Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1856-01-23

A TELLING SPEECH.

A TELLING SPEECH.
One of the most pointed and telling speeches yet |
delivered in the present House of Representatives is
that of Mr. Caruthers, of Missouri, on the 9th inst
Mr.. CAruthers is an old Henry Clay Whig He |
gives his reasons why he could not vote for Mr. Full
Ter for Speaker. Among other things, he says:
81 desire to state at this time and in the present
connexion, in order that what may remark may |
60 out with the observations of my colleague and |
friend-and am proud to call him such-the rea- |
sons Why have not, do not, and never will, vote |
for the distinguished gentleman from Pennsylvania,
Mr.. Henry NJ Fuller. l could not vote for Mr.. |
Fuller-and believe that are allowed to call |
members by their proper names before the organi-
zation--because, while member of the last Con- |
gress, knew, and now remember, that throughout |
the Kansas Nebraska fight, in every stage of that
trying contest his predecessor, the Hon. Hendrick |
B Wright, stood fast by us-was one of US; and, |
sir, before had cast vote found that the distn-
guished gentleman from Pennsylvania Mr. Fuer]
had come here as his successor from a democratic
district and because of his triumph Mr.. Wright
in consequence of his vote on the KansasNebraska
bill at the last session. could not vote for him.
then, the first vote When the first vote was ia
king, watched its progress, because many of the
gentlemen with whom was previously associated
were disposed to vote for Mr. Fuller. In that very
first vote, when we were casting our votes for the
the entire House from which to select, saw that
gentleman throw his suffrage for Mr.. Pennington, of
New Jersey. | remembered then that at the last
Congress Mr.. Pennington had voted to suspe the
rules with view of affording Mr.. Elliot, of Massa
chusctts, opportunity introduce bill to repeal
the fugitiveslave law.
When Mr. Fuller could take northern south
ern man-when he could select a conservative man
for whom to cast his vote-I saw him vote for man
who had been in favor of allowing the privilege to
Introduce a 1
could not vote for him. Mr.. Pennington, on that
vote, voted for Mr.. Campbell, Of Ohio, gentleman
by-the.by, for whom | entertain, as he knows, the
most profound respect personally, but whom re-
gard as the Embodiment of northern sentiment on
the slavery question. Another vote was had. Mr..
Fuller voted for Mr. Pennington; and Mr.. Penning-
ton, the third vote, voted for Mr.. Banks, Of Mas
sachusetts, who is not only the Embodiment of free
soil democracy, but it seems also of northern
Americansm and of ultra northern republicanism.
Mr. Pennington voted for Mr.. Banks upon that bal
lot, and Mr.. Fuller voted for Mr. Pennington after
he had voted for Mr.. Banks, and for sixteen times.
sat in my seat and saw Mr.. Fuller, after Mr. Pen
nington had voted for Mr.. Campbell and Mr.. Banks,
cast his vote sixteen times for Mr.. Pennington
Could l. sir, true to the principles of the Nebras-
ka bill, upon which was elected-as true to the
State to which l owe allegance-as true to the
stituentS who sent me here upon the NebIaSka is
Sue-cOuld vote for with such a record as
! that?"
MT. II.
avowals on the slavery question, and does him full
justice in that respect but he cannot support man
with such antecedents for Speaker, and has, there
FORE voted uniformly for Mr.. Richardson. In the
course of his speech he is interrogated by Mr.. Cox,
X. n, of Kentucky; and Mr.. Caruthers replies as
follows:
81 was very unfortunate in my remarks, if may
judge of it by the manner in which the gentleman
| from Kentucky understood ME. He asks me why
it that l. elected as whg, had voted for DEM
otrac candidate for Speaker upon the first ballot
In that connexion, understood him to ask me why
Lhad not voted for his distinguished colleague Mr..
Marshall reply to him that could be under no
obligation, whig, to vote for his distinguished
colleague, for he endorsed platform which express
ly repudiated not only the democratic party, but
the whg party. l could be under obligation to
vote for him. as this American party was founded
upon the ruin of both the others. The idea of the
language which have not before HE, is, that the
party is established upon the corruption of both.
iLaughterl am corrected, Mr.. Clerk, by some
gentleman near me. am informed that the Ian.
guage is, that the American party was established
upon the ruin of both the other parties, and both
were ruined by their corruptions. lLaughter.]
Now to the question of the gentleman from Ken
tucky, Mr. Cox. He asks Inc how l. processing
to be whig could do and There he touches
me. l have been a whig from my boyhood and
tell that gentleman that when first became an as
pirant for political station in the district which have
the honor to represent, that district democratic
by four thousand majority; aud tell him, as my
people well KNOW that in all the contests in my DIS
trict never abated particle of my wing devo
ton; and never went into the political field to en-
gage in a fight but what carried the whig banner
openly, and proclaimed my love for its principles
came here, then, a whig.
| The gentleman asks me where the whg party is
| might tell him there one Pythagoras, who en-
tertained the doctrine of the transmgraton oil souls
and that when the whig party died the soul of tha
party went into the present democratic party. Grea
aughter] l saw during the last summer grea
field of fight opened, and We were calm lockers on
| looked over the whole field then for whig ban
ner. looked to gallant, glorious Tennessee. l saw
no whig banner there In that canvass for COVER no
there was whig canddate-no man carrying tn
whig colors. Casting my eyes from Tennessee,
looked over to the State from which the gentlema
himself haiIs-to noble, reverend Kentucky. Wha
did see there? The old banner under which ha
rallied from the days of my childhood, and whic
had ever been borne aloft by her gallant son-wher
was itp 1t was trailing ingloriously. And whe
you had laid down that banner upon the grave
Clay, could believe that the whig party still cxs
| ed? Sir, did not believe it. If you could TAX
down that banner and fold it quietly the .grav
of that immortal patriot and statesman-the fir
statesman Of his times, the most eloquent man
any age, and the greatest party leader of all tt
world-and he could rest well under it, could bel
eve that the whig party was still aliveg"
FULLER TURNING STATES EvIDENcE-The Loui
vile Times thus dsposes of Mr. Fuller, the .Southe'
K N. candidate for Speaker Of the House: IN