Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-31
CONGRESSIONAL.

ishes the topic of letter-writers and news.mongers
at the Capitol. 1t will be remembered that the
House. by very large vote, resolved to suspend de-
bate until Speaker be chosen, and, consequently
the proceeding are made up Of movements and coun
ter-movements only.
| We announced in our last issue that on Monday
the 22d, representative Mr.. BoYcE had proposed
resolution declaring it to be the duty of tho con-
servatiye members of the House in view of the deli
cate character of our foreign relations to unite in
an effort to elect the Speaker. The resolutions
read thus -
Resolved, That whereas our relations with Great
Britain are of the most threatening character, indi
eating that we may be on the of the most start
ling events and whereas it is the imperative duty
Of the House, at this uncture Of imminent peril not
to abdicate its great mission, but to fulfil it by or
ganizing, if possible, on such basis as will give
peace to our distracted country, and enable it to
present an undivided front to the common enemy
therefore
Resolved, That the conservative elements of this
House should unite in sincere effort to elect Spea-
ker who will represent the great ideas Of peace for
ourselves and the sword for the stranger"
Mr.. STEPHENS, of Georgia, said he hoped the
gentlemen would be permitted to state the facts
which he made the announcement, that we are on
the eve Of war. If so, he knew nothing about it.
Objections were made to the explanation, and the
resolution was laid on the table Thus, for the Sec
ond or third time, our member has made an earnest
and truly patriotic effort to end the disgraccful
amble and in so doing, to fuse into solid phal-
:.nx the now discordant elements of conservatism
From the outset his course has been the one which
wise and prudent craftsmanship, unbiased by the
influences of party, might well have dictated. We
have not always been able to commend the course Of
Mr.. BoYcE and from that reason, we take the more
pleasure in recording now hearty approval Of his
wishes of his constituents could not have been more
fully and satisfactorily represented.
On the same day, resolution was offered that
"the candidate for Speaker who shall at any time
hereafter receive the highest number of votes from
quorum ofmembers, though less than majority Of
votes polled, shall be declared Speaker, provided
that he and each of the other candidates shall have
the appointment of the standing committees in pro-
portion to the number votes respectively received
by EACH But no candidate whose vote shall be less
than 25, shall be entitled to any appointment under
the resolution. This resolution, also, was laid on
the table, and the House again. proceeded TO votes
BANKS, 81; RICHARDSON, 67; FULLER, 90; CAMP
BELL, of Ohio, s.; PENNINGTON, SHORTER and Pom
TER each necessary to choice, SO. 4
Next day, Mr.. RICHARDSON, after stating that he
was most sincerely desirous that the House should
be organized and that the position he then occupied
was not Of his own seeking, announced that to re-
lieve the House from its fixed embarrassment, he
would on the following day retire from the canvass
In view of this determination, the Democratic Can
Gus held n meeting, and unanimously nominated
Col. ORR, of our State, re-afirming the principles
at the first Caucus. The Americans also
held Caucus, in which it was resolved that they
were willing to withdraw Mr.. FULLER, but insisted
on an organization on national grounds. The Re-
pubcans, not to be behind also held their Caucus,
and determined to adhere to Mr.. BANKS. Thursday,
Mcssrs. RICHARDSON and FULLER withdraw, and the
first balotting was had with the following result:
BANKS, 90; ORR, GO; FULLER, 12 RIcAUD, 18;
3 Scattering 5;-202. These changes,
upsetting the whole programme, may possibly be
indicative Of an approaching election.
In the Senate on Thursday, a Message was recei-
we'd from the President transmitting the copy Of the
letter of Lord JOHN RUSSELL to Mr.. CHAMPION, da-
ted January 1853, in which it was declared that the
British government intended to adhere strictly to
tboto ooft R,,1x1 NJ n
sumo any sovereignty in Central America. The de-
bate reflected severely upon the course of the British
Ministry, and expressions went to the point of stig
matizing the proceedings on her part as monstrous
and dsgraceful Theletter was ordered to be print:
ed. s.. .. r..s..
An important Message was also received from
the President in reH ton to Kansas affairs, of which
the following will serve as an epitome:-2
''The matters pertaining to Kansas would be at
tended by some serious difficulties and embarrass-
ment partly from local mal-administration partly
from the unustfable interference inhabitants Of
of the sates with views foreign to the interests
Of the rights of the territory.
{" The Governor Of Kansas, instead of using con- |
slant vigilance in the exercise Of his duties had al
lowed his attention to be divided and deyiated from
his official obligations by other subjectsh himself
setting the example IN violation Of law and duty
This conduct had impelled the President to remove
the Governor.
'The communication also alluded to the mis-di. |
rected zeal of Propagandsts in emigration and the
clashing Of slavery and anti-spvery interests as
cause Of much mischief, and it emphatically con-
demned the efforts to anticipate or force the determ
nation of that question in this inchoate State FL
nally, the legislative Assembly was for all practical
purposes, the lawful body, and condemned the for
nation of a free State Constitution. Such move. |
ment was revolutionary in character but if it reach
ed point of organized resistance to the United |
States Constitution and authorities it will become
insurrection, and hence it falls to the
duty of the General Government to suppress it.
"The message concludes by saying that if the in
habitarts of Kansas should desire State Constitu
tion and if they be in sufficient numbers the pro-
per course will be for convention to recommend
the enactment of law to that effect. 1t also re-
special appropriations to be made to de-
fray any expenses that may become requisite in the
execution of the laws and for the maintenance of
public order in the Territory"
In every point of view the Message is important.
Many of the Southern journals who have been seek
g here and there of dissatisfaction and COM
olaint with the administration, found themselves
yratiied at the seeming indifference with which the
President regarded the affairs of Kansas in his An
,ual Message. The word is taken out of their
mouths, and now when the last hinge is taken from
hem, their cavillings must surely cease. We regret
hat the Message came to hand too late for pubca-