
be dishonored by the election OF Sherman,
he would repeat the declaration Of Pugh,
Of Ala, let discord reign here forever. He
proceeded TO give history Of the progress
and present aspect Of the slavery question.
which prevented the organisation OF the
House.
Dir. Corwin was called out by remark
of Barkesdsle. who said he new of no Re.
publican who would go so far as to say
that il slaveholding territory should be
acquired by treaty, as 10 the case of Loui
siana. and provision be made therein, that
the people thus transferred should be ad.
mitted into the ORION with all their rights
of property which they then held. He
knew Of no Republican who would say
that such was not the supreme Law of the
land and should not be carried into effect.
Barksdale--Is there Republican who
favors the acquisition OF slaveholding ter
ritory ] would ike to ask whether Mr..
Sherman favors such a measure.
Curtis replied that at this time he would
be opposed to the acquisition of slave.
holding territory. because We had got a
great deal too much Of it now. ACQUISITION
however might arise whether we could sc.
quire portion of Mexico or Cuba; but the
question does not now exist, and may not
for a long period of time.
Mr. Barksdale-The gentleman from To-
wa is not fit representative of the Repub-
lican party. Let Mr.. Lovejoy speak, let
him be put on the stand; or Dawes. or Mr..
Hutchinson, or Mr.. Gooch. I will take
Mr.. Tappan. Lat him speak for the Re.
publican party. They can elect you. Mr..
Corwin, Speaker. but they refuse to do it,
and you are hostile enough to slavery, In
all conscience. In the course of his re-
marks, he said he would resist the inaugu-
ration of a Republican President. The
South knew what their rights are under
the Constitution, and are prepared at all
hazards to the last extremity to defend
them. In case of dissolution the South
would have nothing to fear. and would
have the sympathy Of the world, because
they are In the right. f,
Mr.. Corwin humorously said his object
was to move that the House proceed to {,
ballot. They had done such things befor,
which he admitted with very little success
if ever the House organized it would be b,
voting. If the gentleman from Miss. (Mr
Barksdale) who had advocated secessio,
in the event ofthe election of Republican
President, be (Corwin) promised to stay
in the Union. This farce which has beer
acted here for several weeks, very much I,
the amusement of the members themselve,
was sometimes to the disturbance oftempe
of gentlemen, had begun to be looked upol
as serious matter. Every gentleman
should therefore conscienciously tbinl
what he shall do. he was reminded b,
friends the other day that there was some
thing in the election OF Speaker grsate
than he supposed, viz: that in a certain
event the Speaker might become Presi
dent. He confessed he was puzzled by th
suggestion it might be so. but he did no
think this should be incorporated into thsi
thoughts as one of the contingencies. Il
was not probable that either the Presden
or Vice President would be amiable enou I'll
to die, that the Speaker might succeed Ia
their place. He does not know howeve,
what Providence has in store for US /; hs
did not know why the Helper book should
be brought into their line Of thought 1,
might be the product Of the liberty Of the
press. which is called in classic language
the palladium of our liberty.
No free government 10 modern times has
existed without free press. so we must be
content to take the freedom Of the press az
we have it, with all its abuses as we'll az
the abusings which a ow from its use.
Mr.. Corwin continued at some length,
& eprecating the appearance Of the Helper
book and the invasion Of John Brown. He
conclu ded by saying that the Republicans
in excluding slavery from the Territories
admit ed free men doing exactly ss the
zen of 1884 did when they excluded il
rom The Western Territories.
Adjourned.
sENATE.--The galleries and door were
crowded this morning. to hear Mr.. Doug.
las. The noise and confusion during the
morning hours was 90 great that il was
impossible to hear the reading Of the Clerk.
A number of bills were read BY title and
referred.
Mr.. Hale said be would do the galleries
the justice to say there was more noise on
the Aosr than up stairs.
Mr.. Hale was in favor Of calling on the
Secretary Of the Treasury for the names
and salaries and persons employed 10 the
Treasury Department. who have not been
confirmed by the Senate. Adopted.
The hour having arrived Mr.. Douglas
resolution was called up.
Mr.. Douglas read correspondence be.
tween the Governor of Virginia and the
President. Of last November. in which the
former states that he has evidence to show
that conspiracy had been formed iu Ohio
and other free States to rescue John Brown,
and the latter replies that he finds no pow
or in the Constitution for action on his