Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-02-15
Who is Rsspon sIbIe !

1t is a labor of Sisyphus for the Southern Know
Nothing press, and lis sympathzers, to contend that
the Democracy of Congress are responsible tor the
election of the FreesOiler Banks Speaker. The
recorded vote demonstrates with mathematical GER
tainty, that the result is directly raceable to the
votes of six National" Know Nothings, who cast
their for Fuller, and thereby, under the ope
ration of the plurality rule really strengthened the
vote of Banks Those Know Nothing tricksters were
Whitney and Clarke of New York, Broom and Mil
ward of Pennsylvania, Cullen of Delaware, and Hen
~ Winter Davis Of Maryland Moreover, Fuller,
the Wanted candidate of Southern Know Nothlngs,
and Haven, the immediate representative of Mr..
Fillmore, showed their eminent nationality" in
not being able to choose between Aiken and Banks,
and IN virtually aiding in the election OF Banks, by
not voting at all Not a single Northern National
KnOw-Nothng voted fov Aiken Do not these SIM
pie facts utterly explode the himsy bubble of any
thing like nationality in the mis- named g Ameri-
CAM party? On this subject quote the New
York He. aid, which, with all its bias in favor OF
know-NOhngism, and its antipathy for the admins
tTatiOn and the Democratic party, is compelled, by
the pressure of facts to do justice 10 the noble and
patriotic position of the Democracy:
Not solitary Northern American voted for Mr.
Aiken. Messrs. Broom of Pennsylvania Clark OF
New York, Cullen of Delaware, Davis of Maryland
Mlllward of Pennsylvania, and Whitney OF New
York voted for Mr.. Fuller, which was in fact, vo-
ting Indirectly for Mr.. Banks. The latter gentleman
took the trouble day two ago TO change his vote
loT Mr.. Aiken but when the test came he was again
ready for another change Mr. Whitney is the rep
resentatve of New York constituency-of this city
where there not six thousand black republicans
IN all Mr. Haven was absent. He is Mr.. Fill
moreS representative, and has stood the test of nine
weeks idle voting, only to show that at the hour OF
need he ready to aid the abolltionsts.
Three obvious points have been gained IN this
result: The abolitiOnists have succeeded in organic
ing sectional party the Kno1U NothingS haze az
clearly proven that they too sectional; and the ad
mnlstratlon have exhibited It's utter weakness tt
carry any point any measure, or obtain any lntu
ence in this Congress. Eighteen Northern Demo
Gratis and twenty seven Southern Know Nothing
supported Aiken. BY this exhibit it will be seer
that the only party haUing national phase at all
he Democratic party lis weakness in the Nortl
comes from the elections of 1854 could it have hat
me benefit of the reversal of the popular judgment
1862 1t IS manifest that ii must haze signally tn
umphed.
hlle the clerk was calling the final vote on Sat
uraay' Mr. X. Marshall of Kentucky, (supposin
II all mgh) congratulated his American friends, say
ing they had fought good fight and had con
4ueeu: lheTe was no Democratic candidate in tn
ns'u win an offensive platform Performing his du
!. @s patriot, not as a partizan, he voted for M
IAeh. we are not, therefore, surprised at the cha
srIh OF Mr.. Marshall, the announcement of tn
SIecUoh OF Mr. Banks. The Sir Fuller men, nclud
thomas X. Whitney of New York and Jaco
tb aGone OF Pennsylvania who stuck to Fuller, whe
Een votes for Mr. Aiken would have defeate
g, @Ie responsible for the result.
l. A'I Wna' Is the result to the American party
bos uennhe Congressional division of it, into tw
K 1oAe Secuonal factions. Not solitary NortheI
-NoInlng voted for Aiken-not one. Thus Il