New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-06

friends in case they had surrendered Banks and
got beaten (as beaten they inevitably would have
been) any time during the last three weeks, was
fully prepared TO commend them for standing up
go long.
1t was only night before last that one OF our most
active men in the House was cOnversing with two
Southern Democrats who urged him to drop Banks
and let the House be organized. Take anybody
else, they urged, and you may elect him in an
hour-even if il be Giddngs. He replied that our
candidate was Banks, and We should elect him or
nobody. I'VE give you fair notice, they rejoined,
90 that you can never elect Banks, for we won't let
you We can't afford to let you have so great
triumph as the election of Banks would now be. 1t
would light bonfres on every Northern hill and
cause sautes to be fired in every Northern city.
Any thing else you may do, but you shall not elect
Banks"
When the House adjourned last night on vote
of IO3 for Aiken, many of our friends were panic
stricken. That the Plurality rule would pass to-
day was inevitable-for the other side was quite as
ready for it az ours If the ten Anti-Banks men
who finally voted for it had not done so, presume
others would 1t was merely deemed good policy
to hold the great mass of the Nebraska Democracy
in opposition, that they could say to the South
Americans, "You see how these Banks men
crowdng you to q choice between their candidate
and ours. Now make them repent Il" This
was shrewd management, but not very gallant.
However, our friends had resolved TO end the con-
test somehow, and the result has justified their
courage. Yet it is plain that if we had been
enabled to carry the Plurality rule yes.
terday-as we tried hard to dove
should have closed that day with Aiken in the
Speakers chair. For then BroOme, Walk, Bay
ard Clark and Whitney went for Aiken, raising his
vote to 1913, while he had two supporters absent
(paired with Banks men and gone to dinner,) CIV
ing him in reality los votes, while we had but l02
for Banks. (Mr. Robson of Pa, absent and pair
expired, came in this morning. We were beaten
party last night if the other Democratic leaders had
not, through Jealousy of Clingman or from some
unexplained impulse defeated the Plurality rule.
Every Banks man but Lewis d. Campbell voted for
it, not uspectng that all the National Unon-saying
Americans would vote for Democratic Secession
ist, who happened to be born in Ireland, and is
none the worse for that according to OUT notions.
When the House adjourned last night, all Wash
ington supposed Banks irrevocably beaten, and was
immensely jubilant thereupOn. Some of our truest
men were for the first time frightened, and urged
the e1pedency of taking down Banks and putting
up some candidate who could obtain the votes of
Dunn & Co. But that expedent was soon proved,
as always knew it was, impracticable. A large
majority of the Banks men utterly refused to move.
Mr. Bsnks was very decisively notified that his de-
clinng would only tear us to pieces-it could not
insure the transfer of his friends TO any one else
Such men Gen. Spinner of our State Messrs.
Nichols and Day of Ohio, who have separated from
the Democratic party the Nebraska question,
gave notice that if Mr.. Banks could not be elected,
then Anti-Nebrasks man could. Before 10
o'clock il was settled that we should stand or fall
with Banks, and from that moment everything
went steadily forward.
At the Levee last evening, the President con-
graduated Mr.. Aiken in advance on his election to
the Speakership, saying that he knew he would
be chosen, and that he might not see him to con-
graduate him Immediately afterward. Through
all the camp of Nebraskaism, exultation ruled the
pis tHts soiu- oitcols' DIOOluti VAIN,
Bayard, Clark and Whitney have just voted for
Aiken; of course, they will do it again tomorrow,
and their votes will elect him.
But with the morrow cool reflection came
These gentlemen, with Messrs. Millward, Gull
lem, Fuller and Winter Davis, perceived that they
could not afford to elect Mr.. Aiken-that, in deal
ing blow at US BLACK Republicans they would
utterly demOlish themselves and their National
American party. So they held of, and let Mr..
Banks be elected.
The city is full of rumors as to a correspondence
or conference between Gov. Aiken and the South
Americans, wherein he has expressed his concur
renee in their leading principles. When interro-
gated concerning ii in the House to-day, Mr. A.
evasively answered that be cds not candidate for
Speaker. Why did he not say, if he truthfully
could that he had given no to one Of the
South Americans calculated and intended to secure
the votes of that interesting party for the Speaker
ship i am assured that such letter was written
and the vote shows that it had its effect. Every
American from the southwark Of the Potomac
every one from the Slave States but Cullen Of Del
auare and Winter Dayis NJ Marylsnd-votad for