The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-12-18

head of the "Repubc" 10 sthrow the first st0nes This
is fruitful topic, but we have room for no more at
present.
History Right.
The National Hteiligeneer Of yesterday in article
audng to the present condition Of the House Of Repre-
senatives (Which it truly says is not event which
should excite the alarm and apprehension Of the county3
remarks as follows:
Who for example, ever now refers the Of dis
order which attended the opening oil the Congress that
sembled in December 1889 hen in consequence Of tho
adroiness OF party, Gtselt the minority In fac five
duly retained members from OF the States
euded from their seats and the power Of he House thrown
into the hands of The minority Tor the whoe Of that Con-
gressl
This paragraph contains ausion TO the celebrated
broad fraud attempted to be perpetated by the fed
eralists Of New Jersey, by which five members al
tempted to be Struggled upon the House OF Representa-
tives under of the abroad sea Of that State and
against the will OF its people. The Intsligeneer thus
coverly attempts to justify the proceeding, AMI to con-
ceal the true facts involved in il.
Those facts are as follows: II was known that the
two parties were very nearly balanced in the 26th
Congress, and the political complexion OF the House
depended upon the members from New Jersey The
people OF that State elected federas and five demo-
represent them, who were of course, duly emit
tied 10 their seats. Thus spoke the ballot boxes But
in order to give the majority 10 his party in the
House OF Representatives the. governor Of that Stale
commission the FIVE wings who were not elected, and
OF course refused commission the democrats who
elected The former presented themselves to the House
with their commissions under the "broad SEAL" and
claimed their seats by virtue OF that magic and potent
symbol. The FIVE democrats appeared also, bringing
with them ndubitabe evidence Of the voice of the ballot
bor which proved that they had received majority Of
the votes of the people, and that the "broad seal Of New
Jersey actually covered up falsehood.
The House, having by the constitution the right TO
Judge OF the election and qualifications OF its mem
bers decided that il not bound to take the broad
sea as prima aee evidence of the election, when
was apparent that il did certify to the truth; that il
did pay such respect to such symbol, in opposition 10
the legal and more conclusive evidence Of the popular
votes. corrupt Executive would be able TO pack the
House Of Representatives with persons claiming to be
elected as members but who not in fact elected by
the people On the contrary. it decided that the votes Of
the people, as given by the ballot-box. was the true
prma taeie evidence Of election, which coud be set
aside only by showing that the ballobox itself had been
corrupted by many fraudulent votes deposited in il.
The "broad seal" members were therefore excluded,
and the members having majority Of the votes Of the
people WeIe duulttcu was SUBSEQUENTLY ihFes-
tigated by the Committee on Elections. and found 10 be
that the abroad seal" covered up fasehood, and that
those persons claiming seats under il had been
elected by the people Of New Jersey The National In
tegenr, therefore, is in when il intmass that
the "broad seal" members improperly and uDjusty
excluded from their seats and the power Of the House
thus thrown into the hands Of the minority
We understand thai Major Henderson has arrived in
Washington with official copy Of the proposed con
stitution Of California He was accompanied BY Mr.. j.
Rose Browne the official reporter Of the convention,
who authorized to make full reports Of its debates
These will be published by Mr.. Browne in time to lay
before the Congress Of the United States In connexon
with his name. beg leave TO annex the following ex-
tract Of letter from the Washington correspondent Of
the Charleston News Of the 10Th instant:
Mr. Rose Browne, Of the passengers in the Crescent
City and who reported the proceedings Of the cslfornia
arrived here yesterday The convention yoed
him thousand dollars for his services he has under
taken have the printed In English and Span
ish The life OF Mr. Browne has been an eventiul
About seven years since he reporter here in the Sen
ate, where he of the most rapid writers ever
Fond OF adventure he subsequently, went hand
before the mast on whaling voyage. The result
couple OF well written volumes descriptive OF whaling e
published by the Harpers and which have been exten
sivey read. Mr. b. formerly the able correspondence
The New YORK Mirror at which period circumstances made
us warm friends. think II was in December, 1915, that
he not knowing that the your paper
made very structures upon what he then be-
ieved to be missatement relative certain
IN this city Happening 10 be the post Office together,
ne taking the "Mirror from his box, showed IL me,
'aying "See what lashng have given that correspond
sn Of the Charleston News" then informed him haiti
myself who the recipient Of his blows and that
IDLY appreciated their weight Never was
shed than he discovering that he had been ssecdng
,ne Of his intimate acauainsnces When in Paris,
Mr. b. the OF young American artist who,
having been grossly deceived by pretended patron,
reduced the lowest degree ofpovery On his this
,iy, Mr. directed the propretors Of the Mirror remit
he avails Of his correspondence the suffering artist;
which, it's needless 10 say, faithfully done, with
addition by Mr. Willis, Of the ten Of that pa
per-
Prentice" the New York commercial correspondent