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ANOTHER VOICE FROM INDIANA.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. u, 1865

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. II, 1855.
To the Editor of the National Era:
You seem to have poor opinion of the poll
tics of Indiana. You call her out by name, and
class her with the most hopeless of States. 1t
is true, we stand on as narrow a Free-Soil plank
as any State in the Union called free. But is
she less hopeful than New York and Massachu-
sets, where the children are born with the BIZ
bic in one hand, and the Declaration of indie
pendence in the other-where they are early
taught to love God and all his people, and that
all men are born free and equal" provided
they care bornn in American All my dear
sir, we have enough of "the elect" out here,
added to many of those who believe in falling
from grace" with the remnant of the unaltera-
BILE, wooldyed Wings, to darken thes Bay of
Freedom. But if you, and Greeley, Sumner,
Banks, i Co., can get those States to stand on
the side of Freedom, in the great Presidential
battle of the coming year, We will try to get In
diana to stand upright. One thing is quite
certain, unless "Know Nothingism can be
got to stand out of the way, there is no hope of
any of them. This is the weight that loads
down the car of Freedom How good Free
Soiler can be Know Nothing, we cannot I'M
derstand. They seem to be antagonisms. One
is founded on the principle of the common
brotherhood of man; the other, on the doctrine
of T" caste" An Anti Slavery man contends for
the rights of all men, without regard to name,
nation, or color; a Know Nothing, for the rights
of Americanborn citizens" Americans should
rule America" An American-born Democrat,
who owns and lashes fifty other Americans
a day, and loves whisky, too, and knows not a
letter In the alphabet but "O," is bettet quail
fed to rule, than q Christian ScotchnGn! who
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BENEFITS majority


But this correspondent says some twenty
votes in the halfbreed reservation were cast
for Bennett which were illegal, as that reserva.
ton had been excluded IN the proclamation of
Governor lizard.
Now, is not that a sweet nut? Excluded by
the proclamation of Governor lizard done by
the Gore,'nor of that specially favored and
peculiar land of "Squatter Sovereignty" Ne
braska and very quietly related and spoken
of as matter of history, by one of the
Popular Sovereigns."
Really, sir, think that is a new feature in
our Democratic form of Government, and very
worthy, perhaps, of the consideration Of Con
gress and the President. If this doctrine be
correct-and we must infer that it is from this
correspondent, and because that Administra-
ton Governor cannot do wrong-that the Gov
ernor of Territory can, by proclamation, dis
franchise part of the citizens of the same,
and set off part Of the Territory, by the same
power, we think, he might add TO his Territory
by annexation, Ia favorite doctrine, no doubt,
with this correspondent without stint or lin
it, controlled only by his mighty will.
Il is very important to the country, think,
to have this doctrine generally understood and
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For Mr.. Orr.-Messrs. Richardson and VI

For Mr.. Orr.-Messrs. Richardson and w
Hams.
For Mr.. WiIliams.-Mr. Wheeler q
For Mr.. Porter.-Mr. Henry M. Fuller.
For Mr.. BenneH.-Mr. Brenton.
Pending the call of the roll
Mr.. Florence stated that his colleague, Mr..
Barclay. had paired off with Mr.. Galloway.
Mr.. Robson when his name was called
said: 1t has been suggested to me, since pro-
pounded my question to the gentleman from
Massachusetts,, that some days since he puble-
ly declined to answer any more questions, and
my own recollection is that he did so. l shall
therefore, for the present, withhold my vote un-
til l can satisfy myself upon that point.
Mr.. Banks. That there may seem to be no
discourtesy on my part towards the gentleman
from Pennsylvania, it may be proper for me-
say, after the remark he has made, that courA.
sy to the House, and especially to the gerab
man from South Carolina, Mr. Boyce, re
quires me to adhere to the declaration l made,
some days since, under what I thought to be a
safe precedent. Upon the subjects to which
the gentleman has alluded, have heretofore
expressed my opinions, and they stand upon
the records of the House.
Mr.. Robson. Are they the same still, Mr.
Banks? Cries of Call the roll!"l
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THE NEBRASKA ELECTI0N-THE OTHER
SIDE.
the Editor of the National Era.

