The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-06-01
ELECTION OF MIR. MANGUM.

On yesterday this worthy person was elected
President pro tempore ofthe Senate, Mr.. South
ard being too ill longer to preside. The vote
stood.-For Mangum %, against him u, and
one blank ticket Forty-fve Senators voted,
and of course % votes were required TO elect
candidate. This Mr.. Mungum has been more
dr.reputaby abusive Of the Chief Magistrate
as Senator, than the Independent newspaper
has been a. a political journal, or rather, as the
prctcnc. of one. Why, the Clay men Of the
Senate should have voted for Mr.. Mangum, we
can easily perceive, for, in his person, he repre-
scnts the very essence and quinescence OF Eth
gy- Whiggery But why any one else should
have done so, may well occasion surprise. Here,
however, may be again discovered the unhappy
influence Of Caucus dispensation. lthas been
limited that in caucus there was trial OF strength
between the hero of Lundy's Lane and the Uni
versal Representative, bit that he Representa-
tive metaphysically of the State Of Kentucky
and logically of the Union, according TO the rule
as laid down in the National Republican treatise
on the Constitution. was too much by a vote or
two for the gallant General, and after capturing
some Of the enemy, and driving others from the
field altogether, the Kentucky orator prevailed
VIM S Archer, the Virginia orator, and the
representative of an anti-Archer State by
some sixty votes in the Legislature, and by
! about $4,000 majority OF the popular suffrage,
proclaimed not long since that he believed the
President had not friend among the Wings on
the floor of the Senate. No matter how acute
w this person may have felt the sentiment he
uttered, occasioned possibly by analogy IN re
decting on his own painful position in regard TO
the State Of Virginia-neverlheess, he came
very near the mark, il seems, in making this
assertion. Only one Wing, we believe, voted
against Mr.. Mangum though, of course, we
do not speak by the card 1t is said, however
and we believe, that VIM. G. Rves, Of Nrgl
MIA, independent and unterrlhed as he Away
is, could not be induced TO swallow the caucus
nomination.
This election of Mr. Mangum is intended to
opera,e on the Old North state, For any other
consideration, il would just well have an
swered to have placed balloon Of sulPhurlc
acid 9 IS in the chair Of the President OF the Sc
nate. But all this won't do. The State OF
North Carolina won't be humbugged. The Sc
nate had lust as well have ordered basket OF
Gilt ginger bread to have been given her, you
would toy to child Mr., Clay has very cool
ly turned his back on Badger, &c. and the North
Carolina nomination; but if bis friends had any
hope for him IN The old STATE, they have taken
the most efficient means Of dcsroyL their
choice.
Apart from The lamcntabc circumstances at
tending the death OF Gen raj Harrison, the
friends Of Mr. Tyler must feel still greater NOR
LITIGATION that the chair which he vacated on his
accession to the Presidency, as Vice President
of the United States should now be Eve Will
not say filed but sal on by such person a,
Willie p, Mangum.
But how must Mr.. Mangum feel in the en-
joyment of his new honors. The Prcsldtol
has been called The President OF an accident
but Mr.. Mangum IS literally tie accidem II a.
accidept in now presiding temporarily over ihc
Senate,
FOR THE MADIsoNrAN,
onthc first ballot, Mr. Mangum received twenty
two votes twcniy-threc being necessary to achoec
The remainder of tho votes divided among
Messrs. King, Bayaid, Sewer, Kerr Tanadac
CL, yton, and Blank. On the second ballot, BiaaS
received no vote aud is il not highly proba elh''
Mr.. Mangum finding that he could muster butlwcn'y
two votes threw aside his modcsty and voted 1911 hlr-
selfl Was Mr. Manrua thu elected ny VIZ NAN
gum