The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-12-18
On motion, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

and New Orleans.
On notion the Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House at H. IN.
The journal of Saturday read and approved
PERSONAL EXPLANATION
Mr. DUNN asked the consent of the House to make n
personal explanation lie had respassed bnt little on
The indulgence of the House Saturday, and regretted
the necessity Of doing again yet II there was no obc
ton he should like to be heard.
No objection being made, he proceeded to say, that
could have escaped the attention OF the House that Tor
some days past of the public journals had thought
themselves called upon hold refractory and rece
ant all that of thing certain gentlemen no did not
see tit to cast their votes for Mr. Banks of Massachusetts
Speaker of the present House. and desired To read lew
extracts from Of those papers with view OF placing
the whole right he deemed 1t proper TO place Ii
right without going at large into the motives which gov
cyned his conduct of which motives he could not
make public without violation Of confidence, and be
would labor under that misconstructon than TO
do
Mr. D. then proceeded to read from the Washington
respondenee Of the New York Tribune OF the 18th OF De-
cember the iollowing
"Mr BANKS stil lacks six Of election
and where these To from, aannot but his
friends rcsolhte they believe that many votes
could be concentrated other and their
present purpose TO stand their ground and let the country
judge between them and the saggers who prevent choice
the oppoers Of Mr. BANKS who elected the
derstanng their constituents that they hostile to the
Nebraska nqu and favor Of redressng the wrong
involved in it, would simply withhold their voes Mr. BASIS
would be elected. They need not do the work con-
Gded 20 them If they will longer prevent others The
House remains disorganred aud the public business s
rested these gentlemen win not vote for the an
tNebrasa candidate but because they persist in voting
against him. We beat the Nebraska democrats and the
know-nohngs together il the northern
will simply stand ont Of the way but they won ana 80
here What says the country r
Mr. DUNN stated that this letter was signed H. g.
and that its sufficiently indicated the writer In re-
gard 10 it he had only say tha. he would not turn bis
back upon his country her cause or true mannes or
his honor though the devil or Horace Greeley himself
r both of them together, should bid him do It,
VoicEs They are one and the same" Laughter
He proceeded say that in this letter gentlemen not
but caricatured and read ut length from
the New York Tribune and New York Daily Times of the
last days in which the OF the so-caed strag
papers during the time the Nebraska bill under discus
sion in the House. in which the of Mr. BANKS in
bringing that bill TO direct vote was reflected upon and ne
termed n "traor" He concluded by reading long
tract from the debates of the Threh Congress in which
was proved that on the floor of the House Horace Greeley
guilty Of contradictory statements in reference to the
appropriation for supplying members with books and con-
cluded by calling npon gentlemen in the majority TO make
mutual CONCESSIONS unite upon candidate and his word
for it there would be difficulty
Cries of "Ca the roll"
Mr. BANKS replied to Mr. DuSN that he had always
acted for himself regardless Of the New York Tribune
New York Times, and that his constituents had supported
him in his course upon the Nebraska BILL well all other
measures by returning him TO Congress by nearly 1000
| majority.
Mr. McMULIEN submitted the following resolution pre-
facing it with few remarks in which he stated that he
was acting with the national party that floor, and
would continue act with them under all circumstances
but that he hoped his resolution would meet with
alton ana appreciation of all parties and effect speedy
ganzaon lie said that he intended TO be cnnd
date election and members could therefore that
he actuated by no selfish motives
great delay has occurred in the organization Of
this House. the detriment of the public service, in
qaence of the diversity of opinion which prevails among the
members thereof:
Thersore IL is unanimously r<sotssd 5y members of hs
house That after its organization business sha be done
except pass the necessary appropriation bills that the
mo mbars HhAll
their resignation the Speaker hereafter to be chosen and
be forwarded him TO the Of the several States
Territories the appropriation bills shall have
passed.
And to carry the provisions Of said resolution INTO effect
. shall be, and is hereby, declared the duly elected
Speaker OF this iiouse for the purpose aforesaid
Mr. DUNN said he would agree 10 the resolution OF the
gentleman Virginia f he would modify Il by adding
that Congress should also repeal much Of the Kansas
Nebraska passed by the last Congress related
/ the abrogation of the Missouri Compromise.
/ Mr.. McMULLEN replied that he could not accept the
modification proposed as Ia his Judgment the slavery
question had already been too much agitaed and had
brought the country the brink OF revononthe people
the borders being already in state OF revolt
in consequence of difficulties growing out OF the agitation
! of that question.
Mr. GROW asked Il seventeen men voting for candi-
date supported by southern votes made that candidate
Mr. McMULLEN desired to know how many southern
men voting with the party TO which Mr. GRow be-
longed.
Mr. GROW said that he did not know but was an xious
learn whether seventeen northern voting with the
South all that necessary to constitute nation
ality. .H.aHs# .M
| Mr. GOoDE wanted 10 know from The gentleman from
Pennsylvania whether he could produce seventeen
man, from the opposition who had voted for
southern man, from the South who had voted for
member of that opposition North U1H
Mr. GROW replied that he examining into the
tionality Of the party who supported Mr. RcapsoS and
found that it consisted in the support which seventeen
northern man we're lending the South. .#.l