Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-12-12

6AccPttoup hAf. kettponosis VI Aocueotefs N. /
VI every member of the twenty.sixth Con- |
gress In his place. Even the three territorial |
members were present, making, all told, the |
entire number, with the exception have
named. The Clerk came into the House,
between eleven and twelve o'clock, with O
care.wOrn and anxious countenance. The
part he was TO act had been prescribed by
his party friends, and as il was both a novel
and difficult part 10 play, no wonder that ii
gave the actor somewhat excited and -fiush-
cd appearance. The noise peculiar to the
opening of the session-thee greeting of
friends-the shaking of hands-the relation
of the hundred events which have transpired
since the closing ofthe twenty -tifth Congress
all had ceased when the minute and hour
hand met at the hour of IL. ] saw what ]
never saw before, members voluntarily seat
ed, many of them with their eyes raised to
the clock, which, in the beautiful device OF
the Muse Of History borne uponthe wheelof
Time, and noting down the events OF the pre-
sent and the past, adorns the centre door
leading from the broad entrance 70 the. Hall
of the House of Representatives. The House
was being called to order. Mr.. Garland.
with the names of the members, in his hand,
| told the House that he would read the names
Of the members, if it was the pleasure of the
House 10 hear them. No opposition was
made, and every thing, through aNew-E Eng
| land and New York, was "calm and quiet
| as q summers morning" A "herc,"" here"
here,'' was the response to every name, as
it was called by the clerk AT length New
Jersey was called, and what followed is told
in the report of the proceedings already fur
snished for publication. ~ 81
A dozen speakers and more participated
in the proceedings, including some Of the
ablest members Of the House. Messrs. Ser
geant and Biddle Of Penn, Messrs. Mercer
and Wise of Virginia, and SOME of the New
Jersey delegation were among the number.
| Mr.. >Bynunl, the Grip Van Winkle" Hot
spur, If it be not paradoxical to say so, Mr..
| Rives of Virginia, and Mr.. Vanderpoei,
whom you better know than ! do-Were
among the prominent supporters of the clerk,
the claimants of the party in power. They
| fought with zeal, as far as they had any
1 fighting to do-especially that valiant Knight
/ from North Carolina, whom never see with
1 out thinking of blood and thunder, bullets
broad swords and pistols. Mr.. Bynum has
| zeal which eats him, and ii he ever die, 1t
will be from spontaneous combustion, occa.
/ sioned-not by hard drinking, for believe
| he is as temperate as the fountain, of water,
| that runs at the base of the Capitol-but by
4 political passion. He hates his opponents
with a perfect hatred, and all, who. like DR..
| Johnson, love good haiers, must adore Mr..
Bynum. Mr.. Rives and Mr.. yanderp0el, as
have said, were in good tempe r.. and SO in
deed were Mr. Craig Of Virginia. and Mr..
! Galbraith of Penn, who sided with them
! The argument and speech Of Mr.. Vanderpoel
! was that the testimony of the claimants
should DO read. The proposition OF Mr..
Rives was but a motion secondary 10 the
movement of the clerk-namely, to pass over
the names of the Jersey members until the
House was organized. The. Governor of
New Jersey had, he said, in violation of the
people Of .New-Jersey, madc the returns
which resulted in the certificates of the wing
! members. Mr.. !Bynum plead loudly and
earnestly for the NeW-Jefsey citizens, who,
he irtimated, had been inisrepresen,ed by
the Governor, .A g-fs E.. s
The proposition Of the Wings was a very
simple one, and nothing more than that the
| House should follow both the parliamentary
| andcommon Law, and dispose of this subject
as all matters of a like character had hither-
! 10 been disposed Of. The precedents they
said were all one way, and they gave album
dant evidence in proof OF their Positions
They declared that the clerk was grossly in
consistent as well as very bold in assuming
the ground he had taken. Mr.. Hoffman told
MIR. Garland with great plainness Of speech,
that he had as much right to say that he was
not elected, as to say the New Jersey MEM |
bers were not, and that for the reason that his
certificate ofelection was the only, evidence
which could be given of an election. TWAS
as good in the case of the New Jersey men,
bers as ia his own, and the. clerk had no
more right to gainsay the one than the other.
MIR. Everett and Mr.. Sergeant both placed
the subject ina strong light also. by remind
ing the House of the fact that the Clerk !
acknowledged the election of Mr.. Randolph, I
one of the New Jersey delegation. The only
evidence the clerk had of this was the certi-
fcate of the Governor of New-Jersey, and
yet this same certificate as much proved the I
election of the six members, as it did the |
election of one of the six. {. This argument |
was not answered. Mr.. White, of Kentucky, !
responded to Mr.. Bynunn and his allies, by !
quoting from the speech of Mr.. B. and from
the speeches of ex-Speaker Polk, and MIR. |
Thomas of Maryland, who once upon a time |
were SO sure that a Governors certificate |
was good primG facie er;dence of mn election. -
But times have changed. Mr.. Whites speech |
ended the debate for the day. BY general |
consent adjournment took place.
WAsHiNeroN, Monday Evening.
The administration party have concluded /
ifhe don't carry, to take up Lewis, the multi !
fer. PIcKENs refusing to make conditions. |
and yehemenily opposed by BExroN. has |
been discarded. The party think that Lew
is will carry the Nullifers nevertheless, and |
he moreover (being Georgian by birth) I
may carry also two Of the Georgia members.
The Wings will vote for BELL il the first in |
stance. and if he fails, then 60 for DAWSON. |
One or two Virginians. and two Of the Geor-
gians. i is understood are unwilling to vote \
for Bell.
i is impossible TO say when the present I
difficulties willie got over. astothe prelimi-
nary question. but feel confident that the