Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-01-31

There is programe ON foot to appeal
to the Republicans to withdraw Mr..
Sherman and try E. JOY Morris, Of Pa.
American-Republican, for Speaker, but
the mass Of the Republicans will not con
sent to it. Some OF the Americans have
been appealed to vote for Larabee, of
Wisconsin, but not enough of, them can
be induced to consent to give any shadow
of hope of success for this plan.
| The Republicans are constantly in re-
ceipt of most encouraging letters in sup
port of their course here.
Barksdale made heavy and labored
speech in the House to-day, which emp
tied the benches like a panic. When he
closed, there were not over fifty Repre-
sentatives in their places.
Mr. Corwin was called out by re-
mark of Mr. Barksdale. He said his
object was to move that the House pro-
ceed to ballot They had done such
things before, which he admitted, with
very little success.
If ever the House was organized it
would be by voting. If the gentleman
from Mississippi, (Barksdale,) who had
advocated secession in the event of the
election of a Republican President,
should be elected Speaker, he (COrwin)
promised to stay in the Union. This
farce which has been acted here for sew
eral weeks, very uch to the amusement
of the members themselves, was some
times for the disturbance of the temper
of the gentlemen, had begun to be looked
upon as a serious matter. Every gen
tleman should, therefore, conscienciously
think what he shall do.
He was reminded by friends the other
day, that there was something greater in
the election of Speaker than he sup
posed, viz, that in a certain event the
Speaker might become President. He
confessed he was a little puzzled by the
suggestion. 1t might be so, but he did
net think this should be incorporated
into. their thought as one of the contin
gencies 1t was not probable that either
the President or Vice President would
be amiable enough to die, that the
Speaker might succeed to their place.
He does not know, however, what Prov
idence has in store for US. He did not
know why the Helper book should be
driven into their line of thought; it might
be the product of the liberty Of the press,
which is called in classic language, the
palladium of our liberties.
No free government has existed in
modern times without a free press so we
must be content to take the freedom Of
the press as we have it, with all its
abuses as well as its blessings.
The House and galleries were crowded,
and he was surrounded by nearly every
member, who listened attentively
throughout, to his remarks. The Dem
ocrats writhe under his speech-terribly.
':The dog goeth back to his vomit and
the SOW to her wallowing." Douglas
has done both to day. He stood up be-
fore vast concourse of people who had
assembled to listen to him. Every avail
able inch of room WAS occupied, expect
ing him to repel the assaults that have
been made upon him by the Democrats.
But no! He stood there for two mortal
hours and ate dirt for the amusement of
Southern masters. Perhaps in this way
he may win the Charleston nomination,
but those who listened to him were sorc'y
disappointed, and he uttered not a single
new idea. ......-
Those members ho signed the pledge
Eot to allow the plurality rule to pass,