Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1855-12-29
Delegates TO the National Conventio,
roR TIE STATE AT LARGE.
SPEECH or HON. F. X. zOLLICoFFEn,

In he House OF REPRESENTATIVES, on tie 20h
inst ~ response to H,terrogotory propouCied
10 him by MR. ACMULLEN, Of Virginia:
Hr ZoLucoTgFE. Does the gentleman (hr Nc.
Muiliu) ask iorthe reason why the minority with
which I act cannot 90 over to the minority with
which he act.g Il that the gentleman's question?
Mr.. Nc MULLIN. Yes, sir; wished TO understand
why they did not come over TO Us.
Mr. LeLLIcoFFER. / will sar TO the gentleman
from Virginia for whose patriotism | have much
respect that, H. view Of the events which have
Transported within the last few days il does become
some OF the gentlemen with whom have been act
ing 20 give answer TO the question which has
been propoundcd; aud in doing so, | must be
allowed, Dir, Clerk to recur briefly to the events
which have occurred in this Hail.
We have assembled her under extraordinary cir
cumslanccS. Public events within the last year OF
two have tended 90 eriuly towards the organization
Of great antsgouistc, sectional, and geographical
parties. When / came to this Capitol from my
home in the South, | that there would be
effort made to organize this House on a northern
sectional pAnoIm-atiecting directly, and possibly,
in the end, fatally institutions Of my native State,
which, rather than be forced to sacrifice, her sons
would promptly Imperil their lives and everything
earhly that Is dear to them. ! came here prepared
70 m ct national and patriotic OF the North on
a national, middle ground-that OF the Constitution
and the Union-upon basis which secures % all
men, whether in the South or the North, those
rights which our revolutionary iarihers Determined
should be protected by the Constitution Of the
United States.
The gentleman from Illinois Mr.. RICHARDSON
was nominated by my colleague Nc. JOINS as the
Democratic candidate. Within few days after
wards the organ OF the Administration and Of the
Democratic parts announced to the public that Mr..
Greeley, Of the New York Tribune, had declared,
ana ;fCjhiUiy, that the Democratic party might
unite With the American party and elect Mr. Fuller,
OF Pennsylvania Speak Of the House; but that the
declaration was very safely made for the q iGg
impossibl,; Tor The reason that the Democratic par
IS bad planted themselves upon platform which
they ucye, would abandon for the purpose Of com
promising wi,h any party. Here IS the language OF
the Washington Uuiou:
When 81 Greeley declared on Fdl ' that II
the democrats and the southern Know NOthiags
choose 70 elect Nj Fuller tomorrow, they can be
spoke the truth bat be ran no rick la the state.
ment; hr knew that Richardson was the Demo
cratic candidate aud he knew, TOO, that at the be
ginning o! great residential canvass the Demo
cr-ts understood the importance OF organization too
wall 20 abandon their nominee Any terms. This
!ar Will not be- FORGOTTEN by the ople i! true
that the Democrats could have elected Nr. FgHer,
bat such re-a.t never for moment contsn
plated by any one OF them
Nog, Mr. Clerk. Mr. Fuller j. a national nan tom
The North, ~ho ia this critical uncture, unscs wiib
national men 10 thc South against further agitation
tor disturbing The existing lass connected aith
slavery. !, and others she ssppost AF. Fuller are
national men, from the South aud TIE Aorsh. equal
ly opposed 20 ever, thing which may tend 20 10.
mrnt lufther agitation ostaeen the people 81 the
aoTih aud the South upon sectional questions.
Now what was that platform that could NOT be sbau
dooedr The resolution adopted by the caucus
1hlch nominated Mr.. Richardson attributed 10 gen.
Ilemen With whom act disposition to deprive
portion OF the American people OF their civil aud
religious hoerty. THIS resolution OF platform Was
Ia these woFis
"Kesolssd, That the Democratic members Of the
House Of Representatives, though in temporary
minority 10 ibis body, deem this ft occasion 20
tender 10 their isllow-eitEens OF the whole Uni0n