The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-03-01
THE COMMITTEES IN CONGRESS

AS the committees appointed in the House
of Representatives at Washington are Of inn
portancc, and their complexion, politically,
shaI low forth what we may expect to be
done and acted upon, for the benefit Of our
rcal ers, we give the following extract from the
Washington correspondence Of the Louisiana
Courier, clearly evidcncing that during the
present reign Of Know-Nothing- Black-Repub-
licanism in the House, the South has nothing
but unmitigatcd warfare to expect.
What will strike the Southern people
with more alarm than anything that has yet
TRANSFERRED is the list of standing committees
appointed by Mr.. Banks and announced to-
day. Nearly every committee in the House,
great and small has q Black Republican
chairman, even to the Committee on Naval
Affairs, of which Northern man, Mr..
Benson, is chairman. General Quitman, of
Mississippi, is the only Southern man--al
most the only Democrat-at the head of any
committee. The Committee on Territories
is headed by the successor Of Wilmot, from
Pennsylvania, Mr.. Grow The Committee
on Elections is headed by Mr.. Washburn,
of Maine, for years an Abolition Whig.-
The Committee on the Judiciary, headed by
Mr.. Simmons Black Republican, Of New
York. The Committee on the District Of
Columbia by Mr.. Meacham, Black Republi-
can, of Vermont. The Committee of Ways
and Means is headed by the Abolitionist,
Campbell, of Ohio. The Committee on
Foreign Relations by Mr.. Pennington,
Black Republican, Of New Jersay. The
Committee on Commerce by Mr.. Washburn
Black Republican, of Illinois. The Com
mlttce on the Post Office and Post Roads
by Mr.. Mace Black Republican, of New
York. The Committee on Indian Affairs
by Mr.. Pringle, Black Republican, of New
York; and so throughout the list.
| Not only are the Democrats excluded
from the Chairmanships, but the Southern
Americans also. One looks in vain to see
Humphrey Marshell, of Kentuckey, &C
khowledged, or Perry Walker of Alabama
lis an organization of Northern Abolition
ists not of Northern men, because it repre-
sdnts the single idea ofhostlity to the Fed
eral Constitution, and hostility to the rights
Of the South. 1t is making no reckless de
claration to say that this example is with
out parallel in the history of our Govern
mcnt. No party before has ever approx
mated to it, not even in the warmest con
tests between the old Wing and Democratic
Organizations; and when we rccollcct tina
this has been consummated by a rival min
ority of the House of Representativcs-no
only party without working maiorit,
in that body, but a minority in the North
what man will wonder in looking upol
such spectacle as this that there should b.
alienation and discord between the two sec
tons of the Union ? Mr.. Stewards plan o
separating the Union has begun and is be
Ing carried forward, with all its fearful as
spciations, and will only be arrested by tn
people at the ballotbox in November next
| am one Of those who had hoped to Sc
/ Mr.. Banks inaugurate his career as Speak
Or of the House by liberal policy; but
j. evident from this manifestation that h
j, will have hard time Of it before he get
through, and that the combination agains
him on the floor will be sucli as few presd