Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-02-20

The Footprints Of I'Samu.l"- Election
j ! Of Speaker ..

twill be remembered that when the
party called Know Eothings, alias Ma.
tive Americans, now Black Republicans,
first made their appearance in the land.
the whole Of the Democratic press, North
and South, with but few exceptions, to.
gether with . small portion Of the Wing
press in the South, pronounced il to- be
an Abolition move in disguise, and that
the cry 81 danger from the foreign and
Cstholic52itizens ofths country. was5no-
thin butIa cunningly devised fable to
work upon the prejudices Of the ignorant
and illi;erste portion Of the Sou thern vo:
teri. and use them to distract and divide
the South, that they might be enabled
thereby % carry cut their neiarious uHa
hell ish . henes. = This position was
stollly denied by the leading Wing pres
ses Of the South, who, in their eagerness
TO defeat the Democr sey, join ed in the
foolish cry, and with great pains labored
70 prove thu; it was a National party. got
ten UP for patriotic purposes, 70 unite the
North and the South upon sound and
Constitutional basis; and whenever the
election returns came in anuou ncing the
triu mph Of Sam" a nd the defeat Of ..
Democrat who had voted for the repeal
Of the Missouri Compromise and the Kan
sas Nebraska Bill, great was their rejoi-
We can select pieces from every
Wing Know Nothing press published in
Virgins to prove thai at the time of the
cleo ton they claimed every single Blaek
Republican now in the halls Of Congress,
as . true patriot and devoted friend to the
Union. -. III .I
There were but eighteen Democrats al
told elected from free States to the pre-
sent Congress, and We find them voting
side by side with the Democrats of the
South, fora sound Constitutional man to
ELL the high and responsible office Of
Speaker Of the House. They first fixed
upon Richardson, and We do not believe
there is a.single sane man South Of Ma
son and Dixon line who would not have
preferred him to eithe of his competitors.
Failing to get the Southern faction Of the
Know Nothing party to unite with them.
they then selected Orr, Of South Carroll
ma. but still it was g no co. Some Of
them then voted for Smith, Of Virginia,
as soon as they believed that the Southern
Know Nothings were sincere in their
wish to have him elected, but as soon as
the Democrats voted for him, the Know
Nothings deserted him, and he was by
their means defeated. They next took
Aiken. of South Carolina, and could have
elected him without any difficulty if they
had not been betrayed, some Of them. in
to voting for the plurality rule BY prom
Uses and professions of the supporters Of
Fuller. Aiken received lOa votes; Full
Ter 6; Campbell &; and Banks lO3, thus
that however. for effect. the
and Southern wings Of the
Know. Nothing party may appear to bed
opposed to each other. neither one can
support Democrst without pu1uring
themselves, for they were all elected a.
members ofths ow-Nothing party, and
sworn only 70 vote for members Of that
party for any Office. A:,t.E
tits in vain to try to throw the respone
'ibility upon the shouldersof the Democ-
'acy. They are in the minority. Is
Marshal, Of Kentucky, truly
'ays; and they gave the Fuller men
II. - - Inf.>t p.~ka Nat ahsv aoald