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Tha Tennessee legislature has not yct succeeded in eecting senators to congress, and there appears To be probability that they will succeed at the pres ent session.

 The great point of difficulty consists in difference of opinion between the two Houses, about the const- tutona mode of election. The democratic party con- tends that the legislature is the constituent body election must be made by the two houses, by sep arate action as independent portions of the legsla' ture, ,-and they affirm that convention of the two bodies, is the constitutional sense, the lessa ure. Elections for state officers may be so made' when the state constitution authorises It, put eec- lons made under the constitution of the O' StateS' must be made as therein directed-and consequently in elections for senators to congress, the two houses must preserve their separate character The other side relies upon usage.

 The democrats have majority in the senate on all party questions of vote In an election by sepa- rate bodies they would always choose democrat and have done so The honse, of course, being whlg, re- fuses to concur, and there Is accordingly no chance of agreement, by concurrent vote for the same per son In convention, the whgs would have najor- ty of two and elect their man.

 But the question of going into convention, there is Democratic majority m the Senate, Tn the negative. One of the Senators of that party votes with the Wings for going into convention, but the difficulty is not over. The constitution of Tennessee makes two-thirds of either body necessary to form quorum. After it is decided to go into convention by majority of the Senate, the minority of trelpe de- clare d convention unconstitutional, and refuse to at tend The consequence is, that d convention cannot be formed for aquorum of both houses cannot be had In this state of things, parties remain and the State is likely to remain without Senators.

 The candidates ofths Whg party, selected in cau- GUS to be chosen when there is clance Messrs. Foster and Jarnagan, both of whom have excited particular resentment among the Democrats, by re- fusng to express their views on the principal public questions arising out of the proceedings of the extra session.