The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-01-04

ment of an untried administration, which
had as yet had no chance OF bringing for
ward its measures. Mr.. PoLK's measures
were in full blast, and the people had con-
demned them by the election OF an opposi
ton House of Representatives
The present Speaker, on the contrary,
came in, for the first time in the history
of the country, by plurality vote, and as
minority Speaker. His committees,
moreover, are to deal with an Administra-
ton which has had no chance of opening
its budget. tits under these circumstances
that they are all packed against the Pres
IDENT.
We consider the construction Of the
committees by Mr.. COBB, under the cir
cumstances of his election to the Speaker
ship, gross violation Of propriety, and a
gross violation of his pledge to discharge
his duties ssimpartially." He was the
choice Of one hundred and two members Of
the House against one hundred and twen-
ty. He owed his election to the upright
and selfsacrifcing spirit Of the Wings,
and their anxiety to put an end to disor-
ganization and disorder.
He owed his election to their desirefo
save the country and the House from the
"load Of obloquy" which they would have
labored under in the event OF any other
underhand combination like that Of the Lo-
cofocos, the Free-Soilers, and Mr.. Brown.
In this view of the case, Mr.. COBB had
no right to treat his election as party
triumph, and act upon it in that under
standing. It was in the last degree lib
eral and unfair, for person who owed his
position to the Who's, to place them in a
minority in all the committees, and not
even extend to their candidate for the
Speakership, who received a vote for that
office within tho as large as that of Mr..
CoBB himself, the compliment Of chair
manship upon one of those committees.
The allusion of the Union to President
TAYLOR does not touch the case. Presi-
dent TAYLOR received large majority Of
the votes of the electoral college. His
election was not the result of any COM
promise. No Democratic convention
acquiesced in his election, or aided
to elevate him to the Presidency. He
was as bitterly and violently opposed by
the Democratic party, in all its branches,
as was Mr.. CLAY or General HARRISON.
He was the candidate of Wing conven-
ton, and pledged before that convention
and the country to echange of men and
measures" There are to this day, in the
country, more Democrats in Office than
Wings, we regret to say. There are many
more Democrats than Wings in Office in
the Departments, we regret to say. That
some few Democrats may have voted for
General TAYLOR is not improbable; but
that the great body of that party, pre-
viously favorable to him, fell off after his
acceptance of the Philadelphia nomination,
and went for Mr.. VAN buren,, or General
CAss, was as loudly proclaimed during the
canvass, by the Union, as it is now dill
gently denied While the canvass was
going on, the Union filled its columns with
facts tending to show that all the Demo
Gratis had abandoned him. Ever since the
result was known, the Union has been la
boring to persuade the country that he was
elected by deceived Democrats. Two
such Democrats have made their appear
ance-a Mr.. Lippard, of Philadelphia, and
DR.. Somebody, in Georgia. 1t turned
out, however, that the Doctor repudiated
the idea; and the theory of the Union now
rests on a single specimen of deluded De-
mocracy..