The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-01-16
DECEMBER l6.

At last we have House OF Rtpresrnia.
tlves. The days oftbe great National Con
reation assembled at the Capitol, are owe,
john QUINcy ADAMS has abdlcaicd til
i Chair, aud MIR. HUNTER, Of Virginia, Is
elected Speaker.
I In The hurried notice Of the volings sent
Z 10 sou this afternoon we're embraced the
/ results Of the seventh, eight, ninth, and
teaih ballots. On the eleventh, MIR. Hun
TER, who had been steadily gaining, recev
+ ed one hundred and nineteen votes out Of
! two hundred and thirty two--being a ma
jortS of six above all his competitors, and
two more than were necessary to secure his
election. This result, when mentioned IN
cidentally BY the tellers, was received with
applause from the galleries which was im
l.medlately checked by the Chair Some Of
the members were for clearing the CALLER.
les ; but It was opposed, there was gener.
al cry OF" No Nor
The department of Mr.. ADAMS in an
nouncing the result Of the last vote, and in
reslgning his place TO the new Speaker, was
emmenliy dIgnlfed. :" 1t has become the
duty of the Chair (said he) to announce thai,
the Hon. r. NJ. Hunter, Of Virginia, hay
ing received majority Of all the votes that
have been given, has been elected Speaker
If Tie House OF Representatives,. Mr.,
/ LAWRENCE, of Massachusetts,, and Mr.
/ BANKS of Virginia, will conduct the Speak.
er to the Chair. MIR. Williams, Of North
Carolina, will administer the oath of office. )"
The requests having been complied with
by the gentlemen named and the youthful
Speaker fairly lnducted, Mr.. WISE, from a
sympathy with his friend and colleague in
this new and trying situation, instantly rose
and moved an adjournment. The Speaker
propounded the question in clear, firm tone
OF voice. Il vas agreed TO, and in few
moments he was surrounded by congratulat.
Ing friends.
The election of Mr. HUNTER proves what
stated III my last, that the Administration
party proper are in minority 10 the House.
They did all they could with MI. JONES, -
/ Beaten with him, they were obliged to put
out their whole strength under the command
Of Mr.. LEwIs. After four struggles, he,
finding II useless To continue the contest,
followed the example of MT. JOINS, and
withdrew his name. The Van Buren, Ben.
ton Loco Foco party found it Impossible to
elect any body of their own choosing. AZ
ter all their violations of law aud Justice
all their twisting and turning-ihelr bribe
~ and corruption, they have been beaten -
sIgnally and disgraceiuly defeated. VT.
/ HuNTER is not one of them. He has no
atiinnles with them. On the most Of their
doctrines and practices he IS IN direct anita.
gonlsm 10 the spolsmeu.
Il world be premature, aud in other res.
poets mproper TO speak of Nr. Hunters ser.
,iments as TO the organisation OF the House,
aud the appointment ofthe committees. 10
his character we have the assurance that
he will be Just, impartial, aud absolutely IN.
dependent Of Executive dctaton or lnifu.
ence. lie will be the officer Of the House,
mol Of the President
Votes for Speaker on the eleventh aud
final ballot.
For r. M T. Ha7tey.-Messrs. Adams, Alfcrd
J. w. Allsn, simeon II. Anderson. Andrews
Barnard, Bell i}idde, Black, Bond, Bolts. Briggs
Brockway, Arson, Brown, Sampson II. Butler
W. B. Calhoun, John Campbell, Wm. b Camp
bell, VIM. b, Carter, China, Chlttenden, CLARK
Colquett, J. Cooper, NJ. A Cooper, Corwn
Crabb, Cranston, Crockett. Curtis, Gushing, E
Davis, G. Davis, Dawson, Deberry, ID mis- Dill
lett, Edwards, Evans Everett, Fillmore, Fisher
r. Garland, Gates, Gentry, Giddings, Goggn
Goode, Graham, Granger, Green Graves, Griffin
Gfinnel, lIabeesham, Hall, w ;. Hastings
Henry, Hill, OF Va, Hoffman, Holmes Hopkins
Hunt James, Jonller. Ch Johnston, W. John
ston, I, b. King, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marvin