Lincoln telegraph., 1839-12-12
co G9eSs'ONAL RECORD.

ing that quorum was present and appoint
ing the u'nal committee, 80 wait npon the
President in conjunction with that "i tue
House adj m,ned In the House the
Clerk proceeded to call the roll and hao
go, to names of The New Jersey Members
when some debate arose. The Clerk sta.
ted that two sets OF claimants appeared tol
five of the seats from that Staie, aud he
accordingly a.ked liberty To pass over theIt
names until he had completed the ROLL
This was objected to by Mr.. Maxwell, que
of the New Jersey Delegation, who called
for the reading of their certificates. Tins
was done and il appeared that the whole
six appeared there with egn!ar cercIfca'es
81 gncd by the Governor ofNew Jersey, and
impressed with the Seal nf that State
Mr., Hoffman con,euded that the ce'iifi-
cate alone gave menbe, the right to be
called. MIR. HaIsted, another OF the New
Jersey Members, took the ground assumed
by Mr. Hoffman and expressed has perfec
willingness To be passed over in the call,
if the evidence of the opposing claimants
bore the authentic Seal of New Jersey.
Otherwise he would not consent to have
her degraded from the list of other States;
bur he insisted upon having the evIdeuce
OF the Justice of his claims acknowledged
al once. This debate was shared by sew
eral gentlemen, among whom wete Messrs.
Biddle and Sergeant Of Pennsylvania and
lasted until the hour of adjournment, with
ont coming to any definite arrangement.
Every Member was present except, Mr..
Kempshal, from New York. who was de-
tained at home by the alarming illness Of
his wife.
The position here assumed by the friends
of The Opposition is that the Members hav-
ing the certificates from the Governor and
seats aud to vote, until the House is duly
organized and decides that they have no
such right. This is a proposition that few
with the law of New Jersey before them
will be inclined to doubt Custom, at least
has always been in favor of this course.
The House assembled again on Tues
day and the debate vas resumed, but still
no organization was Effected. The points
of the debate on the previous day were a.
gain urged in substance, and night came
on fndiug them in the same state OF IN
gertrude as on the evening before.
The same scenes were enacted on
Wedne stay " ith abou, the 'lne success
as on the two previous days, al d the Mem
bers adinrued without coming TO any dis
ilnct understanding. The Senate meets
formall, every day only 10 ADJOURN.
Thursd,y's : proceedings are rather more
important, and show "n important advance
After conS,d, rabie discussion, which failed
ct nrutlucing any change in the legal and
despn,ir proceedings oi HE ctik, hr
ADAMS rose aud addesstd himself to the
members of The House, III Il speech ot
sume length aud uncommon Interest, "x-
hlAiiInu the conduc, Of the clerk, aud the
POSITION or the House in a correct iighi.
He called upon The members t" ofga''ze,
and made very happy nllu>ion to the boast
nt the Globe, that the administration were
IL the majori,y allowing the Wigs all The
colreslrd seats He called upon that ma
iori,y then to organize, or bear the blame.
In his private opinion the rights OF the
people of New Jersey were at stake, and
he did not, believe that majority of the
House could ga, that the five members who
had prnduced their credentials should be
set aside and not. permitted to vote. He
said nothing of State sovereignty or the
Governor of the State bui oi the people.
Mr.. A. spoke with mach +ioqnrnce and
torce ON this point and created quite sell
saliou in the House.
Mr. A. said he proposed to put the qnes-
tion himself, and after he had concluded his
remarks. there WAS much confusion. MIR.
Rhei finally proposed that Lewis WillIamS'
the oldest member, be appointed Chairman,
t. serve until the House was "rghn'zed.-
Mr. w. objected, aud after some de>ntory
remarks by several members, Mr. Rhet'
substituted the name of Q ADAMS. and
On, ,re question himself The resolution
was carried apparently by large MAJ l"ri-
ty, and when Mr. Adams was conducted to
the Chair by several members, there was
some capplng of hands in the gallery
| Durlng these proceedings there was much
noise and confusion but nothing like IN
tended disorder.
| On motion of Mr. Mercer, the rules o.
| the last Congress were UNANIMOUSLY adopt
ed for the temporary government OF The
| House.
Before taking any question, the House
adjourned.
On Friday al 10 O'clock, Mr. Adams
took the Speakers Char. and called the
House to order; he directed the Clerk tt
read the proceedings Of the twenty SIKH
Congress, according to established usage
which was accordingly done.
Mr. Rhelt now said he had resolution
| IN order but first. he moved To lay on the