Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-03-31

say that any of these gentlemen are Know
nothings-we don't know
Says the Organ: "There are not FIVE of
the forty five who aeere members Of the Know
nothing party"
We have several observations to make on
the above propositions
First. We require the Organ to mention the
names of those five. When pressed to name
the members Of its party, it childishly says:
"We dou't know" Newspaper discussion is
open discussion, honest discussion When it
ceases to be so, then it will be time for news
papers to be PIT down.
Again: We do not choose for a newspaper
that assails our positions to state what it
knows, and then get off from the citation of
the proofs by pleading that miserable "dont
know" rule of the Know nothing Order. We
will not take such evidence
But mark the phraseology Of the Organ:
"There are not fre CT them who acere mem
bers Of the Know. nothing party" "jVere"
We did not say were. We said-are. The
Know-nothngs we're feeble when the vote in
question was taken. Northern Wings were
the men who voted with Mr.. Eliot. Since
that time we believe that nearly epe,y one Of
those Wings has become Know-nothing.
The Organ is fond Of catches and bubbles.
We have no liberation for that mode Of argu.
ing. We say, and say distinctf-"ARE viii
the Organ deny that proposition.
AS for Messrs. Smith, Of Alabama, Sellers,
of Maryland, and SO forth, we did not intimate
that they voted for the repeal resolution. We
distinctly gave the yeas and nays, in which
their names appeared in their proper places.
Why did not the Organ gice the yeas and nays
We repeat now what we said in substance be.
fore: Those who voted for Mr.. Eliot's motion
were principally Northern Wings. We believe
that no,o they ARE Know-nothings We again
give the vote on Mr.. Eliot's motion:
YEAs-Messrs Ball. Bennett, Benson Campbell
Carpenter, Corwin, Croker, Thomas Davis, De
Witt Dick, Dickinson. Eastman, Edmands, Thos
ID. Eliot Everhart, Gddings, Goodrich, Aaron
Harlan, Howe, Daniel L. Jones, Knox Matte son,
Mayall, Morgan, Norton, Parker, Pennington,
Pringle David Richie, Russell, Sabine. Sage,
| Sapp, Simmons, Gerrit Smith, Andrew Stuart,
y,
b. Washburne, Israel Washburn, Wells, and Tap
pan Wentworth--45.
NAYs-Messrs. Aiken, James C. Allen, Willis
Allen Ashe, DavidJ. Baily, Barry, Benton, Bocock
Boyce, Breckinridge, Bridges, Brooks, Caruthers,
! Chamberlain, Chas,an, Chrsman, Churchwell,
| Clark, Cngman, Cobb Cook, Cox, Craige Curtis,
| John G. Davis, Dawson, Disney, Dowdell, Drum,
Dunbar, Eddy, Edgerion, Edmundson, John Nj.
Elliott, Ellison, English Farley Faulkner, Flor.
ence Fuller, Goode, Greenwood, Grow, Sampson
| w. Harris, Wiley p. Harris, Harrison, Haven,
| Hendricks, Hem, Hubbard, Hill, Houston, Hunt.
Johnson George w Jones, Roland Jones, Keiti,
Kerr, Kidwel Kiiredge. Kurtz, Lamb, Latham.
Letcher Lindley McMullen. McNair, Mcqueen,
Macy, Maurice, Maxwell, John G. Miller Smith
Miller, Mson, Morrison, Murray Nichols, Noble,
Odds Andrew Oliver, Orr, Peckham, Phelps,
Phillips, Pratt, Preston, Puryear, Reese, Riddle,
Robbins, Rogers Rufin, Seward, Shannon, Shaw,
Shower, Shelton, Samuel A. Smith, William r.
Smith, George w. Smyth, Sellers, Frederick p
Stanton. Richard II. Stanton, Alex. Ii. Stephens,
Hes,or l.. Stevens, Straton David Stuart, John
J. Taylor, John l.. Taylor, Nathaniel G. Taylor,
VAIL Vansant, Walbridge, Walker, Wheeler
Witte, Daniel B. Wright, Hendrck B. Wright,
and Zollicofer-120.