The daily union., 1856-02-03

the distinguished gentleman from Ohio Mr. l. D. Cave
BELL who was for time the anNebraska candidate for
Speaker OF the House declared in his place that he be-
onged 70 the organization and that he gored in IL thai
TIE distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr.
BANKS who Is the present antiNebraska candidate has
been long known as prominent member OF the order aud
has been declared by Of his colleagues MIR DAARELL
10 his place and in the presence OF that gentleman be
sun member oft and that number of the other
bers now voting for him still continue to for him
that ground. What other claims 10 be considered lleni-
bers OF the know-nothing American order has the
distinguished gentleman from Kentucky Mr.. II. MAR
Il SHALL or the honorable member from Alabama AIr.
WALKER u Have they not taken the oahs and are
they not bound by the obligations | cannot tell
But IL seems 10 that the claims 10 membership which
have been advanced by those who the first prosey
to the new faith will be allowed by the verdict of disin-
eresed public Notwithstanding the protest OF those who
belong only To lodges or councils wgwams which
mere southern oshoots from the great northern stock
From thus It is apparent that this great American
der as u called BY the initiated Is divided into
great sectonsthe pro-savery section and the asavery
section. But this is not ALL When examine the two
sections separately it seems from what has the public
eye that each section is broken up again into almost nnu
merable Subdivisions
la the northern section there are f have been rightly
Informed reesoiers who repudate abolionisn and abo
litonists per se men who would exclude from theU Union
any new State whose people recognised slavery Of
their domestic institutions, and who would admit
Saes formed out Of territory lying south Of 80 deg 80
min with without slavery as their people saw fit tenn
perance and Manciquor-law men, and temperance
and anti-Maine-quoraw men; fanatics in nGdelity Of
the Garrison and Abby Folsom and
oSioo't
hold out the good thngs that may fall into the hands Of
the favored few from the public table inducements
obtain aid in carrying out the petty selfish schemes Of
party leaders Indeed the heterogeneous and conflicting
sms which brought together in this motley assembage
would fill the heart of political Barnum with joy, for
of it he would be able to form ahappy family composed
OF individuals of more varied shapes and different
than were ever yet grouped together by the vertabe Phn
eas in his museum @@
But the northern section has many subdivisions the
South American section at least equal in tpatcu
lar The rs and perhaps the most striking subdivision,
IS one that touches the very essentials OF know
alude to that growing out of differences of opinion with
respect to the Catholic test capital feature in the know
nothing American creed recognised every State of
the Union, with the exception Of Louisiana was hostility
to Catholicism In Louisiana this feature of the creed
repudiated and when that hostility to Catholicism
justified by the honorable member from North Caro-
lima, Mr. READE it denounced in the most unmeasur
ed terms by my friend from Louisiana, Mr. EusTis, who
called upon his brethren of the American party ain the
name OF God to strike it OUT of their PLATFORM because
he expressed it, it IA blot upon the history Of the
country and it is understood that the sentiments of that
genteman with respect TO this subject are not peculiar to
himself .f
But this is not the only difference of opinion amongst
them There are to be found almost many shades of
sentiment upon the questions which have recently engaged
the chief attention of the public in this section OF the
House as there are members embraced in it. Some OF
them danger in the streams of foreign emigration
which constantly setting towards shores but the
distinguished gentleman from Pennsylvania Mr. FULLER
rejoices the muttudes that flow in upon us, and
points TO the wonders which being wrought in the
Great West by their willing hands in spirit which has
nothing in il of apprehension.
The most of them in favor of the Kansas and Me-
braska bill; but Others Of theas for instance the gen.
tleman from Virginia. Mr. CARLns1 have opposed
it IL they had been in Congress
Some ultra southern-righs men, like the gentleman
from Alabama, Mr. WALKER; whilst Others like the gem
teman from Kentucky Mr.. HUMPHREY MARSHALL, "will
not ask whether he IL for against the principles
of" the Kansas-Nebaska act but will be satisfied with
pledge to resist the renewal of the sectional strife to which
it gave rse.a
someaud they embrace as believe all those who come
from the Southook slavery question
to s Others while Others would like to ignore that qucs
ton altogether as was shown By the gentleman from
Pennsy 5ana, Mr. Book, Who in his place, said there
was majority of Americans" upon the floor OF the
House. and called upon them disregard all other issues
and unite with him Ia the election Of Speaker upon the
American" question alone aud declared by the
gentleman from New York. Mr. WALK in his letter Of the
st nst which appeared in the National Organ Of the 3d.
in which he said that American doctrines and principles
sufficiently comprehensive for ALL independent Of The
question o. iary has the American party thing TO
do with it, or with whatever it may seek TO accom-
plish"
From all this, them is il plain that il the northern
section OF the opposition kind of onuuni gdum OF
warning isms the South American" section Is sort
Of hochpoch formed out OF rehash OF peaceful absrac
tons which has very much the appearance of having been
very carefully made to order
In looking at the opposition TO the democratic party
whole upon the floor of the House 1t presents iHof to
the eye Of all behoders II would that the description
Of the coalition ministry formed by Chatham in 764 or 5
and which Burke spoke OF being cbeckered and
speced such piece Of diversified mosaic such tessel
ated pavement without cemenhere bit Of black stone
and there bit of whitehall il indeed very curious
show but utterly unsafe to touch and TO stand
would not be entirely inappicabe TO H. For my part
when consider the dscordaut elements of which
posed cannot but think it would be curious spectacle
witness ifthese gentlemen who agreed nj least in
sentimeuthat OF hostility to the democratic party
required to agree upon series Of propositions con-
demnaiory Of the principles OF that party proclaimed 10
the country by their declarations and recorded dog The
task Of ecctng Speaker which they have hitherto found
difficult would am apt to believe be thought by them
a mere pastme, compared 10 the difficulties they would
Ind Nhirh their
opposition should be placed Could they agree2 cannot
tell but II they did, am persuaded IL would only be in
falling back upon the sentiment OF irrational sntpathy
which happily expressed by Of the wits OF the
Augustan age Of English literature Ia those pevertobe-
forgotten lines:
81 do not love thee, Dr. Fell;
The why cannot tell
But this l know full we'll,
do not love thee, Dr. Fell"
And this opposition made up Of such extraordinary and
discordant eemeuts--this opposition, which not only
cannot unite in the support Of any one principle which
Is absolutely incapable of agreeing any man from
out ofthcr great number I'll the Speakers chair IN this
Congresshis opposition has taken the place Of the old
Wing partyi Who that knew that party in ts days Of
eorywhen its great leaders thronged balls OF egsa
on-whon united man. they supported or opposed
the great which operate upon or control
the action in every department Of the
public businesssnd when, too though often unsuccessful
In its efforts by the ofiness Of its aspirations aud Its
contancy and devotion to It's principles under repeated
defeats 1t commanded the rcspecaye and the admiration
Of is opposers who that all this and then
bers that IL has been destroyed by another party which
was formed in darkness and carried m secret labors
within the limits OF oathbound concaves aud of the
sight of day until that work of death done-who
saw that conemplacs that party Il and the sud len