The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1839-12-23

mail again departs, not with information Of
an organized House, or with the message Of
the Executive, or with any thing in the way
Of Congressional information that
the House 10 not organized; and we have
no message, and no moro probability Of hav-
ing one than we had yesterday.
The subject came before the House in q
new form, this morning. The Clerk asked
permission to make statement to the House.
His position, he said, was novel and I'M
precedented one. Heacted under the fear
Of God, and with his responsible duties
fully impressed upon his mind. His position
was not pleasant one, and he called upon
the House to give him permission to make
of.
Mr.. Jenifer, of Md, asked the Clerk if
he intended to pursue the course adopted
by him yesterday. Mr.. Garland did not
answer the question directly, but intimated,
that unless the House-his- party-persua-
ded him out Of the quesGion, be should pur-
sue the course he had marked out yester-
day. ~..e
/ A debate at once sprung up, on thesnro-
position, whether Or not the Clerk shoul be
permitted to make statement Mr.. White,
of Kentucky, objected to it in strong lam
guage. Tho statement, he said, was obvi-
ously an &c Partc one-and as such, It had
no doubt been concocted and prepared du-
ring the past night. The effect Of allowing
the statement to be made, would be to plunge
the House, now entangled in difficulties, in
to unreasonable difficulties. The state
ment brought . new subject before the
House, aud the end of it no man could tell.
The majority Of members we're for allowing
the statement 70 be made. MIR. Wise wish.
ed the statement to be read. He wished
the Clerk to give reasons, if he had any, for
his novel conduct. Mr.. White again told
the Clerk, that the House had better break
up, the members return to their constituents,
and leave the Government in the hands Of
the Clerk Of another Congress, whose SER
vices had expired with the close OF another
Congress.
Mr.. Gushing, Of Massachusetts, address.
ed the House, and said he should address
the House only, and not the Clerk, who was
not properly an officer of the House, and
who had assumed power to which he was
not entitled, in refusing to read the names ol
the New Jersey delegation. He hoped the
Clerk would be permitted to read his state
ment, and to give what excuse he could fol
arresling the business Of this body and the
organization of the House. Mr.. Atherton
of New Hampshire, was for allowing the
statement to be read. Mr.. Stanley, Of
North Carolina, told the member from New
| Hampshlre, that he had bettor embody it Ia
| the form ofa speech and present it to the
| Honss- That course, he thought, would be
more becomiug. Mr.. Pope, Of Kentucky
advised and instructed the House. There
we're. he said, and such found upon exam
ination is the fact, eleven members seated
upon the floor Of the House from the State
of New Jersey. They had driven Mr.
Adams, the distinguished gentleman from
Massachusetts, into an obscure corner Of the
hall, and other and old members, where
| they could neither see or be seen. The
| Eve claimants, said Mr.. Pope, have no right
| to seats-no business within the bar-a'
least before the organization Of the House.
| and the presentation Of their claims in for.
inal and proper manner. Mr.. vanderpool
| Of New York, made half hours speech
about the dear people Of New Jersey, and
popular liberty, which, he said. was the pop
olar cry of his party. Fanny Wright calls
it ssthe largest liberty" which, to locker
on here, seems very much like that one
sided liberty, which gives one set OF men
the power to kick and cuif another set q
their own good will aud pleasure.
Mr.. Jenifer is upon the floor as ! close
nv letter. He is giving the party in power
an excoriation, which does not set well up
on the members of the party. He calli
them tyrants who have annexed . hart
du,y to ! party Clerk, which duty the Clsrl
Is too willing to perform.
| The Senate but met and adjourned -
They can do nothing before the organization
fthe House.
WAsHrrsron, December 4.
| We have NOT the end Of the beginning ~
vet, and the farce or tragedy of the opening
ofthe SESSION continues. Some 40 mem
hers Of Congress are here, rather as mol
Than al organized body Of Legislators. as
semblinv TO be sure By sort Of general con
sent. and separating id the same form ane
nrdarI az rather disorder. A Clerk OF a.
crp;ssa Congress, Who has served bis year
Ihns NJ powes - check Ill legislation and .
| 900 the wheels Of the legisla tive branch g
ICoyernment. Well did Z msmber iron
Kentucky recommend, that # this state 9
/ thinas were to continue, that the member
| sc Conrress should separate, return 70 thel
i hnuess and leave the Government %. -
/ h,nds ofshe Clerk Of the House, who "a
.ssImed the functions both Of the ofticer