Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-11-17

stood that all the candidates are in favor
OF the reelection Of Mr.. Monroe. TIb.
November l4.-Under the proper head.
the reader will find an account of the or.
ganlzaiion OF the Senate on yesterday and
OF The proceedings which took place in
the House OF Representatives.
l, will be- seen, that, owing 10 the d.
verse interests which came in conflict,
the house did not succeed, after seven
balloiings, in making choice of Speaker.
II Is apparent, from an inspections OF The
ballotRgs, that the old distinctions of par
ty have been broken down on this oc
casion and that tue votes do not indi-
cate The strength of any hitherto known
party IN the House or the country.
The number of balloiings is without
precedent in the House Of Representa<
lives-but not without precedent in the
Senate IN which body, OH late occa.
sion. there were eleven bslletings before
choice was made of President.
The balloting will re commence 10 day.
How II will result, no man can pretend 10
foreiell but it is quite possible that the
intermediate arrivals of members may
have. an influence on the choice, the
House being Tar from full at o'clock
Yesterday nearly fifty members were yet
| absent.
Owing to the unusual state of things
~ The House OF Representatives, the Mes.
sage OF the President may uot be deliver.
AS saTy as has been customary, If al all.
| To- day
jeremiah Nelson is reelected Repre-.
sentative in Congress from Alassachu-
sets, NiihoHi Opposition.
| Is. w. Crownnsbield, laie Secretary of
| The Navy, IS elected an Elrcicr OF Presi-
s'eni ana Vice President of The u. States,
| IN The SaieU District, in Massac usetts.
hi Election for Representatives TO
| Congress took place in the State OF Maine.
on Monday the 9Th There appears 10
be no OpPosllioa TO the Msnroe aud
TcmPkin- ticket for Electors.
Ezekiel Whitman is reelected to Con.
| gross. No other DIstrlcl has been heard
from.
The same Elections took place in New
Hampshire on the same day.
| The same elections closed in New Jer-
sey on Wednesday the 9Th inst. There
was no opposition 10 the Republican, tick
ct for Electors. We have moi learnt the
result OF the Congressional Ell ction.
November l5.-From The report of The
Proceedings in the House Of Representa-
lives. IL will be seen that the 10 attempts
which have been made to eiecta Speaker.
have so lar failed and that il Is almost
as uncertain as on the first ballot, who
will be the Speaker II is obvious 10 eve
ry observer, that the question il not one.
OF personal popularity. nor OF Republican
or Federalist. We wish il had been either
The one or The Other; and most sincerely
do We hope, that The feelings, which have
peJvaded aud influenced this extraordi-
nary Election may not endure hey ond lis
| termination.
The most striking abstract facts, in re.
gard TO the Election, are, that one of the
gentlemen voted for has been within one
vote, and another within Two votes, of
beng elected. 10.
The Message of the President 10 Con-
gress cannot of course be transmitted
until The House OF Representatives is or,
gained. Ii is even doubtful, at this mo-
meni, whether kat will take place on this
day.
There were yet absent, Yesterday, more
than thirty members oil the House 10.
lhr following passage, from the Rhode
Island Farmers and Manufacturers Jour
nal OF Thursday the 9th inst. has turned
out TO be slngularly prophetic The wri-
ter OF II understands human nature as
wen as The politics Of his country
lie vacancy III the Speakers chair.
occasioned by the resignation OF MIR.
Clay, must BIZ filled, before The House
~ Representatives can proceed 10 9th
60 business. liz will be a matter of
some difficulty to find man in the.
House wh0 possesses SO many quail
tl'aiions for The arduous dniy-and.
were such a one found, there might
be st,li NOR difficulty in reconciIing
the supposed claims OF Individuals, and
the local and sectional feelings, which,
IN spite OF all professions TO the con-
tTary, have had, and must bsexpecied
to have, their Influence Ia The selec-
tion Tor every Important trust" H.,
IL may save some VI our friends trouble
as They are sending IN Essays pro and
con, 10 say that II Is not our inleaiiOn 10
| publish present, from private hands.
any discussions on The subject of the
Constitution adopted by the people of
Missouri Tor their government, The sub
lect is already sufficiently embarrassing
| IL has occupied more space in our columns
ihan was desirable, and We apprehend
| must soon occupy yet more in The shape
oil reports OF the proceedings oil Congress,
| In relation 10 IT.
In the Senate, IL will be seen, the sub.
Jeci Is already referred to- committee,
as is the usual form OF proceeding OH The
reception OF The Constitutions of new
States proposed to be admitted in the
Union.
The Republican Ticket for Electors of
President and Vice President of The
United States in the state of Connecticut,
witch has just been elected without any
regular opposition, is composed OF The
following gentlemen:
Henry Seymour, Samuel Wells, Will
liam Mosely, EbeD. BrOekway, Samuel
II. Philips, Isaiah LOOMS, VIM. Cogswell.
John Alsop, Ingolsby w. Crawford.
The Boston Daily Advertiser informs
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