The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-02

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Carolina, to the Speakeysbises6 ~ House Of
Representatives, is aaothcr i1cldtG In ~
progress Of that VI relsnting I'D rtbnopolips,
ing spirit Of Norihern selashaess that show
Itself in every contest. After two months 81
Intellectual cfrorsto elect Speaker, the great
body Of the North pressing upon the HOUSE
an endorse- OF the HELPER book, man Is
finally brought forward who IL without re-
proaffl--a gentleman, . patriot, man Oh iai-
fts. ncu ,,irements aud integrity--an Old Hae
~svAfr.~@ Democrats, Americans, all yfeid mp
their peculiar partaalittes aud cast their votes
for him. He is about to be elected, when =
Representative from one Of the most flourish
ing cities in the North-a city whose prosperi-
ty depends much as any other on the pre-
scryation of the Union of the States-with-
draws his vote from this unexceptionabie gem
tlemar and throws it away. in order to cefeas
an election! This object he achieves; for he
influences two Others from his own Stale,
whose votes would have organized the House
and once more have set the government OF the
Union in motion. This man, who thus de-
feats The organization of the House just as IT
is about to BE- effected, is Mr.. L. JoY NORRIS.
of Philadelphia. What is the apology he OF
fers himself fer such extraordinary conduct!
Why. that he learned after voting for Mr..
SMITH, that he was not a sufficiently strong
Tariff man! What "A contemplate subterfuge!
How extremely selfish If he is sincere, and
how very knavish and unprircipled If he is
not. We are sorry for Philadelphia and for
PENNSYLVANIA, that their Representative
should offer such a miserable apology for spch
an act II is the old cry Of "Beef! Beef.' with
which old John Hook disturbed the American
camp in the hour OF rejoicing and triumph.
But we rather think that d" Beef! Beef"
"Tarif. Tariff had less TO do with it than
the motive of perpetuating the tyranny over
the South. and the monopoly of power which
the Black Republicans ard their affiliated
supporters have shown such determination
to appropriate to themselves. We have sus-
pected that the votes cast for AIR. GILMER
from that decei,ful party would have been
withdrawn the moment it appeared he was
about to be elected. They are close calcula-
tors, and are not to be caught completely
They mean to put Northern man in the
chair--they mean to make no concessions TO
the Southland if a Southern man is about to
re elected, enough of them will Morris or craT
fish out - defeat him.
We mean 20 reelection on the band Of gall
liant and irue.hearted men from the North,
who SO nobly stand by the Constitution and
it's guaran tees; but we have no faith in the
professions of the great body of the Northern
Congressman now III the House of Representa-
tives. So heartless and selfish a body Of men
never assembled in the Federal capitol.
T.. S.-Since the above was written, we learn
from Washing on that PENNINGTON, OF New
Jersey, Black Republican, is elected Speaker
by q majority of oAs, This event is achieved
by treachery. Mr.. HENRY WINTER DAVIS, of
Baltimore is the traitor Of the South, while
there are unfaithful men from the North
whose crime is not so enormous as his, yet
who, as we believe, misrepresen. faithful con-
stituencies, who have helped to perre,rate
this insult upon the South. The event is not
surprising. Nobody had any faith in MIR.
DAVIS; while it has been apparent that the
Northern majority were determined not only
that no Southern man should preside over the
House, but that L Black Republican should
There is one consolation. however, and that is
that it has been proved that no endorser of the
HELPER book could be elected