Canton herald. (Canton, Miss.) 1837-1839, 1837-10-20

Washington, Sept. IS.
The postponcmcnt Bill has not yet
passed the House, although out of
committee and exposed to the pre-
vious question. The bill was taken
from the committee of the Whole
house on the state OF the Union, on
Tuesday evening, after session of
nine hours. 1t was discussed yester-
day until eight o'clock in the evening,
after session of ten hourS-making
in the three first sessions Of the pre-
sent week, Mirty-jour hours consumed
in one continued stream t talk. The
i number Of speeches already made eX-
ceeds City. They will cover more
:. than two hundred and fifty columns
of the biggest newspaper in the
+ country. No wonder John Bull calls
us nation oil takers. The very
best speech in the House for the ses-
. sion came from Menifce, OF Kentucky,
| who addressed the House yesterday
f. upon tie postponement bill. He is a
t young man, not yet believe more
| than twenty-six years OF age--WcII'
@ read, talented, prompt, and every
way suited for a member of the popu'
!. lar branch of the national legislature.
n In appearance he looks like Wise Of
! Virginia, who for a year past has
) occupied prominent position ii
i Congress. Meniiee, should he live
and maintain the rank he can, will be
u the Henry Clay of Kentucky, whcr
# the distinguished Senator Of tina
ID name shall lay aside the honors Q
# office, and once more become a Cit
N zen of the United States. Wise aIsC
d made one Of his best speeches agalns
n the bill in question.
N The Mississippi election occuplc,
lie the morning hour of the House o.
in Yesterday and to-day. The majort.
in of the committee on contested eicc
m tions have reported that Messrs. Ga
o. borne and Gholson are entitled 10
,h the whole of the twenty-flth Congress.
on Their reasons for coming to this cor
o. clusion. are, that their election
ed members Of Congress cannot const
.p- tutionally take place but once durIn
lit each Congress, and that having take
n. place. there cannot be a new eIcctIo
~. for the present Congress. The n
his nority Of the committee say that I'll
Of choice which has been effected
+ n merely to fill a vacancy-that II
,erI proclamation issued by the Govern
III. of Mississippi to the cleo ors, had +
be ference only to the present spec!
nil session of Congrcss--that the proci
be nation proposed in so many wor
No TO hold an election on tho third Mo
,tc. dav and Tuesday Of July, 1887,
lJi- supply a VACANCY in Congress I'm
re. the regular annual election win
nv should take place in November, l837
Mn. and that the electors voted only
Tho reference to such vacancy. 1T
tho stands the question. The morn
r i, hour is appropriated to IFS discussI
, TO and probably a warm debate will
nor elected before the question rs decld
yes' The decision will be decided, it
tho thought, on party grounds. Sho
mod i be thus decided, the result will r
It baLly be favorable to Claiborne
o,se Ghoiscn. The Senate have moth
nose before them but the sub-treas
i IN. scheme. While the House are
nore rcther in sessions OF nine, ten
Viz fifteen hours. as they have been
her present week, the Senate can &C
law. and 90 at pleasure. Most of the
+ IN. nators have made all the speec
,ry. lhey intended 70 make. The sP