Washington telegraph., 1856-01-16
WM ". Walk, of New York.
LETTER PROM THE HON. HUMPHREY MAR
SHALL
WASHINGTON. d. C.
December II, 1855


To tie Editors IF khe Lou Journak-
DEAR SIEs: see a siatement of the
Times that the members Of the Know Moth
ing party scjlO accre gciLii4g to conzpro1lise
o.l the basts of the Missouri restriction,
cast their votes for me for Speaker.
As this is said by Mr. Bullock. ~IIo Is
here. it is proper 10 say that it is jnst as er-
roHeGas rs language can make it The
members who vo5ed for me were not willing
to coInurOmise on the basis Of the Missouri
restriction clau~e. bat to man. stood upon
the Philadelphia platform of the American
,iarty. aud all of them knew thai was my
own position, declared openly and above
board It is due to them to correct the
statement.
Tn. Washington correspondent of the
J,eui,vil!e C..araer says nd overiures 70
'.rtv unite % me. and
was iDdigna.illy >pprncd I do not know
who tlaf CORE -pnrdeut j.. bnt iI,.sre un-
biu>!ing fa.>eh,sod was never peuned hy
man. | do no5 deem it necessary to defend
:nvseIf iroEl the calunnies Of The louis
vie Courier. because all who read that pa
per alr,a3y know tie extent IS t.ie uiaieyo-
lcnee q iis conductors towards me: bat
when It his biTeling here TO lie upon me
aud 80 = -perse ray motives and conduct. it
may he rs well TO enter 3 care1k 1t once
against ii~ misrepresentation which, will be
uttered ard pnblisheG to my constituents in
my abseace-
The abSurdity Of such falsetood appears
at once when You Look at the Executive ac-
ton of this administration towards persons
protesting my principles, and the offensive
legislative declarations made by the caueus
of the administration nembers ON which
Col Richardson was presented as candi-
date for the Chair
This fellow has evidently heard jocular
conversations passing between myself and
SDme of the geatlem of the other side. In
which have stated that they bad pat it out
OF eur I9wer. without seli-degredatiOG. ;o
90 10 them, aad HAT the only way 70 organ.
iza was for them to come 10 u end res;rd
their resolution, or abandon i; by practical
act This has been tortured by the Conr-
ier CORE spondeni into an oresture by me
to the Democratic party to Come to my sup
port
Il may well be said in this connection
that l acquiesoed reluctantly in ;he deter
ulina,ion Uf NY political friends to conceu-
traie upD: my i.aule in This coutesf. for. as
you well kaOw. ha;; no ambition 10 Ell the
chair. Neither my friends nor ! bad the
slightest idea Of MY being elec,ed Speaker.
aud had my Hau.e Withdrawn at the earii-
Is; momet that it could have been done
with proprie5y
We are in a nice SIX here | d. 10: see
how we are "a organize ihe House on amy
other prize pie ihIu the recession IF the
Administration party from the position they
hstt taken, for ! vow that will never east
my vote for one oi them for Speaker. unless
they combine to press the plurality rule up
on the minority. Ia which | belong, and it
shall become necessary to choose between
the e*il~ Of bayine one of them or Il rs.C..c cal
Ahcliti0uiSt ia the chair In such case
might feel that the administration cindi
date wa preferable 70 tie o;her. hut both
alike uccapy sectional sruund-ihe one pro-
passing 10 sEear by she Nebraska bill and
the o'her against it. Ou- position Is TO
abide by existing legislation without regard
TO the opinion entertained heretofore Q. it.
expedieucy OF Propr;ety, and to resist all fur
'heF agitation Of the questions connected with
slavery.
1t will 90 Us no harm should the House
10; be Organized before the holidays IF
our position Is net sound. then our party
shnuid disbaI.d ia tie country. If it is
sound, We should firmly rn.iu,ain it Aere.
HUMPHREY MARSHALL.