Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-12-28
congresslonal proceeiings.

resulted IN the election OF Speaker We give pref
ty full report of that day, taken from the Baltimore
Sum- 1t will be only necessary to glance hastily at
the proceedings of the previous days. On Wednes-
day, the 19th the House voted three times unsuc-
cessfuly for Speaker. On Thursday the same course
was pursued with the result. It appeared, in
answer to question of Giddings of Ohio that whg
caucus had been held the night previous, at which
six delegates had been appointed to meet six similar
delegates on the part of the democratic party to
consult upon and report to their respective meetings
mode of organizing the House on just and fair prn
ciplesn The committee did not report on Friday,
and the House adjourned until Saturday without any
VOTE preerrng to await the action of the committee
of conference. Saturdays proceedings are given
somewhat more fully
The choice of Seats and the reception of the Mes
sage, was the only business transacted on Monday
Both Houses djourned until Thursday, the 9th inst
The Senate has been occupied with Executive bu-
siness, and the appointment of committees.
| The Chairmen of the various Standing Committees
as follows: Foreign Affairs King of Ala Finance,
| Dickinson of N Y. Commerce, Hamlin of Maine
Sturgeon of Penn. Military, Davis of Miss Mill
tia, Houston of Texas. Naval Yulee of Florida
Public Lands, Felch of Michigan. Private Land
Claims, Downs of LOU Indian Affairs, Atchison of
Claims Walker of Wisconsin. Judiciary, Butler of
S. C.. Post Office, Rush of Texas. Pensions, King
of Ala Territories, Douglass of Ill. Public Build
ings Hunter of Va. Patents, Turney of Tenn
Retrenchment, Bradbury of Vt. Library, Pearce of
Md.
The following are the principal committees:
On Foreign Reations.-Messrs. King Foote,
Webster, Benton, and Mangum.
On Finance.--Messrs Dickinson Phelps, Hunter,
Douglas, and Pearce.
\ On Military Afairs.-Messrs. Davis, of Miss.
Borland, Greene Shields, and Dawson
On Naval Afairs.-Messrs. Yulee Mason, Badger
Bright and Miller.
On the Judiciaru-Messrs Butler, Bradbury, Ber-
On the District of Columbia Messrs. Mason, Yulee,
Miller, Shields, and Berrien.
A debate arose upon the admission of Father MAT
THEW to seat upon the floor of the Senate We
have referred to this in another place. It will be
seen, that all the most important Senatorial COM
mittees, there is preponderance of Southern men.
Mr.. Calhoun, Mr. Clay, and Mr.. Cass were, at their
own request excused from serving upon any commit
tees. Mr.. Bentons Free Soil movements have exclu-
ded him from the fellowship of the democratic party
and virtually from all the committees.
i Masonic Celebration.
In accordance with previous notice. the members
of the Masonic Order in this place. assembled at the
Lodge Room yesterday morning, the 9th inst, fol-
the purpose of celebrating the anniversary of St
John the Evangelist They proceeded in procession
to the Methodist Episcopal Church. where address
f was delivered by Brother ROBERT STRANGE, Jr. II
unnecessary to say that the display very beau
tfu and striking nor that the address was listened
to with that marked attention to which its merits
titled it. We now going to press, and it is
impossible for to do justice to the subject. We
l NAV recur to it On q future occasion
:, From the Savannah Georg ian, Dec. 20.
We invite the calm and serious attention of all oul
readers to the speech of Mr.. TooMBs. He has spo
ken upon the great matter of difference between the
: North and the South, becomes Southern man
and Georgian. Upon questions of party we have
been, are, opposed to Mr.. TooMBs. But, upon
this question, above all party questions hasten tc
award to him our humble need of appreciation. II
becomes the Southern people to unite and lift uI
the hands, of their statesmen in the National Capt.
toll We satisfied that Mr.. TooMBs represents in
his speech the opinions of great majority of the
people of Georgia. We say, then, to Mr.. TooMBs
: and say to Mr.. STEPHENS, however we may have
n differed from you-however greatly the people Of
Georgia have been divided upon your past course
recognise in your present position, upon the great
-. pending question: correct position maintain il
manfully. The people of Georgia will sustain you
, They will say, with Mr. STEPHENS, that they woulC
# rather the Southern country with all her Statesmen
and all her great spirits offered up an honorable
sacrifice than should submit for instant t.
Z degradation.n But there will be no sacrifice W.
g have profound love for the union of the Uniet
States as our fathers made t-one of harmony, love
!. equal rights and equal obligations, any men I'm
der the canopy of Heaven We have no love for de
graduation. We have respect for that power which
regardless Of the spirit of the Constitution, seeks t
If sink in the estimation of mankind, and, what i
~ worse, to sink us in our own. We say there will b.
- no sacrifice. If our rights respected and thu
Constitution administered justly there would be none
If the North determined to make no concession de
termined to carry out its fanatcal purposes Cal
live at the South before the Constitution
= was adopted-as Free, Sovereign, and Independen
'" States The States of the South and West unit
1t if it be to their interest," and they do all that be
,r longs to an independent people to do.
70 The course Of Mr.. TooMBs and Mr.. STEPHEN
proves that there reliance to be placed longe
by the Wings of Georgia upon the Wings Of the
slaveholding States. We have always freely admit
d ted that we have very many foes in the Norther
a. Democratic party. They are every day increasin
in number. Those great statesmen, CAss, DALLA:
= BUCHANAN, WOODBURY., and many Others in Con
es gress and out would have changed the current {
Northern hostility, but have failed That current
sweeping everything before it, The salvation of tn
South demands that we, here at the South, becom
forthwith united in the stern spirit of 1776 Our ar
cestors then determined to live freemen yet willin
heel of oppression we're removed. Their sons are d.
re termined now to live freemen, still willing to live
der the Stars and Stripes if justice done them Ma
>, it be done May the present Congress, commence
- with clouds and storms, become imbued with th
IA spirit of WASHINGTON Let them divide the ne
he Territories justlyforbear from incendiary demon
he srationsrecognise their brethren in Southern me
49, and this glorious Union will be perpetuated or
readers must reflect. The time may be coming, if M
es already come for them to choose the positions the
he are to assume. For ourselves, ours is taken
go for the South if trouble must come for the Sou
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