The national Republican., 1861-07-06

: Gentlemen, as your presiding officer, it be.
comes my duty to apprise you that any demon.
strations Of approval or disapproval of anything
done or said during your sessions is violation
Of parliamentary decorum and the Chair would
also inform the persons in the galleries that ap.
plause by this is breech Of the privileges. Of
the House. The Chair hopes, therefore, that
any demonstrations Of applause will not be re-
peated. ~, AaaE -
And the star. .spangled banner forever shall wave
Der the land Of the free and the home Of the brave
Suppressed applause. -r-.- .--
Those who regard it as mere cloth bunt-
ing fail to comprehend its symbolical power.
Wherever civilization dwells, or the name Of
Washington is known, II bears in its folds the
concentrated power of armies and navies, and
surrounds its votaries with defence more
impregnable than battlemeat, wall, or tower.
Wherever on the face Of the earth an American
citizen may wander, called by pleasure, busi.
ness, or caprice, il is shield secure against
outrage and wrong-save on the soil Of the land
Of his birth. ... %.
As the guardians Of the rights and liberties
Of the people, it becomes your paramount duty
to make it honored at home as it is respected
abroad. A government that cannot command
the loyalty Of its own citizens is unworthy the
respect Of the world, and a government that
will not protect its loyal citizens deserves the
contempt of the world. Applause. ~ he..l.r.
He who would tear down this grandest tenn
pie of constitutional liberty, thus blasting for.
ever the hopes Of crushed humanity, because
its freemen, in the mode prescribed by the
Constitution, select q Chief Magistrate not &C.
ceptabe to him, is a parricide to his race, and
should be regarded rs a common enemy Of
mankind. '- .. ....
This Union, once destroyed, is shattered
vase that no human power can reconstruct in
its original symmetry. "Coarse stones, when
they are broken, may be cemented again
precious ones never"
IF the Republic is to be dismembered and
the sun Of its liberty must 90 out in endless
night, let it set amid the roar of cannon and
the din Of battle, when there is no longer an
arm to strike or heart to bleed in its cause |;
so that coming generations may not reproach
the present with being too imbecile TO preserve
the priceless legacy bequesthed by our fathers,
so as to transmit it unimpaired to future times.
Again, gentlemen, thanking you for your
confding kindness, and invoking for our guild.
ance wisdom from that Divine Power that led
our fathers through the red sea Of the revolu.
ton, enter upon the discharge of the duties
to which you assign me, relying upon your for.
bearance and cooperation, and trusting that
your labors will contribute not little to the
greatness and glory of the Republic.
Mr.. STEVENS, Of Pennsylvania, moved that
those cases which we're contested be postponed
until all the members, whose right to seats we're
not disputed, were sworn in.
Mr.. CURTIS objected.
Mr.. COLFAX offered an amendment, post.
nonip0 tho od ,ipio of xho ooth lv To
those gentlemen whose right to the floor had
already been contested.
Mr.. BURNETT offered resolution, stating
that all the members Of the State of Virginia,
claiming seats upon the floor of the House, be
referred to the Committee on Elections, and to
report at an early day. He explained his rea
sons for offering the resolution.
Mr.. Burnetts resolution was then laid on the
table.
Mr.. CARLILE, Of Virginia, replied that the
only question, therefore, that can be raised in
his case is, whether the ordinance Of the Vir.
ginia Convention, attempting to annul the SOL
emn act Of the General Assembly, by declaring
that no Congressional election should be held
on the day fixed by law, SO as to exclude him
from seat on this floor.
And the Representatives from Virginia. W.
G. Brown, John s. Carlile, E. H. Pendleton,
Sharies L. Uptou, buu ". " W marcy, were tnen
sworn in as members of the 37th Congress.
The contested case Of W. II. Lehman, of
Pennsy sylvania, was taken up
The resolution Of Mr.. Stevens, that the name
of the contestant, Mr.. Butler, be placed on the
roll, giving Mr.. Lehman the privilege of regu-
larry contsstipg bis right thereto, was laid on
the table, and the cath administered to Mr..
Lehman. s lu ..
At the conclusion of the swearingn of the
members, Mr.. Fenton, of New York, moved
that tho House proceed to an election Of clerk.
The following gentlemen were then placed in
nomination for Clerk: Messrs. j. W. Forney,
Emerson Etheridge, and J. E. Detriet.
The Clerk then proceeded to call the roll,
with the following result: E. Etheridge, ninety
two votes; J. W. Forney, forty.one; J. E. De-
trict, twenty.one; and 7. B. Florence, two.
Mr.. WASHBURN, of Wisconsin, offered the
usual resolution in relation to the further organ.
ization of the House; and, on motion, the House
adjourned.