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THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN
THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN.
SAItt’I, Bi CRAPTOA
COUNTY PRINTER.
. not paid m advance.
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
TWBAI -HAlf 4, 18SS.
_ THE FLORIDIAN.]
A»a*«er° U8 FeH« w Eutrapped.
' e „, h .? ve a letter from a respectable cit-
1 1 G *” SOTHB in
stant, which furnishes an account of the
detection and arrest of a abolition emissary
-but more probably a pure Murrelite.
The writer has forgotten the name of the
maa hailed by, and we suppose from the
tenor ot the account, that he is an entire
stranger. °
On the 21st instant he went to the House
of a tree negroe woman, where seems to
have been, perhaps accidentally, collected
several negroes and to them he opened
his busmess He was full Q f comnlisera-
tjon and fired with the benevolent purpose
of taking them all to St. Domingo-a
country where they could enjoy freedom.
After a string of golden promises and a
threat ot murder if they disclosed the sub
ject of the interview, he appointed a ren
dezvous at the same house, after night tell
ing them to collect as many as could be
relied on with safety, as ho wanted to take
with hun all he could, both bond and free,
1 his conversation, by mere accident, was
oveiheard by a lady who communicated it
forthwith to Messrs. W. A.
Jv’gy ^ I
Love and William McClendon, and they at
once took measures to entrap the ras'eal
Love and McClendon secreted themselves
in the house, and other citizens lay in wait
outside. The negroes collected and acted
as decoys.
. True to his appointment, the rascal made
his appearance at 9 o’clock in the evening
and found a hearty welcome. The evening
was chilly, and they all drew round the
fire. He threw down a large bundle of
cooked provisions, and called for something
to eat. At fiist, he was exceedingly appre
hensive and suspicious—listened very
closely—declared with an oath that there
was something wrong—somebody lying in
wait. The negroes told him it was impos
sible—the dogs were too severe and watch
ful for any body to approach wiihout their
knowledge. He then sent out a servant to
reconnoitre, who returned and reported all
right—whereupon he made the doors fast
and proceeded to business. He question
ed the servants closely as to their disposi
tions to follow him, and becoming satisfied
ot this fact, he talked of his success in pre
vious operations of the kind. He said he
had carried off thirteen lots of slaves—all
of w horn were now free and happy, as they
would be if they followed him. To an in
quiry of the servants, as to whether he
sometimes did not meet with difficulty he
replied that he had got into one scrape,
which cost him eight hundred dollars, but
was too smart to be caught again ; and if
detected, he eould not be taken, as consid
ered himself equal to any twenty-five men
that could be put upon him. Here, to test
the point, Messrs. McClendon and Love
suddenly made their appearance, well arm
ed, and he submitted to arrest in silence.
After the arrest, he avowed himself an ab
olitionists—perhaps prefering that charac
ter to a Murrelite, which he evidently seems
to be—although no very experienced one,
as we should judge from his proceedings in
this case. After some consultation as to
what disposition should be made of the fel
low, he was surrendered to the civil
lhorities, and lodged in jail.
Fire.—We regret to learn that afire oc
curred near Tennille, on Sunday at noon,
which entirely destroyed the dwelling-house
and furniture and out-houses belonging to
John Ashley. Mr. Aashley and his wife
had gone to church, and no one was left on
the place. At the time that the fire was
discovered, the house was in full blaze, and
it was utterly impossible to. save anything.
We regret to learn of this particularly
as happeniug to Mr. Ashley, who is a poor
but industrious young man, and had just
finished, at some expense, a very neat dwel-
ing. By this calamity,* himself and lady
lost everything in the world of which they
were possessed. /
Such an occurrence commands the sym
pathy of all, and we are glad to learn that
our liberal-minded citizens have determined
to contribute tothe relief of these sufferers.
Any one wishing to contribute in the mat
ter will leave their amounts with Mr. Z.
Brantley, who will receive and forward all
sums left for that purpose.
