Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-12-13
sCoa,gressiOts:l

the leading topics, SOFAS u give n clear and
distinct idea oftbe doings of that body.
The House met on Monday. the 9Th inst.
Long before noon the galleries were
lpnsely fiIieds and crowds were unable 10
obtain sadmittance! Notwithstanding The
inclemency Of the weather, there il IKE
usual attcndapce Of ladies' on the floor.
There were the customary salutationBi
among members and Others, and q piess-
ant excitement prevailed every where. I;
Mr. Allen. the Clerk Of The last House,
called the House TO order al noon. The
din Ofvoices Immediately ceased; specia-
tors were excluded iror, The nsor, and The
members took their seats. ~ A''o aaa} ". 4.
.sr The roil was called and 23i members
answered to their Names 'e4,t>' e' .s'e2'''
The absentces were Messrs. Stallwortll
and Laandrewh.d Of Alabama; Brown and
Adams, "f Kentucky; Hind;nan and Bust,
OF Arkansas, aud Hamilton. af' Ttxas. stt' H
On motion Of Mr.. Phelps, the House
syreed To proceed to the election Of q
Speaker piud rOce. fStsai4e' Shs ti'!'a14
Mr. Cofwin aon,inated Mr.. Sherman,
of Ohio; Mr. Adiain nominated Mr. Davis.
Of IndIaia: Mr.. Elaskin nominated Mr..
Hickman. Of Pennsylvania; Mr.. Stephens
nominated Mr. Grow. of Pennsylvania;
Mr.. Biggs nominated Mr.. Boetier, Of Vir-
|ginia. ,.'s'5g et ~ sEHs s1'
Numerous voices impatiently -"Call
the roll" 17aa28 "a',l--f atst5a E~@tN2t W,
The Clerk appointed Messrs. Houston,
Corwia, ADRIAN and Briggs. tellers,: ~
ht. Florence-In listening to the call
Of the roll. noticed that several members
were abseiit. III order 10 enable them to
participate in the ele.:tiod: ! move the
t1ou-e adjourn until Tomorrow ~''.45 o#
Mr.. John Coclran-I hope the gentle
man will withdraw the morton. ~ }" ts
Mr.. Cobb-Oh, let us have one vote.
Laughter. 's"4 e'fe' u 7'',' i&o~
The House took the vote by acclana
ton. amid whicii and laughter, Mr. Flor.
ence withdrew mis- molten and the House
proceeded 10 vote. 'o'' s3" ta@ ,"ai @e'
Fits. vote for speaker: Sherman 66; Bo-
cock IS; Grow 43; Boteler "a; Davis =;
Philip. r; GilG,er 8; Nelson s; Corwihi /;
Hill !; Hickman !; Pennington l Haskiu
2; Mcqueen 1; II. +. CLARK /; t"a- ''
No oae having rete;ved 0 majority ol
the votes cast. Mr.. Grow rose and said.
AS | desire in no way 10 ,etard the or
sanzatioh Of the house, ! withdraw my
name MS Candidate l assure these gen
,lehlen who in their Kindness cast Their
vote for me, that shall treasure lh,ough h
life SO distinguished mark Of their friend
ship aud regard. ~
Here followed a scene of great confu-
sion, the Democratic members. greatly
excited, showed fixed determination to
prevent an organization. Clark, Of Mis-
souri,. defyirg the authority Of the House.
proceeded to deliver violent and insulting
harangue against the North, and the Re-
publicans in particular. The design
seemed TO be TO excite the members 10
such a degree as to bring on an iminedi-
ate conflict. After raining until he go,
tired, he offered the following: Ha 1e -
Whereas, Certain members Of the
House now in nomination for Speaker, did
endorse and recommend the book herein
after mentioned; therefore. ,,,-r.. d.. ,,,,..
Re olve!, That the doctrines and sem
timents OF a certain book called the '.Im-
pending Crisis of the South, and how to
meet it,"' nurportlhg to have been, written
By II. R. Helper. are ncendiwy aud hos
tile 10 ihe domestic peace and tranquility
of tie country, and thai no member Of this
House who recommended il, or endorsed
1t o. the compend, is 6tto be tue Speaker
OF this House. ,-r .,.,.,.. ......t. ,-.. 3
X The book here denounced, WAS written
and published some years since BY Mr.
Helper, of North Carolina. and is the clear
est and most satisfactory exposition of the
bad economy Of slavery on the progress
and development ola State which has ever
been published The author being Il
Southern man and deeply attached to The
South and earnestly solicitous for her vel,
fare. has. in this book, which is addressed
wholly to the, Southern people themselves.
ssh"wn by irresistible arguments and Sta
'i3tics. shat slavery is the grand incubus
which has borne down. not only his ma,
tive Stale, but NIL the South, and has pre-
vented that section from Keeping pace
with the free labor States ii lle march of
wealth, power. prosperity and greatness,
In being written in u calm and digui6ed
spirit. bysa Southern man to his Southern
fellow citizens, aud dealing in facts and
figures which cannot be denied, the slave
holders esteem it. and rightly too. the
most dangerous book which could be
placed in tie hands of the, laboiing white
men of the South. They we'll know that
If the mass Of the SHAREHOLDERS were
permitted to read the book, The tyrannical
reign OF the handful Of shareholders would
be at an end. and hence the fury with
which it has been attacked. Many Of
members Of Congress recommended the
work as one well calculated to enliyhten
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