The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-02-14

States senator The election lakes place to-ca M hti
nsay il a brother OF Hon. ]. ?. Kennedy.
THE STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE ROUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES.
When the know-noihings Of the northern States threw
themselves into the Of aholtonis and contributed
all the requisite place in the popular branch Of
Congress majority Of act against The democratic
party the idea organization control the politics and
the interests of the Whole Union which organization
should be confned to minority Of the people Of that
UniOn though majority Of the free States boldly
avowed
The success of this first movement Of northern anau
sn oombinea as with that extended secret order
which strange 10 say still maintains Its existence in the
South even with this fact before The public eye however
alarming - a symptom OF the extremity which aboli-
ton ha, ani phrensy might be carried, generally
REGARDED die result impulse rather than Of calcutta
ion Il vii, be rrrnembered however hatin the columns
Of the Washington JHion took early occasion to sig
nifty that the beginning Of such movement threatened
serious results the national tranquility. The Albany
speech OF Mr. Seward delivered in October Of 1885, in
yoing the grand army Of aboliouism in the free States
to the coalct proved that this sectional project we'll
elaborated scheme and that it would be carried forward
al every hazard The election Of Mr. Banks Speaker
Of the House by ezclHsre northern the next de-
velopment We are called upon behold The third
though not the last Of the drama We aude to the
standing committees Of the House Of Representatives Of
the United States yesterday snnounced BY Speaker Banks
Never vii hin ihe experience Of the American people
has such an exhibition this been made Viewer be-
fore has any man dared 10 desecrAie the chair
pied by Muhenburg, Macon Clay, and other patriots,
by exercising The power he holds under the con-
s;ituton-ihai constitution which acknowledges and
protects the righs OF a-thAt constitution which
tends alike over the North and the Sou,h-io insult the
people Of the South BY proclamation which implies that
these people are mot entitled share the blessings
Q. the Unioa with their fsIlOHcitzens Of other States
Northern men have occupied that chair before bat they
never isased The power conferred upon them de-
GRADE and to outrage any portion Of the people Of the Uni
ted States Bal what others would hare spurned with
Oatng Er Banks undertakes with deliberate cOplacsney
Look at the list Of standing committees OF the House
published in another portion Of this mornings Uaioa and
there fad the justification for such language or all the
prominent committees the people o. the South inhabit-
ing ffsrn States have not been honored with single
chairman Mr. Banks selects the beads Of those con-
ness to which TO te confded questions Immediately
material the people Of the sOuthqBestons Involving
merely their interests and their rights bot directly
connected with considerations Of Life iseftbe Or
nsvs and most reckless fanatics q the free States
the very Of those Who speaking q the people Of the
South propose gye their roofs to be flames and their
sesh to the eagles
At The head Of TIE Committee on Territories we End
Mr. Grow Of Pennsylvania the snocsssor Of Wilnot and
far surprising him il malignant sutAgonism Of the equality
Of The States.
The next The IL; r Washburn Of Maine as chair
man q The Committee on Blsctons This gsntiemau's
ultra Fioence the subject Of slavery has made him nc
tOrous To the Hon. Lewis D, Campbell the most dan
enemy Of the rights Of the States because the most
popular and APPAreny fair Of All his party is interested
the important craftsmanship Of the Committee Of ways
and Means As chairman Of Committee on tie Judi
eiarv, Mr.. simmons Of New York, is Announced The
ohairmanshP Of The Committee Pebble Lands has been
Conferred upon Mr. Bennett Of The same State The Com
nities Foreign Affairs has bern placed ia charge Of Mr.
Funington o. New Jersey, who supported Mr. Banks
steadily during the long and trying contest Cor Speaker
osbus r. GdSugs of Ohio l. chairman Or The Couult,e,
q Gains; Nr neaeham, q Vermont, chairman o. o,
COmniiies on tie District o. Columbia; Mr. wsshburpe
Il Illinois, chairman q the COMMITTEES Of commeru
Committee o. Isdisn Affairs gr Priagia of View York
II
Maine chairman; and The Committee Of Paienis Mr.
Morgan "a New York chairman
Every Of these i The Srowea sad uuscrupulou,
adversary 81 the rights q The States snd especially o. ID.
rights Of the South
win b perceived that southern man has be-, an
pointed chairman q single important COMMITTEES. II e -.
espt he selection q Cen oatrnan on the Nl,.r, r,u
tee The representative q the strongest ansrr, al.
rret in the United States could Psy nc higher oomp,
to the democratic party hss " this Ostraeism q 4. @
champions; bot win be that no favor bss been
tended even % those southern who sgres with Mr.
BACKS in regard TO secret oaihs and obligations We Ia,
ia vain for recognition Of the talents Of Humphrey Mar
shall u Kentucky, Of Percy Walker Of Alabama Til
Whole scope and design d Mr. Ssuafdthat Or copyolds
ing an abolition North against minority south--i
'a'vsnsy assisted BY Mr. Banks in the exclusion Of th
representatives, q the South from leading poetons d
sading committees.
That Nr Banks should adopt the novel and mOnsHou.