The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-12-27

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npRATE IN CONGRESS ON THE SPEAkER.--A DE-
LlBERArE MISREPRESENTATION Bi MAaSA-
CHusETTs MLMBGR OF CONGRESS.
In debate III tie House December 18Th The election
n S,.aker Mr smith, d Virginia said that the abolition
candidate Tor Speaker elected TO Compress knoa
uo,biaq aud then vent home and disconnected himself
from that party,
ur sni,r hose ability and bodness in than debate w
Greatly slniip stated in this just plan rt Il IT,
had said thai tie name o that candidate N r. Banks
IA tlat fact was Just as well known 10 Wi liam s. Dam.
r as Its own ntme ye II hence ofhe representatives q
thrty -one States yr DAmre rose and said
lien Isase 70 correct he genitmaa. Dr. Baks I'D to
teis4arre Asg.stf roa hs orra'zaioq The nomination
BIZ RgcreH III eoRgtat'0R eitted W INC ARericaa
pargf LApphpssl
Mr. smith. Then, suppose Mr.. Banks i sin Of the
blr M,rshJi a southern know-nolhiuq.l No
| Voice ASK Mr. Banks l3useIf. NJ answer.
Thus, il appears that III oder to get votes for Banks
Mr. Da,ufe ntlend deliberate msre prssen,ai on The
floor Of Congress and Banks aud his cole ues rs and
acted The fsebood ~ silent acqesceuce, when ever,
Que Of them knsw is ElAcyl
VIVA, hurrbie depravity in morals have fnatieisu,
aud kuo~ -hohinEsn brought men hen her can thu
sci pulic ca.citv D,mrrl though printer must
have forgotten there such thugs reporters aud
TYPES 10 existence lie could have been such tool as
such statement had he rejected that it woald
ever ry Massachusetts But there WAS no member on
the Auor the House Who knew the precise facts Of tn
case except the abolition bers from Massachusetts,
every Of whom, including Banks himself silently lei
tie hseibo pas IN the hope Of gaining know-nothng
for Banks aud Damre told his story wit
npunty Bur, though be escaped the castigaton he de-
served In the House be vii not escape when the people Of
Massachusetts, each him at the ballobex
| The turnngs and twisngs Of n. r. Banks from de-
mocraey freesoiiism, from treesosm know-nothng-
ISM and from know-nothnSisui 10 black repubiis7,nsn
notorious in Massachusetts, nuelioncers
0gue He could not have been elected 10 the last Com
gess had he turned know-nohng and he went in
10 the lodge. When he home from that Congress,
he met h reesoil constituents in Wnham and, s--
y them openly proclaimed that be had cut from The
democratic party and denounced the administration and
lis measures. Knog-nothngism aud aholitionism
always one ia Massachusetts, and therefore Mr. Banks
rode both horses into Congress, and was eele,ted
aganst the candidate Of the democratic party 10 the
present Congress by knownothng aud recsoil votes ali
being couglomeration OF abolftionsm; and that
/ election made by majority OF know-nolhing aholi-
onstA in his district, he has claimed emitting him
be elected Speaker That large majority Of which be
boasts be received solely BY desertiag The democratic
party and joining the order and tvowiug abo-
itionism. That is the way he has relied on himself
| alone
But it soon appeared TO Wilson, Banks Daurell and
their clique, That know-nothingsm fading OUT The,
must get up party cry Kansas offered The occasion
Then tie ireksters in Massachusetts, started the FUSION
movement in which an-ayerv to he the sole iara-
mount dei. The Chapman Hall convention WAS called
by Them Tie reuegales FROM all parties were COLLECTED
ogethsr Banks Wilson, Samner, Rock ell aud the Ike
ormed The conspiracy with Seward aud the ohio ana
ne dsunionss combine the North against the South
IN order TO eet possession Of the government and a. i've III
South to The wall stvsr force her out Of tho uninn
Il Tia III
ica move Of this conspiracy The knownothng leaders
afeady committed anti slavery including Governor
Gardner went into it and a agreed swallow ~ Every
other party in northern aut-savery party, which they
! afsened the "republican party" Btnks believed ha,
Tbs fusion pirty would carry the whole Norih aud make
him Speaker, and he ioiue it. The convention NOM.
mated Rockwell Ia former ~hig) an exclusive ami
slavery platform 10 oppose what they called he aggres-
sions Of slave power
Had Gov Giriuer been nominated by the fusion con
yenion know nothineism in Massachusttis would lave
been wholly absorbed 10 the so-calied republican pariy
Bur Gardner cheated OF bis anti slavery nomtn,-
uon 10y Wilson aud Banks cunning than hscf and
then he boed and his personal friends called know
lnohing Convention and put him in nomination The con-
test then between Rockwell aid Gadaer Backs Is.
roused the side OF Rockwell and kicked down the knog
tnohiag ladder which he had climbed into Congress
He ecturtd all Massachusetts ia support OF Rockwell
bounced By kuow-npthinrs traitor who had stolen
into their camp betray them.
Rockwell Who supp orted IS Banks, in Lis accept.
lance Of the fusion nom'ultioo, said
/ Recognising the paramount isaus fau-savery) rec
Iegnse the only practical III sustaining our posi-
ihon upon that issue corporation uiti the
our friends in oihr States 10 the formation u the rtpab
ASaa parry Of The Unon1
Simon Blown, the then knownoihing lieutenani GOV.
Itpor Of ,acha-ets elected with Gardnr 10 1854 Wa.
Dominated by the Banks and Wilson convention or lieu
Tenant governor The ticket with Rockwell aud Simon
IsaM:
The oIet 70 Jt accenpiishtds hgf ne rer States shoh
l1 Of ne gocernset bg Rcir united Fofes ord
IpTJ affiliations aud prviuaces Oe Forgotten. We
have The power in uumbcr"
The address Of the black republican convention sup.
ported By Banks, put forth this aiiorn:
Hsnca6 re recognise no gsogr Jbicgi Hse Sotery o,
Taom ereryrhere Our motto freedom or ait tke 7tFrt
Jo7e' Aonew tots tat free States Nurih md SoWb.7
Ar. Banks also into MIne while the election was
Pending here and supported Morrill, the frees II eand
GATE against Wells the National democratic candidate
10 show how far he had gone off from the demo- ratio
Party and that he hal ustd the know-nothlngs only "a
Urn them into the fusion anti-savery PARTY lie debcr
y uttered the strongest dfsuuon sentiments for negro
eedom againsi the worii, and the 81 d,union.
70 The black republican convention 10 Maine Nathaniel
banks, representative to Congress and now candidate
It Speaker Of Congress o. The tbry-one States of this
aon thus snefred at The preservation Of The Union
Although am not (stid le) Of that clas " men
W ery Tor the erpetuaiiuu of the mon, though
nhE N eeriain saie ut circumstances - ietH sde