Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-02-29
SPEECH OF non. j. s. cARLILE,

the House Deliosred in The House Of ResTesen-
tatiues, January IL, 1856.
After the reading of the Journal,
Mr.. Carlile rose and said {:
Mr.. CLERK: Ipropose, with the unani-
nous consent of the House, to occupy
the time usually consumed in call of the
House. Cries of" Agreed !''"Go on!'
More than six weeks have passed by since
we Grst met in this Hall. and yet the
House Of Representatives remains without
an organization. Our constituents are
not Indifferent spectators, but view with
anxiety and alarm this extraordinary state
of things. It has seemed to me that it
would not be improbable to the House
or country to revert to the history of the
last few years, for the purpose of inqui-
ring into the causes which have produced
this so h-to-be regretted condition in
which we find ourselves placed. Ii we
can come TO correct understanding OF
the causes. possibly we may be enabled
to relieve the country from the embarrass-
nlent under which it is laboring in conse-
quence Of the obstruction to the ordinary
workings Of the Government, caused by
the paralysis which now rests upon the
legislative department.
~ IN on,n,r,, i comnd a sectional
10y ,l,;S i,o,sa wiIIinr n cIact a
p"'.y :" III ;Ia ova. ;,s p, ,.(ihsro,;ons
p'"; !r.a,a, nlono TEo,o is not o
~ ,t;a,. r,n A. B,nts iLa ca,.
!i;,la'a . af n,i o7,;onal organiZaIion who
I" r;n r;.o \, ill., r,lsc. and sIv rhnf he has
~ ', III; l,d. If oL,oi.;u,,. si,,,Ia
'.a,o -, mi ,la,1,,. Cr,,,o S1 as.acL,-
M, .'.ll99 I,., ,,,,.,;on ,l,o C,vE.,l..
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~ '"9 Sms.I,, smcI, an orTan;y1tinn Inns
.,i"n.niiH.. ,,r,.,n ;,e own section rnr tho
foI,hcranee af its own peculiar views,
nIs;,, =, H. oo,,;,n,T .,,A ~ succoss
,";m rnnr r,y,,,lnoo 800 of f.oI;n,r
'tn, '.' ~; iNshalp ,I,is ,1lnr;ons HMM 10 irs
,.a,, ," ;n,,ndn,;on 80 sSr nara rake occa.
sinE - sn,.',Eatif il were in NV ,,owcr
~ rl.oo S,LaI ,.h.ir nc thu mr.. s;,;irr
nain"r u ,I,;. ,,l,, MAN oIdc,nI h3
enr,Lar0 ,.a,as III sonth,rn votas ALONE
| sh"nlI hcsi,a,e long before would do
It Il m,v~he ,bat s is the dutv of the
soo,;,. aryhs CI,nE.Jaro.y Cron, which I
con,c 70 rrrscnt the same united front in
bnhaIf ~ III interests as is nresented bv
,hc MIN Il bahaIf of what IS to Them an
ob.,roc,;on which ranatacism and dema.
,roanais'o ,,ae anohlsd fnr Iha time 70
1TnIe me honr with this view, nv hou-
orahl. fri.nd fran Alabama, TMr. Walk.
er,1 for ne purpose Of effecting, if posi-
blo soecav oraanization of Ihe House
unon sonnd conservative princ;D)es, pro.
nnseJ same weeks ago, to the friends of
Inc Adn;ristrarion 10 mite in n confer.
ence viii Is 10 ascertain if that desirable
oicct coulI be attained. regret that
candor anl due regard for truth com pei
me to saw. th,t that proposition, made in
the spiri: in which it was, vas repelled by
those to whom It was made, notwithstan-
dinr thev we're wellawar of the fact that
in such 4 conference, they would have a
majority oftwo to one, and the power 10
have dictated ana adopted whatever they
NAV have desired. The people of this
country NAV well draw (Io.n this refusal
the inference, that the members Of this
House belonging to the Administration
party recolleclcd they had party 10 obey,
but failed tc remember that they had a
couQry 10 serve.
Mr. Clerk, to what is this agitation, so
(raught with all that is evil, justly atIri-
butable ? II is to be attributed to the
conduct Of the Administration and its
friends, at the last Congress, in forcing Il
reopening Of this question Of slavery,
which both parties were pledged by their
national conventions to abide by the COM
promise measures OF 1850, as final set
Element Of this agitating subject, and up
on that pledge This Administration came
into power. | aided it-feebly l admit
but to the extent of my ability-in OBJ
tanning its present position but scarcely
was it in stalled, and in posse ssion Of the
power given it by con6ding people, be