The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-01-11
MAsHINeToN, D. C., January I, 1860.

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WAsHIxGToN, D. C., January T. 1860.
The House continues to jog along morgan
lied, taking one or more ballots every day for
Speaker Sherman lacks from three to four
votes of an election, but has reached his highest.
do not think it possible that he can be elected
by a majority uote, and it is extremely doubtful
whether he could be now by the plurality rule.
His friends are processing great sympathy for
the mail contractors and an anxiety for an or
ganization, yet, when put to the test they back
out, fairly and squarely, and show that their
sympathy for the mail contractors is hypocriti-
cal, and that their only anxiety is to secure the
election of John Sherman, the "Helper Plat
iorm' candidate, e,-anl him only. They will be
satisfied with no one else-unwiling that any
other man, no matter of what party, should be
declared speaker, for even twenty four hours
in order that the appropriation bill for the mail
contractors may be passed The record of the
past few days. plainly proves this.
A week or ten days since, MIR. Houston, a
democrat from Alabama, offered resolution
that - - be declared Speaker of the
House, for three days, II believe,) in order that
the bill above alluded to might be passed, and
proposed to fill the blank with the name Of
some man, who had not as yet been brought
into the contest for the Speakership, and asked
the unanimous consent of the House for the
adoption of the resolution. Not democrat OBJ
jected, NOT one. A dozen Republicans, how
ever, were on their feet in an instant, and while
most of them Objected one or two proposed to
fill the blank with the name Of Sherman. But
since then there has been stronger evidence
even than the above. Mr.. Montgomery,
democrat from Pennsylvania, offered a resolu
ton declaring Thomas Corwin, OF Ohio, speak
er for twenty four hours in order that the ap~
preparation bill might be passed. Again the
Democrats yielded assent, and were willing in
order to secure the passage Of the bill, that
even Thomas Corwin, Republican that he is,
should be declared Speaker Not so with the
Republicans Corwln has not placed himself
on Seward's platiorm,-he condemns the doc
trines of the Helper book and because Of this,
the Republicans again prevented vote on the
resolution.
The vote received by the Hon. G. L. Vallan-
digham If your State for Speaker, was com
pliment worthy bestowed. He received the
vote Of every Democrat, save two or three south
ern "frc-eaters The South Americans also
voted against him in a body. 1t can with truth
be said that few men have ever secured
greater respect and confidence from not only
their own party, but from the conservat .,
men of all parties, that he has,
His recent able and eloquent speech, has but
added 10 his former reputation as a Statesman
and an orator. That the Republicans fear its
effects among the people, is evident from their
unanimous attacks npon it and the author;-as |
not for a long while have they made more
united, unscrupulous and bitter attack upon
any public man, than they have recently made
upon the gallant Democratic Representative
from the Third District of your State.
The Telegraph informs us that The Demo-
cratic State Convention of Ohio, on Thursday
last, passed a resolution inst,uctjng the entire
delegation to Charleston from your State to
vote for Mr. Douglas. Que,y-What power
has State Convention, called to appoint "del
egates at large" to instruct, or attempt DIN
'truct, the delegates appointed by the people
IN District Conventions? That majority--a
arge majority District delegates are IA
vorabe to Mr.. Douglas, is perhaps true; but
yet if there is single one who is not so dispos-
,d-or whose own district is not so disposed
or where the convention which appointed him
voted down resolutions instructing Douglas -
no convention has the right to instruct such del
egate to obey the voice Of the State, and conse-
luently disoJey the wishes his oqn djStr'ch--
The District Delegates are appointed. if un-
1erstand the matter Alright especially for the
'~po8e Of representing at Charleston, the roishes
2f their o,On Immediate constituents, ,--of the men
ORo selected them, and are no more" responsible
to- or subject to the control Of, State Conven-
tion,- than are members Of the United States
House Of Representatives subject to the control
of, or responsible to, State Legislature, It is
or the People of the District--and the People
only--who sent them to decide the course of
action for the delegates to pursue. The State
Convention selects Delegates for the State at
argc, and doing so,has the right to instruct and
determine the action Of such delegates. There
ire at least four districts in your State, to my
certain knowledge, who favor another man than
Mr.. Douglas, and the Delegates from these
Districts are no more to be bound by the ac-
lion of the late State Convention, than would
Messrs. Cox Valandghatn, and the other
Democrats in Congress from Ohio, be bound by
he action Of the present Legislature. This is
good popular Sovereignty doctrine" and let
hose who profess to be its most devoted adhc-
rents carry out the principle in Ohio, as well as
N other States and Territories. .. y
Before close will make prediction, which
S this: That every delegate from your State,
f he votes for the Presidential nominee at
Charleston, will, before that contention adourns,
vote for some other man besides the "little gi-
INT from Illinois," Put pin there. B.
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A Coon STYLE OF ADvERTIsIEG,--Mr Ken.