Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-05-07

the U. s. SenRIs--Critlelsiur Is iurS: ali 90 - {
from - Couple oflNsIVs PEPsfS.
| PFOm the Now y prk Tt4sS,
RuaKuM sPEEcREs.
Mr.. Van Riukle, of Western Virginia, on
Thursday, 10 the Senate, when ihs bill. iof:
the repeal of the FngItive Slave law came
up for confederation; opened the debate by
saying that, "The remarks be would make,
though not particularly applicable to the
bill under consideration, would not be in i.
appropriate" He then proceeded to make
a speech, in which he discussed the 10y
atty of the Border States; she absuFdity of
the COppSrhsfas; The eohstite tetiOaaliJy Of
| the admission OF West Virgins to the
Union, and the circumstances attending
that event; the extent TO which the new
State bad contributed men to the army;
the eonseqnenees that would haye followed
her failure OF tefdSSt-Ia do So; ana5 ig4Was
only At the close Of his long speech, II we
are to judge from the summary, that he
found time aud opportunity, to say fe n
words upon the subject before the Sem
ate. That ''thesOy rsmarksA Wets- not
particularly applicable to. the bill un-
der consideration, so far from be-
ing. = matter UG no great mo.
ment, as Mr.. Van WIukle seems to
think, did, iu fact, render them peculiarly
Inappropriate aud the erroSeous notions
of the nature and objects OF parliamentary
discussion. which be seems to entertain,
are SO widespread, aud are just now doing
SO much mischief, that We Setzs this cp.
portunity OF protesting Agai0st Them
Congress is not = debating club, In which
discussions arc carried on for the sake Of
discussion. 1t is an assembly for the
prosecution OF serious ard important bus.
/ ITnaau-fUuF ha 81.
| ever laid before any deliberate body
There are great number Of questions be.
fore it, all of them OF the highest moment,
and each Of them, every time il comes up,
demands the serious aud undivided aiten.
tiOn Of every member present. THIS can
not be given, aud will. not be given, as
long as anybody who has possession of the
I door is permitted to make long, rambling
speeches upon everything that comes into
his head, except the sutj=ct that is legiti-
\ mate before him. Toe waste OF line
which this practice causes, the restless
scatter Drained, indoleut style of Ihiuk-
ing which il inevitably prcAucrs, the
extent 70 which il prOtrActs the de.
bates on every measure, are just now
evils OF the first magnitude, and something
ought to be done to put an end to Ihem.-
The practice itself is legacy beQueathed
to us by the old times-fJr they are nov
old times-5efOre the war, when the one
subject of discussion was Slavery-and
when everybody knew SO well what every.
| body else would say about il, that it made
little difference what he said, particularly
as Congress had little else to do than 10
listen to him. As there WAS plenty time,
aud no other means-uf keeping himself
belofe the public, every m6mber f4ie ID his
dasyho give nt least onep In every, ,session, :,
IL NaaNN III ~
from the fOundatio6 of the G0tetnment
down 10 the year 1850; then. To oastigate
his opponents severely, aud finally TO ex-
pObe the immuraliIy. cruelty aud waste of
slaVtholdinR, ending With tOme caustic
remArks upon the trouble and dIsmay that
would be caused amongst the European
arisIocraeies, by the prospective growth OF
the Republic. --...= - II
We need not tell any of our readers how
much change there hAs-been since then
If not q word were uttered 10 Congress for
the next tour months, except upon the bills
nov before II, and if every member was
iu his place every time they were brought
up, and gave each of them, as it came be.
fore him, his sole undivided attention, the
larger number Of them WOnld still be very
unsaIisfacIorily framed, very imperfeclIy
debated aud very improperly understood.
We cannot impress too strongly upon the
members Of both branches the fact, that a
large proportion OF them are very i'll quail
fled for their work, have . very limited
aequainrance with many subjects with
which they have to deal, and that they
have consequently not a minute to spare
from their study of them.
The Wiekedness and causelessness of the
rebellion the goodness of the United
States goVernment: the ambition and un-
sorupulousness of Jef. Davis and his con.
federates: the powers and resources of the
North; and the raseality of England aud
France, are now the favoriIe themes of
Congressional spouters. No matter what
is before either House, few members feel
easy till they have delivered themselves of
large quantity OF "perilous stuff" on
these points. We respectfully suggest,
that We have now had enough of it from
that quarter, aud that defamation on
these tempting topics had better, in future,
be left TO the newspapers, and that the
National Legislature occupy itself solely
and exclusively with such bills as the pay.
ment Of the national debt, the .subjugaIi0n
Of the South, tho maintenance of large
army and navy, aud the care OF the sman-
cipated blacks. We promise faithfully TO
6ud other very enticiDg subjects for .'ora.
ItOns" when these matters have been satis.
| tAGGOElIy 9ghbtSuI ouI VIC CUuIt6b VIC 10 NOT
believe our ingenuity will be tested for .
long time to come.
o.. Fromths Baltimore American. s-
/ BuHcONBE. ESQ q
! During the consideration of the bill for
the repeal Of the Fugitive Slave Law, in
tho Senate, Mr.. Van Winkle, Of West Vir.
ginia, arose aud said that "The remarks
he would make, though not particularly.
applicable to the bill, would not be iuaP
lpropriAte." lie then proceeded to make q
i aneenh of the mnat rambling and disnnr