Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-12-23

o. Before the August election, some of our wing
editors fattered themselves that c. B. Smith, or R.
w. Thompson, would be elected to the Speakers
Chair, in the U. S. House of Representatives. We
laughed at the idea, and the of events shows
that we had reason to do so. Thompson was ''no
wharf," and poor Smith came out of the smallest end
of the horn Notwithstanding liberal application of
soap to the ,oayS
On this subject the Washington correspondent of
the Ohio Statesman writes as follows:
Though the nomination of Winthrop effected in
caucus on Saturday nght) is the only one that could
possibly ha,e succeeded, it not made without any
quantity of heart burnlngs the part of defeated
federal asprants for the Speakership, and their
friends. C.. b. Smith, Of Indiana, takes his disap-
pointment, perhaps, harder than any other; to have
been nominated though subsequently, defeated, he
doubtless would have been, was to have gained him a
In the Senate federalism controls the Leg
slature of his State to be next elected Though forced
to acquiesce in the action of the caucus, ten 10 one
he will trouble for his party friends before the
session Closes To this end, have every reason TO
believe he will head the antsuppb wing of the op-
position in pressing all conceivable treacherous and
factiOus propositions. Their motto will be-no coun-
tenance to unjust, unrighteous, and damnable
war'-and upon this they will base any quantity OF
Inscriptions efforts to en- arrass the action of the
government in bringing Mexico to terms.
''We hear to day that the threat subsequently car
ried OUT of Giddngs and his to vote against the
nomination of any other than Smith, designed
only Cor the purpose Of aiding the southern fderasts
to escape responsibility home, for thus helping the
anti-sIavery purposes of federalism the north, by
the election ola Wilmot proviso Speaker.
Z" The movement of Glddings adroit. 1t will
doubtless be held up to prove to southern constituents,
that electing Winthrop, one of the most determined
friends Of the Provso in the land, was not obeyng
the behests Of aboltionsn In truth, northern fede
ralism has so long imperiously ruled in the grand
council of the party, that some such was absO-
uely necessary to hide the fact that even In Crisis
critical for the south, southern federalism dare not
refuse obedience to the dctation of anti-savery in
caucus.
"The selection of Campbell of Tennessee, to be
their nominee for Clerk, after much wrGngling was
thought prudent 1t was, IN fact, throwing to the
southern people bone to gnaw by way of attracting
their attention from the process of stocking the
mittee cards. TO deal strong hand to ani-slavery,
which MIR. Winthrop placed in the chair by southern
federal votes, is TO do up
The correspondent Of the Cincinnati Enquirer also
alludes to Smith, as follows
"Mr. c. B. SMITH, of Indiana, who had been named
candidate for Speaker, was ''no where" III eau
Gus. The combination between the South and the
East, made the West look blue;-it had no show in
any thing. The South aud the East got all-Speaker
Clerk Sergeant at Arms. Door-keeper, Postmaster,
&c. Mr.. SMITH, when his name was called, did not
VOTE but before the result announced, he voted
for Mr.. WINTHROP. Had Mr. SMITH had an eye
tooth drawn it would not have hurt him worse than
dad that vote"