Washington telegraph., 1856-01-16
The SpeakerSEsip.

PARTIES IN The HOUSE OF -kEPSEsENFAFIVES-
The very general interest entertained by
al parties in regard to the present extraOr-
dinary state of things at the Federal CaPi-
tol. Will Justify Us in giving place to the fol
Iowins letters from Mr. Walk. of New York.
and Nr. Marshall, Of kenrucky:
LETTER FROM TIE HON wM. w Walk
HoUsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Washington, Dee II 1850;
To the AH1erican People,
1t i not fer moment to be daubted.
from the u..us,,;,l lay in the organization
of.he Hou-e by ;!ot electing Speake-, The
7eapie have become IL reasonable degTee
inpatient. and may not truly understand
the causes which have been instrumental III
perpetuatine this unpleasant State Of affairs
at the Capitol Briefly. ;hen. TO disclose
these causes. a. far as the writer u;:d-T--
stands them. aud upon his owu Tssppns'o.ii-
" as a member Of The House does he deem
it pruler and night 10 re.eE 10 ;hern Eqw,
-ssgs--.TI-Is t'.isO tti''4st'I-...iA
EDosn Il, the co,,uiry, tha, previous to the
cont ,p.,utb. ;ha Democratic OF Admiui~tra-
ton PARTY held = caucuS, nominated MF
R:cfi,Ttisl,. for S,-eakeT- alii passed i TssO-
luton esub,siyin1 lhsIr- ScuImenTs uTun
some IF tire present ISSUES toiore the eau-!-
-rv and mos. unurc.--,~irijg- aS wei! - %
feI.>iyely. charsia. the American P5r,y
x;,h .-,ioIs., IL asa5li5g civil aud re.Iz'OaS
1:bs-,r-,, The rnan m:ty exhibited ia
I'd ming the resolution WIZ on!y broken ny
the ,r;-bdrawal of the Hon William Smith
,f Virai,,i.. who reti%d from the caucus
immediately after H. Feac.Ing Here, then.
80 ~ the Den-.eTaiic members OF the
II or Rer+Seniatives (fprty-ei.bt o.
tI.,.,N ,..,,.,; : to be exclusively patriotic
and ,.,;o~.l. denouncing the American
- Of the same body, and resolving
:. / their highest duty to maintain and
dof,d the principles of the Kansas Ne
Isska bill aud the constitutional rights Of
every section They declare then-elves
the opponents Of the Americaus tbs. Re
pubIicaIis and the Fu~iouists and there they
take their stand before the people.
The Americans. those elected as sach.
and sent here IN represent the true -enii-
Deui> Of the American organ Zati05i, found
% Comparing uoJeS. and asceTjaiuine each
others views th:t instead of Larmonizins
and Standing on the same basis, they We're
duality the men of :. section AID ihe-m-n
Of the country. With the former, iie lat
ter could u0t act FOR there was bu; limit
ed identity of principle; nor could the sec
tiOual men be regarded a the exponcnis of
! y,
national men. Ii was evident. then, that in
The House there s.ouli BE- three parties con-
teuiins for the organizatiou. or rather ;wo
N the attitude # conte>tauts while the third
stood in the gap and sand there still. with
the black fag Of ReEubiiaaui>B wavin.. on
one side II them and the Democratic BAN
neT stained with an insult, flung to the
bTeeZe On the ether. 1t il due 10 them
selves. and due to their country, that they
Should mti',tain their posiiinu. and re-
iu>e their aid to place in The Speaker chair
either Richardson OF Banks. They viii
rs; assist in organizing the House upon a
sectional issue. nor are they disposed to per-
Peirste she blessings heaprd upon noble
and generous people, by the policy of meas
uTes Of the presen; Administration.
1t the cou,iii~ ncement of the session. the
Na'5o;.al Atuericaus decided to cast their
votes for Hon Humphrey Marshall. because
be vas with them in sentiment and feeling
and deprecated Sec'ionalisa, a. wholly GU; of
pace In the popular representative body
he s'oad upon the American platform. aad
believed that we were ali citizens of com
mon country. under the broad ;egis OF
GO',siliuilon whose every obligation it Is our
sne., and mos; patriotic duty TO fulfill
r harShalPS name b,.iug Subsequently
i',nEIF'n "a Il candidate, the votes of our
s'uail bat res'uie band became somewhat
= Ti'ered- asst finally concentrated. upon
he'ry NJ Fulley, Of PenrSyl lyania. u,sbIe
:s s u the Keystone Stsie, man who Dig
Inc appellation of a. American citi-