Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-12-26
Correspondence of the Chars. Mercury.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IL.

WASHINGTON, Dec. IL.
The storm which burst in such wild
fury upon The House on yesterday. aud
which RACED so fercey for lime. though
mol hushrd into calm, hns, 10 a great de.
gree, subsidized. How long j, will remain
so cannol say. The deep-rooIed prrju-
dices of The people of The North. are no: 10
he erudca,ed by feeling appeals to their
patriotism, or love Of justice. They will
undoubtedly persevere in that system Of
aggression which they have commenced.
and lhuugh The present excitement may
he sliIed. they will sooner or later, by
their jibes aud launIs, arnuse another and
lnishtier Storm, whirh, ] very much fear,
will upruul The pillars of the Union. and
scatter the seeds of discunl aud disssensi0n
throughout our common country.
The session To day, though calner than
that of yesterday was not less interesting.
The jnurnaI having been read, Mr.. Ash
inun, of Mass. arose he said for Offering TO
the consideration Of The House. what he
deemed TO be the only practicable mode
of organizing; he cared NOT whether it
resulted in the election Of a Wing or Demo.
cral, that was a matter of lille importance;
his mode was, that the House proceed TO
vote yiua uoce for Speaker, and in case
they failed TO elect one, that then The roll
he called again, and the person receiving
The highest number Of votes. provided that
numbef wasF4ioi less than one third of the
whole number, should be declared 10 be
the Speaker. - "
Mr.Woodward. of S. G. ffipnssreal for
inlnrmalion aresoluti0nswilich h;hesPfop
5iIIfferiGg. aud5whicIi EeNl eemel more prac-
Ilicable tbanlhat Of Mr.. "a. Tic substance
4afshis resolution was that Linn Boyd should
E6e, appointed Speaker pro tenn. aud that
fibe House, should proceed to elect its ollley
officers, after which theY,shouId .asein az
tempt 10 elect Speaker. Mr.. w. said
he had suggested The name Of Mr.. Boyd
ION occcual Of his heinS the senior member
lsoflie House; if however, majority Of the
Sflousesttiought that The former Speaker
Mia Snihrop) was The proper person, he
would .agfes 10 That.
L Other resolutions having in view the
same object. % wit: fhesPeedy orsaniza-
EfionSo fine Hause, wefsTead, ss informa
Isiion, but uot uotacteiisupSn;Ss, =
I MT. E06r. OHIO, VINO, remarked yes
terday, imagined himself the Wit of The
House, aud who believe is reguIa!ly y in
the habit Of speaking about an hour every
morning. arose in opposition 10 each Of The
resolutions read. He wished every one 10
vote as he pleased. and he intended to
have the same privilege. lie spoke !or a
shnn time upon these resolutions aud then
turned his attention to The slavery question.
lie said he thought thai The gentlemen
House yesterday, had SET on example to
the North worthy Of imitation. They had
spnken boldly and openly The wishes of
their constituents, he thought il was Time
that gentlemen who represented Northern
constituents. should beg in to stir themselves.
and speak ou' fnr his part he had bushed
for them. Mr.. r. had evidently exhausted
his stuck of witticisms. as upon this orca;
sim he was remarkably dull and received
buI little attention.
Blu, by far the ablcst speech nf The ses-
sion was one delivered Ivy Mr.. JOHNSON, of
Tennessee. and il would have been well
received had it moi been for its great length
lie rusc to sustain the resolution Of Nr.
.4shmun, being similar, in every respect.
To one which was Offered by himself a few
days ago. Mr. J. is one Of tho large party
in The House who are, by no means, (ay,r.
nhlc to The administration. He spnkseSf
the efforts uf Southern Wings 10 elect Mr.,
Winthrop speaker: he said that Wings
had spoken of Mr.. w. as an inparia oG
ficer but that The records denied the as.
serIiun, FOR, upon the most important COM
mrees. he had, in every instance appoin-
Ielt rnaj,rily; of men from free StaIes.-
That twenty-five out Of the thiry.seven
chairnen Of committees, were from free
States; lha, il was mistake 10 give Mr..
Wimot the credit Of the proviso which
bad become so celebrated; that Wilmnl
was hut juninr in it; that Mr.. Winthrop
himself had proposed II; that, so far as he
was concerned. he would support The hon.
member from Ohio. (Mr. Giddings.) in
preference to alr. Winthrop; the rillcr-'
cnce between them was lhaI the forner
was bold enough To avnw his principles
openly, which was not the case with the
/ laIirr.
Mr. J. then entered into an elaborate ar
gument TO prnvc that slavery, 81 far from
heing an evil, was actually 10 The
North itself. | shall nol attempt even 10
give an outline of this par, of his speech.
You will no doubt soou see ii copy of it,
aud in relation to it shall only say, thai if
it rends as well as it was delivered il will
amply compensate one for The pcrusal.-
lie concluded by saying, Thai he was glad
to see The men of the South speaking out
Upon this subject. He assured The North
that rire South were determined in Tie po
slion they had assumed; that they would
resist aggression. and if forced tn retire he
fore superior force, in The language of an.
other: They would dispute every inch
of ground, burn every blade Of grass, and
thai The last en,reuchmcni Of liberty would
Le their graves"
wouldn't marry ali eastern man ir !
had To live an old maid all may life ex-
claimed buxom country lass. why
not!' demanded all as'onished compan.