The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-02-12
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
For the Election OF Bank


it j. a labor of SisyPLus for the Southern
Know Nothing press, and IT, symPdthizcrs-
- cuntrI.,i thgt the Democracy of Congress
are responsible fnr the election Of the Free
sober Banks as Speaker. The recorded
Vote demonstrates, with mathematical GER
taiatv, that the result Is directly traccable
To- the votes of siN ...N,lfjOaaf' Know Moth
i-.S, Who east their Votes for Fuller, and,
th,rchy, under the operation Of tho Plurali-
~ rule, really strengthened the vote of
Banks. Those Know Nothing trickstcrs
were Whitney and Clarke Of New \ ork,
Broom and M:lward of PcmIS ylvania, C,ll-
len of Delaware, and Henry Winter Davis
of MARYLAND. Moreover, Fuller. the yaunt-
cd candidate of Southern Know Nnthings,
and Haven, the Immediate representative of
Mr.. Fillmore, showed their eminent ma
tioEalitv," in rot being able to choose be-
tween Aiken and Banks, and in virtually
aiding in the election of Banks, lay not vot-
ing ut ALL Not Il single Northern National
Know Nothing voted for Aiken! Do not
these simple facts utterly explode the ilinsy
bubble of any thing like .'na:ioHality," in
the mis-namcd american" party! On
this subject We quote the New York Her
aid. which, with all It's bias in favor of Know
Nothingism, and lis antipatly fnr the adj
miRistration and the Delnocrati,. party, is
compelled, by TIE pressure Of facts, to do
justice to the noble and patriotic position of
the Democracy:
The Herald says: Not a solitary North
crn American voted for Mr.. Aiken. MeSsrs.
Broom of PENNSYLVANIA, Clark of y. York,
Cullen of Delaware, Davis of MARYLAND.
Nlillward of Pennsylvania, and Whitney of
y New York, voted for Mr.. Fuller, which was,
in fact, voting indirectly for Mr.. Banks
4The latter gentleman took the trouble dav
ar two ago to change his vote for Mr.. Aiken:
hut when the test came he was again ready
for another change. Mr.. Whitney is the
representative of a New York constituency
-of this city-whcrc there are not six thou
sann black republicans in all Mr.. Haven
was absent. lie i Air. fliimorc's rcprcscn-
tatiyc, and has stood the test of nine weeks
idle Voting. only to show that at the hour
pt need he was ready to aid the abolitionistS
Three obvious points Lave been gained
i'm this result: The aholitionistS have sue
seeded in organizing a sectional party; the
haoC NofliHgs hare as clearly prorcn that
Fl,y too are Sccfional: and the administra-
tion have exhibited its utter weakness to
e"rry any point or any measure, or obtain
ply influence i'll this Congress. Eighteen
Northern Democrats and twenty seven
southern Know NothingS supported Aiken.
l,y this exhibit it will be seen that The opI,
4g&rty hdr'ng national phase at ali is the
Dsmocrdttc party Its weakness in the
North comes from the elections of 1854
could it have bad the benefit of the reversal
ct the popular Judgment of 1855. It is man
:l,>i that Il must hare sigHaiIy trjum phed.
While the clerk was calling the final vote
On Saturday, Mr.. \. X. Marshall of Ken
tucAy' (Supposing it all right congratulated
MS American friends, saying they had
fought good fight and had conquered
There was no Democratic candidate in the
held with an offensive platform. Perform
ing his duty as patriot, not as a partizan.
he voted for Mr.. Aiken" We are not,
therefore surprised at the chagrin of Mr..
Marshall, on the announcement of the eIac-
ton OF Mr.. Banks. The sir Fuller n-,,
including Thomas +. Whitney of y. York
ana Jacob Broome of Pennsylvania, who