Arrested.—James A Lyon and Rob?rt
Cox, were arrested the past week, charged
with having shot Alexander E. Lawson, on
the night pt the 24th ult., and after exa
mination before Justices Gilmore and Buck,
Cox was discharged, and Lyons committed
to Jail. He was lodged in Jail on Saturday
evening, and applied for the writ of Habeas
Corpus on yesterday..
au-
Xmportant From Washington—
Rauifesto of the S onthern Whigs
Baltimore, April, 28, M.
The Washington Republic of this morn
ing publishes an address to the Whigs of
the United States, making some three and
a half columns, which is signed by Brooke
of Mississippi, Morton and Cabell of Flor
ida, Moore and Landry of Louisiana, Mai.-
eh al of Kentucky, Gentry and Williams
ot Tennessee, Outlaw and Clingman of
North-Carolina, and Strother of Virginia.
The address ghei a detailed narrative of the
proceedings ot the W hig Congressional Cau
cus aud vindicates the course of those mem
bers who proffered the tinalty compromise
resolution and who retired when that resolu
tion was ruled out of order They deny that
it was their object to distract the Whig par
ty, or to open a fresh slavery Cxcitment. Their
motive was to put down ihe abolition fana
tics vvno desire to rule the party aud whose
only hope of distinction is in the overthrow
of the compromise measures, and to induce
the W higs to assume a national grouud,
the only position upon which statesmen and
patriots can maintain the harmony of these
States and preserve the existence of this
government. Their object was to terminate
agitation by declaring, the finality of the
compromise, in the belief that to such a de
collation, coming from so distinguished an
assemblage, the country would enthusias
tically respond. The failure to declare the
compromise final, they predict will result in
the deserved defeat of the Whig candidate
Mysterious Affair,
We understand that a negro man was
found in the Oconee River, near what is
known as White Bluff, in this county, a few
days since, and^on being’ taken out, it was
thought to have heen a.bullet hole discov
ered through his head. Coroner Hansel
summoned an inquest, and Drs. Brantley
and Jernigan, made an examination. The
Doctors say that the body must have been
dead ten or twelve days, aud the body is
identified as a negro who belonged to Gen,
Sanford of Milledgeville, who ran away
about that time, was seen by some gentle
men who got dogs and chased him into the
swamp. One young man who was in the
chase ran to the river side but saw nothing
of the negro, and the dogs after swiraing
about some time, came out. This young
man, Mr. Ennis, saw no gun in the crowd—
knew of no pistol—hear! no report of fire
arms, and thinks he would have heard any
that mignt have been discharged.
After such testimony the jury returned a
verdict that the negro came to his death by
a gunshot wound, which entered the left
temple«and passed out just above the
n'ghtear, and that said wound was inflicted
by the hand of some person unknown to
them
Such is the information which we have
derived from the officers and persons who
attended the inquest.
Supplementary Meeting,
We publish in another column of this
week’s paper, the proceedings of what is
called a '‘Supplementary Meeting” of the
Constitutional Union party, lately held
at Milledgeville, The Supplement is an
entire change of the original and is flatly
contradictory in the most important matters
which the Convention proposed to settle.—
In common parlance, one would very na
turally suppose that a meeting, supplemen
tary in in its purposes, must add to, or cure
up any defects which were overlooked in its
antecedent; this has indeed added to, but
the “defects” were matters of vexatious dif
ference of opinion in the first meeting, and
if it had been brought to a vote, would have
been knocked in the head by an overwhelm
ing majority. The ‘Supplemental’ knew
this, and wishing to preserve harmony in
the ranks, united with the majority in con-
Tlie Fugitive Slave I<aw in Mas
sachusetts.
IT NULLIFICATION, ry law, begun there,
The Massachusetts Legislature, for some
days past, have had a very spirited debate
upon a “bill for the further protection of
personal liberty, (so called) the object of
which looks directly towards the nullifica
tion of the Fugitive Slave Law. They came
to a vote ou Thursday evening, it seems,
with what result the following from the
Daily Advertiser, will show:
“It will be seen on reference to our Leg
islative journal, that the Senate yesterday
passed, by a small majority, the hill of which
we have given some notioe, soon after it
was reported, to nullify the Fugitive
Slave Law. This is to be done by taking
from the United States authorities the juris
diction of a class of questions arising ex
clusively under a law of the United States,
by means of the process of habeas corpus.”
