The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-12-05

leelns, and create more party DIVISIONS, thaii any
other during the session. II will come on at an ear
| " day and no human being can predict what re-
vouon It's discussion may effect the present state
| of potical parties. Numbers Of the Wing party,
with the National Intelgencer Fat their head, are
attempting TO treat 1t as matter of moonshlne.
/ Let them indulge the dream. But they may awake
when they find that the South will unite TO man in
pressing its full discussion upon Congress, and who
shall say that the cardinal point upon which the
next Presidential election may hinge, shall not be
Annexation" or Sc No Anne xation'.
Immediately on the House being organized, the
sea! of Mr.. Jones, of Virginia, is to be contested
by Mr.. Bolts, whom he defeated Mr.. Jones got
majority OF at the polls of either seventeen or
nineteen votes, and Mr.. Bolts says he is in posses
SION OF proof that upwards OF seventy of his (Mr.
Js, voters were regular pipe LAYERS The readers
OF the Herald know Mr.. Bolts shy reputation"
There will be some fun here
Almost every member of the Twenty eighth Con.
grass is now on the ground. Monday morning viii
bring together full, active, and | trust, efficient
OF new members this session, and, like every other
sublunary vocation, however, legislation Is busl-
ness that requires 10 be studied, and unless there Is
more prudence, more calmness, more OF a concllia-
tory spirit in this than preceding Congresses have
shown, much of the members time, and (what is
more consequence much OF the peoples money,
may be spent in idle wrangllng about matters of
no earthly interest TO any but the individuals en-
gagged in it.
ELEVEN O'CLOCK, p NJ
The Democratic Caucus has this moment ad-
JOurneQ. III opened ratner tne CaInOun
members showing the suspicious they entertained
of the rough riding intended by the V an Burenites
The leaders Of the Van Buren, faction, however,
openly dlsclaimed any wish but to ascertain the
true feeling OF the democratic party at large. And
in order TO show their sincerity in this matter,
adopted propostion not less than two-thilds
of the votes of all present, would be necessary for
the nomination. After much discussion, and pro-
fusion OF speeches, the vote was taken. The meet
ing consisted of ll3 members-necessary to a
choice 76 At the first ballot, Mr.. Jones, of Vir-
glnia Van Buren, member, got "A votes. So, he
IS (orwill be) the Speaker of the next House Of
Representatives.
The nomination for Printer was not gone into,
out another Democratic Caucus is to be held on
Monday morning.. for ,sundry purposes, one. of
which, doubtless, is to discuss and decide the fate
OF Messrs. Bryant, Kendall and Blair. ]. +.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec 3, 1913.
made hurried mention, at the close of my last
nights letter, of the result of the Democratic eau
GUS held III the Capitol, at p. NJ. Late as was the
our, had not then learnt the result of the Wing
Caucus, convened at the same time, in another part
OF the same stately building The wings generally
seemed inclined 10 think that there was but little
for them 10 arrange, and, after few oratorical
bursts about the ultimate triumph of wing princi-
pies, and their determination to stick together like
a band OF Spartans, cluster of hedgehogs, they
agreed TO run solid upon all their old officers from
Speaker downwards. They discussed also the
shape in which they should oppose the admission of
those members elected by general ticket and finally
agreed upon the plan TO stop them at the threshold.
Here will be another puzzling piece of business for
the clerk-here will be another grand commngling
OF interruption, confusion, commOtion and legsla-
tive indecorum. 1t Is understood that Mr.. John
Quincy Adams Is to lead off on the side of the
Constitution and the act of last session. and judging
from that honorable members usual tenacity when
he gets possession of the floor, and keeping in view
that at that stage the House will be without rulers,
1t Will be rather hard task for the united democra-
cy to get him down. The democrats, at their
caucus tomorrow morning, intend to concert mea-
surcs TO push on the organization at all hazards
which, with their immense majority, they believe
they can easily do. Their policy will be TO leave
all the oratory TO the wings, and content themselves
with share IN the voting.
Every day gives new face to the state and
prospects Of political parties But yesterday, and
the democratic ranks Were split up, broken, con-
fused, dlsordered, and torn to pieces by faction
To-day they are in solid file, firm, united and, as
they think, invincbe. Yesterday, they were all
anxiety all confusion, all suspicious of each others
movements. To-day they are calm, collected, and
loving brothers going to church, like good citi-
zens after they have brushed all the of bust
were revealing in the prospect that the breach in
the democratic ranks was wide enough to allow
them TO pass through to an easy victory To-day,
they cast chilling look upon the dissolution Of all
don't give up the ship" and they too have gone
10 draw consolation from the only pure fountain
The democrats have always received credit for
being admirable tacticians, and the proceedings of
last night show that they intend to preserve that
character in the great battle of 1874. They met
full Of suspicion, jealousy, and bitterness towards
each ether, and they came away with new friend
ship and new love for the whole human race in
general, and democracy in particular. Detail is
useless: suffice II TO say, that the leadingVan Buren,
men, the leading Calhoun men /, the leading John.
son, Buchanan and Cass men, last night, freely de-
clared, in the name of themselves and Others their
determination to support the nominee OF the con-
vention, whoever might be their first choice. This
Is looked upon as equivalent to declaration OF
union upon Van Buren,, as II is the almost unlver-
sal belief of the party that he will get majority in
Convention on the first ballot.
This great change in the democratic atmosphere
has been without its effect upon the patriotic
candidates for Public Printer. As soon as the de-
mocrats began to enjoy the unanimiy that prevail
ed amongst them, the whisper passed around that
il was necessary 10 support "The Globe" Many
of them thought that Blair too ugly and too i'll
natured TO wallow, and urged sympathy for Ken
dali. Blair followed up the opportunity, however,
to start into extensive circulation such another
newspaper as his, before the election of ~, was
altogether an Utoplan idea. So far as the feeling
is at present. he has fought the battle successfully
Yes. Blair will he the Printer. Kendall will have
to fall back upon his chance Of getting something
from Congress for the Stockton IL Stokes prosecu-
ton; and Mr.. w. G.. Bryant, of the New York
President Tyler is never heard of here. He s
shut up to all but few sycophants, who are eating
their share of his official crumbs and making him
believe that at the next Presidential election no
man will have the shadow of chance against him.
J. f.
Mr.. CALHoUN's Position AND PRospEcTs.-Ac-
cording TO the givings of the different journals
in the confidence of Mr.. Calhoun, it really appears