The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1839-12-27

under tone; about dozen more were loung-
ing on the sofas, or around the fre-places.
There was an expression Of almost perfect
listnessness in the looks and attitudes of the
reporters, as If what was going on was not
worthy of their notice. A few strangers
were scattered about the galleries, but the
most Of them soon took their departure
AT 70 o'clock the President pro tenn, the
Hon. VIM. r. King, of Alabama, took the
chair and called the Senators to order. The
credentials OF the three new Senators, MessIs
Belts of Con-, White of Indiana, and Tap
pan of Ohio, were presented and those gen.
tiemen took the customary oaths. Several
Senators, also, whose credentials were pre-
scented at the last session were sworn in.
The usual resolutions for appointing COM
mittees to wait on the President, and to an
nounce to the House the organization of the
Senate, and also for furnishing the members
with the customary number of newspapers,
we're adopted, and the senate then adjourn
ed.
Those who were attracted to the capitol
by the prospect of flare ap,' rOaO or other
species of scene, or by the hope of hearing
stormy discussion, in which hegreatt ebaters
ofthe two parties would exhibit their strength
and WELD all the edge tools of eloquence
and art, must have been sadly disappointed.
have seldom been present at more quiet
sitting; speeches which refreshed the flag
ging spirits of the auditors, | apprehend
most of them would declare they had seldom
spent duller day. From the beginning to
the end, there was nothing that could be
called heat or excitement.
At 10 o'clock, Mr. Garland. the Clerk of
the last House Of Representatives, took his
Al kol, he aizorS hal F
and requested the house to come TO order.
He then proceeded to call the names of the
Representatives Of each State in regulai
succession he hame 10 the State OF
| New Jersey, he called the cgme of JOSEPH,
R. Randolph, (whose seat your aware is moi
contested,) and then said that there were
five seats TO which different sets of gentle
men had preferred claims. Not deeming il
proper 10 decide the question between them
he would now, with the permission of the
house, pass over them all, until he should
finish calling the roll, when he would present
the evidence which had been laid before
him, and leave the whole sub ect to the con-
sideration of the House. Mr. Maxwell one
of the wing members from New Jersey, rose
and called for the reading of the evidence
in the possession of the Clerk. That gen
| tleman complied, and read the commission
| given by the Governor ofNew jersey, TO MI
| Hycring, as member of the House of Re
representatives. of the9twenty-sixth Congress
| duly elected from the State. He said thai
the other wing claiment had such commits,
sion in the same style. Mr.. Mercer called
for the reading of the New Jersey law oil
elections. This was opposed by the Van
Burenites, because they knew it distinctly
provides that the only legal evidence of q
member being elected is the commission oil
the Governor.
A discussion of considerable interest and
animation arose in which the right Of the
Wing members TO be called, was powerfully
maintained by Messrs. Ogden, Hoffman
Halsted Of New Jersey, Tllinghast, Mercer
! Cost, Johnson, Sergeant, Everett, White o.
XIV, and Maxwell of New Jersey, and op
posed by Messrs, Bynum, Galbraith anc
Craig of Va. The general ground conten
ded for by The wings, is that certificate o
election in due conformity TO law, has eve
and invariably been held to entitlc member,
to seats, and to vote for officers Of the House
on the assemblage ola new Congress, unit
the House is organized. The position the,
fortified and made impregnabe by innumer
able authorities. The Wing members hay,
such certificate in the commission of tn,
Governor ofNew Jersey, and The clerk ough
TO have acted according to all usage and u
UNIVERSAL opinion heretofore, and place on hi
roll, the names Of the members who hat
this legal and irrefutable evidence of title t.
seats. Joseph r. Randolph was admitted
by the clerk as having legal and sufIicien
title to seat.-Yet he had only the Cover
nor's commission. Why, then, should tn,
other representatives be rejected, when the,
have precisely the same certificates? The
clerk in this. case, has set at defiance tn,
law, whose injunctions he recognised in tht
case Of Mr. Randolph.
MIR. Bynum had the floor when the House
adjourned, without taking any question.