M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-02-07
The. speech OF Mr.. 'CrOuiIIers Of
MISSOURI -1F

| The speech delivered in The Nalionsl
House Of Representatives. on wrdnesi
day evening, Jan. 8. 1886, by air. Car
uIhers, OF Missouri, is before us,Snd we
herewith present 10 our readers its ma
terial points. Mr.. Cox,o Kentucky, ia.
ierrupted him, end we give that part Of
the discussion which trsnspired b.lween
them:
Mr. Cox. Qnternpting.) viii the
gentleman allow me to ask him a aues
tionl Loud cries Of "0h. non Tn,
gentlemen has stated the reasons WHY
he cannot CO o-opepte with those who
are voting for Mr.. Fuller. would liz.
him to tell me if there is n o gentleman
in tue House who has highsritofors agreed
with him Ia sentiments as whig, fo
whom he could have voted iof Speaker
and why it was that when my colleague
frcm the Louisville district lMr. H.
MARSHALL. 7. who is not abno1ious olhe
charges he brings against Mr. Fuller,
was toted for by theSAmsrican party,
he would not support him or some olher
gentlemen Of the American pattyi
Mr.. Carthers. The gentlemen asks
me If there is no whig for whom might
have voted tell him there is no whig
none, sir. Mr., H. Marshall, who was
fISt voted for by the South Americans, ;
as :hey have been called, is no whig.-
Do you tell me that knownothing is
a whigP Loud laughter, and much ap.
plause OIL the floor. and in the galleries I
why, sir, Cunning to Mr., Cox )the Phil.
Jade phia convention Of last year, il
their platform, which you have been
swearing by ever since you have bsen
member Of this Congress, declared that
both the old parties--the deomcratic
and the whig-were SO corrupt that such
Ipure gentlemen as they were could not
act with them, and yet you arroign me
as a whig for not having voted for IL.
MOisall, Of Kentucky!
Mr.. Cox.-The gentleman says there
is no whig upon this Zoo, for whomhe
could votes that party is broken up, and
that have said so.
| HAAs Cot tdtiStos ANY, sits a.ets. 'eI
Mr.. Cox.-I understand the gentle.
men to say that had sworn that it was
broken up, aud that could not CO op
crate with it. ] will aot 60 into dis.
cussion of that subject, bul will ask
: the gentleman where The whig party Isl
He processes 10 be a whig, and yet i.
, acting with the democratic party. OF
the .declsIation thai dsmocratic party
must succeed, or the country will 60 /,
: ruin. That is The meaning of it; aud h,
{ protesting to be whig seems to b,
cas- ting a reflection upon me because
ProleSsed there was no whig party.
Mr. CsrutheIs'--Not at all.
g Mr.. Cox. Il shoutd like to kaoy
where the wings party is. want tn
. IgentIemen to come TO the poht, an
tell me where it is. My friend from Mis-
4 sou ri has been a whig all the time
= aud | want him to tell NE, as he car
4 where the whig party is in this House.
Mr., Csruthers.-l was very unfo1tn
ate ia my remarks. if may Judge of
a in the manner ia which the genileme
n from Kentucky understood me. He ask
9 lue why il was tEatl elected as viii
a had voted ior . democratic candidat
Z for Speaker upon the first baIlot7 In lha
a connection, | underS TODD him to ask m
why had not voted for his distinguish
cd colleague. reply to him that cou
I be under no obligation, as q W hig, I
vote. for his distinguished colleague, 70
he endorsed platform which expressl
. repudiated not only the democratic par
ty, bu; The whig party. could be unds
no obligations 10 vote for him, as tLi
. American party was founded upon tn,
ruin OF both the others, The idea Of tn
language, which | have not before me
is, thai The praty is established upoi
the corruption OF both. lLaughter.l
ain corrected, Mr.. Clerk, by some gen
t'emsD near me. | am informed that III
language is, that the American part
; was established upon the ruin of bot
the other parties, and both vera RUNE,
BY sheir corruptions. lLaughter.l
}, Now 10 the question o the gentIemeI
NJ from Aeatucky, iihs- COZ p!s,.r,na,
n me how !, protesting 10 be a Xh;s
!. could do SO and SO. There he touches me
!. | have been whig from my boyhood
a and tell thatgentlsmanlthal, when
q first became sn abpirant for polit,ea
1 station in the district which i have n
!. hoEoE ~ represent, thai distric, MA
democratic BY dour thousud msiority
and ! tell hinnas my people wea knos
that IN all the coKIests IN INV distt;c
nsysr asalsd one Psasicls Of my Viii
Devotion; and never wsntin,o the no
tiHcsl hsld 70 engage ia fight bo
! what carfied the whig banaer one :
, aud proclaimed my love for lis nrinci
! les. 4 came here, then as whig.t
The genINmen asks me AheFsS n,
khlg Pntsy IS, S~pisht tell, him thea
/. was QUE Pythagoiss, who entsrtaines
/. the doclsiae Of the transihjeration .
!. sopls.and thai when the whie marty III
ed The soul " lhss party vent into ib,
: present deaicefasic party, EIsu6hssr. I
saw dufing the last spmtaer 4 area
Geld 0f fishc opened, and We ksre esls
lookeIs oa. looked orsf he whole az /.
thea ior . whig baaasi. ifiosts4 q 81 +,
4 liant, gIafioue lhea htses. / 81 i 10 Z. \ I.
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