New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-03-29
A Curious Scene in the House CONTESTED
with the Tariff.
From cur Special Correspondent;

Nothing so true as what you state in your note 10
one OF my letters-no paper can report every thing
at once neithercan any reporter report every thing
at once and there sometimes occurs scene so
rich in the House OF Representatives charac-
teristic OF the double-faced, hde-and-seek policy of
the Van Buren, party by their Representatives here,
that 1t is worth giving the day after. Such scene
occurred in the House yesterday in relation TO the
Tariff, and it fell outin this wise:
1t was Resolution day; and, when the State Of
Maryland was called, Mr.. JOHN P. KENNEDY rose,
with smile on his face and offered the following
ReelUed That this House approve and adopt following
opinions sxnres ID w General in his letter 10 Dec
tor l. H. Coeup1 Of " iieeton So.A Carolina DAT Aprsl
&c 1926 to wIhat Led Iron, Copper, Hemp a-d Wcoi,
Uaac great materials Of orr national defence they
10 have extended them adequate and fair proeco thai
Manufacturers and LsboTrTs may De- pcCi faT compe
toa with those Of Saro and that may have within our
supply OF these radH- and important articles,
eSssu1 70 Tia: e have been long .uhisct
the pdlic of Bft's Merchants and that il is tune should
psuIcrs end aboies Of England, feed own" That a
ton. Debt aud aad US the .neaas Of that defence within
ourselves which the safety of Country Liberty
to our Labor which prove bsn-cia 10 the happiness
inds! endencs and wealth Of the community
Had an enormous bomb-shelI fallen in the very
midst of the LocoFoco party, it couls not have pro-
duced much greater scattering and confusion
among the rank and file Thirty or forty OF the
party sprang 10 their feet in an instant Loud cries
of I" Ohlect-obec OF that humbug-General
Jackson never SAID so, &c mingled with the great
est possible uproar and one classic and chaste par
tisan cried out 1t too late IN the day for any
such - humbug - that
However there was the resolution, and they didn I
know what 10 do with it. Mr. Kennedy had called
the previous question, but it was evident this would
not be seconded and so in order TO get something
like vote upon it rather than have il 60 over Mr.
WINTHROP moved to lay ii on the table. For this
there were Yeas l9, Noes ll9. Alessrs. E. j. Black
Burke, Burt, r. Chapman, Coles, Daniel, Hale
HARRISON, Henley, Hopkins, p. King, Lucas, LYON,
McClernand, Payne, d. ). Reid, Rhett, Saunders,
and Simpson voted Ave" Among the ll9 Mega
tives were Cave Johnson, Kennedy, Weller, Nlaclay,
and nearly all the Van Buren, men voting with the
Wings Leonard and several other Van Bulen men
lodged the vote.
T:,; resolution not being laid on the table, the
question was taken on seconding the demand for the
Previous Question. Here again the Locos were IN
great confusion. calling out 10 each other, "s ote 1t
down-vote the - thing down-it $ only Wing,
trick to catch us and other elegant expressions.
They did vote it down Ayes 81, Noes SO. SO the
Previous Question not being seconded, Mr. W. j.
Brown the tavern-keepef of Indiana, violent part-
san. then took up a.number OF the Ohio Statesman,
which he was reading "a paper whose charac'eryo n
want no description OF aud cried out, " Mr. Speaker,
| move the following as an amendment 10 the reso-
luton OF the gentleman from Maryland
ResplreG That this House approve of the sentiments OF
s7ess 8i follows Garry ont the principles OF the ON
promise Acc Look Revenue alone for the support OF Gov,
erumsnt Do raise the question OF fTotecuon winch /
ton ''u OFS' put '' '''@'e . ~ N-~','
The reading of This produced shouts OF laughter
from the Loco-F ocos for a few minutes. But pre-
senty they found thatthey had cornered themselves.
