Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-12-28

WAsHlxcroS, Dee. Is 1880

WAsElSCToN, Dee. Is 1889.
vEs,I at addressed YOU, did DOT doubt but
.-.l, me tine | had occasion again to send you
NJ should be able to iaiotm YOU Of the
.u.,,,ion Of tie House Of Representatives;
s,a AL Is chaos, al 5 confusion, all Is I'M
~ Such a warfare as has been carried
.h, lower branch Of the national legislature,
.,sou precedent, and God grant that it may
,.man SOL Day after day have the demo
marion Of that body struggled zealously to
.I,ce aft ifs to state Of order and regularity,
,,.ve, 10 vain. notwithstanding they have on
a,c,sions continued m their seats for u
a time. resisting motions for adjourn
q, call, of the House when every men,
\. uho was IN the city was at his desk and for
,o.;as,ipr, &c.-all intended 10 " staye off,
:.,l settlement Of tue difficulties which exist
nations tia, were renewed just as often by
.,l;c. as the rules Of order, eSpounded by j.
- ADAMS. the deepest dyed and the most reirac.
,,,y D,rizan Of the whole number, would allow
Thanks however, to the mdomjable and uni'rlng
,srs,ye,ance of our ilicnds, land is at last in
,icbl. and think can promise you that to-mor-
INV wll bring about the organization OF this most
di.orderly body.
On Friday, the llouse-oh more properly, the
meeting sat until - O'Clock at night, the de-
mocratic members having entered into deter
ninaou not 10 adjourn without eieciIng speak,
st il such a step could possibly be brought about,
but, finally, a, that late hour, yielded to one of
the hundred motions which had been made llom
the other side for adjournment--haSlns satisfied
themselves that no efforts of theirs could bring
about so desirable result while they were op-
posed by so untiring party as they had to con
tend with, and while their vxerIons were
sbiec, to the decisions Of sach chairman
as they had, in an evil houh allowed to control
their deliberations.
Yesterday they re.assombed with settled de-
termination not to let the day pass without making
some further advance towards organization, y this
they accomplished by bringing the House 10 Sc
veral balolngs for Speaker-oll of which how
ever produced no satisfactory result, and agaIn' at
O'Clock, they were compelled to postpone the
election. Upon the first ballotunG, Mr.. Jones
Of Virginia received ll3 votes, (Which take to
be the strength of the administration party prop
s,N Mr.. Bell Of Tennessee 1902, (the strength ol
the Whigs) Mr.. Dawson of Georgia II MI
Pckens of S. {. 5, Mr.. Lewis OF Alabama 3, and
Mr.. Hopkins of Va. Ills necessary to
choice. A second ballolilng produced nearly
,imila, result. A third did not vary greatly. On
IN. fourth, demonstrations of different character
xo,. made on both sdes-Mr. Jones receiving
lol votes, Mr., Dawson II, Mr.. Il. NJ. /. Hun
ter of Va "a sub treasury whig) 30; Mr.. Lewis
IA, and 10 scattering--9 of which were for Mr..
Pckens of S. c. On the 9th Mr.. Jones was re.
duced to II votes, Mr.. Hunter had risen to 6S,
Mr. Lewis had 40, Mr.. Bell %, and Mr.. Pick
ems 6. On the sixth and last baloung for the
day, Mr. Jones received 80 votes Mr. Bell 81,
Mr. Lewis 70, Mr.. Hunter 53-the remainder
scattering. The votes cast for MIR, Jones, Mr..
Lewis and Mr.. Pickens, include the admnslra-
ton party proper, and the state rights and most OF
the sub-ueasury whIgs--most Of the latter voting
lor one or the other Of these gentlemen in such
balIoillngs as those in which Mr.. Dawson was
not sustained, and il will be seen that on the 9th
ballot they numbered as many as &c votes. Out
Of this number, doubt not, enough will be found
to elect speaker Tomorrow, and that speaker,
lake it, will be Mr.. LAWS Of Aabama-our
friends being disposed, as think they are, to a.
dept Mahomet's maxim, If the mountain will
not come 10 US, we must go to the mountain
The Wings will rally upon Mr.. Hunter, and al
though he is adverse TO them upon many points,
they would consider his election great triumph
Indeed, we may consider ourselves fortunate that
we can carry for Mr.. Lewis some OF the votes
which he will obtain, lnasmuch as they are de-
riyed from members whose sentiments accord
more nearly with those proiessed by Mr.. Hunter
"a condition Of things IN which il does not be-
come US to tamper too long with their PARTIAL
ties or prejudIccs.
am inclined to think that the election OF Mr.
Lewis as speaker would secure the success OF our
candidates for clerk and printer-inasmuch ss Mr.
Lewiss especial friends could not do less, in recp-
rocaon Of the going over to them Of The who.e
Democratic party, than 10 sustain our candidates Tor
those Offices and this, things stand in the house. IS
an object Of no incol siderable moment Butt! hope,
that by the time again write you, | shall be pre-
pared to deal in facts and no have 10 coniine my
cell, as do now, mainly to pecul'ltioa'.
You have before this been apprisel Of the result
Of the labors of the wing Convention q Harrisburg,
The country now has before il, for It's highest ONCE,
Gen. W. II. Harrison, brought forward by one o
ihe two great parties which divide this couutry-a