Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-01-24
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

| announcement by the Doorkeeper of the pres
ence of the Presidents Private Secretary with
| message.
Mr. Campbell of Ohio objected, when Mr.
Craig raised point of order against the pro.
pnety of objecting at that stage Of the pro
ceedings.
The Republicans essayed to below Mr.
| Craig down, but he succeeded in stating his
point after sharp words with Mr. Payne
Twenty members were shouting at time,
all huddled in knots, standing, gesticulating,
TO-, like bedlam let loose.''
'Plugmuss' settled momentarily by Clerk s
putting question by yeas and nays on a mo-
ton made by Mr.. Stephens to receive the
| message. ,..-- ia.
The motion was being voted down as we left
the hall, ut 2p. m.
The Bomb shell.-The failure of Mr.. Israel
Washburn's motion to lay on the table the
| resolution of Mr.. Rust, declaring, as the sense
| of the House, that under the existing cireum-
stances, Messrs. Banks, Richardson and Full
Ter should withdraw their names from the
contest for the Speakership, created evident
CONSERVATION in the Republican ranks in the
House yesterday; as it was indicative that
majority would very soon combine to effect an
election, excluding Mr. Banks, among others,
from the possibility of success. One or two
gentlemea who have been steadily voting for
Mr.. Ricl ardsOn, voted for the motion to lay
on the table, and it is judged, that had their
votes been absolutely necessary to have
achieved success to what was evidently the
policy of their party, they would not have
refused to vote with their political friends on
so important a question.
Messrs Greeley, Giddings 4 Co. have, of
late, been abusing sundry nameless members,
who, having voted for Mr.. Banks, do not hest
tate to declare that they do not feel justified
in much longer defeating an organization for
the sake of having the committees " packed
according to the programme laid down in the
neverto- be-forgotten newspaper letter of Mr..
diddings. They are denounced by these self
elected Overseers, as traitors in their hearts
to freedom-men, who, while protesting devo-
ton to Mr. Banks, are trying to stab him in
the back in the dark, &c &c. Language of
this sort has Of late been so freely and indis-
criminately applied to all members of the OPP
position from the North who refuse to sneeze
invariably when Messrs. Greeley and Giddings
take snuff, as that it has not only lost all eff
cacy in the way Of effectiGs the ends for which
it is resorted to, but il has created n senti-
ment of Indignation. in the breasts of those
gentlemen thus essayed to be bully-ragged
and brOw-beaten into compliance with the be-
hests Of those who WELD the lash after this
fashion, which is fast getting beyond control,
and is mOmentarily weakening the moral
strength Of the Republican organization in
the House, though up to the vote of yesterday
Mr.. Banks held his own on the surface Of
things. Three weeks ago every gentleman
who voted for him yesterday did so cheerfully
Now, however, it is done by at least twenty,
who keenly feel the insults which Messrs.
Greeley, Giddings Co. have heaped on those
who vote for him with unfeigned reluctance.
a Sensation Mr. Richardson's announce
ment, made yesterday in the House, though
topic Of conversation for twelve hours before
it occurred among men Of all parties, created
much sensation over the hall. The truth is,
it developed a new stage Of the game, or q new
act of the drama, destined, evidently, mate
rally to change the results Of the ballotings
for Speaker. The Republicans were NEST
excited by it. They comprehended that any
change, except the adoption of the naked plu-
rality rule, could not fail to lessen their al
ready so very slim chance to elect Mr.. Banks
and organize the House upon the principles
laid down in the resolutions with which Mr..
Giddings announced that he had saddled them
in his famous Ashtabula letter.
So FAR as Mr.. Richardson himself is con-
cerned, the manly speech in which he an
nounced the positive withdrawal Of his name
from the current contest, embraces a full, con-
elusive and eloquent vindication of the pro.
prlety OF his course since the first Monday of
December. Upon him his political friends
have made gallant fight for principles, and
so long as the vindication of those principles
required him to yield his acquiescence in the
use OF his name in the contest, he did So His
election being hopeless, and his principles
having been amply INDICATED, he has acted
manly and patriotic part in Withdrawing.
Officers, to your Positive have often OBJ
served, of late, the presence in our midst of
civil officers of the Federal Government
whose absence from their respective posts of
duty, in the States and Territories, would
seem incompatible with due regard to the
public interests committed to their charge :;
and we learn that this is frequently the case,
not only without permission, but positively
against the known views of the Departments
on the subject This abuse, (for such it really
ISL appears not to have escaped the vigilance
Of the Secretary Of the Interior, whose untir-
ing devotion to his own laborious duties is
proverbial, and Who is himself pattern Of