To the Editor Of the National Era:
In your paper of December 9th, see Oh
article from Omaha City, in the Territory OF
Nebraska, concerning the late election for Dele
gate to Congress in that Territory, with some
predatory remarks by you, headed, "Election
in Nebraska"
To the predatory remarks, sir, / have no OBJ
lection whatever; but, sir, to statements made
in the article, l have and permit me, through
the same medium, to state the facts in the case
as they occurred.
do not charge the Omaha City correspond
ent with An intention to wlfully misrepresent
the facts in the case, but do claim that he
has given a very onesided statement of the
facts, and shown himself wholly unadvised in
the premises, except by hearsay.
Early in the campaign, says this correspond
ent, Judge Hiram P. Bennett, of Nebraska
City, was announced as the champion Of
Southern Nebraska, and war was declared
against the North of Platte Now, sir, ask,
who announced Bennett as the champion of
South Platte, and who declared war against the
+,
sir, it is, that Bennett did not do so-neither
did any of his friends. We believe the cry
was raised and done by Chapman or his
friends, for the sole purpose of concentrating
a vote at Omaha City for him. 1t had that effect,
at least, for Chapman received more majority
over Bennett at Omaha City than at all the
other precincts in the Territory combined.
Bennett did not raise local or sectional
issue during the campaign, but, from the first,
took grounds against the National Adminstra-
ton in the repeal of the Missouri Compromise,
and particularly against the policy pursued by
the Administration party in the Territory and
he did not take other than general grounds on
local questions, as the support he got on both
sides Of the Platte will most conclusively
show; and the charge Of sectionalism makes
as poor show now, of reality, as it did before
the election.
The charge, sir, think, is made for another
than its apparent object. 1t is made to avoid
the fact that Chapman run as the avowed Ad.
ministrstion Nebraska candidate, representing
in the campaign, as he did in the campaign
year before, when he was candidate for the
same office, that the Administration at Wash
ington was very DESTROYS and anxious for
his election and representing, also, that as he
was an Administration man, and in favor with
the powers that be at Washington, he could
the more likely effect greater good to the
Territory than Bennett could, who stood in
such open opposition to the Administration.
This correspondent, however, claims that
Chapman was elected by small majority over
Bennett.
Now, sir, look at the following statement of
the whole vote of the Territory, taken from
the returns now on file in the office Of the
Secretary of the Territory, and see if it shows
for Mr.. Chapman a majority
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There having been no election
Mr.. Keitt, Of South Carolina, moved that the
House adjourn which motion was negatived-
yeas AZ, nays l42.
Mr.. McMulIen. of Virginia, moved that there
be call of the Hoase; which motion was de-
cided in the negative.
Mr.. Etheridge, of Tennessee, believed that
the difficulty which prevented an adjournment
grew out of the fact that two nights since their
Democratic friends adopted a resolution that
they would neither take a recess nor adjourn
until an election should be- effected. That res
olution, he believed, was now in full operation,
and to relieve themselves from embarrassment
he would move that it be suspended. Great
laughter.
Mr.. Jones, of Tennessee said that inasmuch
as his colleague had intimated that this was the
Democratic caucus, and as he (Mr j. was
chairman of that caucus, he believed he would
at once take the chair. Renewed laughter, and
cries of agreed"
The House then proceeded to the one hun
dred and second ballot, which resulted as fol-
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RrY, and HAPPINESS, to all men: and there.

ERrY, and HAPPINESS, to all men: and there.
fore,
SECOND. There should be neither Slavery
nor involuntary servitude, except for the pun
ishment of crime, in any of the Territories of
the United States.
THIRD. The People are the rightful source
of all political power; and all officers should,
as far as practicable, be chosen by direct vote
of the People.
FOURTH. Candidates for political offices
should be men of undoubted integrity and so.
briefly, and pledged to support the principles of
this Platform by all lawful and constitutional
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Declaration, Platform, aud Constitution
REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Whereas, by the repeal of the eighth section
Of the act for the admission Of Missouri into
the Union, the Territories of Kansas and Ne
braska have been opened TO the introduction Of
Slavery, and all the compromises, real or i'm
aginary, upon that subject, are thus violated
and annulied, and deep dishonor inflicted upon
he age in which we live:
=, Now, therefore, in cooperation with all those
throughout the land who oppose this and other
similar measures, which we deem to be con-
rary 10 the spirit of the Constitution, and
S Snlch are designed to extend and perpetuate
slavery, We do associate ourselves together,
under the name and title of
"' Asp0onOan Association of Washington, D. O.
pla, emu we adopt the following as our political
over The inu LA congress possesses no power
- S,s,es. T insulation of Slavery in the several
the out that, outside of State jurisdiction,
s-~ constitutional power Of the Federal Gov
-sH' should be exerted TO secure LIFE. LIZ
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HENRY Fl. BOODY,
BANKER AND GENERAL AGENT.
Hudson, st. Croir Co, Wisconsin.

