The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-08-31
/ PreIimiIinry Political Movements.

PFeIiminary PoIiIicaI Movements.
IL was stated In letters from Bedford
SpHngs,afew weeks agethat during the stay
at that place Of the Hon. Mr. Buchanan, Of
Penn, a great deal Of cauousing was going
on anongth membersof the Democratic
party them assembled there. The private
meetings, if we rememberrightly, were held
on the top Of a mountain in The vicinity.
The FIRST intimalion we have of the result
Of these lofty deliberations is given in a let
ter from The Springs, to the New York Jour
nal OF Commerce, from which we make the
annexed extraels:t $3.50 tea-.. .2i
s"Among the many politicians who have
Icongregated here, the questions now inter,
estjng the public have been fully discussed,
The Tariff on iron is q Pennsylvania ques;
ton, as to which there is no difference OF
opinion between the Wings and Democrats
ofthe keystone State. AS il is now well
ascertalned that the Democrats will have
a majority in the House, in the next Con-
gress, the WhiS ADMINISTRATION and the
Wing party are relieved from the response
bility ofthe Tariff Of 1916. Noone believes
that the essential features ofthat Tariff will
| be changed. But it is expected that some
thing will be awarded to Pennsylvania coal
and iron interests by the substitution Of a
| specific for the ad yalorem duty on, iron.
| The, protection on domestic iron will, Of
course, increase the consumption OF coal,
all kinds Of which are used in iron works.
But if the iron men can get Pictop coal at
| 81, so per ton, they will not pay So fol
Mary land and Pennsylvania coal. Thus
we must protect one kindred interest from
another--onet half ofa country from another
half. .s,rt ss M ftoi5t1 ati SO
The Democrats are 10 organize the next
house--the Committees, &c. They must
CHOOSE a Southern Speaker--that is clear
and that individual, il not Gov. Mcdowell
must, in my opinion, be Howell Cobb, Of
Georgia. The Northern Democracy viii
prefer Gov, Mcdowell, but his moderate
and patIiotic tone on the slave question will
render blm unacceptable to the South, fol
the reason that commends him TO the North
doubt, too, whether he would accept the
ESpeakership, or whether he would consider
his physical faculties adequate TO the la
bors."
The choice of Speaker will be ATTENDED
4 with more difficulty than the writer Of the
above letters seems to apprehend 1t will
be recollected that. MIR. Howell Cobb wa'
one of those who refused to sign Mr.. Cal
houn's, Southern Address, aud consequent,
liz is hardly to, be expected that the inau
Jence Of that Gentleman's frie nds would b.
7lexerted in his favor. But there is still
another difficulty in the way, not SO easIl
got rid Of as the Bedford politicians suppose
, Should the Free Soil or Abolition member
fthe House of Representatives stand aloo
neither the Democrats, nor the Wings Wi
have an available majority in that body
In such an event either party would b
glad to find Free Soiler of their own car
dinal faith, upon whom TO confer the Speak
efship.
= In the present condition of parties it vi
require some higher caucus than even III
hill. top concaye at Bedford to regulate tn
r political affair of the nation. The San
5 sons aud the Goliahs of the land will hardl
i be found equal to the task. Things wi
: most likely take their own course, and, q
t the turbulent waters settle calmly to the
; lCNClj oO VIII luO POilSiSs
I discord assume their proper boundaries, ia
i. ling again into positions Of natural antagt
: nism for which they have for atime bee
/; partially diverted. New questions haS
: arisen and will continue. to arlse--new pal
0 ties are arrayed, and old parties find then
9 selyesin new positions. The master sprl
I of the day are; wary in the promulgating
/; opinions, while the politicians of ordinal
/. rank, who are accustomed TO follow ihe leG
: Of others, are halting in the dark, undete
8 mined under what standard TO array then
T selves for the great that is shortly
i come. But Congress wiIlsettle the matte
y or rather the matter will setlle-in Congress
: 1t is more than probable that the openii
J, ofthe. next session WILDE the scene ofmu
], discord and con fusion, but the great reg
. lalor OF political as well as ofall human a
8 ,tion---self-interest--will soon bring ord
9 out of the seeming chaos, aud the lines
IS party will be again as distinctly defined I
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