The daily union., 1856-01-30
CITY OF WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 80 1856

member Of that party, be justified its proceedings al
the commencement of the session and subsequently
lie sanctioned them then and What did that party
do They met together nominated candidate and an
neunced their principles upon two great leading control
ling and paramount questions They adhered TO those
principles II said that the announcement was Of
fensiye TO gentlemen composing another party who would
apart from that consideration have given their support 70
the nominee ofhat caucus Gentlemen belonging to the
democratic party had and again on the hoor OF
the House discamed any intention to make the resolution
they bad adopted offensive TO anybody and in the last
nomination they had made whilst they adhered to the
principles announced by their first caucus they had no IN
tenton TO make the declaration of those principles ohen
sive 10 any any party 1t the declaration OF
principles upon which the party Stood and In the history
Of political parties in this country il the first time
within his knowledge that party had been condemned
for the ayowa OF its principles lie had heard Of parties
being assaed violently for seeking to withhold their prin-
cpes he had heard of parties being attacked for endeayor
ing TO palm OF candidates the country by refusing TO
make known the principles upon which they Stood but 1t
remained for the present state Of things to disclose an
assault party for having publicly announced ITS pr,n
cpes The which controlled his judgment and his
action he would frankly and candidy state to the House
and the country lie regarded the preservation OF the or
ganon OF the democratic party essential TO the best
interests of this country anil he unwilling to waive
that organization by the abandonment withdrawal OF its
principles In sentence then his position was made
known He considered the organization of the national
democratic party in this country of more Importance
than the election Of any Speaker OF the House and
he believed that the best interests of the country would su
fer If that organization sacriced in order to obtain
the election OF any man as Speaker lie might be charged
with speaking party lie spoke of this party be-
of the principles which it bound to carry out in
the future administration Of the government Those prin
cpes had been announced by the that nominated
Mr. RICHARDSON and had been adhered to by the caucus
that nominated Mr. ORR. The offence, then that the dem
ocratc party had committed, was nothing more or less
than, having principles, it announced then and, having
principles it adhered to them . s ... ...a..
Mr. MlLISON had been charged by the gentleman from
Georgia with having in his remarks made assault upon
HAT,
That in the first place. the representatives assembled
in did constitute tile democratic party; and in
the place. he protested against the injustice OF being
represented assang that party because he in
with other Of its members had questioned the correctness
of the policy that controlled its caucus "
Mr., COBB merely intended to say that the remarks OF
the gentleman from Virginia assault upon the pol
icy which the democratic party through its members in
caucus had pursued and he justified The OF that
caucus and showed that the assault not deserved by
them.
The democratic party stood before the country upon the
platform which had adopted and with the with
which it justified its course and 1t was for the country to
say whether twas right wrong in that position.
Mr.. WHITNEY, of New York, could not support the
resolution. 1t went far make proposition to the
administration party in the House and predicated upon
that proposition the probability of organization by
the election of democratic Speaker, He for one was
prepared TO say that he would give such proposition as
that his sanction. ....
Mr. CULLEN, of Delaware, was understood to object to
the resolution on the same grounds. a.. ..s~l l"r
Mr.. McMULLEN of Virginia, stated that when resou-
ton similar to the before the House intro
dueed a few days ago by the gentleman from Arkansas
Mr. RUsr he voted in the first place against laying it
the table out Of courtesy to the gentleman who introduced
it, but he opposed to the resolution then upon princ
Pile and he opposed TO il now However much he con
demned the conduct of Mr. BANKS for holding here with
unprecedented pernacity it not his purpose to
denim him by formal vote He had not heard the remarks
Of his colleague Mr.. MnAsos but he understood thai
that gentleman had undertook to lecture the House and
attack the action of the democratic party in I hs
msook not that gentleman occupied his seat the foot
ard
system He mortified and distressed to hear thai
his colleague had taken the position be did and he would
take occasion to look into his remarks and answer them
it necessary lie desired 10 ask his friend fsom Ken
tucky Mr.. MARSHALL by what authority he made the
the House that his party ready to selec
candidate if the democratic party would do So and sec
il they could not effect COMPROMISED ... .......
Mr.. II. X MARSHALL had offered the resolution with
consultation with his party for the purpose of liberia
ting the House and freeing it from party control and eau
Gus influence ~. ...-- ....... ..
Mr. McMULLEN demonstrated that If memb,'rs were
freed from influence the conservative national
could not effect organization, not being in majority
Mr. RICHARDSON of Illinois desired to call the atten-
ton Of the House and the country to the extraordinary
proposition of compromise proposed by the gentleman from
Kentucky who assured the House that there means
by which what he [sr MARSHALL chose TO call the
tiona could effect organization over the republi-
1t was that the American party should select a
democrat and for him. and that the democrats uniting
with them should try TO elect him. that the democrats
should select American and try with that party to eec,
him
Before be proposed TO into any arrangement at ALL
he desired 10 know the power of the gentleman TO treat for
the party to which he belonged. Following immediately
upon that gentlemans declarahon the gentleman from
New York Mr. WHITNEY and the gentleman from Della
ware Mr. CULLEN had told the House that there
democrat administration upon the floor whom they
would vote for including every who had voted and
was now voting, for his friend from South Carolina
MIR ORR- The democratic party, then, was asked 10
vote for one OF their own number, with the Ameri-
party when TO Of the latter party declared
that they would vote with them, and turned round
and said to the democrats Gentlemen, let us elect ma
tiona American. lie would deliberate when the gentle
man was presented him between so-caed republican
and American what IL his duty do The slternn-
tive would be presented 10 him in the House From
the record made since the beginning Of the session until
the present time appeared that those who claimed TO be
national Americans regarded that question: by the l23
votes they had given importance than any other
connected with the organization Of the House The dem
ocrac party had stood opposed in the country TO the pre-
tended American organization both North and South.
That organization agreed with them upon the slavery
question but had shown by 2s votes that IL considered
the national American organization Of Importance
than that question The democratic party who were sup
porting Mr. OnR, were in minority, The majority united
against them one and yet they were charged
with the responsibility Of the disorganiaon To the re-
publicans he would say, You have majority TO the
Americans Yoc have majority and why do you not
organize the House when yon organize upon either OF
those prncples2 The democratic party expected 10 90
before the country from here with minority, but under
the blessing Of Heaven il the last time for many long
years that either republicans knownohings would again
have majority in the House Applause in The gale
ries ............. ..... Hg. .a.yr .a.. 81
He would tell IFS national American friends plainly aud
canddly that they must make the conneSon If they pre-
ferred the democratic party 10 the republican, they might
stand each other and ankness required him TO make the
which he had made and which governed him