Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-02-22
cLARKsnURG, FRIDAY, FEB. %, 1856.
Not Quite SO Fast, Gentlemen!

Some time ago. the Washington cores
pondent of the Age of Progress" in
speaking of number of members OF the
present Congress. said: aa 81
!" The Union sentiment, am happy to
inform you. is, not confined to the tAmeri-
can representatives from the SOUTH
Those noble. spirits-the, Whitneys, the
Clarks, the Hurens, the Walks from the
Empire State; the Fullers. the Brooms,
the, Millwards; and;ethers whose names it
is unnecessary to enumerate, are as sound
and orthodox National Patriots as any
from the South. as sound. self sacrificing.
and patriotic as your own honored repre-
sentative-the gifted and esteemed John
S. Garlic. .-
Now it so happens that four out of the
seven gentlemen above named, Messrs.
Broom. Clark. Millward. and Whitney,
voted for Mr.. Fuller on the last ballot fol-
Speaker, when it was well known that thai
ballot would decide the contest by elect,
ing the man who received the largest mum
Der Of votes and the names of the other
three we cannot find at all ON the last bal
lot. So it seems that the very gentlemen
who have been picked out as the soundest
of all the Know-Nothings in Congress-
either lodged or continued to throw away
their votes when the final struggle came
and thereby directly aided the election o.
an abolitionist as Speaker of the House
If they had voted for Mr.. Aiken, he would
have been elected but not voting for him
Mr.. Banks was elected. Their thus per-
hitting the election of an abolitionist, is
not tous particularly strong evidence o
their soundness, and but poor compli
ment is paid, Mr.. Garlic or the South
ern Know-Nothings, when it is said tina
they care as sound and orthodox nation
al patriots as ANY from The South. as sounc
self>sacri6cing and patriotic. as your oeOn
honored representatiVe-the gifted and es
TENED John s. CarlHe.' Still, if ou1
Know-Nothing friends insist upon its be-
ing true, we will not quarrel with then
about it.
We always imagined that the few ma
tional men ofthe House by Representation
who voted for the plurality rule had beef
led into the measures by representation
that had not been realized, and the fol
lowing, which we copy from the Rich
mond Enquirer proves that our supposi
ton was correct, and that the rule wa
carried through by one Of these scheme
that have made the Know Nothing part,
a reproach before all honorable men.
The acknowledgements go to shov
that the election of Banks, as Speaker
was the result of sneaking trickery. o.
Friday Messrs. Whitney, Walk, Brown
DO, "National Americans from tn
North, voted for Mr.. Aiken to be Speaker
On Saturday, these same gentlemen, wit
Davis, Of Maryland, voted for Fuller, an
thereby really for Mr.. Banks-showin!
that the movement of the day before wa
intended to throw dust in the eyes of til
Democrats. The Washington Star say
that it is generally believed that if th
votes of Whitney, Walk, Brown, DC, ha
been necessary on the final trial to secur
the election of Mr.. Banks, he would hav
received them their purpose of creating
the impression at the South that the ST
mon-pure Know-Nothings of the Mort
were disposed to stand by the right of tn
slave holding States, having. as the
thought, been secured by their act of S
long preventing an organization, unde
the pretence OF indisposition to drill unde
the command Of Mr.. Giddings."
The County court---February Term.