The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-05-10

man from Tennessee win be voted down. and The bin be
placed in position where IL be reached and voted on
! hope the gentleman will withdraw his motion.
Mr. JONES, OF Tennessee The House nave ordered tns
yeas and nays my motion IL Is more Important mst
should take up consider the business on the speak
table than pass unconstitutional grants OF the puDe
lands to railroad companies.
Mr. CAMPBELL, Of Ohio. l hope the gentleman from
New York will hdraw his objection to the personal e1-
PLANTATION of the gentleman from Tennessee
Mr. BENNETT withdraw my objection. :
Mr. SNEED. | thank the gentleman nom New York
for his kindness | will not occupy more than nse min
Mr.. Speaker, my colleague has told the House that
he formerly represented large portion Of my district.
-Four OF the counties OF his present district belt around
the one which | have the honor to represent Four
counties OF the district OF my colleague Mr. SAITH
belt around il the other side The latter colleague
during the absence Of the former, made speech in
which he classified the members Of this House. and thus
introduced him and his position to the country did not
introduce him into the debate courteousy or dscourte
ousy His colleague very specifically enumerated all of
this body who knownothngs, thus implicitly, II not
directly asserting that my colleague was not one OF them
He specific than that The House viii rec
oect that confined himself To the point whether
bers elected know-nothings or not Several OF
those whose read to an explanation and
they catechsed particularly upon that point My
colleagues not the list As have said, his
district Joins the represent and from his former
latons my district he still exercises potent influence
there Amecanism in both districts the sole Issue at
the elections for Congress IL the matter OF contest
when we both elected 1t them and ii will be
Il i
have been unfaithfu TO myself and my constituents II
had remained silent and suffered the remarks OF my coli
league mr. SMrH] to pass unnoccd-f had not stated
what was the position OF his colleaguef " H<
shall go into controversy Of matters personal to
my colleague 1Mr WATKIss of what he and what he
was not elected on Nor will be drawn in this irregular
way into discussion of the general politics OF the coun
try We shall have plenty OF time for that during the
coming summer under the shade OF the oaks In the beau
ai forests and valleys Of own loved Tennessee As
we not more than twenty miles distant each from the
other doubt not that we shall have many encounter
But how the facts in the case Ct my coleaguef |
know Of statistics going TO show the number OF know
nothing vo,esas they callsdn Jefferson and Sewer
counties except those OF the vote In the gubernaoral cleo
ton If there be any other ask to be pointed to them
That election occurred the same day with the cleo
ton for Congress- and had by means OF the same
ballotbox Colonel Gentry, whose clarion voice stll
fingers here least in the recollection OF his associates
the candidate Of the American party more gallant
standard bearer gallant American party never had lie
universally recognised the candidate OF the Ameri-
party Colonel Johnson who will also be slightly re-
membered by those who served IN this House with him.
was the candidate of the democratic party The counties
of Jefferson and Sewer cast round numbers but accu
rate spough for this dseussoness than three thousand
votes Of yhich Colonel Gentry had more lnan Two ,oa-
jory of the Votes in these t@s eoHGes and he was an
American In regular and good standing IN the largest OF
those two contiguous counties Langhter Ie aa no!
withdraw have authority TO state from his own letter
from the American organization until after the election
(Renewed laugher These the data on which based
my statement that my colleague received majority Of the
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counties that gave the largest know-nothing voteand
that he elected by the American party. have moth
ing say in respect other branches of the discussion
and SO far as concerned, 1t may terminate here.
/ Mr. WATKINS. ] beg leave to say singe word IN
| reply to my colleagues remarks.
| Mr. MORGAN. ! object to anything further.
| THE following note appended by agreement of Mr.
4 WATisss colleague ...... ........e .-....a
stated in my first remarks, and in letter OF Decem
ber that was initiated in public counting room but
stated them and state now, that meyer in council or
meeting of the party in my life stated 10 my letter oi
December the why did not withdraw during the
determined long before the election TO do so at
the earliest when could consistently. so stated
my end. Ny colleague is mistaken in the fact that the
question of Amercanm the issue in district The
Kansas question the ssue in my election, every
voter in the district well knows The American question was
the issue In the governors election, IL is rpe SO far from
the calculation argument OF colleague growing that
got majority Of Americans In Jefferson and Sewer
ties, 1.-THE two counties mentioned proves directly the
proves thing in the matter. He states that
Genry majority in those two counties johnson was
about two thousand which is true but mark yeu, ma
rty in the two counties only hundred votes Now
take from the wings that not in the American
party and the democrats of whom voted for
In those Counties and leave according to his data
without any know nothing votes.