The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1839-12-28
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WASHING roN, DEC II.

, .;.,,,ion ,ha, would try the capacities of
q VETERAN presiding officer. TIE !!'nse
has plunccd iIto the consideration oi th'
New Jersey case, withon. ever adopting
aav rules for proceeding. OF course th'
debate may last for three Oh toar months'
if the opposition choose. In fact sec
,,o rctsyn why tbs Organization OF Inc
House may not be arrested permanently
i'll lis present Stage. >,
MIR. nUSTGR, at the opening q! the SIT.
t;us, addressed the House II neat an"
a,rroprate speech, in the course OF wn'ch'
hc'remarkcI that he was chosen, less from
lis ,yyu merits, t..an fl IN ihe lh'et'n
dencc Of his position and that he sh!ui
,.n,s;,,cr himself, as Speaker Of ihr wh"l"
House, and not of party. ite sE""i'
r,dcavor, he said, TO forward ihe grea'
,rinciDles to wh;cA he stood plc"2rd' be
tnrc The country, and. at the same time
c,doayor to afford an opporlunit; for eve
rv section and interest, il the c""alFT'
"a h. fully and fairly represented. lh'
,ne,,hers were then sworn il by StaIcs.--
Llr. RANDOLPH when New J"Es"y was
called, did not appear and the State was
,,sscd over; but after all the other mem
Lcrs had been sworn, Mr.. RANDOLPH ap-
noarcd. and he and hi FIVE c'il ng"rs.
1Mcssrs. AycRIea, MAXWELL, STRAIT NJ
EorxE and iiALsTEAD,) presented lneih
scIycs. and dc IAN ed TO be sworn. ne
Sneaker stated tha: he could administ'
thc oath to only one of them, Mr.. KAN
n,1 PHI. but he would submit qn' stl'n I"
the House as to The right of the others |"
be sworn. The speaker stated the q"'s
ZION to the House, accordingly, rrma'H
ing that had tie question now oteA pre-
seHtcd to him for the first tine, he ""iii|
,yithou, hesitation, have administered the
oath; but by the proceedings which inc
House hal already gone into, ne was pre-
vented from taking tha! course. Mr.. WISE
moved, in order 10 test the sense OF ''''
House. on the subject that McsSrs. MAX
,vrII yoRKE, SrRArroN. HALsTEAD and
tycp1ca are not entitled to seats III this
House. contel.Ging that unless the H"use
adopted this motion they must re Sw"r"
in of course. The Speaker decide" thr
motion to be in order. A very long ana
able debate sprang up. thereupon, which |
is still in progress, and Is nkeiy |" c"h-
tinue. >.
Il was known, this morning, that this
question would arise, and therefore, Mr.
DaoucooLE roved that the rules aad Or
ders Of the former House be adapted t'r
this House, but it was laid on the table by
,ho casting vote Of the Speaker. lhr
vote was strict party vote, an" was Yeas
lIG. navs ll6, Of course there can h' II"
nrevious question, and forty propositions
NAV be made one upon another.
The eIcc,ion Of Robert Moscow Iala-
ferro Hunter, of Caroline County, FIr-
ninia. las no doubt created great asian
ishmcnt throughout the country, but You
ran form no i,Iea Of tn" wonder Of the
peodle here, as well as the members the"'-
selves, at a reseuit so entir'ly unlnnked
for By every one-to use sporting phrase, |
1.-THE knowing ones were all taken ln''
By it.
In order to explain this matter fully, ii
will he necessary to take rctrosPrclioh'
from the commencement OF the agitation
on The question Of Speaker. Some eight
months since, a nomination of Mr.. Pick
ems was made through one Of the Virginia
papers, which was generally rcsp"nded t"
by the Administration press throuSho"
the country; a short time after the name
Of Mr.. Francis Thomas, of Maryland,
was mentioned in some D! the 'urnals,
and on the arrival Of the members here:
no one had been spoken of for IN" office
save these two gentlemen, and MIR. Dixon
II. Lewis, of Alabama. In order t" max"
Il selection, therefore, a large Caucus OF
the Democratic members was held "" Tie
night previous TO the first day of tn" sea- !
san, and for the first time, ii was diSr"'er-
ed that the New York members and lead
ers had come with Instructions to support
Mr.. Jones, Of Virginia, gentleman ne
yer before thought of, even by his own
colleagues. In forwarding the nomina.
,nn of Mr. ]. it was said that the old
leader of the Administration patty in the |
other Houses had taken occasion t. pro-
ties, agains: the idea entertained of choos-
ing friend of Nr. Calhoun for any ollice,
while ON the other hand some of the most l.
moderate con;cndcd that it was due 10 The
followers of Mr.. &. that a selection shn;ta