Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-02-23

The important fact, which none of them can
deny or dare to excuse, is, that the Know
Nothings elected Banks Speaker. On the last
ballot, when all the Southern Know Nothings
voted for Aiken, not one from the North voted
for him. Fuller, their pet, lodged. Six 9TH
ers, who have been called national" threw
away their votes on Fuller. The South had
not one friend among the Northern Know
Nothings. Let Southern Know NOthings ex
plain this fact, before they ask us again to
trust them. The Know Nothings elected
majority of the present House A majority of
those who voted for Banks are Know Moth
ings Banks himself is Know Nothing And
Banks is Speaker This il the entertainment
which Know Kothingism has provided for the
South Union and american
The Union end American, in its anxiety
to throw upon National Americans the re-
sponsibility of the election of Banks, utter
ly ignores the fact that ta0O so-called Ma
tioual Democrats, who were present, Mes
srs. BARCLAY and HICKMAN of Pennsylvania,
refused to vote for Mr.. Aiken. Why does
it not hold these two chiefs of its own par
ty to strict accountability? If the Ma
tional Americans who declined to vote for
Aiken deserve censure, how much more do
these gentleman, of his political faith, de-
serve it? Give them the lash, neighbor, and
show your sense of justice
1.-THE South had not one friend" &c Mr..
WHEELER, of New York, voted for Mr.
Aiken. He is National American and
President of an American Council Re
member this, neighbor.
"A majority of those who voted for
Banks are Know Nothings" How know
you that The " Y Tribune says the
''Only Know Nothing, acknowledged as
such, who voted for Mr. Banks, was Mr..
EDTE of Pennsylvania"
The Tribune also states that Mr.. SPINNER
who voted for Mr.. Banks, was elected as
a friend of the administration. Why have
you not stated this fact too? Had SPIN
NFR, BARCLAY, and HICKMAN voted for Al
ken, the election of Bank Ks would have fail
ed by a tie vote, supposing Mr.. FULLER,
with whom BARCLAY paired of, would not
have voted. But we believe he would have
voted, under the circumstances, and elect
ed Aiken.
Banks himself is a Know Nothing"
Our neighbor means American, but he
hasn't the politeness to use the term. Let
us see about that. he was at one time an
American but during the contest for
the Speakership, he was more than once,
called upon to say whether he still belonged
to the American Party, and he toould not
aHacer! He was called upon by National
Americans. They could not get an answer
from him. We do not kROlc, and can get
no erideRa, nor is there any in Washing
ton to be got at, that he now belongs to the
American party But we do kH01 he pre-
sided over the Convention in Massachusetts
which nominated Rockwell, (fusionistl for
Governor, against Gardner the American
candidate We kn0lo he acts with Gid
dings, and other anti american AbolhiOHists
now calling themselves Republicans, and
who lately styled themselves Free Demo
Gratis We knOto he was elected TO the
Massachusetts, Legislature in 1850, as a
Democrat! We kH0to he was subsequently
elected to the last Congress and took his
seat as Democrat Pierce Democrat
ia good standing. In his answers to Gen,
ZOLLIooTFER's questions he said, in regard
TO his second election to Congress-"I was
elected on the MOmiaatioH of ne regular
democratic party, and of the American
party of that district These things be-
lug true, hew can the Union and 4Ameri-
can state that Banks is an American! Is
he not as much identified with the Democ-
racyl And are not the Democracy quite
as much responsible for his conduct as the
American Partyl Aye, are not they more
responsible I