, 1860-01-09
The FaetIuus Democracy.

The delay in organizing the House Of Repre-
sentatives has been produced by the factious
obstinacy of the Democrats. This is now I'd
mitted by their prints. Tic Washington .Sta,.s
in al artsclc disappearing Of their having voted
for Maynard, says:
-" In tactics, il n:nst be confessed that TIC a.e
no tn1tcll for our opponents. They have pur-
pose, while NC resort to make shifts. Their
candidate IS just Us fresh in the esteem Of his
supporters now when VIC eniereA tlc arcnI.
Ours, eminent Is was bis qualifications, was
forced to retire, ia order that iucunsideratc ex-
pertlnents might be teS'cd. South American
diplomacy was ut the bottom Of it, and South
American diplomacy has .ucct cded in getting
the democracy into such confusion that thereis
but little hope llat It will ercr regain the posi-.
tim which it attained on the first day Of The
session. There were perhaps not legs tEan
twenty Democratic members who believed that
they could be elected by tllc odds and e1.ls
which Mr. Docock had failed to unite Delft.
sive expectation! But it lad the effect to i'll
auence tue over sensitive V1rginian to volln;
tasily Withdraw his weiyhty name fru1n the ccn.'
test. All has been chaus since in Our raul.s,
and SO will likely remain until the plurality r,sls
shall be adopted, when John Sherman will
speedily be conducted 10 the Speakers chair.
But when vii! that occur, our anxious readers
will inquire? All! that question we cannot
answer. 1t 1nust be wecks-it may he months.
But, alas. it is Inevitable"
Here it is shown tl.at tile Democrats are dis
organized that they canuot hope to elect a
Speaker by any combination, anu that Sllcr-
mans success is certain; und yet the Democrats
are advised to proiract the confusion as long as
they can.
Rrecklurid&e's! Fclo de Sc.
Occasional" Of Furney's Iress lns the fol.
lowing relative to the speech of Vice President
l;reckiaridgc:
NoEcccnt event has suggested more spccu!a-
lion here tlau the speech OF Vice. President
Drtckinridge. Solae If his best friends cannot
understand it, and are in maze ~ to what ne
cess!ty could bare induced him, Il: this time, to
come forward and luke speech. Mr.. Breckiu-
ridge is. in some respects, one Of llle most coz
serrative med in sllis country Tie represents
q conservative State. lie has always been lol.
Grant on tho slavery question, aud get, re now
find him running race will, al aged ilidiyid;it i
ut the other end Of the Avenue. far tile support
of tue >outhcrn extremists. Nowusd from Mr.
Breckenridge was necessary, aud, Us ons who
ndmires and cstecnls him, trust he will in the
future, ayoid pen, ink, und paper IN mucl, Us
our genial and witty friend, CAPITA n jackson, oi
Kentucky, Stunned the Dsmuciatic party before
Lc was LEFT nrarly alone in his own. Apropos
Of this Presidential ques;ion: since the Vice
President spoke at Frankfort. ! hear nuu.',er
Of Democrats. cnly lately very hostile to cx-
President Pierce, speaking cf iiiu, as man " lto
would, in nll probability. rsily around him the
entire south, and might carry enough Northern
States to make his e!ectiuu certain. 1t may be
said of Franklin Pierce that Lc has neyer com
nitted mn Inconsistency iu his record. md that
il he had been III James Bnc!,anan's place he
would no more hare gone back Of his pledge on
the kunsas question thun he wonll have , orc
back Of his word az soldier aud a gentleman.