Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-02-12

.boi. Tho yole Wnalalanon Wrlnulb
|hsl nrd tho tr.n'1lO6n adopted. 1h
following Hncory ortho letter c5n,lilo
ting htolf,ncrt
, WAaUyutoN, March I. ls6l.
w Dw Nr. Allow me To- introduce 4
b |yoUr acquaintance my friend Thomas Lin
colin OF Texas lie visits yonr capita
mainly to dispose of what he regards
great improvement IN firearms. recon
mend him TO your favorable confederation
as gentleman af the first tespectability
ana reliable in every rcspcct.
VERY truly yours,
JESSE y. BRIGHT.
"To 1is Excellency Jefferson Davis Pres,
ident of the Confederation of States"
As We considor this one Of the most i'm,
Iportant cnaclmcnis ever performed by the
~. S. Senate, we give tho following ab.
stract Of the last days proceedings:
The morning hour having expired, the
bill was laid over, and the Bright case was
taken up.
Mr.. ANTHONY (Rep. Of Rhode Island,
said he had arrived at the conclusion that
he must vote for the resolution cf expul.
SION, though he should do it with d great
deal of pain. In times like these the Sen.
ate must not be filled with men the least
suspected of disl loyalty. lie should vote
on the simple record of the letter. lie
thought tina. any Senator who coull write
such letter as that, to such man, to
such a traitor, was untitled for seat in
the Senate.
Mr., HARRIS (Rep) Of New York, said
he did not rise for the purpose Of further
discussing the subject. The time for dis
cussion had passed. 1t only needs a for.
NAL vote to indicate the determination of
the Senate. The Senator from Indiana is
to be expelled, and nothing need further
be said to control the Senate. lie was glad
that most of the Senators had confined
themselves to the subject; but some que5.
tions had been introduced during the de.
bate entirely irrelevant and some Senators
seem to have merged the character of II
Senator in TINT of partisan. He alluded
to the elaborate speeches of the Senator
from Massachusetts, [ Mr.. Sumner) as be,
coming a prosecuting attorney. They
seemed to him like heaping blows on
fallen foe. The Senator from Kentucky
( Mr.. Davis made something like a dozen
speeches. He appeared to be the senior
counsel in the prosecution, and had visit
ed the committee room to secure evidence
to impeach the man by testimony of the
chairman Of the Committee on Finance.
He referred to the speech of the Senator
from Tennessee Mr.. johnson as that Of a
man, a noble, lofty, self.sacrificing spirit
But he, too, stepped aside from the sub,
ject He Mr., Ilarris) read extracts from
the speeches Of Messrs, johnson, Wilmot,
and Sumner, and contended that it was
dangerous precedent TO establish, TO expel
q Senator without be was found guilty of
treason, and that the case was not o paral.
lei case to the expulsion of Polk or Brecll.
inridge. But the question had already
been settled and he did not%,oose to dis
cuss it any longer.
But there was a matter somewhat con
nected with the subject personal 30 him.
self. An attempt had been made by the
Legislature Of his State to reanimate the
stitlened corpse Of legislative Instruction
q specious emlnation Of the well nigh IA
:al doctrine Of State tights. What would
be the result Of the discussion in the Legs
islature of New York he did not know
So far as his vote was concerned, it WAS
not important that he should know. But
the circumstances under which the at
tempt at resuscitation was made were ex.
Nineteen Of his colleagues
of the House his personal and political
friends had solicited the Legislature, in
order to save the State, and perhaps its
humble representative from dshonOr, to
instruct him rs TO the vote he should give /.
lie made no complaint against his col F.
leagues. lie could account for it in no
way but by the atmosphere which sur
rounds the Senate. On question ofpoItV
ical eXpedienCy or national policy he
would listen to the Legislature, hut on
question Of right and wrong, he was him .
self responsible to his conscience and his /
Sod, and he would allow no man, or body .
Of men, to intervene between him ard his
conscience. On an executive or judicial .
question the Legislature had no right to
interfere.
Mr.. DAVIS (Union), Of Kentucky, |
'epled to Mr., Harris, defending his own
course.
Mr., FOSTER (Rep.), of Connecticut.
said the Senator from Indiana Mr.. Bright /
had read two Of a series Of resolutions ad
opted at a meeting in Indiana. lie asked .
leave to have the other resolutions, passed
1t the same meeting, read by the clerk. .
Mr.. PEARCE, lDem.), of Maryland, I
objected to their being read 10y the clerk .
Mr., FOSTER thought that all the series
ought to be read 10 show the correction .
Of the whole. He accordingly read the
Of tho resolutions, which had .
been omitted by Mr.. Bright, de2loring the
state Of the country, which had been re-
duced by sectionalisln and reaffirming the
principles of the Democratic party de- .
clared that the present state Of the county
was due TO the agitation of slavery 10y fa-
natics and the adoption of the sectional .
platforms Of the Buffalo, Philadelphia, and f.
Chicago Conventions; and that the Re
publicans, in rejecting all offers of com.
promise, had assumed lhe fearful respon-
sibllity, and they had shown their utter .
inability to conduct the Government in
the difficulty; and denOunciog the plan
Of emancipation and the suspension Of the
writ of hRbeas corpus.