North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-12-06
TH1RTY-sECoND CONGRESS-.

Chi'eo otates commenced, at washington, on Mon
day last. /
In tie Senate, the President thereof, the Hon. Viii
liam King of Alabama, took the chair l2 o'clock
when 81 Senators appeared in their seats. Mr.. Fis
of New-York, Mr.. Wade of Ohio, MIR. Stockton O
New-Jersey, Mr.. James of Rhode Island, Mr.. Geye
of Missouri, and MI. Sumner of Massachusetts, ap
peared, presented their credentials, sworn AM
took their seats. $50 Arc
Messrs. Mangum and Badger were absent.
A debate of some length took place in the Senate
the presentation of the credentials of Mr.. Mallory
of Florida, his being claimed by Mr.. Yulee. MIR
Mallory was admitted to the seat.
Gen. Foote gave noticeiof Resolution, which h,
would offer, appoint joint committee of the tw,
Houses to make suitable arrangements for the recep
tion of kossuth.
In The House, 2Is members answered to thei
names.
The House then proceeded to the business o
choosing Speaker, when debote of some length
took place. We quote from the Union:
Mr.. Jones, of Tennessee, moved to proceed e
the election of Speaker viUa motion carried
Mr.: Jones, of Tennessee, asked if nominations
We're in order. He desired to nominate Mr.. Linn
Boyd; of Kentucky.
Mr.: Campbell, of Ohio, nominated Mr.. Stevens
of Pennsylvania. So.
Mr.. Richardson Suggested that nominate ons were
not usual for Speakership. ...
Mr.. Jonesj Of Tennessee; safG that he designed
voting for Mr.. Boyd account of his knowledge oil
the and of his consistent position on the slavery
question, not because of his nomination by the
Gus.
Mr., Carter remarked that hej too; should vote for
Mr.. BOYD and he should SO vote because that gen.
tleman had received the democratic Caucus nomina-
ton. .....5
Mr.. Stanly made few remarks, regrettfng the
great difficulty which seemed have arisen in the
councils of the democratic party of the House.
Mr.. Savage little cause for the distress of the
gentleman from North Carolina account of troub-
les the democratic side. He believed that gentle
man would find about much as he could attend to
in healing the difficulties of his own party. He was
aware of no such difficulties among his political
friends.
Mr.. Campbell of Ohio. made few remarks in ia.
vor of the election of Mr.. Stevens, of Pennsylvania,
whom he endorsed true whig.
After some confusion and desultory remarks, amid
demands for the call of the roll,
Mr.. Brooks took the floor, and addressed the House
at length to show that the wings had this morn.
ing in large numbers endorsed the Compromise. Had
that been the only question, he too, should vote for
Mr.. Boyd, if he was before the House simply as the
candidate. He depicted the condition of
the democratic party, with some of its members vo-
ting for Mr.. Boyd account of his fidelity to the
Compromise, and others who oppose the Compro-
mise voting for him because he is the party nominee
He desired to know in what attitude Mr. Boyd stood.
did he accept or refuse the nomination of caucus
which had voted the Compromise down? He con-
tended that the wing party was harmonious stand
ing firmly on the Compromise, and advised those
wings who did not intend acting with them at once
to go on the other side He had understood Mr. Saw
age admit that there much difference or diff
Guilty in the democratic caucus.
Mr.. Savage said that the gentleman had totally
him. He had made no such admis-
sons statements He knew of no party misfor-
tunes among the democracy, and had merely stated
n 0rth Mr. I
not finding any comfort in his own party, was look
ing for consolation abroad, by imagining some
more unfortunate than himself. His conduct was
good evidence to the condition of the whIp par,y,
but none TO that of the democratic party.
Mr.. Meade congratulated the wings on what he
understood TO be the declaration OF the gentleman
from New Y ork, to the effect that the Compromise
is henceforth be the basis of the action of the
whig party. He desired to know from him whether
he meant to pledge the whole whig party of the
North 10 stop agi,ation and faithfully the
fugitive-slave law.
Mr.. Brooks replied in a single sentence that was
inaudible to the Reporter.
Mr.. Meade (con,inuing) went TO show that in
the wing caucus of this morning there not
fourth of the northern wing party in favor ofthe
outon, and that not third of the whole wing party
of the country was represented therein. He desired
the gentleman from New York say whether these
were not facts.
Mr.. Brooks made few remarks to show that there
was larger majority of the Wings Of the North
party -caucus on Saturday evening last.
Mr.. b. here read the resolution the Compro-
mise, adopted in the whig caucus as follows:
ResolDeG, That We regard the series Of acts known
as the adjustment measures forming, in their
ual dependencies and connection, system of compro-
mise the conciating, and the best for the entire
country, that could be obtained from conflicting
ona interests and opinions and that therefore, they
ought to be adhered and carried into faithful
,ution final settlement in principle and substance
Of the dangerous and exciting subjects which they
embrace.
Mr.. Fowler next addressed the House, maintaining
hat there not than forty wings present in
heir in all, and that one-thIrd of them-all
rom the North-voted to lay this resolution the
able. He and others withdrew on the failure of a
notion made by himself to that end.
Here much laughter arose on the democratic side
mid which conversation took place between Messrs.
Brooks, Stevens, and Fowler when
Mr.. Meade, resuming the floor, argued to show !
ha according to the confessions of Messrs. Fowler
md Brooks, there was only about FIVE northern wings
Ill., twenty of them probably from the South. So, |
With one-third of all present against the resolution.
plain TO perceive that more than FIVE of the
orhern wing members there for the resolution.
the action Of their caucus afforded no
roof that the Compromise was supported by the
orhern whig members in considerable numbers. |
10 was determined to do his share in opening the
yes of the country TO the virtual deception which
he wing party, in this pretended caucus action,
TO effect
Here Mr.. M. went on to show that in the face Of
he enactment Of the whig resolution, the mass of
he northern wings were unsound ever upon
he fugitive-save question and he compared the (to
he South) satisfactory positions Of Messrs. Buchan
n, Cass, Douglas, Dickinson, and host of other
orhern democratic leaders, with those of the north
I'm wings.
In the matter of resolutions, Mr.. M. (femarkng
hat he was not in Washington when the democratic