HndSon, 81. CTolr Co., Wisconsin,,
WILL buy and sell Land Warrants enter Lands nj
w the Land Once, locate Land Warrants nav Taxes
on Lands, and transact all the business of a General
Agency
Rstsrenees.-Hon. Edward Kent Bangor; Hon William
Willis, Portland; =. w. Chandler, Esq. Boston; David
Plngra ESQ., SALEM lvison Phinney us Fulton street.
New York William Allen Esq, Pres. Girard College
Philadelphia; Alison Owen, Esq, Cincinnati Hon. s. p
Benson, Washington d. c.
Hudson, Wis, May 81, 1855 AL
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There was no election.

mere was no cicctlOn.
Mr.. Galloway, when his name was called in
the above vote, proposed to read, in justification
of the votes which had already been given by
majority of the Ohio delegation, and in expla-
nation of their present votes and those which
they might hereafter give, telegraphic des-
patch just received from his State.
He thereupon read a resolution unanimously
adopted by the Republican American Senators
of Ohio, twenty nine in number, setting forth
that they, the Anti-Nebraska members of the
Senate of the State of Ohio, having recently
come from among the people of the State, and
being, as they believed, intimately acquainted
with their views and sentiments, we're well as
sured that large majority of the citizens of
the State approve the course pursued and adopt
ed by majority of their delegation in Congress
in regard to the election of Speaker, and ear
nestly desire to see the unanimous vote of the
members Of the House of Representatives from
Ohio given for Speaker known to be opposed
to the further extension of Slavery.
Mr.. Harrison, of Ohio, remarked that, in ref
erence to the telegraphic despatch just read, he
had only to say that he owed no allegiance to
any party but the American party; that he had
been nominated by the Simon Pure American
party, voted for by them, and elected by them,
cries of good; ," and so long as he should
have the honor of holding a seat upon this floor,
he should do his utmost to carry out American
principles. Applause in the galleries.
Mr.. Moore, OF Ohio, observed that the tele
graphic despatch which had been read by his
colleague had been read, he supposed, for the
purpose of operating either as sort of salvo
for the nineteen gentlemen from his State who
had been voting for Mr.. Banks, or for the pur-
pose of whipping in the two gentlemen in that
delegation who had seen proper to oppose the
honorable member from Massachusetts. So far
as be concerned, it was sufficient for him
to say that he did not represent the twenty
nine Senators who had spoken through the res
olution read by his colleague. He represented
the tenth Congressional district of Ohio, and
came here to speak their sentiments, not those
OF the twenty nine men who had happened to
be sent to the city of Columbus as Senator'S
II he had come here to represent any one Sen
ator, it would simply be that Senator who came
from his own district, and he proposed to read
what he had said in reference to his (Mr. M.'s)
course here. He held in his hand letter from
that Senator, dated the 2lst of December, which
said: "Your course in reference to the cleo.
ton of Speaker is acceptable to your constit
uents, so far as l am advised" This, Mr.. M.
stated, was from one of the Twenty-Five. Great
laughter.
The despatch from the twenty nine was da
ted January 9th.
motion was then made to adjourn which
was disagreed to.
A one hundred and third ballot was then
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to a choice, lOl; of which
Nathaniel P. Banks received 90
William A. Richardson CO
Henry NJ. Fuller 80
Alexander C. NJ. Pennington S
James L. Orr 2
John Williams
Gilchrist Porter /
Henry Bennett
So there was no choice.
The following is the vote in detail:
For Mr.. Bdnks.-Messrs. Allison, Barbour.
Henry Bennett, Benson, Bingham, Bishop,
Bliss, Bradshaw, Burlington, Barlingame, James
q. Campbell, Lewis D. Campbell, Chafee, Col.
fax, Comins, Covode, Cragin, Cumback, Dam.
rell, Timothy Davis, Day, Dean, De Witt, Dick,
Dickson, Dodd, Durfee, Emrie, Flagler, Gid,
dings, Gilbert, Granger, Grow, Robert B. Hall,
Harlan, Holloway, Thomas r. Horton, Valen.
King, Knapp, Knight, Knowlton, Letter, Matte,
son, McCarty, Meacham, Killian Miller. Nor.
