The Whig standard., 1843-12-08
W A SHI N G. I O n.
FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. s, 1s43.
THE ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE
ELECTION OF OFFICERS, &c.

THE ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE
ELECTION OF OFFICERS, &c.
Did ever men cut more sorry figure, than
the Calhoun and Buchanan men do in the House
of Representatives Surely, never were men
more completely overreached, never were men
more thoroughly used up. Look at the officers
of the House; every man Of them Van Buren,
even down to the Doorkeeper, and we are not
sure that there is even messenger who does
not belong to that side Of the party. 1t has ever
been thus since the first day when Mr. Calhoun
and Mr. Van Buren's interests became antago-
nstic. Mr.. Calhoun would, for moment. seem
to be in the ascendant but no sooner would his
rival approach, than his star would pale, and its
brightness grow dim. How was it in 1929, for
instance? While Mr.. Calhoun was here with
General Jackson, and Mr.. Van Buren, at Albany,
the former was admitted to be lord Of the
ascendant. But how soon after Mr.. Van Buren
came to Washington, did Mr.. Calhoun's influence
with him whom he had made President, wane,
and Mr.. Van Buren's increase? And how long
was it before the latter poisoned the mind Of the
General, and produced breach between him
and Mr.. Calhoun The Presidency, previous
TO this rupture, was within the grasp Of Mr..
Calhoun; the General was pledged TO one term !;
Mr.. Calhoun was considered by the whole party
as his successor; it was not convenient for Mr..
Van Buren, to allow Mr.. Calhoun to succeed,
and as he was not quite ready to take General
Jackson seat himself not being then sufficiently
known to the country, and not having his wires
all fixed, he contrived to set the one term prom
to keep the seat warm for himself until he could
make sure Of his way toit. After all this, Mr..
Calhoun magnanimousy came to the support Of
his succussful rival in 1887, and gave him his
hearty support for reelection in lS40 with what
success we all know. Well, after this, having
waited patiently SO long time, having quietly
fallen IN the rear Of, and agreed to play second
fiddle to Mr.. Van Buren, Mr.. Calhoun thought
surely his old rival would have magnanimity
enough to retire after running twice for the
Presidency, and give him his long-delayed
chance. But, no. Mr.. Van Buren, must run
third time--he must try once more-and, in the
meantime, Mr. Calhoun and his friends must
wait, cooling their toes and frosting their heads,
four years more! They protest. warmly and in
dignantly, as they should do against this treat
ment, and more than intimate that they will
not be thus thrust aside; but have they the
courage and the manliness to take firm and de-
cided ground ? No. but the moment they are
called upon, and ordered 10 fall into line and
work in the harness, they submit, kindly, and
without murmur! They see the honors and
Offices Of the party bestowed, but neither the one
nor the other are rendered to them. They wait
patiently, and look meekly on, while Van Buren's
friends parcel out every thing among themselves,
and if they dare complain or wag their tongues
they are soon awed into silence. How docle
and kindly they behaved in caucus and how
contempuously they are treated by their very
dear friends, appears from the following letter
from the Washington correspondent of the Rich
mond Enquirer:
WASHINGTON Cry, Dec. 3, 1843
II drop you line, to inform you thereof
Contrary to expectation, the South Carolina and
Georgia delegations were in attendance Tat the
caucusl, and behaved well. They talked a good
deal of harmony and reconciliation, and stated, in
express terms, that they had no expectation Of
Mr.. Calhoun's nomination for the Presidency,
but that they intended to support the nominee Of
the Convention, provided we would hold out to
them the olive branch, and that it was due to
them, that zoe, (the Van Buren party,) shonld
tender it; and asked, as an earnest of our deter
minalion to do SO, that before any person should
be nominated to any office, he should receive the
votes of ftwo-thirds of the members present We
yielded il to them, and then proceeded to nomi-
nate Speaker and il resulted in John w. Jones
receiving more than two-thirds of the votes cast,
and he will, beyond doubt, be the Speaker.
The prospects are bright and Frightening and
all will be perfect harmony in few weeks.
The signs point strongly to the withdrawal of
Mr.. Calhoun by his friends previous to May, and
they will act with us. The skies are brighter
than you can imagine"