The people's press, and Addison County Democrat. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1838-1841, 1839-12-10
THE PEOPLES PRESS.
TUESDAY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10, 1889
IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON.

Unprecedented conduct of the Locofocos-
Organization Of Congress interrupted.
Instead of presenting our readers with
the Presidents Message, as usual, we have
only the details of the most barefaced out
rage upon the rights of the people, that can
be found in the history of the most corrupt
political party our country ever saw. Con-
trary to general expectation, it was found
on the assembling of the members at the
capital, that only one Wing member of the
House was absent. Severalthat were not
expected, on account of i'll health, were
promptly on the ground. Consequently
the election of a Locofoco Speaker be-
came matter of doubt. In order TO rem
der the danger less threatening, the file
leaders of the party have matured plan
which must astonish even their own follow
ers. Our readers will get the best view
of this plan from the correspondence of
the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
All this animating confusion was silenced
at twelve O'Clock by the clerk of the last
session (Mr. Garland,) calling the members
to order, signifying his intention to call the
names of the members, in accordance with
previous custom. When he came to New
Jersey, the silence of that Hall, so noisy a
few minutes before, was that of the grave.
He called out the name OF Joseph F
Randolph, and then pausing, stated that
the seats of the remaining members from
that state were contested, and as that made
question unfit for him to decide, he would
if the House so pleased, pass over that state
and 90 on with the roll.
At this point the progress Of the imme-
date organization ofthe House was stopped
by the prolonged debate that then ensued
upon the question of the validity of the
claims of the Wing members to their
seats.
Mr.. Maxwell, of New Jersey, one Of the
Wing claimants, called for the reading of
the evidence touching the matter in the
possession of the clerk.-The certificate of
Mr. Aycrigg, another Wing claimant, signed
by tine Governor OF New Jersey. and i'm
pressed with the seal of that State, was
then read The certificates of the other
Wing members were stated by the clerk
to be the same in form.
Mr.. Mercer, of Va, wished TO follow up
the positive argument of this certificate,
with the law of New Jersey touching cleo
tons. which he moved to have read, but
Mr.. Vanderpoel, of New York, thinking
that its unequivocal language would sound
with an unpleasant force, rose and moved,
III order to let the House have the facts of
the case before the law was read. that
the evidence of the other claimants should
be first read. Mr.. Vanderpoel gave I'M
mistakeable signs to-day of his being file
leader of his party. conformity with Mr..
Thomas of Indiana. Mr. Jenifer folio Ged
Mr. Vanderpoel by putting the significant
question, whether the evidence on the
other side was of the same form as that
already given to the House.
A third proposition was how thrown be-
fore the House. in the shape of motion
by Mr. Rives of Va. to lay the subject on
the table, until the call OF the roll was COM
pleted.
The knotty points of the question now
became enlarged at each word spoken, and
the discussion irregular, when Mr. Hoffman
of n. l.. got the floor, and briefly and
eloquently contended that the certificate
alone gave 4 member perfect right to be
called
Mr.. HaIsted, of New Jersey, another
of the wing claimants, made an eloquent
exposition of the CLAIMS of himself and wing
colleagues to the seats. Taking the ground
assumed by Mr.. Hoffman, he expressed
his perfect willingness to be passed over IN
the call, did the evidence of the opposing
claimants bear the authentic seal of New
Jersey. Otherwise he would not consent
to have her degraded from the list of other
states-to have one of the old thirteen
stars blotted out; but would insist upon
having acknowledged. as prinaa .facie evil
dence of his rights, the broad solemn seal
of New Jersey.
Mr.. Halsted went into a mastery ex-
animation of the constitutional arguments,
so familiar TO the country, through the dis
cussions OF the press.
1t were endless to notice in detail the
progress of the debate, which was shared
by several eminent speakers. The views
and arguments, already noticed, were much
repeated, and indeed the discussion was
exceedingly tedious, excepting when Messrs
Bidde and Sergeant of Pennsylvania had
the floor Both these gentlemen placed in
strong light before the clerk that the only
honorable course for him to have pursued,
if conscious that the Wing certificates were
conformable to law, land were they not
strictly so p was to call their names, and II