One of the peculiar advocates of the pas-
cocting a lot of generalities, in the shape s age of this bill, the Courier informs us,
General Lopez Still Alive.—The New
Orleans Cresent says:—One of the return
ed Cuban prisoners states that he is credi
bly informed, and has reason to believe,
that General Lopez was not‘ garoted. But
that another individual, a notorious crimi
nal, who very much resembled Lopez, was
the sufferer in the tragic scene at the Plaza
de Armas.
Our informant states that Lopez is con
fined in one of the dungeons of Havana,
where, wiihout light, without clothing, soli
tary and scantily fed, he is daily subjected
to the most excruciating tortures. Span
ish invention, it is said, has been put to the
rack to invent tortures sufficiently refined
for this scourge ofroyality in the' Antilles.
Without endorsing the story, we give it
for what it is worth.
South Carolina Convention. — The
committee of 21 reported Thursday morn
ing, through their chairman, Hon. Lang-
don Cheves. The report asserts the right
of secession, but leaves it to depend on fu
ture aggression. Mr. Perry, of Greenville,
made a Union report and offered resolu
tions. Col, Maxcy Gregg, of Columbia,
stated his views in opposition. The Con
vention adjourned until the next day, 10
o’clock.
Cholera in the West.—The Scotia
for President because the party platform (Dhio) Gazette, says that three men and
will be too narrow for the patriotism of the
people. Ie conclusion they express the
belief that should both the great national
parties fail to shape their future party or
ganizing on the finality of the compromise
Uie people will deroandsucb an organization
as will triumph over both.
i The address recommends nothing, butin-
\ttes the serious consideration of the peo
ple f
Washington, April 23-Chevalier Hulse-
aiarm has obtained leave of absence from
fits government, for an idefinite period, and
will shortly leave for Europe,' This has
been granted him in eonsequense of his
representation, that lie eould hold no inter
course of any kind with Mr. Webster.
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one woman in the neighborhood of New
Market, Highland county, died the week
previous of a disease which the physicians
pronunced Cholera. Several others were
attacked but recovered.
The whig Convention of Missouri, which
assembled atSt. Louis on 19th ult.,nomi-
nated Mr. Fillmore for the Presidency and
nlr. Crttenden for the Vice Presidency.
wdi be himself till Mr. Webstir re
from the State Department. The friend
Advance in Cotton.—The news by the
Franklin has given quite an impulse in the
Cotton market, it is quoted in New York
on 29th at 8 3-4 to 9 1-8. Being an ad
vance of one-eight.
. - .^r^wsews? Green Corn.—The Editor of the N. 0.
S overD ^nts ^^cryune was treated *to a few ears of
- aro i,ot * however, interrupted.
Green Corn on the 20th ult.
of resolutions, which left every one to the
tender mercies of his conscience.
The majority, no doubt, intended faith
fully to abide the issue of their resolves*
but no sooner bad they left their seats—af
ter resolving not to have anything to do in
selecting candidates till after the other two
parties had nominated, &c.—than a part of
their number who urged, approved and vo
ted for the ‘resolves,’ lake the seats, and in
the first place affirm the Baltimore platform
of 1848, and adopt as a test of faith,
the Finality of the Compromise, As Con
stitutional Union men, they declined acting
with any party in the selection of a candi
date—as Supplemental Union men, they
take possession of the Democratic platform
and prescribe the conditions upon which
any body else oan get on.
