New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-21
SAIUKDAr IN THE HOUSE,.

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WAsHINeToE Saturday, jan 10, 1856.
The House took vote for Speaker on assembling
This mornng-Banks "a, all others 1O8-and then
came general debate. Mr.. Grow OF ia. nut
tered the volscians, by showing that the Missouri
Compromise was esteemed great triumph lot
The South when it was devised by Southern
u;nds and carried mainly by Southern votes
He proved that Messrs. Lowndes, flncKney'
CLAY. and all other great Southrons IN Congress
AT the time worked for and reJolccd over
the Compromise as Southern victory Mr. Grow
told the southern men around him that they were
NOT justified in expressing surprise that the North
felt indignant at the overthrow OF that Compro-
mise when it was pressed upon her in Its inception
by the South, and full consideration taken Tor the
Inhibition of Slavery north of 80 3V. MT oro"
showed that the whole course OF Southern action
respectinc Slavery for twenty-five years-ln the
denial Of the Right of Petition, &c.-had been
calculated 10 arouse indignation in the Free
States Messrs QUITMAN OF Miss, II. MAX
SHALL of KY, HARRIS Of ILL.,, Taylor OF La
and one or two others successfully undertook
10 answer Mr.. Grow, but succeeded so badly that
Mr.. CApwALADER of Pa. proposed to undertake
the lob, provided the House would suspend the
teuminutc rule in his behalf and let HIM speak as
long as he pleased. The House seemed to think 1t
could get as much of Mr.. c. in ten minutes as
would suffice it; 80 he did MT make his speech
cannot guess how much we lost by this exhibition
of the bad taste of the House.
MIR. CoLrAx of Ind brought in the records OF
proceedings on the election of Speaker In ls4' and
did good execution Herewith. He showed that OF
the nine propositions for Plurality rule
in lS49. eight came from leading Demo-
Gratis. only one from Wing. And IN
advocating his proposition, Gov (now U. 5. Sen
ator> Brown of Miss urged that, as the Demo
Gratis had majority of the House, though an I'M
practicable majority, il was the duty OF the wings
Ia helm them out of their fix by enabling them 10
elect Speaker Mr.. Colfsx made several good
points which worried the other side badly. good
many Members tried TO get out OF the Noodle LII
which he had placed them and their friends out 10
little purpose. Their only real point was that IN
lsA9 they expected TO elect Democrat, whereas
now they had no doubt the Plurality rule would
elect an awful 'Black Republican"
Mr.. CLINGMAN proposed a resolve prohibiting
all debate henceforth for one week, unless a
Speaker shall meantime be chosen. No per-
sonal explanation nor any other prete1t shau
authorize any one to speak unless the House shall
first. on q distinct question, give unanimous con-
sent.
Mesr. LErCHER of Va. and ORR of s. T. sue
cessively moved that it be laid on the table Mo-
ton to adjourn voted down. Yeas and Nays or
dered on motion TO lay on the table, Yeas o''
Asys l2s.
Here an attempt was made to adjourn, but vo'ec
down; then another attempt to get nd of the reso
luton; then one more struggle to adourn-an
beaten. Then the question on the resolution could
no longer be avoided: 50 the Yeas and Nays were
ordered and resnlted as folloMs: Yeas, ll9; Nays,