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Excerpt from The Martyr and the Gull-Trap: The Allies of the South
Now, as to his having said the other day that it was the business of the two great parties to or n ize the House, the entleman was mistaken; he ad drawn'a wrong in erence. He had said at that time that if there was any thing ridiculous in the scene to which he was referring at that time, it was the fact that some two hundred and twenty members com plained of being Obstructed in the organization of the House by some eight others; and that he thought, if they were so exceedingly desirous to have an or ganization of the House, as they professed, it would be an easier matter for two hundred and twent members to accomplish it than for eight; that If they could only find, among two hundredand twenty Representatives on this ¿oor, one hundred and fifteen patriotic, self-denying, high-minded gentlemen who would unite to accomplish the com mon object which they professed to hold so-'near their hearts, why, they could have an organization at any time. That was the substance of what he had then said.
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