Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-01-15
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In the House, yesterday, after we went to
press, the one hundred and tenth and one
hundred and eleventh votes for Speaker
were taken without effecting a choice the
latter resulting as follows .-.. ...
Whole number of votes cast, 2Os; necessary
to a choice, los. .
Mr.. Richardson received "a, Banks 95, Full
Ter of Pa. 81, Pennington z, scattering 9.
Ere the result of this ballot was declared,
MIR. Barksdale rose to q correction of q portion
Of the report of the proceedings of the pre-
viOus day published in the Globe which led
to discussion between Messrs. Kennett and
Pennington and himself, ending as follows
according to the Unions report
Mr.. Barksdale not agreeing with the gentle
man from Missouri as to the propriety of the
questions which he had propounded under the
circumstances, and not agreeing with him as
to the grace he displayed on that occasion,
still felt it his duty, under the disclaimer of
the gentleman that he intended no personal
reflection, to withdraw his denunciations. He
cheerfully accepted the gentleman's apology.
Mr. Pennington did not happen to be in his
seat at the time the gentleman from Missouri,
(Mr KENNETH propounded his questions and,
therefore, he did not hear them, but he took
this opportunity to answer them. That gen.
tleman " wished to know Of each Of the candi-
".
(Mr Pennington,) whether or not he believed
in future state And, if that question
should be answered afirmatively, whether be
believed 1T would be a free or a slave state p
He, Mr.. ) was somewhat yersed in the
Westminster Catechism, and he had learned
from that that there is a future state, ia which
he believed He, also, understood that there
We're two states in that future state one the
beatifed and the other the damned-the flee
and the slave, laughter The free state was
on one side of the line and the slave state on
the other side be believed it was not exactly
a compromise line, renewed laughter but
he had always understood tina the damned
side was the hottest, and, therefore, that must
be the southern side. [Great laughter
1t was held by some that there is a third
state-the state of purgatory. Now, he had
no acquaintance with this state except snch
as he had learned from the course of purga.
tion going on in this House. He knew of Ger.
tain gentlemen who had been in a state of
purgatory here, laughter, and (plaeing his
hand upon his hearty he knew one gentleman
past praying for. Shouts Of laughter
Mr.. Kennel wished to say one word in re-
plyto bis friend from New Jersey, who seemed
to be so we'll posted up in his catechism in
regard to the future states lying north and
south Of the line, and the state of purgatory.
As the gentleman had been kind enough to
bind some-of them hand and foot and pitch
them into that dark place in advance, he de-
sired to know in reference to his catechsm
whether, when he informed the House on Sat
urday that he had got beyond "effectuaI call
ing, he was also able to see his 90 election
sure" Tremendous laughter
Mr. Pennington thanked the gentleman, and
begged leave to say that he " owed him one. -
Laug liter.
The House then adjourned