Brown moved the previous question. And you ne
yer saw such udicrOus state OF CONSERVATION as
the Van Buren, men were IN tor several mlnutes-
They were running all about the House consulting
rs TO what they should do. Dromgoole, one oil The
shrewdest, asked the Speaker IT the whole subject
did not go over in consequence OF the motion 10
amend The Speaker said "No.' Hale moved to
Law the whole subject on the table. That was re-
iectetl The Previous Question was seconded.
Mr.. Winthrop asked whether the motion was
now on striking out Gen. Jacksons sentiments and
inserting those of Mr. Clay. The Speaker sad 1t
was Mr.. Hardin, "Then suppose, sir, that all
who are opposed TO Gen Jackson's views will vote
ave" This caused much laughter and retort on
both sides,
AT last the vote taken on Browns amend
ment, and the iollowngi is the result
YrA.Aisssrs Atkinson Brn,oa; Edward BLACK Boy Bow,
T. BG oW s9G dso0 Bdr Ru5-p
Ausut A. o6 6hPe DAVIS S5S Gf prcmso o
Elmer Earee, tiG1lin Hammsst Harrison Henley Holmes,
Hog had sSS Has sc Js ione
a Kennedy, Klkparck Lahranche Leonard LEWIS Luca,
SST
Paying Emery Potter pa; 3 k; Rid Fes sm; Riff so R
Smith Ro5t smith, s,esnlod Stiles Stone strong
Thompson Tucker, Weller Wentworth, Woodward, ost
SAYs-Messrs Abbott, Adams, ashe, Baker, BaniGser,
Brynsle Milton BFoTg jeremiah brown Bpns
Creasion Dana Garrett DAVIS. DAVIS Deberry Dleksy
Dickinson Du4lap. Ellis Fish Foot French GddEEs'
Ha ii He1p-r Hopkins, Hqpseori, " ahnEton Hum
Charles j. ngerso Irviu Jen ks pee B. Johnson John T.
Srs Pafntner Pat.Tsoa PeyIop Elisha R Potter. Pa5,,
Senses eas9sae syoa Ds1d
Seymour, Sinons Albert smith. Caleb B smith SpeIce'
A ssn vsnee vnon wts
Whit. WiIlams Winthrop, William Wright, Joseph A
So the amendment was rejected By Two vote $
amidst the greatest scene OF confusion among the
Loco. Eocos and merrlment among the Wings mat
ever YOU saw When Mr. E. J. MORRIS rose 10 ask
Mir Brown if Mr.. Clay had ever uttered those
words, the Loco-Focos Immediately called hlm to
order.
After the vote was announced that the amendment
was rejected, the squrming and twisting 10 get rid
of a direct vote on kennedys resolution, exceeded
eli ever saw Mr.. Hamlin moved reconsdera-
ZION: this was Ut of order; then he moved the
House adjourned; the Wings demanded the Yeas
and NAYS and il was voted down. 80 TO I0. linen
Mr.. Thompson. OF Mississippi, moved 10 lay the
whole subject on the table 10 getrd oft. lhls was
voted down. Then the motion 10 adjourn was re-
newed The Wings who had fought this battle well
again ordered the Yeas and Nays and the result was
Yeas So, NAYS %. SO BY 3 votes the Loco-Focos
got out of their quandary but they were httle the
worst scared set OF men YOU have seen IN long
time.
What adds 10 the richness OF this whole affair, is
that the extract offered by Brown from the : Ono
Salesman purpor,ed 10 be from speech OF Dir.
Claws al the Extra Session OF l8il. Well, Mr.:
White, Garrett Davis, Hardin and others, searched
all the records and found that the extract 'ras a
rrtolesaie forgery Mr.. Clay never having uttered
any such words
send Won this as a specimen OF Lsco-Foco legis-
lation in Congress, and beg Won 10 make your own
comments, and pass it round the country, IN order
that the honest and impartial may see true picture
Of the conduct OF The majority in the House OF