gan, Morrill,, Mott, Murray, Norton, Andrew
Oliver, Parker, Pearce, Pelton, Pennington.
Petit, Pike, Pringle, Purviance, Richie, Rob.
bins, Roberts, Sabin, Sage, Sapp, Sherman.
Simmons, Spinner, Stanton, Stranahan. Tan.
pan, Thurston, Traitor, Tyson, Wade, Wake
man, Walbridge, Waldron, Cadwalader q
Washburne, Elihu B. Washburne, Israel Wash.
burn, Watson, WEIGH, Wood, Woodruff, and
Woodwork.
For Mr.. Richardson.-Messrs Aiken. Bell.
Henry s. Bennett, Bocock, Bowie. Bovce.
Branch, Brooks, Burnett, Cadwalader, Carutbers''
Caskie, Clingman, Howell Cobb, Williamson R.
w. Cobb, Craige, Davidson, Denver, DowdeIl.
Edmundson, Elliott, Faulkner, Florence Thorn
as j. d. Fuller, Goode, Greenwood. Angustns
Hall, Sampson W. Harris, Thomas L. Har.
ris, Herbert, Hickman, Houston. Jewett Geo
W. Jones, Keitt Kelly, Kidwell, Leteber,
Lumpkin, Samuel s. Marshall, Maxwell Nc,
Mullen, Mcqueen, Smith Miller, Nilsson. Nor.
decai Oliver, Orr, Packer, Peck, Phelps pow.
ell, Quitman, Rufin, Rust, Sandidge. Savage
Samuel A. Smith, William Smith. Stenbens'
Stewart, Talbot, Taylor, Vail, Warner. Wat
kins, Winslow, Daniel B. Wright, and John V
Wright.
For Mr.. FIlley.-Messrs. John P. Camp.
bell, Garlic, Bayard Clark, Cox, Cullen, Henry
Winter Davis, Etheridge Eustis, Evans. Foster s
]. Morrison Harris, Hoffman, Kennett. Lake
Lindley, Humphrey Marshall, Millward. Paine
Porter, Puryear, Reade, Read y, Ricaud, Rivers
VIM. &: Smith, Sneed, Swope, Trippe, Under
wood, Walk, Whitney, and Zollicoffer.
For Mr.. ennington.-Messrs. Dunn. Ed
wards, Harrison, Moore, and Scott,
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Mr.. Banks, during the vote, expressed his
determination to adhere to the rule he had
establishcd-not to reply to any interrogatories
that might be put to him concerning his views
on various subjects.
No election having been effected on this
ballot
Mr.. Campbell, of Kentucky, moved that the
House adjourn which motion was disagreed to.
The one hundred and first ballot was then
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Mr.. Keitt, of South Carolina, at seven o'clock,
moved that the House adjourn; upon which
motion no quorum voted.
Mr.. b. thereupon moved a call of the House;
which motion was disagreed to.
The motion to adjourn was then negatived.
Mr.. Caruthers, of Missouri, explained that
he could not support Mr.. Fuller, because that
gentleman had triumphed over his predeces-
sor, (Mr. II. B. Wright,) on account of the
course of the latter in sustaining the Kansas
and Nebraska act, because he had voted for
men who held extreme opinions on the Slavery
question, and because of his views on the sub
ject of the repeal of the Missouri restriction.
By the consent of the House, he extended his
remarks to a considerable length, and his eo-
quence secured for him the undivided attention
of the body.
Mr.. Porter, Of Missouri, in remarks of some
length, justified his vote for Mr.. Fuller. He
had given his support to that gentleman be-
cause his position upon the Slavery question was
sound, national, and conservative, and because
lie was Wing in his views of public policy He
could not vote for Mr.. Richardson, because that
gentleman was a Democrat, and because his
principles and sentiments in regard to public
policy differed from his own. Mr.. Fuller, in
stead of being censured, should be honored for
having, in the face of any fanatical sentiment
on the subject of Slavery which might exist in
his section of country taken his stand by the
constitutional rights of the South, as involved
in that question.
The one hundred and fourth ballot was then
had, and resulted as follows:
Mr. Banks, of Massachusetts 81
Mr. Richardson, of Illinois 81
Il &c
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Mr.. SMITH this morning. From the resolu-
ton adopted by caucus of that gentleman's
party, and Published in the Union, he had sup
posed that they had determined to devote the
sessions of the House exclusively to its organi-
cation but he must confess that he was sur
prised when he heard the electioneering speech
which had fallen from the gentleman from
Tennessee by way of personal explanation.
The House then proceeded to the ninety ninth
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