Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-11-29
NO. 35.
Tho Beginning Of seeession.

The National Inteliigeneer, in referring to a
statement made in recent speech by FIX Gov
erDor Thomas of MARYLAND, respecting an in
cident in Congress about twenty five years ago.
submits the following extremely interesting
narrative: .4.s .a m s.-s a-.s5H arF
"a Southern caucus assembled one day in a
room in the Capitol. When entering the
House of Representatives, Governor Thomas
says he was surprised to observe that tie mem
bcrs from the slayeholdng States were absent
Whilst rejecting on This strange occurrence,
he was asked why lie was not in attendance on
the Southern caucus sitting in the room Of the
COMMITTEE Of Claims? lie replied that he hail
received no Elviti,iion.a lie went 10 the ROOM
and on entering found the.lollowing resolution
under cons, ,deralion and Iton. F.tiv. PicSSens
of South CaFoiiR;. aIging il upon the apprOyal
Of The meetings .. f.-ss s a.e
/ ReSeieei, That no member of Congress rep
resenling Southern constituency shall again
tdSs his seat Enla resolution is passed.
satisfactory to the South on the subject Of Sla-
very.
Governor Thomas contnned:
Il sIid 10 MIR. PiellC'ns, "What next do YOU
propose we shall do? Arc we 10 tell the people
that RI pHblicanism is IA failure? IF you arc for
that L am not. I Caiae here TO sustain and up
hold American i4stitDiiolS-to defend the
rights of the North az well rs tie Sonth-to
secure harmony apl good EleWship between
all sections of our common country. They
dared not answer these questions. The South
ern temper had not yet been gotten up
As my questions were nnt yet ans"csyCl, ! NOV
ed an ad1urnmeDt of the caucus sine die. Mr.
Craig OF Virginia seconded The motion, a d
the company was broken up We retuined 10
The House, and MIR. IngcrsoII of Pennsylvania, |
glorious patriot then as now, introduced |
resolution which temporarily calnleJ The ex- |
citement. -4 i
However bnsy Mr., Pickens might have been
in the caucus after It mt the most active man
IN getting it up and pressing The SoOilicrn
members to go into it was r. Il. Rhett, also
member from South Carolina. The OCCASION,
or alleged caMse of the Withdrawal from the
House into secret .deiberatiOn. was an anti
slavery spceeh Of MF, Sladc Of We mont, which
Mr.. Rhett violently denounced, and proposed
to the Southern members to leave the House
and 60 into cOuclave iB Que of the committee
rooms, which they generally did, if not all of
them. We are able TO ST. ale, however, what
ltlt.J HoA AsiA v Aftth hilohn 40 NTOV.ft uOinaS,
hat at least ihree besides himself of those who
did attend It, went there with a purpose very
dfrrcnt from an intention to consent to any
treasona5le measures. s.. HspEBal .af aat.
These three men were Henry A. Wise. Bale
Peyton and Wm.- C.st ,JohHsOn. Neither Of
Il 9 n olened his lips in the caucus; they went
TO observe. and we can assure Governor Thomas
that if Mr.. Pickens or MIR. Calhoun (Ehom be
t an s. Or any on2 else has pre- ehted distinct
proposition looking to disunion, OF revolf. or
secession, he would have Witnessed sceue
sooE forgotten. The ihFce whom We havemen,
toned ware as brave as they were determined
Fortunately, perhaps, The man whom they /
went particularly to watch remained silent and |
passive. -..... .ers- !
And now (as the American reBlarks) let tllO-e |
who are called upon 10 symPaihiz. with South
Carol'nl at the present juDcture read Inc strong
confirmation Of Governor Thomas experience
ppt forward by MIR. Rhett, who said in The late
Sou b Carolina CONVENTION:
Tho scc,u ion nf South Carolina is not the
event Of day. 1t is not nyihng produced
by Mr.. Lncolns election, or by tie non-eXe
cutou Of the fugitive Slavc-'aw. Il has been
nafter 1oaieIt has bsen gdt'tsring hea for thu-
tn Yeurs" af-f