Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-01-11


The speaksrship.
Ne Sps.ksr zeal Sash b The daily report from
Wa.hipe,ou. and such Ass bsoa The daily report
far more sAsn . month. We take up the daily
papers with ~ 6rm an assurance that tho same
old rspert viii msss The eys. - If had already
seen it in advance.
Four ysau ago the same state OF Affairs existed
"with dilsreaes." And that difference consist
ed in this--shas the Houss. nea. permitted voice
to Be taken daiIy spon the plurality rule. upon all
sorts Of rssslst;ses, and upoa IN Infinite variety
Of candidates fsr The Spsaksrship- But now the
Democracy viii not allow vote 20 be takes upon
anything. sxespt in the way Of . ballot for Spsa-
ksr-and they are BY no means liberal il respect
Of that. They are anxious. II il tge, 70 get
vote upoa Clarke rssolst;sa, which proaounces
any sndorssr Of the Helper pamphlet anfs for the
Speakers cAaie-bat before they can reach Clarks
resolution they have to pass over the bridge OF
0ilmers sns.dnsnt-snd they are as shaty and
c.utious and tsader footed about that amendment
n, .uv slsphsntius Columbas belonging to q ira
yelling msnsxsris. is sboss crossing material
bridge seoess.i.x de safety Of Which he has his
doubts,
Thus, then, the present deadlock in Washing
ton 10 more diaheult Of disensaa clement than even
that Of four years ago The plurality rule might
nossibly BE- carried, which would result in the
election Of Spsaksr-bus the plurality rule is
opposed By ths csnSinsd opposition 10 Sherman
and they win not even permit vote upon it. BE-
fore VOTE upon the plurality rule can bc reached
the Heass must nrst vote upon Gilmcr's amend
ment and then upon Clark's resolution. lnas-
much - il refuses TO take vote upon, any OF
them, the imbroglio becomes yet more confused
and indetsrminste. A it tosk the House until
the isst day of February, foar years ago, t. mako
SPEAKER, We may supposs that IN the present.
complicated state Of Affairs We shall be lucky il
we &c. Speaker by the arst Of March. or even
BY April fools day.
One honorable gentleman, whose name we have
forgotten. has suggested that all tho members re-
sign. and let the people send new set to WASH
ington, except in such cases a. they arc satisfied
with the pressat representatives. A capital iden
but one hsvias very little Likelihood Of adoption.
1t wcsA suit those gentlemen. perhaps. whose
maiorites were from one to I've thousand, but we
take it that II would be objected to by sundry
members whose majorites ranged from eight to
fifteen For some reason or other . sent in Con |
eress seems much more desirable now than in for
msr days, for whereas, formerly members fire.
qasnuy resigned We rarely hear Of such instances
in modern timss. The suggestion has no show Of
being accepted
But there 10 one way in which it can be found
GU. whether . majority Speaker can be elected.
and We know Of no other. II is this: Take the
u L. Ia uL
by yeas and nays upon each one. declaring him
Speaker of the House Of Representatives Com
mence with Mr.. Adams, who heads the list andf
he be defeated. como on down tho list one at n
time, until they get to our excellent friend, John
" Wright Of Tennessee, who bring us the Con-
grsssional rear. If no Speaker be elected until
they get to Wright then let Wright be proclaimed
Speaker una roce. This 10 . practical ISOLATION of
the imbrogio. and il it should result in Wright's
election frem his being the last man upon the list,
it will only be ful6lmens Of the prophecy that
the last shall be fret.
The Democracy. however, cAA terminate this
contest at any moment by voting for Gilmcr,
who can Be elected on tho next ballot with the
aid Of the Democratic vote II has been sstisfac-
torily shown that no other man Of the opposition
to Sh erman, but Gilmer, can be elected. But the
Democracy choose not to vote for Glmcr. and
hence the delay in the organization. II the Ad-
ministration and its army Of mail contractors can
submit to the delay. We outsiders can do the same
thing A philosopher once thought to horrfy
rustic by telling hin-what is ,rue-that every
draught Of water he took contained tens Of thou
sands Of little animalcale. "very we'll" said
the oosn.rymsn. III they can stand il,
cap." Ana II the Administration can get along
without Congress, We suppose We unfortunate
Wings, whose only privileges under the Govern
ment coasist in paying heavy taxes, and being ex-
oludsd from oil participation in public affairs,
will manage 70 worry through 1t without serious
detrimens to our fortunes, personal or political.
In all tho Affairs Of this world VIC are obliged to
take things Is they come. no matter which end
comes foremost
THERE IVES not . single Democrat in the Miss
ia Ca F.