The New York herald., 1851-11-21
The Meeting OF Congress.

commences on the first Monday of December,
which, in this instance, will be the first day OF
December, or next Monday week. There is
no constitutional limit to the first session Of
a Congress; but, ITS duration being left to the
discretion Of the two houses, it has been uni
formly the long session Such the approaching
session will unquestionably be. Nobody antici-
pa.es an adjournment short OF the dog days. If It
should take place earlier, it will be to give all
hands an opportunity to mingle in the dirty work
of the politicians in the Presidential election.
The House of Representatives consists of two
hundred and thirty three members, of which one
hundred and seventeen q clear majority The
gross number of the democrats is one hundred and
forty. three, or majority of ffty three, including
democratic Southern rights men and Northern free
soilers Deducting all the inprscticables of these
classes, the democrats, it is probable, will still have
a working majority, upon all party questions, of
from twenty to thirty
The first business of the House, after calling the
roll, will be the election of Speaker and Clerk,
Deerkeeper, and Postmaster. These are fat Of
foes they always bring into the Capitol q swarm
Of candidates and q swarm, on this occasion, may
be assuredly expected. The most prominent can
didates for Speaker are Linn Boyd, of Kentucky,
gnia. The most conspicuous candidates for Clerk
are Mr. Young of Illinois, the last Clerk Of the last
Congress, Colonel Fsrney, editor of the Philadel-
phia Pennsylpanian, and Judge Potter, late .
member of Congress from Ohio Before the
organization Of the House-that is to say, on
or before Saturday evening, the 10Th day of
November, after dark (caucuses are generally held
in the dark)-there will be caucus in the Capitol,
of ba daeide upon their officars The
wings may also hold caucus, though it is not
likely any occasion will arise which they may be
able to turn to any profitable account If, however,
the Preside ntal question should be mixed up in
these elections, some sport may be expected in the
rivalry for the inside track. All the hopeful demo
cratic candidates for 1852, for the Presidency and
Vice Presidency-not less than fifty, in the aggre-
gateway be looked for in Washington to assist in
pulling the wires and working the ropes.
In the Senate, the democrats will have majority
Of from twelve to fourteen; and deducting all who
are likely to be mpracticabe as Northern or South
ern ultras, they will still have efficient working
majority There is some talk of democratic de-
monstration upon the principal officers OF the Senate
who have been holding over from one Congress to
another for considerable time. The dignity Of the
body, heretofore, has been SO very high tina. they
have scorned to make Office Of the Senate, Of
even three thousand dollars year, q mere thing
Of reward among the loaves and fishes. But among
so many hungry democrats turned out from the
executive departments, to make room for still more
hungry wings, there will be very apt to be foray
upon the Senate. Let Mr.. Dickens, the Secretary,
keep sharp eye to the windward.
The two houses will probably be sufficiently Or
ganized on Monday, to announce to the President
the fact Of their readiness to receive any communi
cation be msy have to make, SO that on Tuesday,
the second day of the session, the annual message
will most probably be read at each end Of the
Capitol.
After the message is read, We may expect that it
will be vigorously discussed till Christmas, and
especially, if not exclusively, upon the various in
ternationsl issues growing out Of the late terrible
events in Cuba. From Christmas till New Years
day inclusive-all parties of both houses being oc
cupied in general miscellaneous frolic-there will
be suspension Of hostilities But, from the second
day Of January till the meeting of the Baltimore
and Philadelphia conventions, in May or June, We
may count upon the most terrific onslaught upon
the cabinet, and upon the most singular, in,ompre
hensible, and sbominsble bargains, intrigues, and
hucksterng, among the various Presidential cliques,
to obtain their particular ends. We shall have q
time Of it-no telling TO what consequences 1t may
lead they are involved in darkness, mystery, and
ebscurity but all the symptoms are now discerni
bic of horrible squabble. The French, about the
same time expect revolution. We trust in Pro
vidence, as usual, to escape It but, if Moses and
the prophets have lot deceived u', the Presidential
election Of lsj2 will cause mos; horrible rafting
among the dry bones IN this country. A new set
Of books will be opened upon the meeting Of Con-
srtss Old accounts will have to be square up.
Little is be to expected for cheap postages, steam
ships, or protective tariffs The people may be con-
graduated, II, after westheriug through the long
session Ill the decline Of the dog days, those Mexi-
can claims those Florida claims, the Cuba quss-
tion and the Presidential question. shall have been
settled withou: a revolution somewhere. Tne
grand Olym plan games begin with the meeting Of
Congress The Lord save the Union