Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-12-30
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FROM WASHINGTON

- " a. BiNG1ON
"o organ'aa''o" y,t--the Democracy disorqan-
'"" 'g Pays-Uoting more fashionable.
TUESDAY EVE. DEC. 20. 1859.
won't weary the readers Of the Waterman
by stale rehash of the first weeks proceed
ings. We have had two weeks of it after one
pattern; the Republicans, cool, firm and
steadfast to their first position, which was
organize, then talk and work under the regu-
lation of the Constitution, the statutes and
the rules of the House; the slave-dcmocracy
clamorous, talkative, excited, and often threat.
cning and insulting the anti Iecompton de-
moeraey divided, on the defensive. and stub
born; the Southern opposition skirmishine
skillfully, and giving no aid to either Of the
other parties. That is the sum Of the whole
matter, But there have been incidents reliev-
ing the stereotyped routine Of the first fort
night. 1t has been the game of the South to
bully and intimidate the South Americans as
well as the Republicans, and to hold the
South Americans especially responsible for
not rushing to the aid Of the Democracy in
defence of the--Union:-- oh no no no =
but of Disunion and The South. That is what
is called national democracy, | think
Well. Mr.. Etheredge of Tennessee waited
awhile for the poker to be brought to the
right temperature, and then asked the De-
mocracy if they would come over to a good
National and Southern man for Speaker
you have hot votes enough" was the an
swer. but suppose we can give you thirty
or forty said Etheredgc. The Democracy
were dumb. On the next occasion. sundry
gentlemen Of Pennsylvania and New Jersey
withdrew from Sherman and gave their votes
for Mr.. Gilmer of n. Ca Irrational" man.
an unexceptionabo man personally, and.
moreover, the heaviest STAKEHOLDER in the
House. With the Americans they gave votes
sufficient, with the Democratic votes, to elect
Gilmer by eight majority. Here was a chance
to organize the House and "save the South. :"
and the country, and the Union, and every
thing else the sham Democracy have been
talking about for fortnight The power was
put into their hands the democracy were not
only dumb but mb-founded, and they
wouldn't use it! After that it is hardly worth
while to talk about the democratic party in
the House. Indeed it strikes me that il has
confessed itself a sham The effect is to in
vigorate the spinal marrow of the South Am
orleans and to give the Southern Democrats
the shiyers. Yesterday Mr.. Bocock with
drew from the contest, and the Democracy
scattered, and have been scattered through
this day. The Republicans work straight on,
coming within four Of an election, aud on the
last ballot to-day coming within three. This
was effected by Mr.. Reynolds of New York,
(anti-Lecompton,) who withheld the vote he
has hitherto cast for Mr.. Sherman. We are
certainly getting nearer the end, and every
experiment tends to show that the Republi-
cans will win the speakership. The Admin
istration, and especially its creditors, mail
contractors, &c, cannot afford to stop the
Government much longer. Beginning with
much talk and little voting, we have now i'm
proved to a speach or two and three votes per
day. The voting is very tedious as all the
names have to be taken.
"WEDNESDAY, DEC. 81.
Senator Douglas-The Committees ofhe SEN
ate--Ne'o Experiment in The House.
Senator Douglas has not yet taken his seat
in the Senate, although it has been announced
that his physician does not consider South
ern tour essential to his health Certainly Mr..
Douglas would not find his seat easy. While
his political and personal friends in the House,
Il maan the Democratic delegation Of his own
State, especially,) have surrendered to the
Lecompton Democracy, under his direction.
having entered the caucus and followed its
edicts, even to consulting with avowed dis
unionists. and voting for men who supported
the very Lecompton policy against which
Douglas and his friends rebelled last year
! say, notwithstanding this entire surrender
of Douglas to the Lecompton Democracy in |
the House, the Lecompton Democracy in the |
Senate will not take even Mr.. Douglas him
self into their ranks, nor any Northern Sena-
tor who is his friend except it is with brand
of disgrace There is but one Senator who
defends him in debate, and that is Mr. Pugh
Of Ohio. Nor is this the whole story. The |
Lecompton democracy have again, most de-
liberateiy and most insultingly, put mark of
disgrace upon him. Last year they deposed
him from the craftsmanship of the Committee
on Territories but that was in the heat of
anger and while Senator Douglas was still |
politically rebellious. They have now repeat
ed the insult in cool blood, and at the very mo- !
ment when Douglas was doing all he could
for the Slavocracy in the House, by ordering
his friends to support Lecomptonite as can
ddate for Speaker. There was but one
Southern Senator who dissented from this
course, as is understood here, and he was
never a Democrat until the interest Of Slavery
required him to submit to it, mean Sena-
tor Toombs of Georgia, formerly a dstin,
gushed Wing member OF the House. 1t is
said that committee Of the Democratic eau
Gus of ths Senate waited upon Senator Doug
las, and rendered him the chairmanship Of
subordinate committee, at the same time mott
fyin0 him that he could MT have h;s ola ,,o.t