This is doing things ‘up brown’and‘at
the shortest notice.’ The representative
number of the Supplemental Unionj party
amounts to 21 ; there were also some 8 or
7 others who were “honorary appointees
numbering in all about 29. They go to
Baltimore as Missionaries, and^are pledged
to do their best to christianise that heathen
body. In this character they may still be-
long tothe Constitutional Union party,and
form a very interesting branch of the busi
ness of that party. We regret, however,
that a party^which has exhibited such laud
able philanthropy in sustaining the mis
sionary cause, did not deem it necessary to
extend their mission into the Whig body
Philadelphia; recent developements
made a characteristic harangue, just pre
vious to its passage. After denouncing
Daniel Webster, Judge Curtis, the Boston
merchants, the Northern Whigs generally,
and rejoicing that Henry Clay stood at the
brink of the grave with his political aspira
tions disappointed, he went beyond the
grave, to attack the late Professor Stuart
and Rev. Wm. M. Rogers, whose deaths he
affected to believe were judgments conse
quent upon their opinions upon the Com
promise laws It was und#* the pressure
of such tirades as these that the Nullifica
tion Bill was driven through. What the
next step after this will be, it is not very
difficult, perhaps, to divine.—iY. York Ex
press.
This measure was defeated in the popu
lar branch of the Legislature. After a long
and warm debate it was indefinitely post
poned.
at
shew that they are much in need of light in
that quarter. It is wrong to give them over
to hardness of heart that they may believe
a lie and be damned, which they certainly
will, if they have any idea that Gen. Scolt
will be elected President. But to return
to the subject.
This Supplementary meeting is nothing
more nor less than the secession of the min
ority of the Convention; they wanted to
go to Baltimore and the majority would not
let them, and were afraid openly to secede;
they were in a quandary—it was death if
they held on, and they would be killed if
they let loose—and in this predicament
they concluded to tack on to both schemes.
Where they will get to depends on the
wind and weather.
Washington as a Mason.—The Eng
lish papers lately stated that the copy of
the Bible used on the occasion of the ad
mission of Gen. Washington to the order
of Masons, was exhibited to the brethren
assembled at a meeting of the Lodge of
Virtue held in the Albion Hotel, Manches
ter. A citizen of Fredericksburg, Va., con
tradicts this story, and says that the Bible
is question is still in use in the Fredericks
burg Lodge, No. 4, the archives of which
state that “George Washington emered” an
apprentice on the “4th day of November,
1753,” was passed March 3d, 1753,” and
was “raised August 4th, 1753.” He is al
so recorded as “present” at subsequent
meetings of the Lodge.
Death of Gen. Walker.—The Augus
ta Constitutionalist of the 30th ult., notices
the death of Gen. Valentine Walker, an
old and much respected citizen of Richmond
county. He for a number of years, repre
sented that county in the Legislature.
jlST Some two dozen mercantile houses
in New York have made up the sum of six
hundred dollars, and presented the Female
College at Greensboro in this State with a
Philosophical apparatus.
Sentence of Capt. Nagle.—Capt Hen
ry R. Nagle has been sentence to four years
imprisonment in the Penitentiary at Wash
ington, for frauds in the prosecution of
claims against the U. S. Government.
The
Southern Whigs. — The whole
number of whig members who withdrew
from the whig caucus at Washington, was
seventeen. Neither Georgia, Alabama or
Mississippi was represented.
Shocking;—We regret to learn from
some of our exchanges that Daniel'Tucfeer,
who has been so frequently requested to
“get out of the way,” was run over by a
wagon,is short while si nee, ta Arkansas.
We learn from the New York Journal of
Commerce that the Georgia six per cent,
bonds to be issued bv Gov. Cobb of that
State, at the Bank of the Republic in New
York were all taken on 22nd ult. The ex
act amount, says the Commercial Adverti
ser. $525,000, redeemable in 20 years, and
bearing 6 per cent interest. The loan was
taken by Jacob Little, E. W. Clark, Dodge
<fc Do., A. Belmont, G. B. Lamar, President
of the Bank of the Republic, and C. W.
Lawrence, President of the Bank of the
State of New York.
X3Y A Havana correspondent giving an
account of the embarkation of Gen. Concha,
the recalled Governor of Cuba, mentions the
fact that as the Spar ish steamer upen which
he sailed was about to leave the wharf, the
American steamer Empire City entered the
harbor, crowded with passengers, and that
when passing up she was saluted with
loud hisses by the crowd on shore. Of
course the assemblage was composed of the
minions of the Government. Should they
cultivate their feelings of resentment, they
may bring matters to a head sooner than
they anticipate.
