The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-02-10
THE ELECTION or SPEAKER

. lhc late rl-cii"n "f speaker Of Tie ll,us.. of
| representatives. in our judgment, had not n
single feature in it to afford my satisfaction or
consolation TO the South. It. was oninously
| nsastrous from first to Inst. 1t was ,saet roma
to the South, that Black Republican, rndvrs.
ing Helpers book. should during two moptLo
oai'otlng, stand within three or four votcs nf
| oeing elected Speaker. 1t was disnstcrous II, ~
at last, an old Consolidation, Tariff, Black Rc'
Pu"icnn IS elected and, more disastrous tho n
an' .0n' .,'e grr"t majority Of Southern Demo.
G1ats shoh'd nave abandoned Mr.. Smith md n,
b"cock md vote for Sq.,atter Soycrc;,,ut,, -,
r'e',ocrhI. Inc result ia not merely TINT ,J,o
-, Toutm WINS beaten, 'but that sire s dcn,oruI;zoJ
Inc representatives frem the South yo,ed c,,.
W. % W., m,eo,er,ahd censen ted to gnerc the rights
O. 'ie o"uth. and thus made the election of
"reaSer 30 lar as the South il concerned on
| affair "fparty ascenaency merely. We rcs,sn, -"
WIG a"ler'cans from ! he South who disluiued
w vote Tor oil such men. Between Mr. Mcf,Inr
l'and' MR.. Sherman, and Mr. Pennington. al +. =,
m as the rights OF the South are concerned in omr
.I,','or'cs. -'iI, which ARE now larger than the
whole of the United States to, cher ,I'ar, Wv;
not the difference of the turnin, nf - ",n. -
a. an OF them, with their parties in the Nor,nnr
states, arc resolved to exclude Tn. SoutI, frnn
our territories. They ase equally opnoscJ IN
southern expansion. The South. by her mis-.
erao'e compliance, consents to occunv ih.
so,'emPI'o's position Of choosing between
rnI
ot power IN The hands of TINT one which W I'm
sihite her least. The whole affair has .l,own
lhat ier rights will never be yindic,t.,) on1
esta"i'shed oy the action Of Congress. They
are too near She political head-ihey are Too
nnn,i ,nue1 III The vortex Of party. The Southern
work out their Redemption. ''''
!ne other matter in connection with ,h;. n,
ecI'oh may oe worthy of note, nthourb from,
tne previous cohrse Of the general election tn
Congress last fall. it can hardly b. sn,J
" oe he'ndrkdhts. The PENNSYLVANIA Demo.
erats ('ut IN renlityConsolidatun Tariff. Intern
al-i'nprovement Squatter, Sovereignty. Bouylas
Federalists-called Democrats) yot.i Will ,h.
i''ack Republicans for their candidate fur
SPeaher' anu as their pri itaa of the spts q
Tor Their afhllation. Nr. Fnrney, the editor of
tne Philadelphia Press is elected To the Clerk.
snip OF The House Mr.. Forney's Press ia the
gr"hd organ Ut these sort.ef Democrats in tho
Nortnerh nhh Middle States. and thoy will
colne from P.nnsy kvania with the tw.n.v:seveu
votes OF that State. to take their part in the
charleston Convention in the nomination of
the Ie,hoeratic candidates for the tr.sideucv
ana Vice Pres idrucy Of the United states
hhat u contempt for the soutl, does this fact
imp!5f viii the Southern Delegates suhw,t
10 ah ath''ation with such people in the Charles
ton Convention. just fresh from u conouest
over the South by q full fraternity and ea.on.
erston with the Black Republican party in
Congressi Will they be dumb in the rres,.ncc
"i such eneiniesf or will they be csntent with
vague and double-meaning phraseoloev in
asserting the rights Of the South. which viii,
ieave these people free to assert aud carry ont
their sectional policy Of pluuder md oyTr,,
disement, should the Democratic n,rtv nra-
VAL III the Presidential election7 Why shnnIl
hot tile Southern PEOPLE 20 at once into "A Gan.
V.nt'on with the Black Republicans} Hut w,
will see.-Wereury w