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James Parton, The life of Horace Greeley, Chapter 23: three months in Congress. (search)
m Indiana [Mr. Embree], make a brief reply to the allusions which had been made to him and his course upon this subject. He asked only for five minutes But Mr. Haralson adhered to his motion, which was agreed to. So the Committee rose and reported, No conclusion. Jan. 10th. The slave-trade in the District of Columbia was the subject of discussion, and the part which Mr. Greeley took in it, he thus described: Slave-trade in the district: Mr. Greeley's remarks in defence of Mr. Gott's resolution, (suppressed.) [Throughout the whole discussion of Wednesday, Mr. Greeley struggled at every opportunity for the floor, and at first was awarded it, but the speaker, on reflection, decided that it belonged to Mr. Wentworth of Ill., who had made a previous motion. Had Mr. (G. obtained the floor at any time, it was his intention to have spoken substantially as follows—the first paragraph being suggested by Mr. Sawyer's speech, and of course only meditated after that speech w