Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-03-09

have fallen short-managed indeed to organize
| themselves unto strangulation. But upon the
| Democratic party the Deluge has come, and its
power is sinking like lead III the mighty waters.
! From Maine to California it is divided and dis.
cOrdant. All men, who love their country bet
ter than party, must rejoice to see this turmoil
and ruin in the ranks of the political standing
army that has 1Omineered over us so long. And
shall we amid this confusion OF tongues COM
mence another tower of Babel? We protest
against it. We protest against the repetition of
| party experiment, cOnSumated in the Demo
cratic party, which by the moral servility upon
| which its discipline rested, has so degraded the
| character of the nation. The history of the
| Democratic party teaches the weighty lesson,
that parties should be made for. and should
pass away with, occasions.
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| Hon. ALPH. HAYMoND BoRrSG THE HOUSE, OF
| DELEGATES WITH VERY LARGE AuGER-We're
really afraid, after all, that Hon. Alph. Hay
mond, whom we have, for the last few days,
been endeavoriug to set "his pins" as the
prize fighters say, prior to his foot race for tho
next nomination for Congress, amt going to
turn out suitable. He's got rage for speaking
speaking long, and speaking continually
worse than the reputed mania of Dutch bur-
gomaster for tulips. He has indeed On Fri
day last he got the floor, and there he stood
aud put his poor fellow members through, I'M
til, as the record shows, their smothered agony
found vent in shuflcs, groans, and finally in re-
monstrances. Butt spite ofwords and groans,
there stood Alpheus, deaf to every entreaty.-.
AS witness:
Mr. Raymond took the floor, and addressed
the House at length in opposition to any extern
sion of the session. s. E..r..g
At o'clock he was interrupted by Mr. Nc
nit tho nark hot
Marion (Mr. Haymond) had referred to the time
consumed during the session, in useless discus.
sion. Mr.. Nice. desired to know if Mr.. Ii. had
ever made a calculation of the amount of time
consumed by himself in useless and Improbable
discussion as member of the House?
| MIR. Raymond replied that his constituents
had sent him here to take care of their inter
ests, and of the interests of the Commonwealth,
and it mattered not to them whether, in the
performance of his duties, he occupied the time
in discussion or not. He then proceeded with
| his speech, the members eYincing much restless
ness by moving about the aisles, and the Speak
| er admoniShing him several times TO restrict the
| latitude of his remarks.
! At fifteen minutes past l o'clock, Mr. Harper
interrupted theSpeaker with the inquiry, If it
was in order for the gentleman from Marion to
infct cruel and unusual punishment upon the
\ House by speaking against time.
! Mr. Raymond in reply, said that if the gen
tleman from Rockingham (Air. Harper) deemed
defense of the pockets ofhis people from ex
! tortion unusual punishment he might expect
| punishment and should receive il.
At twenty minutes past O'Clock, Mr. Hay,
mond was called to order by Mr.. Ward, who
submitted this point of order:
"The gentleman having been twice called to
order for irrelevant discussion, he cannot pro.
coed further without leave of the HouS'
Mr.. Raymond | am opposed to thu.
The Speaker decided that Mr.. Haym nd could
proceed, but must coUfne himself to 80 discus
sion of the resolution.
Mr. Christian enquired if the gentleman from
Marion had not forfeited his right to proceed.
The Speaker responded negatively.
AFR. ward appealed from the decision of tho
Speaker on the point oforder Submitted by him.
Mr.. Rives and Mr.. Seldom simultaneously cal
led for the yeas and nays upon the question thus
presented.
Mr.. Anderson demanded the previous ques-
ton. The call was sustained.
Mr.. MaSsie, of ROckbridge, stated that it was
the universal practice in Congress to require
motion for leave to proceed when member had
been twice called to order
The roll was then called, and the decision of
the Chair was suStained-yeas 80, nays 10
When the result was announced, Mr.. McCue
moved adjournment.
The Speaker ruled the motion out of order
Mr.. Raymond not having surrendered the floor.
! Mr.. Raymond agsin resumed his speech and
was proceeding TO speak of Virginia as "the
greatest State in the Union" when
Mr.. Ward inquired if this reference was rel.
evant and in order
The Speaker said that it was impossible. to
see the irrelevancy of an isolated remark He
hoped the gentleman would confne himself with
1 IN the limits OF parliamentary law, which pre-
scribed that no ''snperhuous or tedious" speech
es should bematie
Mr.. Raymond said that il it was out Of order
/ to eulogize the old Commonwealth, he would ac-
knowledge the corn, He then proceeded, until
ten minutes to 2 o'clock, when he brought his
| remarks TO a close.
The Atlanta Gal Examiner says, "Mr. Phil
Rice, the celebrated banjOist died on the Float
| ing Palace, the Mississippi river, at Grand
Lake, Ark, ON the 4th of December Mr. Rice
was acknowledged by the best musicians of the
age to be the most perfect performer on that in
strument of the present day. 1t viii be remem-
bered that he gave instructions on the banjo to
Thalberg, the celebrated pianist he is the au-
thor of 'Phil. Rice's instructions on the Banjo,
with OF without Music