The Southern Cultivator.—We are
indebted to the publishers for the Mav No.
of this excellent journal. We take plea
sure in commending it to the public, and
especially to the farmers, as one among the
best publications of that sort that are issued
from the press. It has an infinite amount
or instruction which may be profitable to
those who are tilling the soil; and to the
general reader it is quite an interesting pa
per. We have in our eye, a farmer who has
been taking this paper for a number of
years, aDd though a man of considerable
skill as a practical farmer, has appropriated
much of the information which he obtained
through this medium, in his plan of Agri
culture, and is now one of the neatest farm
ers, and makes as much or more clear mo
ney to the amount of labor invested, of
any man in the county. We mention this
to shew that book farming is not always
such a humbug as some people think. The
Cultivator is published monthly by W. S.
Jones, at Augusta, Ga. Price $1 per vear
in advance—six copies for $5.
[CORRESPONDENCE OF CENTRAL GEORGIAN.]
Wilkinson County, April 28, 1852.
Mr. Editor;—Mr. Willis Stapleton was
killed by his nephew, Wm. M. Beck, at
Spann’s store, in this county, on the 17th
inst. Mr. S. was very drunk, and a quar
rel arose between himself and Beck—but
few words passed between Chem, when Beck
drew his knife, and plunged it into Staple
ton’s neck, cutting one of the principle ar
teries. Stapleton fell, and lived but four or
five minutes after he received the wound.
He leaves a wife and two children, who
are in pitiable circumstances, withoutfriends
or means, and who are now suffering much
from sickness.
An iuquest was held over the body, and
an examination made by Dr. T. Jones, of
Irwinton, who stated to the jury that the
wound was sufficient to have produced
death. The witnesses who saw the affair,
were sworn, the jury retired and returned
with a verdict that the deceased was wilful
ly murdered by Wm. M. Beck, who is now
^confinedin Irwinton Jail.
Debate in the House of Repre
sentatives—-The Whig Caucus.
In the House of Representatives, Wed
nesday last—
Mr. HOWARD of Texas addressed the
House on the subject of politics, declaring
himself opposed to any thing like a central
Union party, for the reason that he did not
think the condition of the country made
such an organization nesessary. He be
lieved it necessary to keep upfthe old polit-
cal organizations, because an opposite
course would lead directly to^the formation
of sectional parties, which could not ’ exist
without destruction to the Government it
self. He was in favor of adhering to the
old Democratic platform, adding to it more
than the absolute wants of the° country at
this time might require; for when party
oreeds did not answer purposes, it was as
legitimate to form new ones as it was to a-
dopt old ones. He then expressed himself
in favor of adopting the compromise meas
ures as a finality, and believed that the
Democratic party were sound upon this
subject. He thought it was otherwise with
the Whigs, and said that President Fill
more was to be sacrificed because" he had
taken ground for the fugitive slave law.
He understood that in the Whig caucus
which took place last night these who were
for standing up for the Constitution and its
compromises were confined almost exclu
sively to one section of the coantry/'and
they were not very numerous at that." He
also understood that the compromise meas
ures were not only so unpopular that thev
were decided out of order, but it was also
decided out of order to bring in or say any
thing in relation to this subject, upon which
hung the peace of the country. He saw
before him a great many gentlemen who
were present at the caucus hist night, and
he would ask them to state if what he said
was so. As no gentlemen answered him,
he supposed that they were all ‘‘mum” now
as their candidate would be, for he took it
for granted that Gen. Scott was to be their
man, and he was not to be allowed to say
a word. The whigs would thus fight the
next canvass in the vague and indefinite
way in which they went through the last
Presidential contest.
