The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-01-17
t oRREsPoNDENc OF THE DISPATCH.
WASHINGTON, Monday night, Jan. IA.

WASHINGTON, Monday night, jan Ia.
We shall have speaker this week perhaps
a speaker 1t may be Mr.. Banks, but cannot be
Mr.. Richardson. That catechism was not benet-
cia to Mr.. Richardson. Mr.. Zollikoffer appears to
have studied Mr.. RS speech of 1850, and to have
based his questions upon it. Mr.. Richardson, on
Saturday. quoted from this speech (of April g. 1867
this expression: IF the bill for territorial gov
ernments silent upon the subject of slavery shall
be defeated then am for bills with the Wilmot
proviso, in order to give governments to the peo
pie In the territories, &C. and said in relation to
it, II take this occasion to say that the sentiment
last quoted uttered in moment of excitement, l.
upon reflection, repudiate as unjust and improper"
This hiss been severely commented on by South
ern members in their conversations to-day in con-
nexion with other and even stronger sentiments of
like tenor in that speech; and the fact has been
brought out that this speech not printed in the
Congressional Globe among other speeches utter
ed in moments of excitement" but that it was
printed In the appendix to the Congressional Globe
among the speeches retained for weeks or even
months by their authors for revision and correc
ton.
There is q caucus in progress tonight of the
Democrats and all others who have been voting
for Mr.. Richardson-the two Missouri members,
Mr.. Stephens, &c. The purpose of this caucus Is
reported to be to consider proposition to 20 into
an election tomorrow upon the plurality principle
This is possible or even probable; but if Mr..
Richardson shall, under any arrangement be con-
tiuued as the candidate of the Democracy he will
have to make better explanation defence he can
not attempD of the sentiments of the speech above
quoted "a.
Even under the plurality rule, do not vet be-
lieve In the success of Mr.. Banks. To be sure l
cannot figure out the election of any other by his
party; but they are slick people, and goodly
number of them do not want him elected, and will
prevent 1t If they can He has won the admira-
lion of his opponents by the unexpected manifesto
tons of his tine abilities, but the confidence of
his friends. Elected to the late Congress as Dem
ocrat, the introduction of the Nebraska bill threw
him into opposition to that party; but before the
expiration Of his term, he voluntarily joined the
American party and made speech in its favor in
the House. Returning home, his cooperation with
the new Republican party, caused him to be, in a
manner, read out of the American party Coming
back to Congress, he has been, from the start ear
nestly supported for the Speakership by Horace
Greeley and DIR. Baly, both anti.slavery editors
but among the most relentless opponents OF Amer
icanism, or know. Nothingism," in the whole
Union. This Is the gentleman whose coat of ma
ny oolors must be lost sight of by those who vote
for hm-whose thorough free.trade Democracy,
Wings must forget; whose Americanism the oppo.
neuts of that party must forget; whose imputed
dssertion of that party, Americans must forget and
whose regeneration, he himself, would no doubt
like to forget Yet he may be Speaker
The papers OF this city report case in the GRIM
inal Court wherein William w. Manu. who was
charged with having obtained money under false
pretsnces from VIM. T. Smithson banker, former.
~ of Lynchbnrg, has been discharged; and it is
added that Mann intends to sue Smithson for ma
hcious prosecution and libel. This may an be le
gal, and Mr.. Mann may be very innocent and Mr.
Smithson very wicked yet it is certain that Mr.
Mann gained, and Mr.. w. T. Smithson lost sever.
al hundred dollars in the transaction they nave
had with each other. Abe.