The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-08

nearer to it than they we're on Thursday, tor
that we shall have Speaker either on this
or the other side of Christmas, we are still Sc
riously inclined to believe.
The black republicans and free soil Know
Nothings amused themselves yesterday by
falling back again upon Campbell. The vote
stood at the close of Thursdays exercises and
the opening of yesterdays services as fol-
lows -
Last vose First rots
Thursday Friday.
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The friends of Campbell found it was such up
Hill work that he finally withdrew like Marshall,
and left the field in disgust. But what was the
result? Nothing. 1t now looks like more
serious contest between the black republicans
and the Northern Know Nothings, while the
democrats stand almost like the Cent Garde
around Richardson. See telegraphic despatch
for the last vote.
We are sorry to perceive, that Greeley's
patience and forbearance are well nigh ex-
hausted. He calls upon the country to inter-
pose and command the election Of Speaker
without further delay. He forgets the old
fable Of the man with his cart stuck in
the mud, calling upon Hercules to help him
out. "You lazy scoundrel" said Hercules,
what are you calling on me for9 Put
your shoulder to the wheel, and push her
out" So we say to the oppostion-you
have the majority, and before calling upon
the country to come to your rescue, prove
that the fusionists positively refuse to fuse,
and that therefore Speaker can't be elected
by the majority cit will never do to give it
up So" The country is by no means suffering
for want Of Speaker. Any time between
this and Christmas will do. We never expect
anything or get any thing in the way of bust
ness, anyhow, till after the holidays; and SO if
the whole interval be expended upon the
Speaker, there will be no time actually lost
In point of fact, we are rather inclined to
think that it would be advantageous to the
House, and to the country, if this daily cross
firing for Speaker were continued for two or
three weeks longer; for thus the party divi-
sions and subdivisions Of the majority would
become 60 well understood that all concerned
in and out OF Congress, would know pretty
exactly where to fix them, especially in refe-
renee to the everlasting "nigger" question.
We 60, therefore, for keeping it up, and for
giving every man in the House chance. Why
limit the privilege Of running for Speaker to
only twenty men at time, when it might as
well be fifty? And why run the same old set
every day when you see that they can't pull over
the bar? Try new set. Now that Campbell
has withdrawn, try Giddings-(they have
slghted old Joshua); and if Smith won't do,
try Jones or Brown try all around; try Bern
hisel, the Mormon, by the plurality system. We
guess that would fetch it; and Speaker with
three or four wives ought tosbe able to manage
twoor three hundred men, Greeley caves in too
soon. Perhaps he has been losing too much sleep
since last Saturday to be reasonable or amiable.
This difficulty, however, may be easily remedied
If he has to electioneer and lay pipe all night
and early in the morning, let him take nap
n the middle Of the day, after the meeting of
the House. General Webb, or the vigilant
Thurlow Weed, will stand guard to relieve
him. An old campajgner knows how to pro-
vide against all the usual contingencies of
siege, and does not capitulate or retreat till
fairly beaten or starved out. Look at Gorts-
chakoff.
In all the vain experiments Of the last five
days it is quite possible that the real Speaker
has not yet been voted for. We are in no
hurry We can wait well enough till Christmas.
The Message, we suppose, will keep till that
time; if not, and it should become necessary
to alter it in some particulars-such as the af-
fairs Of Kansas and the projected invasion of
Ireland by Robert Tyler's Irish-American
Convention at the Astor House-it can be rea-
Oily done in the manuscript Apropos of the
Message. 1t was wise resolve of the Presi
dent to withhold it from the Union Office in
the interval to the election Of Speaker.
Otherwise the newsboys might now be selling
the Message on Broadway, at the low price of
zone cent" from the glut in the market, and
no Speaker yeti This shows that Mr.. Pierce
has taken some interest in the elections for
the present Congress. Beautiful weather for
the season. Prospect of q mild winter after
all.
Our STATE LEGIsLATuRE--THE ORGANIZATION
TIED Up LlKEw1sE.--Our new Legislature,
between democrats, black republicans and
Know Nothings, is pretty much tied UP like
the House Of Representatives OF Washington.
We may expect the same difficulties in an Or
ganization at Albany as they have experienced
all this week in Congress. Meantime, we un-
derstand that Mr.. Odell, Of Livingston, for
merly democrat, is to be the candidate of
the Know Nothings for Speaker of the Assem-.
bly,; and it is said that he calculates by
division Of the spoils to work up o satisfacto-
Nv fusion in his hnhalf NTH tha h,,x, oes,. Il