New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-19
MONDAY IN TEE HOUSE.

Edltorl Correspond enee Of The n. Y. Tdbuuo.
WASHINGTON, Monday, Dec II, 1855.
We bad an interesting and profitable sitting 10
the House to-day. After the collapse Of Mr.. Dunn,
(Which / have elsewhere trested,) Mr. BANKS
spoke for the first time, briefly, frankly, admir-
ably He said, with reference 10 Mr. Dunn's
newspaper citati ons, that he acknowledged no re-
sponsibility either to the public journals or for
them that no freely admitted their right to crit
else and condemn his course but his responsibility
was to his constituents to whom alone he would
erdesvor to justify his votes or bis general course
that he had dOIe this with reference to mis- &C
ton on the Nebraska bill, aid especially the par
ficulsr vote fixing a time when the debate ia
Committee should cease) which bad been the sub
ject of severe reprehtnsion-that, without ne gs
paper in his favor ia his District, he met his con
stituents face to face, and told them what he had
done and why, and they returned him by Seven
Thousand msjoIity-the largest received by any
Member but one on this floor Mr.. b. said he
claimed no iDfalbility-he may have been wrong ia
voting IS be debut he believed be right, and
had voted according TO his firm and clear c0nvic-
tons That was all be had to say on the subject.
He had risen not to complain of the Hon. gentle
man from Indiana, who likewise acted on his own
responsibility nor yet Ct the Press, which was
free TO blame or commend as it should see fit,
without remoDstrance solicitation on his part.
He sat down amid very general murmur of ap
probation
The Hon. JACOB BROOME-a National" X. N.
Member from Phadelpha-after sone nonsense
started by Mr. MCMUILEN Of Va, which began no
where and led to nothing-nOw rose to propose a
eO,npronise He assumed that an irrecOncilable
difference respecting the Extension of Slavery
was preventing the organization of the House.
Having duly saved the Union, he proposed his
compromise--viz that Congress should submit
10 the Justices of the United States Supreme
Court five Shareholders and three of the other
four violent Pro-Slavery men) three questions
concerning the rSht Of shareholders to take their
slsyes into the Federal Territories and TIE right
of Congress to establish or inhibt Slavery in those
Territories; and oil agree to be governed and
cluded by the extra judicial Opinion which those
J.tices should pronounce. Cor one, must say,
with every respect for those Judicial dignitaries,
that would rather trust dog with my dinner)
This new BrOOme" did not "sweep Clean" in
spite of the proverb. His proposition was re-
ceived with a laugh.
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totcibly exposed the folly of Mr. Broomes project
How could the question of slavery Extension pos
sibly ob.truct the organization of the House
Suppose the Douglas-Nebraska party had here
majority, that majority could and would organize
forthwith-give us but tioo majority said MIR 81
and engage that we do it and here you Anti
Nebraska men have fifteen twenty majority, and
why don't you organize it Sure enough why
don't they 7 Is it the fault of those who try to
effect an organization or of the other sort
What coed eflec could any possible opinion OF the
Supreme Court Justices have on the muth per-
yerseness of Dunn d Co. 2
L should have said that Mr.. McMullen pro-
posed that the Members should agree TO pass the
needed Appropriation bills and then all resign
Member proposed to add the repeal OF so much Of
the Kansas Nebraska act CT the last Congress as
undertook TO abrogate the Missouri Restriction TO
the Augmentation bills as aforesaid The whole
matter was laid on the table, and then the House
proceeded 10 further ballot for Speaker, When
Mr.. Banks gained one vote Chat of Mr. Edwards
of ChautauQue Co n. ", which had OF late been
thrown for Fuller There was more talk, out
not to much purpose. Mr.. THoRNGToN renewed
his Plurality proposition, and trust the House
will be brought to vote on it tomorrow H. c.