The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-12-21

decide the question who shall vote; and we should not
presume to decide it, before we are sworn. 1t it is a bur-
Iesque on a judicial proceeding to proceed in this way.
low shall we get a house? One way is to call the roll,
and we find we cannot do it. The sooner we abandon the
idea the better. We could have a house, if nv friends
from New Jersey would agree to stand aside and not vote.
Unless they will decline voting, we cannot organize the
House by calling the roll.
The two parties appear to be very nearly balanced on
every question that comes up. Mr.. Adams having decided,
as Chairman of the meeting, on Monday, that the teIlers
should count only the votes of those members from N. J.
who presented the legal certificates from the Governor, an
appeal was made from this decision, and on Tuesday it
was reversed by a vote of ia to LOG. After this rever-
sal of his decision, Mr.. Adams proposed that all who
chose to do so should vote, and that, if any votes shall be
disputed, the tellers shall report the names. Should the
disputed votes not vary the result the Chair will call upon
the House to decide whether they shall be received. This
was agreed to by exclamation. The meeting then, after
some debate, came to the vote on the motion of Mr.. Rhett
to lay on the table the motion of Mr.. Wise, that the Clerk
be directed to call the roll, including all legally c~ertifcated
and commissioned members. The tellers declared lis
in the Affirmative, with no disputed votes; and la in the.
negative, one disputed vote, (Mr. Naylor's) having passed
through. MIR. Adams voted in the negative, and made q
tie; so the motion was lost.
A motion to adjourn was then made, and taken by tel
lers. The teHers declared ZIG in the Affirmative, includ-
ing the votes of three disputed members; and lib in the
negative, including three disputed votes; the Chair said,
whether counted or not counted. the disputed votes made
no difference, and that the meeting now stood adjourn.
ed.
MIR. kempshall of New York, having arrived in WASH
ington on Tuesday, erery member of the House of Rep
resentatires acaS at his post, an occurrence probably I'M
precedented in the history of the government.
On Wednesday, there seemed to be some prospect of
an organization:-
"The Representative body, although not yet relieved
from all the impedimentsw which have hitherto so unGortu-
nately suspended its originating, made yesterday, we
think. some perceptible approaches towards an ADJUST
ment of the difficulty; sufficiently SO, in our opinion to
authorize the agreeable hope hiatt House will be consti-
tuted and Congress under way without mnch more delay.
we most sincerely congratulate our readers and fellow citi-
zens generally on the prospect of a termination to a stife
which has presented the National Representatives in a light
painful to the whole country, and which they themselves,
we know, deeply regret teNigencer.
Proceedings on the Ve1c Jersey CdSe.-lt will be
seen, by the Congressional report in our columns, that the
Democrats have gained three points in the question now be-
fore the House. A day or two since it was decided, on the
appeal from the Chairman's decisions, that the Represen-
tativcs of the Governor should not vote. The House at
last, voting on the rights of all the claimants frow New
Jersey, individually, confirmed its previous decision, that
none of them should vote.
The second point gained was the rejection of Mr.. wise's.
resolution, progressed originally by Mr.. Graves, directing
missioned claimants from New Jersey, which was voted
down by one hundred and eighteen nays, to one hundred
fand ftcen noys.
The third point in the proceedings determined by the
House, was that embraced in Mr.. Rhett's resolution,
which provides for the call of the roll of the House, exlud-
ing the contested claimants from New Jersey: and that the
controversy between them, touching the election, the re-
turns, the qualifications, shall be decided by the House be-
fore the election of the Speaker. This, of course, will en-
able the body to look behind the Governments eertif-
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