The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-12-14
A member inquired: "what was the answers

A member inquired: "What was the answer2,'
Mr.. HUBBARD replied, that the gentleman
brought TO him speech delivered by him (Mr.
BROWN three or four years ago; but after voting
once or twice for him, several gentlemen said that
they were satisfied, and they all voted for Mr..
BRowN.
Mr.. BROWN was understood to say that what h
said three or four years ago he maintained now.
MIR. billiard concluded his remarks by say
ing that the Union is TO be saved by retaining from
aggrossions. The South prefer dissolution TO n
contamination of the measures agitated.
Mr. CONRAD, of Louisiana, said that he had
listened with attention and some pain TO the dis
cussion OF to-day He regretted that ii had taken
place In his opinion it i'll timed premature,
and could be productive of no good but of much
evil. The gentleman from Georgia made, GER
tany, very eloquent appeal, and MIR. C. had list
ened to it with great pleasure. With most of the
opinions the gentleman uttered he entirely concur
red, and many of the sentiments met with hearty
response in his bosom. II was unnecessary that he
should give the assurance to others who addressed
the House to-day, but they would allow him 10 say
that they had sounded alarm which he feared
would not be confined to the walls of this hail. but
on the wings of lightning it would fly throughout
the land They sounded the alarm before it was
necessary. The gentleman from Georgia said that
he perceived the sole difficulty which frustrated an
attempt to organize to be sectional feeling here and
sectional feelings Mr. c. Wished to say, and this
he did with unmingled pleasure, and with the
utmost sincerity, that his observation of the pro
ceedings of the House had brought him to
difficulty was in trying to prevent organization
sectional position. Are not the northern men
in majority If they had desired they might
have organized the first day. He believed that
there were one hundred and three belonging
to the Democrats proper, Che did not speak of the
few Wilmot proviso men, who elected on
that principle.) Mr.. Com, the candidate of the
Democratic party, received one hundred and three
votes and this number included all the Democratic
members north Of Mason and Dixon's line The
Wings met in caucus, with the exception of a few
OF them. They selected, as candidate for Speaker
a gentleman who presided during period Of UNI
precedcnted difficulty, and in manner which
cured the confidence of every Wing and Democrat
from one end of the Union to the other He had
heard no dissent from any body This gentleman
was nominated almost unanimously the candidate
OF the Wing party. He believed that there one
hundred and two Wings in this body, exclusive Of
the gentleman from Georgia, (Mr. TooMBs,) and
four others. Mr. WINTHROP received one hundred
and one votes, and those were from Wings of the
North and South unfortunately. This shows the
desire to adhere to the party lines which have for
twenty years divided the country; and the difficult
y proceeds from the fact that there few indi-
viduals who have thus far refused to cooperate
with either OF the two great parties. 1t not for
him TO mpugn the sentiments of gentlemen, but he
could not concur in all that they said. He would
not be induced by his feelings to be drawn into
premature discussion on the Wilmot proviso, and
therefore he wished, with Mr. DUER, to adjourn
over for day, to deliberate.
Mr.. MARSHALL, of Kentucky, had been as
tonished to hear the dissolution of the Union agi-
tated to-day. He had heard appeal from the
gentleman from Massachusetts, (Mr. ALIEN to or
ganize the House sectional grounds. The gen
tleman from Georgia (Mr. TooMBs) said that he
hoped that discord would reign until members
bowed to the opinions of the South; and he heard
another gentleman say that the Speaker should be
a man who stands opposed to the Administration.
He (Mr M } claimed to be friend of the Union,
and was in favor of gentleman for Speaker who
did not represent any extremes and he trusted that
all distracting questions would be laid aside and
that the members would apply themselves to the
public good
Several motions were made to adjourn, and dis
agreed to. There were likewise desires expressed
to have call of the House, members had retired,
not supposing that a vote for Speaker would take
place to-day. However, another trial made,
and the following is the results 224 votes
castillo necessary to a choice: