Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-02-16
Defining his Position.

GShAi1s
Mr.. Caruthers (Whia) said: The gen.
tleman asks me il there is no Whia for
whom might have voted 1 tell him
there is no Whig-none, sir. b;r
Humphrey Marshall, who was FIRST vo,,d
Tor BY the "South Americans" az tbex
have been called, is no Wing. Do Won
tel me that Know Nothing is whig2--
Loud laughter, and much applause on Tho
llooI and in the galleries., Why, sir, the
Philadelphia convention of last wear IN
thelF platform, which you haze been
swearing by ever siDce you have been
member OF tins Congress, declared that
ooth the old psTties--the Democratic and
the " hig-were so corrupt that such pure
gentlemen as they were could not act
with them; and yet you arraign m. as q
y, wing io' not having voted for Humphrey
Mr.. Cox TX. NJ replied: should like
10 know where the Wing party is. J.
want The gentleman to come TO the poius
and tell me where it is, He has been ~
wing all the time, and want him to tsl1
me, y he eau, where the Wing patty is IN
this House.
Mr.. CaiuheTs answered: wa.,vsry
uniurnnate III my remarks, il may Judge
OF saem by the manner III which the gen
t!eman from Kentucky understood me-
de asked me why il was that |, elected a.
a Wing, bad voted for Democratic cap.
dldate Tor Speaker upon the first ballot,
lie thai connexioD understood him to ask
me why had not voted for his. distiu-
guishrd colleague. IrepIv to him ,ba. L
could be under no obligation, as Wbix
to vote for his distinguished c,Ilrague, for
he endorsed platform which exuresslv
| repndiated not only the Democratic party
but the WING party. | could be uader
no obligation TO vote ioi him, as isis.
American party was founded upon the ru--
IN OF both the others The idea thst [
have CT the language, which | have not
before me, IS, that the party is este blished
upon the corruption of both. Laughter !
| am corrected Mr.. Clerk, BY some geu-
tieman near me. lam Informed that lby
language is, that The Ameiiesn party va.
established upon the ruin of both the otbsr
parties and both were ruined bv tLvir COL
ruptlons. Laughter.
The gentleman asks me where the
Hhig party ia. might tell him there was
one Pythagoras, who entertained the dec
tTine the tiansmgration Of souls, su,I
that when the Wing patty died the sou!
OF that party went inc The present Dem.
oe'aile party. Greet laughter Is.w
DUNG ;he last summer great deal ct
dsh. opened, and We were calm lsok.rs
OH. looAed over the whole field thea
for Whig bauuer. looked to gallant
glorious tennessee. saw no wing party
there, 10 the canvass fnr Governor, there.
was no Wing candidate-no man carving
The " hi,, coofs Casting my eyes from
tennessee, looked ever to the State
from which the gentlemaD himself Iai!.--
to noble, reErred Kentucky. What did
sec there The Old banner undqr which
had rallied from the days Of ny child
hood, and which had ever been borne aloit
by her gallant sou W here was il, TWAS
trailing ingloiious!y.
.l,r. 9. said il conclusion: shall con-
.iuus 10 vote Tor Mr.. 8icarasoa,
Aenry I'd. fuller
Hon. 5 Csruthers member Of the
House oil Representatives, from Missouri.
who was elected asa " big, giye,,bv
following reasons for not voting ior MIR.
fuller, for Speaker OF the House. We re-
greet that these reasons did net actusle Mr.,
Garlic to puisue the same course.
desire 10 state at this time, aud 10 the
present connection, in order that whsti
may remark Gay so oHt with tie obserya-@
tons OF my colleague and fiend-snd
am prou to cali him such-the rrsssp.
why | lave not, do not, and never will.
vote from the distinguished gen,Iensu
from Pennsy Ivania. Nj. Henry Nj. Fui-
ler. | could not vote tor Mn Fuller
and believe that we ale allowed to call
members by their proper names before the
observation-disclosures. " bile member Of
The last Congress. | knew. and now re-
member, that throughout the Kansas-Ne.
brasAa hight, IN every stage OF that trying
contest, his predecessor, the Hon. Hen
dTck b. Wright. stood fast BY us-wss
one Of us; and sir, before had cast a vote
found that the distinguished gentleman
from Pennsy lvania Mr.. Fuller had como
here as his successor from Democrats
district, and because of his triumph over
Mr. Wright in consequence Of his vote On
the Kansas-Nebraska bill at the last ses-
sion. ! could not vote for him, then, on
the first vote. When the first vote was
taking, l watched its progress, because
many OF the gentlemen with whom l was
previously associated were disposed to vote
for Mr. Fuller. ln that very frs, voir,
when we were casting our votes for Tie
purpose of msking up record, and y hen
he had the entire House from which to
select, saw that gentleman throw his
suffrage for MIR. Pennington, of New Jer-
sey. | remembered then, that at the last
Congress Mr. Pennington had voted to
suspend the rules, with view of affoi-
ding MIR. Eliot, Of Massachusetts, an op-
porunity to introduce bill to repeal tho
fugitive slave law.
When Mr.. Fuller could take a NORTH
crn or a southern man--when he could
select a conservative man for whom to cast
his vote--l saw him vote for man who
had been in favor ofalowng the privilege
TO introduce bill to repeal the fugitive
slave law, l could not vote tor him. Mr..
Pennington, on that vote, voted for MI.
Campbell, OF Ohio, a gentleman, BY the.
by for whom entertain. as he knows, the
most profound respect personally, but
Ia, i ard lk, hn,l,