Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-01-23
Mr.. Richardson's Construction OF the Kan
sas-Nebraska Bill.

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braska bill on the ground that the principle of
squatter sovereignty, which was established
by the bill, would extend the "srea Of free
dom" Ii is admitted that Messrs. Douglas
and Shields adopted this construction OF the
bill and the Southern Sag NIGHT press, which
have for weeks been extollng Mr.. Richardson,
are now endeavoribg TO show that he is thor
oughly Southern in feeling and principle, and
therefore that the "Irish brigade" in the House
of Representatives, who have for six weeks voted
for him for Speaker, are the only true represent
atives Of the South, and that the Union can only
be preserved and the rights of the South only
protected by the ascendency Of the Sag NIGHT
party and the humiliation of the American
party.
There can no longer be any doubt as to Mr..
Richardson's construction of the Kansas Ne
braska bill. He has acknowledged the consti-
nationality of the "Wilmot Proviso," which
the Southern administration press and party
deny He claimed that the Mexican laws Of
freedom extended over the territory acquired
from Mexico, which the Southern administra
ton press and party denied. He has declared
that New Mexico, Utah, and California were
Stree" by the laws Of nations" and by the
laws Of nature, which the Southern admins
tration party and press deny. He has said
that g stauery was the creature of municipal
law" which the Southern administration press
and party deny he has declared that there
"twas necessity to abolish or prohibit slavery
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Southern administration press and party deny
He has declared that the Mexican laws of free
dom were sufficient to prevent the extension Of
slavery in the territory acquired from Mexico
and that if they were not, he would vote to
apply the "Wilmot Proviso" to them, which
is directly antagonistic to the opinions held
and proclaimed by the Southern administration
press and party.
These are the opinions and declarations Of
the candidate of the administration party for
Speaker, which party throughout the South
has assaied every anti-administration candi-
date and charged them with coalescing with
the northern aggressors" for the purpose Of
robbing the South of its just rights. Howell
Cobb, who voted for the "Wilmot Proviso,"
the Missouri Compromise, and the Douglas
Texas Prohibition, and who recently presided
over meeting in Georgia, which declared that
the Missouri Compromise" and "Wimot Pro-
viso" were unconstitutional, has voted over
one hundred times for Mr. Richardson. Messrs
Dowdell, Shorter, Mcqueen, Keitt, Brooks
Boyce, Caskie, Stephens, Quitman, Bennett,
Ruffin, Clingman, Orr, G. S. Houston, G. W.
Jones, and all the administration men in the
House of Representatives, including Mr.. Clan
cy Jones, have voted for Richardson for Speak
er more than one hundred times.
All these Southern gentlemen have planted
themselves immovably" upon the ultra South
ern platform, demanding the universal ac-
acknowledgement of the unconstitutionality of
the missouri Compromise" and "Wilmot
Proyiso," or else dissolution of the Union
and the formation of Southern republic; and
yet they arc voting for Mr.. Richardson for
Speaker, who not only acknowledges their
constitutionality, but has declared himself in
favor of the "Wilmot Proviso," and also that
there was "a necessity to abolish or prohibit
slarery IN the Territories ohere IL erists
The Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississip-
pi administration party in convention assem-
bled, have refused to cooperate with any party
unless the Southern construction of the Kan
sas- Nebraska bill should be recognised and the
missouri Compromise" and "Wilmot Pro.
viso'' should be declared unconstitutional and
yet the representatives of this party in Con
gross are voting for man for Speaker who
not only declares both constitutional, but who
says there is necessity to abolish or pro-
hibit slavery in the Territories where it ex-
ists"
These same Southern administration patriots
denounce Northern men. as "aggressors, who
believe the "Wilmot proviso" and Missouri Com
promise to be constitutional, and who believe
with Col Richardson that there is "a necessi-
ty to abolish or prohibit slavery in the terrific
ries where it exists" Yet Col. R. is eulogiscd
and glorifed as the peculiar champion of South
ern interests, and the very Embodiment of pa
triotism, while Northern men entert aiming and
avowing similar views, are denounced by this
same party as traitors, disunionists, conspira-
tors, and aggressors- 1t seems to us that Messrs
Richardson and Giddings are natural allies,
bound together by indissoluble ties.
Mr.. Giddings assumes to be the peculiar
champion of the Northern sentiment, and Mr.
Richardson's friends claim him to be the pecu-
liar representative of the Southern sentiment
Both of these gentlemen stand immovably
upon the same platform" viz that there is
"a necessity to abolish or prohibit Slavery III
the Territories Where IL orists" Mr. r. thinks
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise line ex-