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Day
20
Month
March
Year
1843
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Public Domain
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The Latimcr petition to Congress, wbich was roïled on a cvlinder, and vvns as large as a cornmon flour barre!, exeited mnch attention in the House. The correspondent of the A. S. Standard says that man}' qi:eations were asked, some iii anger, some in ridiculo, to which answers eitlïer grave Qr gay, as sui'ed Uie case, were returned; such as - jt's a battery,' fjt's a bomb,' 'it's a hornel's nes) 'it's an electcrizing rnachine.' 'What is that grcat thing?' said a Nortli Carol:im member (o Mr. Galhoun, of Mass, 'It's a petition.' 'For what?' For theaboütion of slavery.' 'Whcre is it from?' 'Missachutetls.' 'Iíave yon slavery there?' Yes.' 'Do your petilioners come here to have it aboíislieJ1' ' Yes,when the travciling is go.)d.' There isa contempt.ble and liuuirlitatirfg practice of some norlhern Wkigs, who vote right on questions relat ing to petilions and slavery, and then go behind the cmtain, and teil the sluveholders aiid slave breedors that they despise aboiition os musli as any body; nnd join in all the ribaldry that is indulged on Uie subject. Mr. Boardman of Conrrecticut, who, you may remember, was insuked, and beaten, at the lust session, by Campbell of Tennessee, gave an exnmple on the present occasion. I found him in high glee, Melling a merry toy' to a slaveholder. 'Somebody inqüired,' he said,'whetlier that thing wns an electro-niagnetic telegrnph.' (AV, said onothcr, 'it is a smut machine.' Mr. Botts of Va. was greatly excite:! durir.gthe day. He said 'it was a hornet' s nest, full of &0rOO0 young hornets. He was willing to receive the petition of t?ïe poorest and humb'est citixen, bui he woiild be b- d if George Latúner was a cilizen of the United States.' The best thing that I henrd, was the ansivcr of Mr. Adam3 to a Viïglnian, who carne to Iiis eeat a:id asked who George Latimev was. 'He is the son of a very respecta - ble gentleman of Norfolk, i Virginia, a membor of one of the most respectable and distin{.nished families in that State, and a citizen of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Virginian rotired without any observation upon this state of facts. A southern member caine to a recess where Mr. Giddings, Mr. Gates and myself were in eonversatien. Ue was evideiitly fnll of wrath, fhough he put a streng cuib ujron himself. 'Vou will destroy this government,' said he. We smiled quiet!}V and then he added, 'And you mean to. - Who brought that petition heref' 'Mr. Pierce,' Mr. Giddings replied, 'Whew is he? He has no business on this floor. I will give you [raising his fist high) fifty dollars, if you will induce him to go iuto my district.' 'It wiJl be worth that to have him eiviHze you,' ,rejoinèd Mr. G. 'We,' hê continue!, 'are the mostqmet. ponccablo, luw abiding people in the Wond; it's a Quaker dirittct. T represent a t.housand regular, staid Quakers; bul ]ct tlicm et liiin, 8fi(ï herll bring no more petf. tions.' 'Then you Lave even corrupted the Quakers.' In'thö House vnrfous rhallcrs weré octe'd npi-n, "too numerons to mention." Mr. Johnson made tí favorable report trom the Select Cüinn.ittee on llic project for issuing 200,000,. 000 of stock for tfie relief óf the States. Afr Adams ns one of the same Committée proposed a súbstilulé to tile cfibct tfiát the repudialion of a Stnte debt s a vioíation of thé' Constiiution, bccause il impaifs the obügation1 of contracis; that Congress liave no power to' invelve the people of the othcr States m tf war, in case of nnd that sucfr State sírould cease to ue a menib'cr of the Ünion . The bill for the reduction of poslago wa8 then taken up, debated at lengt h and finally rassed. The bill to carry into effect the Treaty of Washington was then takeirup, debaied and passed. ' Mr. B'enton comriienccd a epeecft m opposition. which hc is tofilíup when' he writes it out. The Retrenchment Bill did Jiot pass Con gress. The nomination of Mr. Wiss as Minister to France, was rejected- L4 to lL. The noiainalion of Mr. Cushing as Secretary of the Treasury, was nlso rejected- 27 to 19. They were again in the courseof thenight, re-noiuinatied, and again rejected. Mr. Spencer was then nominated for Sec-, retor; of the Treasury, and was confirmed by a close vote it is snid. No otber nomination of Minister to Francs appears to' huve been sent tothe Senate.Mr. Evere'.t, the pretéht Minister to England, wns then nominatcd and confinned fbr Uie new nv.ssion to Chim. Upon Mr. Cushing's nomination as Secretnry of the Treasury, the first vote stood 19 to 27 ngainst it. Upo bis second nomina - .tion, the vote stood 10 yeas and Í7 nays.- Upon liis third nomination the vote stood L yeas, 29 nnys. Upon the nominaton of Mr. Wise, as Minister to France. the vote was J2 yeaa, 24 noys. Upon bis second noniination, the vote etood yeas 8, nays 26. Upon hi third noinination, the vote stood 2 yeas, 29 nays. The nomination of Mr. Speiïcer, as Seöretary of the Treosury, wad conürmcd by a majoriiy of 2.

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