The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-12-21

readers. as they are TO read them; but
we have to defer our wishes to the fac.
tionists and w-breskers. 7.e"l
CorrespOndtnee Of the Lancaster Gazette.
CoLUMBUs, December 1sth--P. NJ,
Mr.. EDITOR: The Senate ofOhio, and
the House of Representatives at Wash
ington seem to be making equal progress
in their attempts at organization, with
this difference, that at Washington, there
is some ground on which TO build the
hope Of terminating the interegnUm,
while here there is none. Every thing
is at a dead stand without the slightest
hope Of a change. s4HHyz
The Wings occupy lofty ground. They
have planted themselves upon the consti-
tuition and laws. There they will stand
until the second Tuesday of October
1850, ifneedful. Like Rough & Ready
their motto is "Never Surrender" The
Locofocos as distinctly take the ground Of
dsfance Of The lar. johnson the claim
ant from Hamilton County. distinctly a.
vows, that he has been sent here in de-
fance Of law, and is determined to, stay
in defiance Of law. What stronger de.
monstratioh could faction make of its de.
signs. ''i' 'I''f' ''H'"'F3 s'th'3s7 Y
During the last four days the whole
time ofthe Senate has been taken up in
balotting. ineffectually.fo for Speaker. The
only intermission has been, when Honor
able Senators rise to some question oI
privilege. These questions of privilege
are little singular. Toillustrate. You
distinguished Senator Mr.. Whitman, rose
the other morning & iniimated that his i'm
muuities had been invaded. In what way
The Senator read the following article
from the Guernsey Times from the State
Journal into which it had be copied.
SENATORIAL PRorRtETY.-When the
Locofoco Senators raised the row OF
Monday about the admission of johnson
the Hamilton County man, as Senator
there was vote taken on the question o.
his admission, which amid the noise and
confusion, was unheard and unnoticed BY
the Wings. Ofcourse Locos alone vo'
ting. it was declared carried by their par
tisan Myers, who was in the chair. John
son was at this time bewildered with the
excitement round him, and as the Loco
foco tool, Judge Holt, who was read,
stationed for the purpose, was admins
tering the oath to him in a corner, he
turned 10 leave "Stand up here" sale
the hairy Senator from Fairfield, Whit
man, seizing him by the shoulder ant
thrusting him in the face of the Judge
"G...d d-..n yOU, stand up and be s'cornP
This incident speaks volumes of the spir
it and temper displayed by the Locofo
cos in that body in their attempt to over
ride the laws of the State for their owl
base party purposes. -Gaernsey Times
Now cannot see what benefit it wa
to Mr.. Whitman to read this article, an
give it an additional publication, an
then say that the Guernsey Editor ha'
made mistake, unless it was designe
to make himself more notorious. The in
cident it relates, probably did not TAX
place, but il is not so unlike Mr. Whit
man as to make him feel uneasy. H
said however that he only did it for tn
sake of Mr.. johnson. EHJ 2
Mr.. Whitman is the Magnus apollo ,
Locofocoism in these diggings.' He owe
this pre-eminence not so much to bis ia
ents, as to his boldne ss-it would bette
perhaps be called audacity. He carrie
out his views to their EXTREMIST const
quence regardless of circumstance
This audacily, joined to certain dete
mination he has, gave his party a decide
advantage atthe opening of the session
The Wing Senators should never hav
submitted TO the course he forced upo
them. Permitting the election of Chai
man to preside during the orga nizatior
by the seventeen old Senator'S, was
capital blunder on the part of the Whie
or rather of Mr., Dennison, who on thi
occasion assumed the leadership, f
which he is by no means suited. Notl
ing but most unyielding frmhess. has r,
covered the ground lost atthat time.
There is one Senator at least on tn
Wing side, who is more than able
cope with Mr.. Whitman-Senator Beav,
ofTrumbell, this gentleman posses MOI
politicalknowledge, than any of his fe
lows in the Chamber. and as ready d,
batter. l have never seen him excelle
By single happy stroke ofhumor, he,
once turns the most bombastic and volel
defamation Of Whitman into ridicule
and in more serious cofict, has always
weapon ready for his antagonist. ~ e
For one, think concession has gor