Mr. Penniman said that he was present,
at the Whig caucus last night until its
close. The only reason for ruling the res
olution to which the gentlemen from Texas
had referred out of order, was the same
which had been assigned in the House for
laying a similar resolution on the table in
the Democratic caucus at the
eommence-
had Altered. If that gentleman attempted
totake the whoie Southern Whig pa, tv
under h,s direction, and also the slavery in
stitution o the South, were they to be ac
cused of faltering because they did not fol-
The gentleman seemed to
he Z™ * acrificed because they
did not follow his dictation. There was no
rejection of .he ^compromise resolution; he
believed if it haa been entertained they
would have adopted the resolution of the
gentleman from Tennessee. ‘
Mr. Brooks said that this question of par
liamentary law was something which- bo
would not undertake to' diseuss; This was.
a fact that the plain people of this country
would understand without parliamentary
law—that in a Whig caucus the Whig
compromise resolution of the first caucal
was introduced and action asked upon it
whf n it was ruled out of the csucus as out
of order.
Mr. Stanly said that the resolution* was.
ruled out of order, when it was said that it
wou d he brought up. afterwards when it
would be m order.
The gentleman *from New York had
written a letter announcing his determina
tion on to leave the caucus before any de
cision was made. It was contained in the
New York Express received this morning
signedfAn Eye on the Capitol.” He had
shown it to several members,, and thev al.
agreed it contained some of the very ex £
preesions used by the gentlemen from New
Yorkpast night in caucus.
Mr. Brooks. Is that the authority which
the gentlemen takes in advance ? Has he
no other authority than that?
Mr. Stanley. Do von deuy writing the
article ?
Mr. Brooks. I do deny it before hi^h?
heaven. ° .
Mr. Stanly. Did you not supervise it ?
Mr. Brooks. Ihe person bv whom that
letter was written submitted it tome. It;
contained certain harsh expressions against,
the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr-
Mangura) which I demanded should bo
stricken ont.
Mr. Stanly, Yes.
Mi*. Brooks. A considerable portion of
the letter I caused to bejgraset^, and for its
sentiments I do not hold myself respon.
sible. It the sentiments contained in the
letter are similar to those which I express
ed in the caucus they ace the? sentiments»of
the gentleman witk"wh©m I associate*..
xMr Washburn said that he wss in the?
caucus last nighty and was. also at thu &* s.
caucus held at the commencementi of tt*
ment of the session, to wit, that it belonged, session. The gentlemet Lm New York.
to the National Convention.
had said it was understood at that time that
Mr. Howard could only say that if it was j it was the settled declaration of the- Whies.
a caucus called for national purpose?*, it was * u -‘*' •* ~ *
a singular resolution. Why
uch a resolu
tion should have been adopted at the first
Whig caucus and been made an issue be
fore the country, and then repudiated at
the second caucus, could have only one
moral, which was that they had repudiated
what they had first done, and now they in
tended to take a dift'erent position.
Mr. Brooks wished to state to the gentle
man from Texas why the Whig party a-
dopted the resolution in the first caucus,
and did not do so in the last. He would
unfold the whole tale. In the prior caucus
they had no record made but this settled
policy of the Whig party, that the com
promise measures were to be faithfully re
garded as a finality. Subsequent to that,
time it had been found to be the interest of
tnat they were in favor of the compromise
measBrtfSjfaini of affimingtheui as a liaality
but since then influences- had transpire <3
which had operated to induce a chanse i o
the Whig party of the North. This, h e
(Mr. W ) denied entirely, In his judg
ment, the Whigs of the North ©ceupi
the same- positions now in relation to the
compromise measures as they did thesa.
The Whigs of the North of all classes—
those who were- us fever of all the comp se
mises, affirmatively and substantively—
would vote for any President, whether %
Northern or Southern man, or wheth &r
Scott, Webster or Fillmore, unless it should
be required of him as a test that he? blieved
in all these measures*.
Mr. Howard inquired of the gentleman*
if his party were against the repeal of the
a portion of a great body of the Whigs I fugitive slavelaw ?
North and a portion of the Whigs South i Mr. Washburn replied that they were?
tn rermrliata Hin=o .v . • _ .i ...... J
.o repudiate those compromise measures. | d< termined not to agitate ; they were for
Cnes of “That’s it,” “That’s it.”] When j quiet. [Cries of “Order ! Order I Osder!”]|
a resolution was introduced by the gentle- ' He was not for submitting resolutions to
man fiom Georgia (Mr. Jackson) the hearts ; the House.—[Here the honorable* gentle
of the cbmpromise N&tional Whigs waver-j man’s voice was entirely lost amidst tremen^
ed because the Southern Whi
wavered and did not stand by the National
entirely ]
column j dous^cries of “Order ! Order !”]
