The Whig standard., 1843-12-07

ADMITTING MRMHRRR NOT ELECTED
''a ACCORDING TO Law,
The Globe Of Monday evening has a jesuitical
article upon the organization Of the House, and
the admission Of the nonelected members from
the four States which have disregarded and at
tempted to nullify the law Of the land. To show
the impropriety of the course proposed by the
Wings, namely, TO reject or not recognise the
persons claiming to be members from New
Hampshire, Georgia, Mississippi, and Missouri,
the Globe says, that if The delegations from the
four large States, namely, New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Virginia, and Ohio, had been chosen by
general ticket, and, under the objections offered
by Mr.. Barnard, had been deprived Of their seats,
there could have been no Congress. The repu-
dated members of these four great States would
have formed a quorum, and we should. have
seen the absurdity of minority of The body
turning out that quorum, and thus, by an act Of
Legislation, requiring quorum, they would not
only defeat the possibility Of having the requisite
number under the Constitution to give authority
to such an act, but absolutely dissolve the Gov
ernment, under the pretext Of maintaining il"
1t is difficult to apply the proper terms to such
reasoning as this, without using language which
we are not, if we can avoid it, disposed to use
We have seldom seen more unfair reasoning or
deliberate J" Justification" Instead Of undertake
ing to show what would bc the sad condition Of
things in case majority were denied their seats,
and therefore how wrong it would be to exclude
the delegations Of the four large States from the
Representative hall, why not show how crirni-
nal it would be in those States to tramplc the
law of the land under foot, disregard it, and send
their delegations in manner not known to the
law ? By what authority do the States send
the number of members they do By the au-
thority Of the act Of Congress Of June 20, 1912,
the very act which directs, as the Constitution
authorizes Congress 70 do, the mode in which
members shall be elected. Now, instead of the
members each State is entitled to elect by dis
ricts under that act, suppose some OF the States,
the four large ones for instance, had disregarded
the act, and sent a larger number Of members
than the act authorized-say half more, or twice
as many what would be the duty of those
terms Of the act? Would it be their duty to
admit or reject the delegations thus sent On,
but, says the Globe, we should see in that case
the absurdity Of minority turning out quo
rum, and thus absolutely dissolving the Govern
ment under the pretext of maintaining it ! In
deed Would the minority in that case dissolve
the Government, or the States which had disre-
garded, and acted in violation of, the law Of the
land L? Please to answer us this question. There
is quite similarity Of thought between the
editor of the Globe and Mr.. Kennedy Of Indiana,
who in the debate upon Mr. Barnards motion to
amend the journal, on Tuesday, said it might
turn out that only the members from the four
States which had elected by general ticket were
legally and constitutionally elected, and instead
Of their being denied then seats, they might
turn all the other members out of the House !
The Globe deprecates any action that would de-
priye States Of representation IN the House;
would he have them admitted, whether entitled
to their seats or not = Would not the evil be
infinitely greater, to allow States to send dele
cations here without regard to the law OF the
than to exclude them for nonconformity with the
laws? If they are thus excluded then, whose
is the fault Those who exact an observance OF
the laws, or those who disregard, trample upon,
and set them atTdefance? The inference TO be
drawn from the Globes doctrine is, that the
States may or they may not send delegations TO
Congress elected in conformity with the law and
be that as it may, they must be, admitted to
their seats; that the other members, those who
are elected in compliance with the requlstlons
Of the act, have no right TO exclude them! This
is preaching the doctrine Of notification to its
fullest extent. N
4. The Globe says, " the House voted down the
attempt to arrest the organization" &c. There
was no attempt TO arrest the organization OF the
House, none whatever. Mr.. Barnard only offered
to read protest against the admission of mem