Washington telegraph., 1856-02-20
IL will state single fact. At the same


this House. Ex-Governor Bigler. now Uni
ted States Senator from Pennsylvania was
candidate for the Office of Governor, stand
ing upon the same platform with my compet-
itor, addressed the same people from the
same stand, and advocated substantially the
same measures He carried the district Dy
a handsome majority; was elected by over
two thousand majority. Iwould nos nave
alluded to this fact but to correct wrong
impression, and to show that it was not the
anti Nebraska issue which determined that
election. 1t is but just to say, that strong
feeling existed in my district adverse to the
repeal of the Missouri compromise; but
feel assured that 1 am now representing
the wishes of a large majority OF my con-
stituents in resisting further agitation
What now do our readers think OF Col
WARREN's fairness in politics But these
are not all the facts which the Colonel had
staring him in the face, and which ne saw
proper to conceal, in order that he might
make his most unwarrantable attack upon
the Southern National Americans. He
must have known that proposition was
submitted by the Hon. Percy WALKER.
the American Representative from the Mo-
bile district of Alabama, to make the Hon.
Mr. BoYcE, of South Carolina, who was a
States Rights Democrat of the straig ghtest
sect, Speaker, and that the proposition was
voted down by combination Of Democrats
and Freesoilers. He knew that PROPOSE
tion had also been made to elect Governor
SmITH-extra BILLY SMITH, of Virginia.
He was Democrat, but that also was voted
| down by similar combination, and it seem
ed as if nothing would satisfy the intense,
partisan feelings of the Democracy. but the
election Of Richardson. FINDING at length,
that in this they could not succeed. they
withdrew Richardson, the Americans with
drew Fuller. and Col. Orr. was put in non,-
inaticn by the Democrats. out withdrew af-
ter the adoption of the plurality resolution,
and Colonel Akin, of South Carolina, was
placed in his stead, who concentrated upon
himself, the almost entire Democratic and
American vote, but it was ret sufficient to
elect him-he was beaten BY a single vote.
| We have not seen the vote in detail, yet We
feel satisfied every Southern American voted
for him, and we would have been much graf
ified to have seen him elected Mr. Banks,
a Democratic, Freesoil Black Republican,
was elected, and TO US it seems that the un-
warrantable course pursued by the Demo
cratic members, had a marked tendency to
produce that deplorable result.
Another evidence of Col Warren's un-
fairness was his statement in reference to
Mr.. Fuller's votes for Speaker. He stated
that Fuller voted for Pennington, that Pen
nington voted for Banks and that therefore
Mr.. Fuller was unsound OH the slavery
question. Now how stands the record
We have before us the vote in detail on the
| nth, S4th, 95th. 9Sth and Tooth ballot
and in neither case is FuIler's vote recorded
for Pennington. On the two first he voted
for Mr.. Whitney Oh the three last for Mr.
Porter. and yet Col. Warren attempted tc
induce the belief that he had invariahly 20.
ted for Pennington. and that consequently he
was not true to his declarations made on the
floor of the House. For Col Warren per-
sonally. we entertain the highest respect
but we cannot refrain from characterizino
his speech on Saturday last. as far as it re.
lated to the American party, as TRADE OF
abuse and Misrepresentation, uuwarranted
| BY the facts and records.
After the Colonel, as he expressed it.
had gotten SAM" down, and exhorted
the oid-line Wings to join the Democracy
and help kill him, he proceeded to define
bis position in the recent judicial election
He stated that he was opposed to the elec-
tion of Maj SrrrH; that he himself had
consente to become candidate at the ear.
nest solicitation Of a number of gentlemen
from Union and Ouachita counties. who
urged him to run on the ground that be
was the only man in the district that could
beat STITH, and that if elected he could
resign or refuse to accept the ofice that
upon reflection, not desiring the station and
having large number of clients, whose
rights and interest might be prejudiced by
his becoming candidate, be declined He
disclaimed having taken any part in the
contest between Judge CONWAY and Judge
CULLEN; both were his political and per-
sonal friends. That although he presided
at the meeting which nominated Judge
CULLEN. he knew nothing of its object until
he was called upon to take the chair-that
when be learned Judge Conway was cam
didate, he expressed a willingness to sup
port either, and desired one or the other
to withdraw. and that when he found that
no compromise could be effected between