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and Cwresfoa4«nfe fro« HJJJ* President making— Com worn im Resolutions—3m I Ocer* ff the Jimrn *f Re oreaenta t ixes— Pres-*®b* f Gmdidtitt—The public land* andi j Senafar Walker$ tchetm fu their cession fa the 1 !t**\ State* - Senab/r FiUe's ' timprumlbe resolu-h I ttm~*emator Foote and Kossuth, etc.* f Wash ingtox, December 4th, 1851.tax ! Editor* tjf the Nonpareil: —*** j The present session of Congress immediately ’ity 1 precedes the assembling of the National Con-foot I Mention of the two great political parties of the[aid ■ k*0*00 tor the nomination of candidates to be Hhe snPP°r^ at the next presidential election, and, therefore, this may be regarded as the presidcitt-making wmhm of Congress; and it ind »*y be proper to keep in view the moves uponthetoEn-•*- ; the political chess board.ay*1 In tb$ caucus held by the Democratic mem- jin•ti,iredI:ax3md04) tonbe.Im-onen-de-Sa5 toindstillyaysin-ben of Congress, who have the controlling majority, immediately preceding the organixa-tion of the present House of Representatives, the “Compromise Resolution,” introduced by a member from Tennessee, was laid on the table—a commanding majority (59 UrSO) voting in favor of that motion. This settles the question with the Democratic party- and declares that no one who has mounted the Compromise measures can ride at their head.It was not difficult for the two extremes and middle-men of the Democratic Congressmen to agree upon the Hon. Linn Botd, of Kentuky, as Speaker of tiie House of Representives. Mr. Boyd m a man of years, possessed of much par-limontary knowledge, and is one of the oldest, If not tbj senior member of the House. The selections of John W. Forney for Clerk and Adam J. Glossbrexner for Sergeant-at-Arms was a measure of significance.Col. Forney is a lawyer by profession, hav-A$ | ing studied in the office of James Buchanan, of whom he has ever been regarded as a protege, and at the time of his election to the Clerkship of the House of Representatives he was the political editor of the Philadelphia Pemsyka-nian, and was then boldly pressing the claim*of Mr. Buchanan for the next Presidency. Col.•*FoRNEt is an excitable, impulsive person, but he is a ready and proficient Jpenman, and will make a competent Clerk. ... f jg [ Mr. Glossbrenneb is a printer, and was until recently, (if not at the present time) one of the proprietors of the York (Pa.) Gazette* another journal in the interests of James Buchanan. Mr. G. is an amiable, good fellow,ati. re JIMiveonic*’fo,woIft.V-ESbeonaretheamt■elfI •el*1 and has every requisite qualification for Ser-heon?cl in eouitetilliserhtrath*3m-)Wj*»ndiieadtarceif.tila*c*geant-at-Arms. But, both of these gentlemen have received their places at the hands of persons who are in no way favorabloto Mr. Buchanan; and Pennsylvania is therefore to be considered as paid oif and silenced on the question of the presidental candidate, and Mr. Bu chanan as laid on the shelf. These things cannot be looked at and taken as meaning any thing different.Douglass, Lane, Hunter, Stevenson, Butler and some others, have been named, in certain quarters, as Democratic candidates for the next Presidency; but the selection ofSinn Boyd, as Speaker of the House of Representatives, puts Butler back to his former position, and for neither of the other is there a party. Old Sam. Houston has friends who w ill make him a competitor with General Cass, for the nominations of the Democratic party for the next Presidency, which may be equal to an election. I am of the opinion, however, that General Cass will be the Democratic candidate; and he may trot the course aione, unless General Scott shall be made-the Whig candidate. Take my w ord for it, Goner-al Scott is the only person whom the Whig party could put in nomination for the Presidency that would question the success of the Democratic candidate.The usual scramble that takes place at every session of Congress for cessions and appropriations of the public lands, for local objects, in the various states in which they lie, has already commenced, and with more than usual »f | force,and the combinaticns and contrivances to get possession of all the choice portions of the public domain arc many. In the U. j S. Senate, Walker, Senator from Wisconsin, has re-introduced his bill for the cession of theIkB publio lands to the states in which the same do lie. His scheme is impracticable as a land reform measure, and though he may be honest as to motive, lie is, as I think, certainly deceiv-rs,e,ntlerEE-e,to»rtb-rkndveodofif.!*•£FmVeirr,*-” I ed as to facts.dtFoote, Senator from Mississippi, and Gov-^ ernor elect ot that state, has placed on the files C of the Senate a series of “Compromise Resolu-* tions,” similar in import to those which were laid on the table by the Democratic caucus.-Y Their fate is yet to be seen; but not until their “ parent leaves to assume his governorship— r which he won as a compromise champion.Si Senator Foote goes neither quietly or modest-J ly from the Capitol. Having introduced in the j ^ Untied States Senate resolutions providing for the welcome of Kossuth, he pressed their pas- th sage until bo had procured the Magyar Chief to be tomahaw ked by a number of reckless agitators, suck as belong to all legislative bodies, foand then he withdrew them. These proceedings calin the U. S. Senate, it is said,haye given umbrage toKoisuth, and he may well exclaim ina nnasoeoithe language of the prophet of old—“Lord preserve me from my friends 1”—provided [ j Senator Foote is to be regarded as one.i Tours, 6c.Mk* A. H.mbelt;ofcaiiqnSpjho]anlt;me
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