The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-06


SOLUTION OF THE GREAT QUESTION or TIKI
DAY.-The first and most important among
the vexed questions of the day-equal
in its puzzling completely to perpetual
motion, or the quadrature of the circle
is the dead lock in Congress on the
question of Who shall be Speaker" For
day In and day out during the last month, the
assembled wisdom of the republic has alter
nately ballotted and spouted without approx
mating in any degree the great result upon
which, according to the members view of the
matter, the destinies of the nation depend. The
pons assi,sorum is apparently impossible.
Every thing has been tried every parliamentary
and political dodge has been resorted to, bat
without effect. The House remains in the dead
waste and middle Of dsorganization. Outside
the bar, the lobby bowls, and Pennsylvania
avenue is dismal with the groans of hungry
mail contractors and other Disguised creditors,
tt is an awful state of things--a desperate dis
ease which demands a desperate remedy.
But where is the remedy?-where the physician
to apply it, Nobody seems to know.
Without taking any particular credit
to ourselves for it, We believe we
are justified in announcing that we have
discovered the way to solve this great
question--to wind up and set Congress
going in the usual way. And we propose to
do 1t in novel and original manner, thus
Every one will remember the splendid way
in which the Chevalier Forney attempted to re-
lieve his friend Forrest of troublesome wife,
almost as Puzzling matter as this of the
Speakersbip. In case any of the members of
Congress should have forgotten the Forney
method Of operations, we have printed, in an
other part of today's paper, the celebrated
letter addressed by the Chevalier to George
Roberts. 1t is not very long, and will bear
reading, like the classics, many times. We be.
ieve that owing to some circumstances be-
yond his control the tactics adopted by For
ney in the Forrest case were not quite so sue
cessful as they might have been. He did not
succeed in corrupting the morals of the stage;
but, according to all accounts, politicians are
not 80 squeamish az actors and actresses, and
maneuvres which would not answer with the
latter might succeed very finely with the for
mer. And in order that the experiment may be
fairly tried, we have taken the pains to prepare
the following draft Of proposed letter from
TIE cHEyALHR FoRNEY TO rHURLow WEED.
tPrjrote.l
wAaNorox Jan. 4, 1850.
Our friend Sherman Is now here AMI is trying very
hard to get elected Speaker Of the House, and carry
out that pleasant little programme which you and myself
agreed upon last summer and which those funny dogs
the washington correspondents your slate.
TO be in washington to help our friend Sherman, who
nearly crazy at the idea OF being placed in his present
ston and viii give half what he is worth to be released
IT, This matter must be kept secret Above all, do
not ne in connection with it; for troubling
you regard to It, My ardent attachment TO glorious
Now, Won't you come on and help 70 relieve him.
The persons who arc annoying our friend Sherman
some Of the anti Leccmpton democrats whom We bought
last summer from Mr. Douglas, and who have now run
away In the most shameful manner. They are pro-
perry, and cows and asses-whte slaves, who
and you and look up the title Deeds that
they may be returned TO US.
You know that after the fall elections found we
must rely the anti Lecompt0n votes to carry out
programme, after that Internal Brown business,
and that terrible Helper book, Of them have got
weak In the back and must be stened up You are the
man to do it.
You cannot imagine how grieved our friend Sherman
at the ngratude OF these 1t Is tho bases of crimes
especially before election Our friend Sherman ready
and willing to redeem all his pledgesthe spois, printing
and otherwise will be all right and yet these Internal four
Now you can nnd il 10 your interest 70 help US in this
matter You are In position to serve our friend Sher
In manner which he viii never forget. You must
bully win over these four votes by some means
other. you don't know all the wires TO be worked you
very soon the editor Of leading daily paper has
them in his hands. What Sherman now desires, TO
cnch the nail and carry out ali plans is 70 obtain in
some way these votes. ] named you TO him a.
safe, steady and intelligent friend, and he viii
never forget whatever you may do for him
in this 10 him, vital matter He suggests that you
might institute intimate relations With che obstinate
others, and then induce them, either In your pre-.
scncc or In company, 70 admit, - thing to be proud
one OF more q them fond Of glass a. sy have
noticed by the great egg nogg debate, and possibly
conyiviai mood might become communicative. No harm
will come 70 them they are too small game for Sherman
and anything they do may be important only aiding
injured man In getting relieved from unpleasant diem
quire sEi and catoe and Il successful viii warmly en-
dear you to Sherman.
Il would help you In the matter, probably, to know
that Horace Greeley the editor in New York lie the
warm friend OF Sherman, and may know about
runaway white negroes than anybody else The business
creton in letting him know the facts and invoking aid
This letter Is addressed to you in the knowledge Of
Sherman.
Please write as AFTER receipt as you can find an o
portunity TO look about you. With kind regards am
dear Weed, yours, very truly.
THrnow WEED, Esq.
We beg leave to send copy Of this model
to Forney, and of course he will sign his name
to it, thus JNo. W. FoaSEY,
and then mail it to Weed, who will set of post
haste from Albany to this city, pick up the
Hon. Massa Greeley, and make the best of his
way to Washington. He can leave his little
lobby jobs in the State Legislature to Farmer
Abel, or Cassidy, Cagger & Co. The spoils
here are nothing at all compared with the fat
printing job and the other pickings in the
Washington crib. BY following out the For
ney system, as indicated in the above draft, the
terrible four votes wanted by Sherman may be
secured, the Speaker elected, Forney put in the
Clerks desk, the printing and other jobs equi-
tably divided amopg the faithful, and every
thing go on in the most delightful way for Weed,
Forney & Co. The latter may rely upon IL that
Weed is the best driver for the runaway white
niggers that can be found. lie has had long