Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-01-11
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publican as a sectional party. On
the slavery question hangs the very
being Of the South, because the sys-
TEN on which their civilization and
social fabric rests, cannot be over.
thrown without war Of races. There
fore, with them it is a question of
life and death. The arch ticnd him.
self could not have devised moro eff
feetual scheme 10 coHyulse this great
Republic. Jefferson looked on a sec
tionaf issue in relation to slavery as
one fatal to the Union, but that states
man was consoled with the reflection
that he would not live to see the day
of disaster. The Republicans, he said
did not contemplate any modification
of the laws outside Of tho slavery
question, but proposed to divide the
country on a sectional test. Mr..
Boyco defined, at length, tho powers
of tho government, which was one Of
the delegated powers. The Republl-
can party were purely sectional, aud
did not propose any modification Of
existing laws outside OF the slavery
question.
Mr.. Stanton made some oxplana-
tioBs as TO the position of the Rcpub-
lican party on the Fugitive Slave law.
There was diversity among Repub.
licans Ms TO whether there should be
national or a State remedy. For
himself he regarded some Of the pro
visions of the law of 1850 az uncon-
stitutional. He would interposc no
obstacles to proper law.
Mr.. Cox briefly replied, saying that
his colleague was not proper repre-
sentative Of the Republican party.
Mr.. Stanton defended the Republi-
cans from the charge of being Sec
tional party.
Mr.. Killinger, Of Pennsylvania,
said that twenty out of twonty five
representatives from that State on
this floor were elected with reference
to the tariff. The National Republi-
cans could not expect the vote Of
Pennsylvania, unless they should put
IN nomination a man who advocates
protection. The gentleman from South
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Carolina could have peace on the
slavery question, if he would give
specific instead of dd r0toycm duties
on coal aud iron.
There was n spirited timo among
the Representatives from Pcnnsylva.
nia--thcy referred to actions of the
past on the subject of the tariff aud
other subjects. Incidentally, Mr..
Sherman $ name was introduced. The
oOlloquy was regarded as an arraign-
ing of those gentlemen to define their
respective positions. Documents were
referred to by them. Mr. Valland.
ingham, during the proceedings, ask
cd whether the Pennsylvaniaus were
not like their furnaces at home---in
full blast. This occasioncd much
laughter. A proposition was here
made that the House proceed to vote
uird roc for Speaker. Mr.. Clark, Of
Missouri, said before n vote shall be-
taken he would insist on the question
Of his resolution heretofore offered,
namely: that any man who endorsed
the Helper book was unfit to be
Speaker of this House. Mr.. iiick-
man said he was willing that a vote
should be taken on that resolution
and the pending amendment, provid-
ed vote was Immediately taken on
his own resolution providing for the
adoption of the plurality rule. Mr..
WinsIow moved that when the House
adjourn it be to Tuesday next, which
was carried.
New YoaK CLUBs.-The New
York correspondent of the Philadol.
phia Press writes:
To what extent club life is on the
increase in New York / am unable to
state, but, if the measure of it may be
indicated by the growth of the Athen-
mum, it is largely on the gain. That
institution, which processes to be
made up pretty much of authors, edl-
tors, clergymen, lawyers, professors
and artists, but which, nevertheless,
contains a large proportion of mer-
chants, young men about town, and
those who, in legal parlance, on jury
lists, are termed gentlemen" is now