Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-02-14

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sentiment is different here"
Why, sir, is it not matter of history that
K. Rarnweli Rhett stood in the streets OF
Charleston few weeks ago, announcing TO
the enraged multitude that the people of the
North had elected a mulatto Yice-Presidentf
| And Mr.. Memminger, too, went into the in
| terior-to Greenyille. l think 1t was-and
announced there. to the denizens of the piny
| bills, to gentlemen. to lawyers 10 doctors. TO
| loafers. to short; boys, to everybody that
stood around, that Hannibal Hamlin was
mulatto, and that the people of the North
| had elected an Abolitionist for President and
uulaato for Yice-President. Now. everybody
knows that what you or | may say upon that
| subject will never reach the ears of that mis-
| guided people.
| Mr. Vallandigham. I I desire simply to
| inquire whether there is anything in the
| Critten]en propositions, or in those known
az he propositions of the border Slate co n
| mittee, or in the report of the committee OF
| thirty three. tending to remove this singular
1" delusion" which the gentleman says exists
| in the minds of the Southern people
Mr. Etheridge. 1 viii answer that ques-
ton frankly. There is: i tell the gentleman
| from Ohio, the true men Of the South are
standing to-day struggling with all their
/ power to preserve the Government; fighting,
| as they believe, for the cause of religion, hui
| manity. civilization and progress; and all
| these things are involved in the peace of the
country. And that peace may depend upon
| the adoption of these propositions. They are
surrounded by tempestuous despotism-
everywhere confronting panic which is
| made to feed itself. It is all-devCuring.
| Why, sir. it is well known TO every gentle
man who reads the newspapers. that wher-
ever this disuniOn sentiment predOminatcs, it
| is simply reign OF terror.
! Go to the cities OF South Carolina, and
| what do you see .. Men frantic and ia arms.
| Go to Charleston. to Tallahassee, to Mont
| gomery. to Jackspn-tO anv place where
/ those Conventions were assembled-and you
see the military in full control of everything.
These Conventions deliberated three or four
| hours Only over the fate of an Empire. Eve
| rything that might have invoked calmness or
| deliberation had disappeared, and martial
music and warlike demonstrations atIested
| the fallacy of peaceful disruption of the
States.
Mr. Leake. viii the gentleman allow me
| to ask him question?
| Mr.. Etheridge. Certainly.
| Mr.. Leake. Imerely wish to know whether
| the gentleman is speaking on the side of the
/ North or the South ?
| Mr.. Etheridge. am speaking on a side
| that has few representatives upon this floor.
| am speaking on the side of my cruntry.
| [Great applause in the galleries.
Why, sir, as was proceeding to say, what
| Is the state of affairs now in all the villages,
and cities of the Gulf States? Sir, bold men
| educated men, ambitious men, men of chival-
| ry and daring, are heading the military
| forces. Men, women and children are excl
| It'd. just as the pomp aud circumstance of
war will excite every body. Thousands be-
Iieve honestly that Lincoln and his cohorts
are coming down to apply the torch and the
| knife to the dwellings and the people Of the
South.
Here the hammer fell.
Mr.. Lovejoy obtained the floor.
Mr.. Z heridge. l supposed had the unan-
imous consent of the House to proceed.
The Speaker, pro tenn, (Mr. Dawes in the
Chair) The gentleman can proceed if there
be no objection.
Mr.. WinsloW. | object.
Mr.. Morris, of Illinois. The House has
already given its consent.
Mr.. Maynard. understood that the con-
sent of all sides of the House was obtained
that my colleague should be allo we'd to pro-
coed beyond his hour.
Mr.. q heridge. No objection was made.
Mr.. Winslow. I object.
Mr. Harris. of Maryland. rise to point
of order. l addressed the Chair first when
the hammer fell upon the gentleman from
Tennessee, and ] am entitled to the floor. l
have no objection 10 the gentleman proceed
ing, if that be the wish of the House, but l
desire to have the floor if L am entitled to it.
The Speaker pro tenn. The Chair has as,
signed the floor to the gentleman from Hi
nois.
Mr. Maynard My colleague applied to the
House during his remarks, and made certain
pledges upon which he obtained the unani-
nous consent of the House to proceed with
his remarks. There was not a dissenting
voice. He afterwards gave way to the gen.
tleman from Ohio under the pledge which
was then made.
Mr.. Winslow. The gentleman did not ask
unanimous consent.
Mr.. Etheridge. L ask, then, only the few
minutes think am entitled to, and which
1 lost when 1 yielded TO the gentleman from
Ohio.
The Speaker pro tenn. Is objection made?
Mr.. Winslow. 1t is better TO stop this
thing in the beginning, and unless the hour
rule is suspended generally, must object.
Mr.. Harris, of Maryland. 1 rise to point
of order. 1t is that the instant the hammer
of the Speaker fell addressed the Chair, and
was entitled to be recognized.
The Speaker pro TEN. The Chair under
stands the rule to be that when more than
one gentleman rises at the same time, it is
the province of the Chair to assign the floor.
The Chair observing several members rising
at the same moment, assigned the floor to the
gentleman from illinois.
Mr. Harris, of Maryland. must submit.
to the decision of the Chair.
Mr. Winslow. In order to accommodate
the gentleman from Tennessee. propose, that
by unanimous consent, the hour rule be abol-
ished during this discussion.
Mr.. Cox. ] object.
Mr.. Etheridge. | now insist upon the few
minutes which lost by interruptions. CCries
OF - go on" go ONT
The Speaker pro TEN. Is objection made Z?
Mr.. Craige, of North Carolina. I object
Mr.. Morris. of Illinois l rise TO point of
order. 1t is this that by unanimous consent
of the House, permission was given to the
gentleman from Tennessee to conclude bis re-
marks upon an intimation that be would not
occupy the floor at any other time during this |
session. When he made that proposition
there was not q solitary objection to it in |
the House, and hence objection now comes |
too late. l-e9 |
The Speaker pro TEN. The Chair does not |
understand that any such assent was yielded |
by the Hoilse. --
Mr.. Etheridge. / will relieve the House. |
L ask that 1 may occupy the remainder of my |
hour, and then l will resume my seat.
Mr.. Craige, of North Carolina. have OBJ !
jected to it time and again.
The Speaker pro ten. The gentleman can |
proceed only by unanimous consent. Il
MT. OfoW. Weutd 1nquireiI the time 0c- L
cupied in Interruptions has been deducted |
from the gentleman's hour?
The Speaker pro TEN. Nothing was stated
by the Chair one way or the other.
p Mr.. Grow. The gentleman from Tennessee
declined to yield for Interruptions unless they
We're to be deducted from his time.-
Mr.. Craige, of North Carolina. Nothing
was said about the extension of his time at
all. si f@
Mr.. Grow. The gentleman yielded the
floor with the understanding that the time oc-
cupied by the Interruptions should be deduct
ed from his hour. ss.--s..ss.,-,t- rsr la
Mr.. Vallandigham. When requested the
gentleman from Tennessee to yield for a
question. his answer was, :. L will yield, pro-
5 ided il does not come out of my timeo
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