Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-04
The Triumph over Secti0naiism in Inc
Election of Pennington Speaker.

The Triumph over sectionaiism in Inc
Election of Pennington Speaker.
The election Of Gov Pennington Of
New Jersey AS Speaker Of the House of
Representatives after an exciting contest
Of two months is indeed gratifying in
tel!igence." The men whose uade me-
con IS the Helper book, whose text is
the ''irrcpressible conflict and whose
prophet is VIM. H. Seward, were most
slgnally defeated in the election Of Mr..
Pennington. For two long months their
cry has been "elect Sherman or there
shall be no organizat;onh-s'uh Cesar
ait nuIlaS;' We have great numerical
proponderence, and YOU must take our
Candidate, the representative man of our
party,-thoy could not say principles,
tor they have none. But they were de-
tcrmined to force Mr.. Sherman, odous
as he was, upon the National men in
Congress.
But thank Heaven the National men
We're too strong for them, too firm, too
patnotlc,to permit man like Sherman to
occupy the important post of Speaker Of
the House. They were willing for the
sake of an organization to make conces-
sions to the Opposition-devotion to
their country's interests were stronger
than were party ties they knew the Go
vernmentwas suffering in orc of the most
important Departments, the Postal, and
III fine that the whole machinery Of
Government was cloggcd and retarded
by their unparalleled delay in the or
ganization Of the House. They an
nounced, both tie National Democrats
and the Americans early in the session
that they wore willing any National
man should be elected, they would ac-
qulesce for the sake OF the peace of the
country, in the choice OF any such man
as Mr. Pennington, or Mr.. Corwin of
ONO. But no-thc sectional party
We're determined TO have sectional
candidato-onc who endorsed the Help
er book and its doctrines. and who re-
pudlated the Fugitive Slave Law. Up
on both Mr.. Pennington and Mr.. Corwin
they looked with dstrust, for though
nominally Republicans, they are conscr-
vative men, repudiating and denouncinr
the doctrines Of The Republican text
book sustaining The Fugitive Slave
Law, and having bnt little sympathy
win the ultra measures ana leaders Of
Republicanism.
Several weeks aro in an interview
with a number Of the mail contractors
the President told them that it was the
wish both of the Administration ard d.
National Democracy that the House
should be organized, aad the appropri-
alton bills for their relief passed. lie
stated then that "eihor III. Penaiao.
ton or Mr.. Coricin, if taken M By the
Republicans, could be elccted.n The
Republicans were aware ofthis lone a,o
but with their usual recklessness to,all,,
indifferent to the embarrassmen,s Of the
Government, they persisted in VOTING
for Sherman, the very quintesccnce Of
all tho bigotry and reasonable section.
allsm of their party.
But they were obliged to yiell and
take up man who, from his conseryat-
Ism and National spirit was as unac-
'ep'aole to them as he was from the
sa'ne reason acceptable to the National
democracy. Mr.. Pennington. ike Tom
Corwn, IS an old line Who oo -,
denounces and repudiates the treasona
bic hereses of Republicanism, and who
in his administration of office w;n -
guided not by sectional, but Nation
a spirit. We announced, peevious to
his election, that in view of the circum.
stances he would be acceptable to US.
though OF course we would have pre-
'erred a Democrat, and We feel sure that
all National men will rejoice in this sig
nal triumph of National man over the
neutrality-suspicious. Helperito Sher.
man.