Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-01-21
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Reported for the Daily Intelligence
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
Senate is not in session.
WASHINGTON, Jau. 20.

emit position. The previous question
| Mr.. Hutchins' plurality resolution havil
| been called. it must be decided, and ii
then all debate is out of order.
The Clerk remarked that while lie we
willing to submit any question to IT,
House, the gentleman from Iowa could not
| take the floor from the gentleman frOI
Missouri to press his point.
Mr.. Halls opening remarks were aimos
unintelligible in the reporters gallery
owing to the prevalent confusion; but h .
was understood to discuss the folloWin
points: lst the Federal Government as
compact of sovereign States; I'd. til"
power of the departments ere with special
reference to the reserved rights of the
States, and are thereby provided for the
protec lion of both Federal and State gov
ernments; Sd, any attempted infrnction to
the violation of these rights, the remedy
is by an appeal to the modes set forth i'll
| the Constitution, and not by notifications
and 4thly, when all constitutional means
have failed, revolution is preferable I"
further submission which must result to
to the ultimate ruin, and it would become
the true policy of the South to secede from
the Union. He argued that secession did
not originate in the South, but in Massa-
chusetts during the war of 1912.
A colloquy ensued between Messrs.
Fnrnsworth and McCIernand, as to tie
position of the Illinois Democracy, and
the subject Of slavery in the territories,
and in which Sir. Morris took part.
Mr.. Pryor rose to personal eXplanR-
ton. He referred to an article in the n.
Y. Herald of yesterday, in reference to
him, saying he was under no obligations
to respond to any issue from the pen or in
spiration of Jas. Gordon Bennett, u nOto-
rious individual, conspicuous by his per-
sistrnt and lubored violations of Nll the
rights and virtuOus instincts of humanity
who had supplied himself with monc"'
and means of pcrnicious influence by 1.
tOrtiug contributions from the tears ii
Interest," wretch who bears on his back
the scars of many merited chastisemcnts,
and whose heart is tanned by every con-
ceivuble contamination-n miscrcant con-
senting to the dishonor of his own family,
Il crime which no language is common
surute to cNpress-a foul and lOathsonc
creature, whose name is worthy OF exc
Grafton, and from whose contact truth aud
virtue shrink--a ficnd, denied the friend
ship of the social circle-a man covered
with infiamng shame and the oprObium
of humanity.
Mr. Pryor asked Mr.. MilIson whether it
was true, as the editor stated, that lac had
hecn rbuked only the other day, for LAM
gCage used in debate.
Mr.. Millson replied that he intended no
personal rebukc, but his design was to
protect the dccorum of the House. There
were other trnnsgresSions of the rules
of order that day and he had deter
mined. if possible, to arrest this sort OF
discussion, which might lead 10 calAmi-
tous results.
Mr. Pryor said his colleagues ezplGna-
ton was satisfactory, but there remained
an issue between his colleague and him.
self He understood his colleague to say
that the employment of the term he made
use of was uuparliamcntury, for which II"
might justly he called to order. He, Pry-
or, now proposed to vindicate himself
from the charge of infrnctinS the dignity
of parliamentary discussion by the indis-
criminate use of the term.
The word false did not necessarily i'm
ply an insult. a gentlemau's statement
may be t:,lse, and yet he may not mean an
untruth. Was there any phrase moro lc-
Ultimate. If the speeches of Fox, Burke,
Clay, Randolph and others, be referred to,
ii would be found that they had used this
term. He unicrstoo that Mr.. Clernand
the other day stignatizcd some statement
OF Mr.. IIickmauS as false, and Mr.. Mont
gomcrv had applied the term fhlsehood to
ono of his Pa. colleagues. Why was he
made a solitary exception?
Alr Howard, rising to u personal eXpla-
nation. caused to he read Washington
latter to the Y. Express, in which it was
mentioned as rumOr. that Mr. Wendell
aud Mr. Weed had entered into private
agreement to elect Mr.. Sherman by plural
ity rule in the absence of certain Demo-
Gratis, Mr.. Howard among the number
The correspondent, however, had said he
did not believe the members were PrIvy 70
the use of their names. Mr.. Howard Said
he considered his colleague (Mr. Shermanl
a perfect gentleman, but they were at an
tipodes in politics. lie did not wish it to
go out that he would give him his mega
tive vote by abscntinG himself from the
House. He had never seen Mr.. Wendell or
Mr.. Weed, and did not know them. There
was no foundation in the charge.
Mr. Cox said the letter WAS written by
man who acts rs Sec'y for the Union Club,
by the name of Walker, sort of CORES
pondcnt who honey fuglcs members anu
their stands and lies about them. 1t was
part of the system of lying about North
western Democrats.
Mr.. Babitt merely wished to discuss tho
subject pertaining to the general interest
of all. He would not discuss the mex
haustable negro question. lie contendod
that the resolution of Mr. Hutchens was in
order The House was not bound in
any rules of the preceding House of
Representatives The first thing to be
done is to choose n presiding officer and
nothing is in order except vote for
Speaker. The House can adopt no rcsolp-
ton except to vote and adjourn; hence the
resolution of the gentleman from Ohio, for
the plurality rule, was in order.
Mr.. Curtiss raised a point of order, that
all discussion was out of order.
Nr. washburn, of Me-, called the gen
tlcman to order.
Mr.. Farnsworth protested against the
gentleman from Pennsylvania being inter
rupted.