The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-01-04
"Wednesday, Dec. l2.h
A BARGAIN DISCLOSED.


Mr.Sianiy offsred the following resolution
Resolved. That the members Of tho Democratic
party 10 requested 10 appoint three members to
ier with three members Of the Wing party. relative
the choice Of proper officers OF tho House Of Re.
prssentstvcs.
Mr. Sianly said that he was tired Of this
long continued struggle. He believed that
every gentleman in the II use was tired of
il. The resolution which he had offered was
not ons Of hts own suggesting. The sugges.
iioa had been made TO him by a Democrat,
gentleman Of character and patriotic feel.
inss, who desired to see a stop pa. to pre-.
sen, slate of things; by one who desired TO
see, as he Mr.. 81 desired to see, the House
{. Representatives organized, and Who had
determl ed as far es he could, as he (Mr.
81 had determined, het il should be organ.
ized. As to any talk Of Reorganization the
thing was merely ridiculous. lie spoke With
all due respec, TO the other side OF the II use.
There was no danger of that. This Govern.
meat was not coming to an end yet, no mat.
ter what g"ntlemen might say about Fee
So!ism, WIimot Provisoism, aud all such
tomfoolery. There wss no danger Of that.
The union cou'd not be dissolved While Hem
~ Clay and Thomas II. Benton are in The
Senate, or while Old Rough and Ready was
at the other end Of the avenue. Bdl he
wanted 10 put stop TO the prest:.t state Of
things. and have somebody to preside over the
House Of Representatives who was conpe.
tent (to say nothing Of what he thought of the
gentleman sho had JUS. received a sufficient
number within two votes TO elect b MI to pre-
SIDE over the House OF Representatives, who
vas acceptable to the Democratic party
Their present candidate was not acceptable,
as the las, result showed. There was some.
thug wrong; something "roiien in Deu.
mark" lie looked upon his own side Of the
House without b'ushing; he blushed ~hea he
looked a; the other side. lie desired to say
nothing at all rash, or approaching rashness.
lie had the honor 10 be member Of the last
Legislature Of North Carolina, of which one
OF his honorable colleagues on The other side
o The House vas also member. They had
nad The fortune, as IL turned out, to tie in
both branches, and for more than . week were
in diso-g inizrd STATE. They.passed resolu
tons u The character he had sent to the
Chair they met and consulted to2cther;- =
and the result was that the Democratic party
selected the Speaker Of he Senate, aud the
Wing party selected tho Speaker of The
House Of Commons, and the other officers
we're divided among them, as they ought to
be, without any quarteling or particular
fuss aud the result was that the Legislature
was more free from party character than it
had ever been since 1879; and that more
measures we're adopted for the general goJd
for the benefit OF The people OF the whole
Siale-aud more internal improvements set
a1 iat than had been By any Legislature for
twenty years. Ii was improper, however.
further 10 detain he House by reference to
the legislation Of North Carolina. Hewant.
e'!, II the Damocfalic members of this House
chose Speaker, that they should take a
genlIeman entirely satisfactory to them. II
they thought the Wing party we're not ac-
cusioned TO preside over deIibsrative bodies /;
who was familiar with the rules, and accep
table 10 The great body Of the party, without
eectioneering, without any Of that litlc
tickery, which was resorted to 10 times Of
high excitement, when they were hard run,
aud we're pressing on, as they supposed, to
victory. He had too much regard for them
70 see item place themselves in that posi-.
lion.
Any gentleman CONTINUED Mr.. was
very much mistaken who supposed he would
De upon bed Of roses up there, (pointing to
.he chair.l For him. a lille over dozen
votes had been cast, for which he was pro-
touadly grateful; but begged gentlemen 10
infbeaf further to vote for him. lie vas moi
81 to preside over Ibis body. Like the a'e
venerable gentleman ron Massachusetts,,
who was 40 ion-er among us-he wished be
were now hete-he (ur. 81 was a grea.
lover OF peace IN the abstract, but sometimes
shared IN disorder 10 practice. lie did not
aspire tc The chair. lie wanted an older, an
ADLER hand placed there he would venture
p say he would see great trouble to keep or
der before four months Of the session had
passed.
Mr. Bayly. The remarks or the gentle
man from North Carolina Mr. Stanly) de
mand response from this side of the House
lie has referred 10 the condition in which
We had ourselves--unable to organize and
transact the business OF the nation. Hesays
That the condition Of things existing in this
House (Which is but t,pe OF the condition
o. th'ng- N the country gives him no alarm,
as lorg as Clay and Benton are 10 the Sen.
ale, aud "old Rough aud Ready" as he
seems 10 prefer 10 designate the Chief Mag.
is'rate OF the nation, is a, the other end of the
Avenue. As loog as su Is the case, he tells
Us, the Union is safe. .
Bl It is no. TO reply to this plr,ion of the
gen'lemaDs remarks that clsimed your at.
lentlon. The gentleman from North Caro-.
Ina Mr.. Sianly) haa said that he can look
70 hts side Of the House without shame but
when he looked TO this he blushed ,ha, there
was something "roiicn in Denmark" The
gentleman has thus, in his place, BY this in
s'nuaion, given form and Importance TO an
'mpu'a'ion which this morning has been in
Whispers circulated through this hall. He in.