New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-14
THE REORGANIZATION.

With no desire to hasten the dtnOHsment, we ask
the American people TO contemplate thoughtfully
the spectacle presented by their nchoate House of
Representatives at Washington. That body was
chosen in pursuance of the Federal Constitution, to
perform certain important and clearly specified du-
ties; the first of which is the election Of officers for
the government and guidance of its deliberations.
Until those officers shall have been chosen and in
stalled it is incapable Of doing any legislative busi-
ness, for it Is not properly House, a legislative
assembly, but mob, political club mass meet
inc. There is no evidence, even that the persons
who sit and spout and vote in the Representatives
Hall have any better right to do so than those who
merely shout and clap hands IN the galleries.
Almost every day affords new proofs OF the I'M
minent danger of explosion among the infammabe
materials collected in that Hall-an explosion
which NAV drencb, not the Hall only but the Nation
also. in fraternal blood Yet, in the face of this
danger we see minority of the presumptive Mem
beers commencing a row about Slavery in advance
of any organization, keeping il up from day to
day in contempt of all remOnstrance, fighting of
every motion to proceed to ballo,, to adopt the
Plurality rule and moving aud voting for adjourn
meuts, at every opportunity, as if the urgency Of
public business and the righteous claims of long
suffering public creditors were of no account when
compared with the dictates Of faction
SO long as there was hope of efsctng some
dicker with the South Americans and Independents,
whereby the House should be organized in the
interest of the Sham Democracy, there might have
been some shadow of excuse for this course. Now,
since this hope has been abandoned why persist in
maintaining this anarchy Why net organize
forthwith Why not at least let those who want
the House organized vote Why adjourn, and adj
journ, and talk BuncOmbe, aud staye off, when all
motive for so doing has vanished The Repub
| lcans, it is known, Will not desert Dir. Sherman;
they are wiling to adopt the Plurality rule, or to
90 ON voting until an organization shall be effected.
Why should not this BE- done
If il were the Republican party which was thus
fighting off an organization and keeping the House
in anarchy, how the conservatism Of or Cotton
presses and UniOn-savers would ring out in noisy de-
nuneiati0n, How the People would be exhorted TO
meet without distinction of party aud condemn the
outrage II they were Republican members who
are continually proclamiug that, If the othrr party
shall Wiz the next Presidential contest, they vii
! dissolve the Union, how the shade of Washington
would be invoked to appear and rebuke their trea-
son! But since none but Democrats ara threaten
ing dsuniou, our conservatives propose 70 hold
Meeting to rebuke-not those who threaten, bur
those who ara Threatened We, VINO are resolved
TO uphold aud remain in the Union, whether victo-
rious or vanquished, are to be denounced because
cur antagonists threaten 10 dissolve unless they can
beat us heDeeforth as they have hitherto dOae But
the Country sees and viii consider