Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Review of the Proceedings in the Massachusetts Legislature for 1843: With an Appeal to the People Against the Violent Course of the Majority by the Whig Minority
The attempt to force into the House an irregular and illegal vote for the purpose of deciding the choice of Speaker was the first great democratic measure of the session. It has been ex plained at length, as well because of its intrinsic importance, as be cause it clearly manifests the temper with which the majority be gan the year. The next business was the filling up the vacancies in the Senate and the organization of the government.
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