Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-01-11
8g Ttlegraph,
Reported for the Daily Intelligencer.
CONGREssIONAL,
WAsHlNGToX. Jan. !

| out the beginning OF the "lrrepfeSSlDiV
Conflict" of which they heard so much; 4
conflict between opposition forces; con-
| fict between the North and South. If
war is to be wAged on fifteen States of this
Union, if they are to he denied the SOL
cmn guarantee of the Constitution, if the
property of the South is to be taken and
surrendered, if the principles of the Re-
publican party are still to be maintained
and their purposes accomplished i'll the
South, by Congressional or other contri-
vances, or by unfriendly legislation to be
deprived of full participation in the COM
mon Territories belonging TO the people of
the United States, he, for one, WAS free to
confess that the House had better not or
ganize. If you Republicans, said he, are
determined to continue your nggrcssions
as propose to do. ON our rights; if You will
not stay your hands; if you are determine
cd that this conflict shall come. then |
warn you and those whom you represent,
20 beware of the dangerous ground on
which you stand. The South must have
their full measure of Constitutional rights.
They will enforce the demand to be treat
ed as political equals, otherwise, the Union
will be divided into as many parts rs there
are stars ON the National banner. lIeprO-
cecdcd to show first, what rights the
Southern people enjoy US to slavery; sec
ond, that these rights SO clear and high,
are not only threatened, but boldly, da-
ringly and willingly assaulted by the Re-
publican party. He would announce the
solemn truth disagrecnble, as it might be
to his constituents, that if aggression con-
tinues, the people of the South will be
compelled by every principle of justice,
honor and self-preservation, to disrupt
every tie of the Union, pcaccably if they
can, forcibly if they must.
Az Nvjrlo1 IN IDOu, that 10 10
be inserted as new plank ut the Charles
ton Convention? =
Mr.. G0rtrell replied that if you want to
know what we will do, you can make Your
arrangements to be present there, provided
you can come rs IL delegate, but if you
come SIS n Republican we will simply rule
you out. Laughter.l
Mr.. Ilaskin thought Mr.. Gartrells judg-
ment on him was unfair He had said
that he agreed with neither the Repuhli-
cans or Southern men as to the prevention
or protection of slavery in the Territories.
lie wanted to know if Mr.. Gurtrell did not
vote for Maynard and Boteler for Speaker?
Mr.. Gartrcll replied that he did. lie
wanted no better evidence of Mr.. Haskin's
Republicanism than that he voted for Mr..
Sherman.
Mr. lIaskin said if voting for Mr., Sher-
man made him q Republican, Mr.. Gartrell
on the same pinciple must be an Ameri-
can.
Mr.. Gartrcll replied that rs that opinion
was already exploded, it was not necessary
to waste the time of the country, i'll cx-
pending further time on it.
Mr.. Kcitt explained how it was man
voting for the Republican nominee thereby
became Republican.
Mr. Adrian, explaining, said the Northern
Democrats were true to the Union, and
would not permit it to be dissolved, if 3
Republican was elected President accord
ing to the forms of the Constitution.
Mr. Hickman explained his former re-
marks and said the gentlemen seemed to
congratulate themselves that there is a di-
vidcd North. Will the Northern Demo-
cratic representatives coincide in the
opinion expressed by Mr.. Gartrell that the
election of Republican President, though
Constitutionally put i'll the Presidential
chair, is ipSe .facto cause of secession2 If
this was demanded, he said, there WAS an
undivided North in favor of maintaining
the Constitution at all cost and ut every
hazard. The Union must and will be
maintained.
Mr. Gartrell replied that this singing
songs to the Union has been stcreotyped,
and the claqucrs in e'Agallcrics applaud
them only for the.saIie of the spoils. You
may clap while your liberties arc being
swept away by a sectional party. (AP-
plausc.) The gentleman from Pa. had adj
dcd insult to injury when he said the north
had eight millions of people, and could
make more arms in 90 days than the south
can buy. Why the proceeds of one cotton
crop of Georgia would buy the whole of
Pennsylvania. Lnughtcr.)
Mr.. Clarke, of n. Y, asked Mr.. Edwards
whether he would under any circumstances
f,. SnnOL-ar NS-bn
tcrtained in his heart the sentiments of
intolerance and prescription which were
indicated in the extract read from the
Helper book.
MIR. Edwards replied that in private
conversation with the gentleman, he might
say what he would or would not do, butas
member here, he would not respond to
the interrogation.
Mr.. Morris, of Pa, said if he had bcliev-
cd that Mr.. Sherman entertained such sem
timcnts as the Helper book inculcates he
never would have voted for him. 1t was
because he knew Mr.. Sherman regarded
with the utmost horror encouragement to
servile insurrection, and deprecated the
disturbance of the present state of society.
Mr.. Sherman had contidcdin the discretion
of the committee, and the committee relied
more on Helper than on their decision.
When Mr. Clarke's interrogatory shall DC
withdrawn, Mr.. Sherman will be ready to
answer frankly, and express his opinion
of the book.
Mr.. Edwards offered resolution that
from to-day, until the election of Speaker,
the House will proceed to vote for Speek-
or at one o'clock, and vote three times in
succession; and that if any member has
possession of the floor, he shall surrender
the floor for that purpose. [Cries OF
''good" from the Republican side, and OBJ
lection interpOscd from the Democratic
| side.