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From the Boston Atlas,

From the Boston Atlas.
IIIGH-HANDED g. OUTRAGEOUS CON-
DUCT OF TIE LOCOFOCO MEMBERS
OF TIE TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE
We expressed few days since, the grati-
fcation we felt, at the prospect Of a tcrmi-
nation OF the difficulties existing in the Ten
nessce Legislature, in relation to the choice
of two Senators in Congress from that State.
The Senate Of Tennessee is composed Of
twenty five membcrs-twelve of whom are
Wings, and thirteen Locofocos,-M Tur-
ney, the Speaker, being one of the latter.
After long discussion in the Senate, in
winch the Locotocos strenuously opposed
the proposition to 90 into Convention with
the House of Representatives, for the pur-
pose of choosing two Senators in Congress,
Mr. SPEAKER TuRNEy gave in. lie express
ed his sense of his responsibility to his con-
stituents, an acknowledged ma ority of whom
were Wings, and who had treated him with
great kindness, and he avowed his de,ermi-
nation, even at the risk Of dispeasing his
political friends, to carry out the principles
of the Constitution and Laws, and to vote
in favor Of going into Convention. With
this view he introduced two resolutions, one
proposing a Convention, on the second of
December, to elect Senator for six years,
TO succeed the Hon. A. Anderson--and the
other, Convention on the third of Decem.
Der, TO elect a Senator TO ill the unexpired
term Of the Hon. Felix Grundy. Both reso-
lutions were adopted, l3 TO l2-Mr Speaker
Furney and the twelve Wings voting in the
affirmative, and the twelve Locofocos in the
negative
| For this honorable course, we took occa.
sion to pay, what we considered very we'll
merlted compliment to the Speaker. We
supposed the matter settled, and expected
tn. intelligence, ere long, of the election of
two Wing Senators. 1t seems, however.
that we reckoned without our host The
Vaccinations Of the political vllany of Loco
tocolsm are still triumphant. There is no
depth of degradation too low for that party
to descend to, to compass their purposes.
II there is not spirit enough in the Wing ma
jority OF the State of Tennessee 10 visit these
political scoundrels with the hot wrath Of
political indignation, we are greatly mistaken
IN their temperament and their patriotism.
The Nashville Wing OF the third of De-
cember, gives the following account of the
proceedings IN the Legislature on the 3D.
after the resolutions were adopted, by which N,
| two Houses agreed 10 20 into Convention for the
election OF Senators one, save the marty 10 tho
subsequent extraordinary and tactic proceeding,
ante pattd any further difficulty on the subject But
Yesterday morning. when a message from the House
| OF Representatives announced that the Representa-
i've, were feaIv TO receive the Senate, and motion
ate repair to the House of Representatives Mr. LAUGH
I'm OF Warren, IN violent speech, denounced Tho
election by JOINT ballot Unconstitutional and re-
fused to leave the Senate chambers IN which he was
Joined by eleven democratic Senator'S viz: Messrs
Gardner, Hardwlcke Johnson, Martin Maclin Nil.
Ter, Matthews, Powell Ross, Warehouse and War
ner, who maintained their seats while the majority Of
the Senate with MIR Speaker Turney at thcir head
| repaired TO the Hall Of REPRESENTATIVES Wher h.,
reached the House the question was made as n ri.
validity oil me convention as then constituted Thu
presiding officer (thc Spoa' CT OF the Senate coyo :,
as his OPINION, that the Convention was f,li - -.
peent 10 meet upon it, own adournmcnts and 70
send Tor absent members, but that the election could
| absence OF
Nwo-thtds) of either branch OF the Leo;slaiI,a '''
| From this opinion, the Speaker of the House all
| several Wing members on the floor, dssented go ~
as the right OF the Convention 10 proceed in tho ola.
ton was m question, bur 10 afford time for dino dlk
Grafton, they expressed their will ngness 10 sdion,
| On the other hand the Democratic members Who "a
dressed the "promlscuous assembly" as they W..
pleased 10 Term the Convention, executed 10 so p,nnb
of the opinion Of the Chair recognized the yaIid,,u
of the Convention for any purpose whatever and ds
| med his nalt 10 pr pound motions in the Hall of
Representatives without the presence of two-thrds Of
the senate. Acting upon this doc rlne aln,os, On
members left the Hall when the question wns n,o.
pounded by Mr. Speaker Turney on the adiourrmrnt
Notwlthsandlns this step, Mr. T. firmly MAINTAINED
the authority of the Convention, and nm adournmep,
was had without further Interruption"
On Friday, the Sd of December, the Con-
ven,ion again asscmbled-and Mr. Speaker
TuRNEY, the pure-mnded and chivalrous
Democrat--,he man who had masnanimous-
~ sacrificed his party prepossessions to his
patriotic sense Of duiy--Mr Speaker Turney
was among the missing, His high sentiment,
| of honor-hs determination to stand bv III,
Constitution aud the Laws were no, in.