As the votes continued, Banks began to garner more votes than Richardson, but neither one of them could summon a majority of votes. By the 33rd vote, Banks had 100 of the 113 he needed to secure the speakership.
“This is not a mere contest as to a Speaker of the House; it is but an incident in a long and arduous struggle which is to determine whether slavery will be the pole star of our National career,” read an editorial in the New York Tribune at the time.
Good post—there is an obvious lesson here—the two party system is starting to show fracture lines—at least on the Republican side.
The Democratic base (Sanders types) have been intimidated and silenced into obedience by their establishment—so far.
The Managerial Class/Deep State utterly controls the Democrat Party, and it very nearly has complete control of the Republican Party. The very few holdouts are doing what they can, but I predict that the establishment will get its way before too long.
It sure would be great to have an actual news establishment that does not view every situation as an opportunity to make one party look bad. What’s happening is a good thing and the way it’s supposed to be especially in The House. Different viewpoints trying to moved the final product close the their side.
A main point is that THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS PRO-SLAVERY. They are still keeping blacks in slavery through “social welfare.”
Five years later the Civil War started.
Given the level of division in the country today, are we in for a repeat?