Mr. Howard thought that it had been;
Whigs. The cry was that of Napoleon at; proved that the Whig Dai ly were opnasedi
Waterloo, “save himself who can.” Every to political orthodoxy. *
Northern Whig, except seven, said, “save
himself who can,” and repudiated the reso
lution of the Whig caucus. "In the Whig
caucus held last night they were not per
mitted to* discuss this subject. In a caucus
called for Whig purposes it was ruled out
of order to speak of the compromise, or to
agitate the question, until they had first de
cided upon the time aud place; but there
Mr. Washburn. They are very much in?
favor of orthodoxy.
Mr. Ho waul. They are opposed to do
ing any thing—
Mr. Washburn. They are opposed to-
making sectional questions national ques
tions. [Loud and continued cries of “Or
der ! Order I”]
Mr. Howard said tnat he would take twp
stood behind those who were ready, the mo- j witnesses, the gentleman from New York
ment they had hxed the time and place, to aud the gentleman from North Carolina.
QniAllFn nr*/i t n Ho /-«<o iL _ _ »• nn < _
adjourn, and thus give Ihem no time to
vote upon the compromise measures.
Mr. Campbell of Ohio, wished to correct
the gentleman from New York. He desi
red that whatever information should be
communicated in relation to what was done
in the Whig caucus should be correct. The
gentleman was mistaken in deciding what
was the ruling of the Chair last night. A
proposition was made and presented to the
caucus for merely fixing the time and place
ofholding the National Convention. A
substitute to that resolution was offered em
bodying the question of the finality of the
Compromise. The presiding officer "decided
that notwithstanding the proposition as a
substantive proposition might or might not
be entertained at another stage of the meet-
ipS* yet it was not germane to the resolu
tion then before the body fixing the time
and place for holding the Convention; and
while,the Chair was sustained, gentlemen
from the North and South, from East and
West expressly declared that they did not
desire to shut the resolution out, but at the
proper time, when introduced as an inde-
p & lent substantive proposition, they would
be willing to entertain it. This was the
history of the matter.
Air. Stanly remarked that he vtouldjsay
d;stincly that there was no rejection in the
Whig caucus of compromise resolutions,
and never had been. He knew of bnt oiie
Southern Whig who ever voted against the
compromise resolutions, and that J was one
of his colleagues, (Mr. Clingman,) who left
the caucus last night. If there was anoth
er Southern Whig against the compromise
resolutions he* was not aware of it.
The gentleman from New-York (Mr.
P * j Brooke) had said that the Southern
The gentleman from New York had told
them that the Whig caucas refused to act
upon the compromise question. In that
gentleman’s opinion, they had changed
their party tactics; being at one time in fa
vor of the compromise measures, they now
found it expedient to go against them.
Ihe expressions which had fallen from the
gentleman from North Carolina made this
the more manifest; for he had said that he
was opposed to Gen. Scott pleding himself
upon the subject of the compromise meas
ures.
Mr. Stanly. I said I was opposed to his
signing pledges.
Mr. Howard had only one thing to say
in relation to this subject; it was sufficient
ly apparent what was the policy ; and as
to the moral of the thing he had this to say
that the man who for the first office in the
world would come before twenty five mill
ions of freemen and be afraid, or ashamed,
or too proud to state the principles upon
which he would administer the office, must
live in a region high above our. institutions
or must intend to cheat or gull those who
take him on trust.
In relation to the action of the caucus,
he thought that the object of starting par
liamentary law had no other motive than
that of stifling action upon a resolution
which was intended to evoke a party test.
He was surprised that the gentleman from
North Carolina would take shelter behind
a question, of parliamentary law in matttera
whictr involved the whole political contest,
Mr. Stanly said that he believed it w«a
designed to break up, and have no National
Convention at all.
Mr.^Howard said that if, instead of giv
ing a specifie pledge, a party took sbelte