Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-11-28
The lLcefinr Of Conrrcss.

The irsi acts of Congress, will he looked To
with some interest, indicating tho probable
strength of the Ami. Van Barren Democracy. The
election oin Speaker, will come ON too TO give
! the dsaiiccted time To organize. rs To bring
their full force to bear. In the election Of Printer
however. We shall probably full and fair ex.
hibit of the Ant.Nan Buren, Democracy. The
Globe will be the candidate OF the Van Buren, hc-
ton; Amos Kendall of the Johnson, Buchanan and
Cass men, and the Spectator OF the Calhoun wing;
while John Jones will march at the head of the
Corporal's Guard.
The Journal OF Commerce, which is Van Blu.
renish, or Calhounish, or Tylerish, is most 10
its interest, publishes the following letter:
Correspondence OF the Journal OF Commerce.
WASHINGTON, Nov. ~, lS43.
But i,es said the subject OF the organization Of the
House isgcnerally supposed however, that Mr. John
w. Jones' of Virginia, will be the Democratic Van Buren,
candidate for the Speskcrshp. There will also be
Van Buren, Democratic candidate for that station and Mr..
John Campbell, of :. C., Mr. John w Davis, OF India
will perhaps be- the candidate. But the an,ysn Buren,
men will not probably form majority unless they embrace
the friends Ut Mr.. buchanan ct Pennsy yans aud four
Johnson men from kentucky, well all the Calhoun
men. The Wings, 1t supposed will OF course aid the plan
Tor defeating the regular candidate some political spe
euatos sanguine to talk oi three anti an
Buren, Democrats, and seventy Wings. think they will
dnd however. thaI nearly all the Democratic members,
except few Calhoun will abide by the nominations OF
the Caucus.
A. 10 the Printer o the House. there will be another pro
position dispense with any, and establish Government
Press; but, usual it will TALL through. Blair and Rves
Amos Kendall. sud Mr.. Heart oi the Calhoun paper lho
Spectator the candidates spoken OF the demo
cratic side II the Wings choose between those, will
for Kendall aud for the Calhoun candidate. They
cannot, OF course, carry candidate OF their
The principal candidates. for the Clcrkshp Mr. Clarke
the present clerk Mr. Garland Hate CLERK. and Mr. Har.
ms Hate member from Virginia There will be Others
the caucus does settle the But II supposed
that the democrats will expose their dsensons befue
their adversaes. at the very rst oil ~, the Whgs did
by repudIaing the caucus nomination.
There Is most important rumor to-day and IL be
rueNZ that the President has rcconsidercd his and
recommendations the subject oi Texas, prepared for
the Message and will essentially modify hsm-sven il he
do not abandon the whole The opposition nantes
ted TO the dHReTdfon the Of in the South, is
said TO be the motive for this rumored change. But shall
how will be. In my opinion, President will
go the whole
We curious TO whether the Van Buren, men will
endorse HafeGtiOn, BY admitting the members elected
contrary tolaw Will they nHtv OF Congress which
has become law, will they wait till they repeal i'll
Repeal 1t they cannot while the Senate is IVhig.
We think there s some error about Mr.. Jones
being made Speaker. His seat is contesied-and
he will moi be able 10 retnin longer than the ls
ofJanuary.
The Columbia Is. c. Chronicle (Whg) has
the following paragraph
j. On the authority ola gentleman Washington, who
knows thing two that VIM. WILKINS of Penn.
sylvanu i to be the Democratic Speaker of the House
Representatives. at the coming session of Congress. Mr.
Wilkins has peculiar claims on the Southern denocra
cy: He the author believe, the Tariff bill OF
e2s and opposed the compromise in his in the L. s
Senate, in 1892.