Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-01-21


positive, defined, and clearly ascertained powers.
Its legislation and administration should be coz
trolled by the Constitution; and it cannot justly
employ its powers thus delegated to impair or de-
stroy any existing or vested rights belonging the
people Of any OF the States.
Mr.. BARKsDALE, of Mississippi, submitted the
following Undergraduates stating that he expected
each candidate to answer them
Il. Are YOU now member of the American or
Know Nothing party?
80 Are you in favor of abolishing slavery in
the District of Columbia and in the United States
dock yards, &c?
80. Do you believe in the equality of the black
and white races in the United States, and DO you
wish to promote that equality by legislation?
"a. Are you in favor of the entire exclusion Of
adopted citizens and Roman Catholics from Office?
80. Do you favor the same notifications Of the
tariff new that you did at the last session of Con
gress?"
Mr. RICHARDsON had examined the inquiries pro
pounded BY the gentleman from Ohio CIR BING
HAM and thought that ne had answered al OF them
substantially with the exception of the first and
fifth.
liz reply to the first question; he would state that
in his opinion the Constitution OF the United States
did extend over the Territories so far as il was ap
plicable to their condition.
10 reply to the fifth question, he had to say that
by the express terms OF the bills organizing the
Territories that had been established subsequently,
to the passage of the fugitive slave law, that law
in operation in such Territories.
As to the inquiries Of the gentleman from Mis-
sissippi, (ilr BARKsDALE,) he would state that he
belonged to no American or Know Nothing party
nor to any secret political organization. He was
opposed to the abolition Of or interference with
slavery in the District OF Columbia and to any in
reference with it by Congress in the dock yards
any other place lie believed that the AIn ghty
had made the negro inferior TO the white man. and
he did not think that they could be placed on an
equality unless the white should be dragged down
to a level with the other.
In answer to tie jocular questions of his friend
from Missouri (Mr KENNETH he must comics that
he sometimes feared that in that future state, in
which he believed, he and some Of bis associates
woul not be free. Laughter.
Mr.. KENNETT was glad to hear that bis friend was
a little anxious about his own condition as well as
that OF other members of the House, and thought
he had great cause Laughter.
Mr.. RICHARDSON was not only anxious about him~
self, but his friends Laughter He had over
looked one of the questions of the gentleman from
Mssissippi-that in relation to Catholics and for.
eigners He did not care what a mans religious
opinions might be. He would as soon support
Catholic for Office as member Of any otherdenom-
nation, provided he was qualified for the place and
his political sentiments corresponded with his own.
He thought that the only safety in Government
like ours was to keep religion out of politics, and
that we should never carry our religion to the polls
or our politics 10 church.
Mr. BINGHAM, of Ohio, desired to know whether
the gentleman from Illinois had affirmed or denied
the right of the people Of the Territories to make
ANY law depriying any person therein of life or lib
erty, Except as punishment for crime upon due
convict on?"
Mr.. RICHARDSON desired to conceal nothing He
had, in the remarks he had submitted this morning
expressed the belief that the people of the Terri
tories of Kansas aud Nebraska had the right either
10 establish or prohibit African slavery
Ar. BINGHAM insisted on an answer to his inter
rogatory.
Mr.. COBB, of Georgia, said that the answers
which had been given by the various candidates to
the inteuogatores that had been put TO them would
90 to the country, and the country would deter
mine whether the questions had been fairly re
sponded to. He insisted that the regular course
should be pursued.
Mr.. BINGHAM wished TO know how, If no answer
had been given it could 20 to the country?
Mr.. COBB replied that, il the gentleman from Hi
nois had declined to answer, the country would see
it,
Mr.. FULLER, of Pennsylvania, remarked that as
he labOring under severe indisposton, he could
not pretend to any eloquence on the present occa
sion. He wonld, therefore, answer the questions
specifically and directly lie replied to the first
question, Are YOU in favor Of restoring the Mis-
souri, restriction do YOU 20 for the entire prohi
biOn of slavery in all the Territories of the United
States ?" | am not. o the second, Are you in
favor OF abolshing slavery in the District OF CoIum
bia, in the United States forts, dock yards &c?'
am not. To the third, do you believe in the
equality Of the white and black races in the United
States and wish TO promote that equality by legs-
lation?" l DO not
IS to being IN favor Of the entire exclusion of
adopted citizens and Roman Catholics from Office,
he thought, with Gen. Washington, that it would
cOmpOrt best with the policy Of this country to
appoint native born citizens in preference to those
of foreign birth. Applause in the galleries He
would prescribe no man because OF his religion and
would denounce man because Of his politics, but
would cord to all the largest liberty of opinion
and of expression, Of conscience and of worship.
He cared not what religion man might profess,
nor to what denomination he might belong Be he
Mahomedau, Jew, or Gentle, be would accord TO
him the right to worship according to the dictates
of his own Judgment As to foreign born citizens,
he did not desire to exclude them. lie would invite
them to come here aud enter upon the public land,
TO occupy the public territory, and TO Wild up for
themselves homes, aud teach their children to love
the Constitution and laws which protected them;
but he would say that in all matters of legislation
and Of administration Americans should govern
America Great applause in the Galeres
There being loud cries Of ''call the roll" the
House proceeded to the one hundred and eighth
ballot, with the following result:
Mr. Banks, Of Mass, %
Mr. Richardson, Of Ill, 90