The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-03-04

llltlOn question, OF one OF the most 0tScxr
members of the Wing party, (alluding t,
Mr.. Giddings,) and making them iii,
ground upon which TO charge the Who'll.
| Wing party with Abolitionism. He ask
ed gentlemen from the south to wait les.
than one month, until the head of the
! Wing party, General Harrison, had beer
indicted into Office, and shall have giver
an expression of his views upon this
question; they would then find that he
was as much opposed to Abolition as any
Southern man. Mr. Giddings complained
Of that portion of Mr.. Thompson's re.
marks, which styled him the most obscure
member, as an insult to him personally
and to his constituents. He spoke under
great excitement and feeling. In the
course of his remarks he alluded to the
remarks Of Mr.. Alvord, of Georgia, and
narrated an anecdote of Walter Raleigh,
who, when young coxcomb of an officer
spit in his face, calmly wiped it off, say
ing, eff | could wipe the stain of your
blood from my conscience as easy as do
!:shis spittle, you should not live another
day Mr. G.. with some warmth, said
ne could say the same thing to the gentle
man from Georgia.
Mr. Smith, of Maine, had several times
called Mr. G. to order, and renewed the
call at this point. Mr. Alvord rose up and
inquired what the gentleman had said,
and without any reply walked towards
Mr. g., as many supposed, to strike him,
but when he had got within few feet,
some one seized him and led him back TO
his seat. Here this exhibition of rowdy.
ism ended. .,.....
MIR Thompson replied briefly. The
term he had used towards the gentleman
from Ohio, "most obscure member of the
Wing party" was matter of taste, in
which every one would form his own
opinion. He had set the gentleman down
as such, and if it was put to vote, he be-
lleved majority of the members present
would sustain his opinion.
Short y after this, motion was made
to inform the Senate that the House was
ready to 60 into the counting of the votes
tor President and Vice President. In a
lew minutes, the Senate entered, and the
Vice President took the Chair. Mr..
Preston, of the Senate, and Messrs. Cush-
ing and Jones, of the House, were ap-
pointed tellers. The returns from the
several States were then opened and read
at length, commencing at Maine. When
the whole had been gone through with,
the Vice President announced the follow
ing as the result:
Whole number of Electors, 294
Necessary to choice, l4S
Of the whole number of votes for Pres
dent, William Henry Harrison, of Ohio, |
had received 234.
Martin Van Buren,, of New York. had
received 60.
For Vice President, John Tyler, of
Virginia, had received 234 votes; Richard
NJ. Johnson, of Kentucky, had received
10 votes; Littleton w. Tazewell, of Vir-
yinia, had received l l votes, and James
<. Polk, of Tennessee, vote.
Wherefore the Vice President declared
William Henry Harrison duly elected
President of these United States for the
ERIN OF four years, commencing on the
ourth day of March next, and John w.
err duly elected Vice President for the
anne period.
The Senate having retired, on motion
# Mr. Gushing, the tellers who had count
d the votes were appointed a committee
wait on the President and Vice Presi.
ent elect. and inform them of their cleo
Ion. A similar resolution was passed in f,
he Senate, and then the two houses adj
burned.
A rnmor has been ahoat for some time :
nat Alabama had committed some irree- 5
larlty in giving her vote, but nothing of
lis kind appeared on the returns.
All the galleries were filled with spec =
ltors. Most of the ladies in the city !
'ere present. NJ. Cost Johnson made
lotion to admit the ladies on the floor of 4
lie Hall, which was refused. The cere- y
'ony of counting, however, was dull and n
dious, and without interest, nevertheless |,
hen the result was announced the House r.
sounded with clapping of hands. Q
0euelH HdlEison yesterday ulneu at
Iadsby's, with about an hundred of the
tizens. The time, it is said, passed Il
cry pleasantly, and the Generals con- i
nct on this occasion seems to have won .
II him the good opinion of all. I have r,
Of yet called upon him, but am told by A
lose who have been much with him, l.
lat he is greatly fatigued with the Jour n
ey and labors of the las, few DAYS. He Il
'mplains of his side, the muscles Of .
hich, and of that side of his head are p
early palsied by the exercise of shaking n
ands. The handle of a city pump could e
II have been much more exercised than =
S right arm has been during the last two e e
three weeks. ::
This morning about IL, General Harri- ;;
N repaired, in company with friend or :
70, to the White House, and paid his re. =
ects to Mr. Van Buren,. This evinces. ;,
ION Gen. H's part. a magnanimi,y and =
'erallty OF feeling which must rebound :
eatly TO his credit. l understand that
is custom prevailed in former times, and y
as observed by all The Presidents un to