Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-03-23
JUDGE DANiEEs NOMINATION.

removed from the proceedings on lh's
rnominaliou, We feel oarstlyes not only al
ATTY, butin daiybound, 10 notice soue
Nol jhe extraordinary yFspor's which are IN
circalaiion about ~ which, no doubt,
will become fully known to the public
It seems that all tnsnner Of attempts were
made by the Federaiiss TO defeat The
nomiuotion Of Mr.. DANIELS, on Tuesday
evening. The motions made by Opposi-
tion members to siave or the nomination
ill the next day, showed that their whole
efforts we're directed to delay, to keep it
off to the last day, when the nomination
could be defeated altogether, BY the easy
process Of speaking till midnighIi for
there being no previous question ia the
Senate, there is no way to terminate de-
bate but by laying the subject on the Ia |
bic, which, in this case would be death u
the nomination. The Democratic Sena-
tors VadnimouSb resisted the delays
Those Democratic Senators most ID favor
Of the new arrangement Of judlDial cir
cults, declared that If there was any at
temp, to delay the passage Of the bill for
thcpurpose preventing Mr. VAN BUREN
filing the vacancy, they would vote a
once for confirming the nomination Of
Judge DANIEL, and they acted according
ly. Those Senaiors, after having sup
ported the new judiciary bill, when ;hey
found it could not be pissed, jOiued
their Democratic friends in bringing
in the nomination of Mr.. DANIEL -
|; was ordered to be brought on; the ques.
ton was ordered to be taken. At that
instant, the Federal Senators, headed by
MIR. CLAY, of Kentucky, land through
him. announced their determination to
secede fr0m the Senate! and actually Sc.
ceded in body, with the except IN oI
two, (Alr. PREsTON aud Mr.. SMITH, Of In
diana y all the rest seeded with MIR. Clay
leaving tile Senate without quorum, anC
thus doing all in their power to dissolve
the Government. Report says, land We
choose TO repent it at once, when lh,rt
are fifty Senators in the city who car
either affirm or deny it) that excessive vi
olence Of temper and speech was exhi
bited by several Fedril Senators, espe
cially Messrs. Clay and SouTnARD, AM
thai the former, OH leaving the Senat
chamber at the head of the seceders, ha
the unparalleled el'ron cry, LesdeS pre-
.2Claiming his determination to go, snee
ringly and contempuously 10 address tn
President Of the Senate, and bid him
good night, as if he had been taking leav
Of private gentleman at his house =
Thus treating the American Senate as
nero private body Of indyiduals. Som
Democratic Senators being absent, lh
Senate was left without Il quorum, an
could do no act. Under the Constilutio
minority can only do one Of two thing:
either adjourn, or send for the absentees
and compel their attendance. Adjourn
Inent was The denth Of the nomination
10 send for lie abseniees was the duty an
the right of the minority The Sergeant
ai-Arms was sent for them. The sece
ders refused to obey him, and remaine,
a; their lodgings. Finally, at The hour q
midnight, bare quorum was formed with
oui single one Of the seceders having IT
tuihed, Tue nomination was then confirm
'cd,the Injunction Of secrecy then taken o
and all the proceedings Of the night mad
pubic. Among these proceedings, "
finda resolution, offered dy Mr., Bento
TO pen the Senate doors, aud let ii
American peoplc(lhose Of them who wei
prcsenl) behold the condition Of tho Am,
rican Senate. The resolution was
these Words
"Resolrcd, That the rule Of the so
ate which requires the galIeris to be CleO
ed while acting on executive bushes
shall be, and the same hereby is, suspen
ed while acting on the nomination Of p
ter v. Daniel 10 be an Associate JustiC
Of the Supreme Court of the Uuiu
States in the place Of Philip p. Barbo
deceased"
The want Of a quorum prevented I
resolution from being acted upon, but
was clear that many were in favor Of
and deemed il the true way 10 prevent I
disorganjzatiOn Of the Senate in future,
we'll as to expose the present anarchiC
attempt TO dissolve The body.
From this simple, the public may jud
What is 10 ba the condition of the Ame
eau Senate hereafter, when the men a
in power WHO have ddne such deeds as
hava hare hiIt faintlV ska'cLeh -LIlObp