Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-23

had announced nlthSeH u ChHuiuhtC loI Ic-cieC-
ton to Congress, and had, in response to a
letter from Mr.. Mears, on the subject of his po-
ltical opinions, referred to the record Of his
votes and opinions.
We have not seen Mr.. Mcars's letter Of in
curry. nor do we know its contents, but some
of our friends have informed us, that letters had
been written to Gen. Bayly, to know his views
of american doctrines" and we suppose
such was the purport Of the letter from Mr..
Mears.
General Bayly's card, published in the Sen
iinsl of yesterday, is as follows:
"wAsnIsoroS, d. G., March Z, 1855
any DEAR SIR; duly received your letter.
regret il was not in my power to answer 1t earlier
am candidate for reelection to Congress.
shall endeavor to visit every county in my district
and upon the hustings will express my opinions
in the face Of my late constituents upon all the
questions propounded in your letter; but, IN the
meantime, desire to say there has undergone no
change in my political opinions. shall place my
self before nv district as State Rights Republican,
which ia the position and the only position have
ever occupied before it, and the only one ever
abal. OF nv opinions, / refer to my record, which
are contained in the public journals OF the last
eighteen years. Thanking you for the kind express
sions Of regard in your letter, have the honor to
subscribe myself your friend and obedient servant
"To AnKL MEARs, Esq.
Up. S.--As have received 80 many letters OF
similar character to yours, shall take the liberty
10 publish this; and hope those gentlemen who
Nave not received reply to their letters may ac-
cont this aa such. T. II. BAYLY."
The first point in General Baylys letter, to
which we shall call the attention of our readers,
Is this, ~ will express my opinions in the lace
Of my late constituents, upon all the questions
propounded in your letter." Presuming that
General Bayly viii immediately commence the
canvass, few days only will elapse, before the
people will be in possession of his views at fuh
length, on all the points which they wish elu-
cidatcd, and the brief examination we have
been enabled to make of his record" in the
last twenty -four hours, leads US to the belief,
that his views win be satisfactory to the friends
Of the "American Reformation" So far as we
are informed, General Bayly is not member
NJ any of our councils-is not inside of our or
ranization but to the extent that we can find
his recorded opinions, they harmonize with
our principles
II seems that on the 4th day Of December,
1919. the message of the President having
been read in the House Of Representatives,
motion was made by Mr.. Toombs to print To-
600 copies of the message, and Mr.. Sweetzer,
Of Ohio. moved to amend the proposition by
adding 5000 in the German language, and MIR.
Holmes moved further to amend it by adding
1000 more in the French language. This last
nroposition was rejected, and that of MIR. Sweet
Ter was adopted, whereupon General Bayly
moved reconsideration Of the vote adopting
the proposition of Mr.. Swcetzer, and made the
following remarks, as reported and published
at the time, to wit:
aI think (said Mr. b. worse precedent could
not be set than the adoption of the amendment
lust agreed to. We have in this country but one
Legislative language, but one national tongue ana
II we set the example Of printing the public docu-
ments in another tongue than that when Is our
national language, we shall be compelled 70 follow
n up by printing our documents in every language
that prevails in any part Of our extended Kepuo-
lic-and these languages are precisely as numer-
Gus m the different tongues which are spoken IN
Christendom. How can you discriminate II you
print the message In. the German languageY why
should you not print Il also In the French why
should you not fortiori print il In the spanish
IN the Cherokecf the Hungarian voice
In the Pawnecr and in every other language
which i spoken In our extended Republcf II
YOU depart at all from the custom oil printing II
Ia our national tongue alone, you cannot without
muroper discrimination refuse 70 print II IN every
tongue that Is spoken to any considerable extent
IN The Union. II you are TO print the Presidents
message In the different languages which are spo-
ken In the country there win be much stronger
necessity for printing the laws TOO in all these diff
fersnl languages. The laws are made TO be obeyed.
TO enable them TO be obeyed they ought 70 be
printed in languages which the different citizens
understand There is therefore. much stronger
reason for r--s;-e ali your laws In these tongues
than for printing political documents and II you
are 10 20 10 that extent-and II this precedent be
Get and followed, TO that extent you must go-whai
viii be the next stepi You viii have % employ
t,terpretersn
These remarks certainly contain good sound
American" doctrine, and we understand the
measure proposed by Mr.. Sweetzer was finally
defeated, through the efforts Of General Bayly.
We have not, however, had time to examine
that point nor Is it material to the present qucs
ton. The sentiments Of General Bayly, and
nOb lno bCeon Vi SOhbiOSci IN Wh@s w nov
seek TO know.
In the early part Of the last session Of Con-
gress, in discussion, involving in its range,
the approval and disapproval Of the appoint
ment Of Mr. Soule AZ Minister to Spain, Gen.
.ral Bsyly made the following remarks, as re.
ported in the Globe, to wit
"But, sir, Icannot closemy remarks, although my
friend from Virginia Mr.. Letcherl must excuse me
for saying So without making some irrelevant re-
marks in reply TO those Of my friend OF q similar
character. lie says he did not approve Of the APP
pointment Of Mr.. Soule, and that there Is great
deal OF dissatisfaction in his part Of the country
with that appointment Why, sir this resolution
has nothing TO do With Mr. Soule's appointment. IL
has nothing to do with Mr. Soule's conduct either
In his affairs Of honor at Madrid, In his difficulty
in getting passage through France. II the Presi-
dent has TO answer that resolution, take 1t for
granted that he win say nothing whatever on that
subject because Il he should do So II would be a
very clear case Of travelling out Of the record, and
presume he viii not do that
uIR 10 the appointment Of foreipncra that IN n