Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-01-03
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CONGRESSIONAL.

The House has not yet organized, and
we do not feel likestaking upspace in our
paper to publish the proceedings till that
body is competentto do business The
following, however is the proceedings of
Thursday last, the latest before US, which
we insert, simply to give our readers an
idea of what is transpiring in the House.
The Senate was not in Session
WAsHIsoTos, Dec. 90.
HoUsE-Mr Morris, of Illinois, re-
sumed his remarks from yesterday.
He said that the great doctrine ofpop-
ular sovereignty isIin peril The Dem
ocratic party is divided. The ultra Rep
resentatiyes from the Slave-holding1
States have abandoned it. It was not
disputed that the Cincinnati platform
recognizes this doctrine, but this seems
to make no difference. The President
and the ultra Democrats have torn up
the plank and interpolated newones, and
have driven the political car fearfully to
the precipice. This was inaugurated at
the last session, with the. infamous Lee
compton swindle The President pur-
sued those who opposed it, especially
from Illinois, with personal malignity.
While he was bidding for the Charles
ton nomination, Judge Douglas was the
only man North who has succeeded in
general election, since the crusade was
commenced, and hefought hand to hand
with the cohorts Of Lincoln and the
hungry President'sIpack, eheered on by
Attorney General Black.
Good Democrats have been removed in
Illinois, and Abolitionists put in their
places. Democrats who have refused to
bow to the dictatien of the President
have been pursued with hellish malignity
He said that Cock, postmaster at Chi
cago, was the Presidents manager to get
up delegates to be sent to Charleston
The address be issued was prepared at
4 Washington, for Cook can scarcely read;
and cannot spell sentence in the Eng
lish language correctly; but who under
stands better the mixing and drinking OF
mint juleps.
+ He gave notieeto the Democracy of the
West at Charleston not to submit to new
tests.
| Mr. Millson, of Va, referred to the re-
marks of Mr.. Morris, saying that the
latter seemed to imply thatSouthern men
are in favor of redpening the African
Slave trade and reIealing the Neutrality
laws. He suggested that such might
not have been Mr.. Morris meaning, and
/ that Mr.. Morris was not warranted in
saying that such was the purpose Of
Southern Democrats. He had seen,
with much regret, his own position mis-,
represented, and tie remarks of others
J attributed to himself He never made
/ the remrak that he was not prepared to
say that at some future time he would
mot be willing to reopen the African
Slave trade.
Mr.. Morris replied that he did not at.
tribute such motives to the Democrats ot
the South, but to ultra men.
Mr.. Scott, of California, replied tc
some remarks Of Mr. Morris, about Cal.
ifornia affairs, saying that his attack upor
81 900 Democrats in California came
with an i'll grace from friend of Doug.
las. Had it come from Republican
he would not have been surprised.
Hesaid that Brpderick was never strong
/, enough in California to create any feal
or cause any desire to hunt him down
: A report had gone abroad that there was
conspiracy among the leaders of the
Democratic party to strike down Brod
erick. He branded it as an infamous
falsehoed P
S Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, com
planned sof Gle unpaTl lsamentary and ue
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