The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1860-02-09
NATIONAL ERA WASHINGTON D. G, february o 1860


,nose deep obligations under-which gentlemen
have placed nae, But, sir, without intendin,
now, since it j. not the proper occasion, to q,
INTO any matters of detail, I vii! here take to,
liberty of sayinp that am satisfies. that Ii,
presentation of nay name longer before thi
nody would not contribute towards the success
OF the wishes OF those gentlemen who have 81
cordially and steadily sastauedme. beg leav,
now, slr, betere another ballot is taken, to with
draw my name az q candidate before this body
ana TO say thst hope that the indication
winch are now presenting Themselves IN thil
BODY may be the harbingers Of returning gooG
viii among all the States of this Confederacy
and that we may, IN the preseryatien Of an in
tact aud inviolatc Constitution, find guaranty
OF the rights Of every part of our Confederacy
and our glorious and blessed Union be perpetu
ated to the remotest period of fine. Applause
Mr.. Reagan, of Texas, addressed the House
briefly, and concluded by nominating. Mr.. Nc,
Clernand, of Illinois, douglas Democrat
Mr.. Hill, Of Georgia, said the Americans had
on Friday last, nominated Mr.. Smith, of North
Carolina, because they understood he would be
more acceptable TO the Democrats than any
other member Of the Southern Opposition par
ty. He thought, when Mr.. Smith declined. the
c600lU8L8 whom
to invite concentration, ought to have con.
suited the Amsricans; but so far as he knew,
they had net done 90. For his part, he coold
not vote for any one entertaining the doctrine
Of popular sovereignty, as sppiied to the Terri.
tories. Hisif on % bHt3Fl astF ss
Mr.. Etheridge, Of Tennessee, regarded the
result of the vote about to be taken as fore
gone conclusion. Whenever he made mn his
mind to vote for Democrat. he had heen nm.
able TO discover any remarkable difference he.
tween gentlemen On that side If the Honse
They had q right to present their own candi.
date, and those gentlemen, Who placed them.
selves. in 9 position to be uaed hy tbe Demo.
cratic party ought not to make any protest.
. ! The Democrets Of h;s d;s.r;et bel!ava5 th..
Senator Dourlas had been coas;.sess. and that ,
the position he occupies 10 day was a lop;csI
necessity, growing out of, the stem he took in
1854, in becominS the leader off Tat leo;slat;va
misfortune which ended i'm the repeal of the
Missouri cempromise. & II was due TO him to
say. that he never avoided the respors;h ;l;tv ar
sought TO cloak the consequences of that act
He knew, further. that all this Darade of d;saf
lection towards Senator Dougias at the Snutb
meant nothing, and that. outside of the mist
masters, newspaper editors, and active politi
clans of the party, it had no existence. When.
on his birthday, In April next, Senator Douglas
should receive the Democratic nomination for
President at Charleston, they would not find
twenty Democrats in his Mr.. E.'s) district who
were not original DOUGLAS men,. -.
He will willing to Weld to the persuasion of
apparent necessity, but he did insist that those
gentlemen from the Southern. Opposition who.
had been receiving the compliment of Northern
Democratic votes ought not 70 be pa-t;cular IN
the compliment. They knew how
hard it came, and how some Of them sweat. AS
it were, great dreps of blood. If suv artist
wished to depict unutterable agonies. he would
only have to portray the features of some of
those Northwestern Democrats while voting for
the gentleman from North Carolina. hfLaueh.
teri goa 7F @hese o h.3tei 30 afia
Further remarks were made nv Messrs Jobn
Cochrane, Hill, Millson, Vallandigham, Moor
head and Clark of Missouri -. -
The House then proceeded to the forty-third
vote for Speaker, with the following result:
Whole number of votes cast 233. Necessary
to a choice, III. asj f,a7 t,r,r,. 80
Mr.. Pennington -ai- ll6
Mr.. McClernand -l.- 81
Scattering - sd. rs
On this ballot Mr. Pennington received. in
addition to the votes cast for him on Monday,
the vote of Henry Winter Davis, of MARYLAND.
When Mr.. Davis responded to his name by
voting for Mr.. Pennington, there was much ap-
pkuse in the galleries, as well as some demon.
stations on the Republican side of the House.
Mr.. McClernand received the votes of the
following Americans:
Messrs. Boteler, Bouligny, Briggs, Bristow,
Maynard, Smith of N. c., and Vance.
! Several other Americans, however, when
their names were called, announced their read
mess to vote for Mr.. McClernand, whenever the
Democratic vote should be united upon him.
On the calling of his name,
Mr.. Smith, of North Carolina, said Mr.. Me
Clernand gave him ready and prompt sup
Oral nol;cv. he would nnt be ontdo,a b1 h;n,
in generosity. He voted cbeerfnlIo Cor NJ
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Owing to the great number Of speecbes
made by members in EXPLANATION of the votes
they were about to cast much time was con.
,umed in this baljot -