The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-06

SVDkress-Mrs DrOOk1s speech.
The, new leader Of the democratic
forces in the House of Representatives. Is
well qualified for his place. He made
some hard hits at Congress in his speech Of
Monday. Here is'one:
! do not believe IL to be de jure Con.
gress, but recognize 1t as de facto Con-
gress If not a dc. jre, and, therefore, |
obey its authority as would obey the
authority Of q de .fdcto government if
were under the dominion Of the Turk, the
Tartar, the African, the Camanche, the
Ojibway, or the Pottawatomie. respect
authority wherever II Is present, and bow
to the omnipotence Of force. Having these
views, and entertaining them with my
friends who have assembled in Congress
here, and who act with me on party
questions, we have prepared most
solemn protest against any further
revolutionary action on the part of this
House until the full Congress is assembled.
Mr.. Brooks continued:
If the indications which see in the
public press and elsewhere are to be real
ized-I will speak plainly, If the process of
| impeachment is to 60 on, or, what is more
revolutionary, the suspension of the Presi-
dent Of the United States by the action Of
| this House--a revolution, and nothing but
revolution, call it by whatever name you
| please--the Speaker Of the House Is to
create the committee of impeachment, and
| to have the whole direction and control of
| the process of impeachment through this
House. i say, therefore, that the most Sc
rious Of all steps is the organization Of the
House; and, in case the precedent you
threaten us with is created by you, and
the existing President is deposed, in case Of
the new Presidents death the Speaker of
the House becomes the President of the
United States. SO that in point of fact,
here, by our solemn action to-day, we may
be creating President Of the United
States. Iprotest, therefore, in the full So
lemnity Of the OCCASION protest before
my country and in the presence of the gen.
tleman from Ohio Mr.. Ashley, who is to
be the leader in this revolution-I protest
most solemnly against taking any further
steps in the organization of this House
until all the States are fully represented.
And now l proceed to read the protest,
which in due time / shall ask to be entered
on the Journal of this House, against any
further action of the House of Representa-
tives until an organization can be properly
and legally effected.
Mr.. Brooks then read the following
protest:
Whereas it appears by the record just
made that the following States, seventeen
in number, are not now represented upon
the floor of this House, viz: The States Of
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecti-
cut, Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis-
sippi, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, Ken
lucky, California, and Nebraska-States
entitled by act of Congress Of March 4,
1862, and subsequent acts, to representa-
ton in Congress, as follows: New Hamp-
shire, 8; Rhode Island, 2; Connecticut,
4; Virginia, 8 North Carolina, Z; South
Carolina, 4 Georgia, Z; Florida, Ala
bama, 6; Mississippi, 5; Louisiana, 8;
Texas, 4 i; Tennessee, 8; Kentucky, 8;
California, 3 Arkansas 3; Nebraska, L
in all, eighty congressional districts now
unrepresented on the floor Of the House;
And whereas of these unrepresented
States seven are of the original thirteen
that in 1877 met in convention and created
the Constitution of the United States
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecti-
cut, Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, and Georgia. majority of the origi-
nal: therefore we, members elect of the
Fortieth Congress, do now enter our most
solemn protest against any and every ac-
ton tending to the organization of the
House until the absent States be more
fully represented.
[Signed by the following representa-
tives j
James Brooks, New York A. J. Gloss
brenner, Pennsylvania; William S. Hol-
man, Indiana; J. NJ. Humphrey, New
York; w. L. Niblack, Indiana M. c.
Kerr, Indiana; Charles A. Eldridge, Wis
consin; Stephen Taber, New York; 2.
Van Trump, Ohio; D. NJ. Van Auken,
Pennsylvania Lewis W. Ross, Illinois;
S. S. Marshall, Illinois; Fernando Wood,
New York j. Lawrence Getz, Pennsyl-
vania W. f. Robinson, New York; De-
mas Barnes, New York; John Fox, New
York; Albert G. Burr, Illinois; John Nor
rissey, New York; F. Stone, Maryland
George w. Morgan, Ohio; Charles Sit
greaves, New Jersey; B. NJ. Boyer, Penn
sylvania; II. Mccullough, Maryland;
Charles Denison, Pennsylvania; Stevenson
Archer, Maryland; J. E. NOEL, Missouri;
W. Mungen, Ohio; Charles Haight, New
Jersey; John w. Chanler, New York;
John Y. L. Pruyn, New York.