Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-01-19
ATELLING SPEECH.

Mr. Caruthers is an old Henry Clay Wing. He
gives his reasons why he could not vote for Mr. Full
Ter for Speaker. Among other things, he says: ~ .
desire to state at this time, and in the present
connexIon, in order that what l may remark may
60 out with the observations of my colleague and
frlend-and am proud to call him such-the rea-
sons Why have not do not and never will, vote
for the distinguished gentleman from Pennsylvania,
[Mr. Henry NJ. Fuller.] l could not vote for Mr..
Fuller-and believe that we are allowed to call
members by their proper names before the organi-
zaton--because, while member of the last Con-
gress, knew, and now remember, that throughout
the Kansas-Nebraska fight, in every stage of that
trying contest, his predecessor, the Hon. Hendrick
B. Wright stood fast by us-was one of us; and,
sir, before had cast vote found that the distin
guished gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Fuller]
had come here as his successor from democratic
district, and because of his triumph Mr. Wright
in consequence of his vote on the Kansas-Nebraska
bill at the last session. could not vote for him,
then, on the first VOTE When the first vote was ia
king, watched its progress, because many of the
gentlemen with whom was previously associated
disposed to vote for Mr.. Fuller. In that very
first vote, when casting votes for the
purpose of making up a record, and when he had
the entire House from which to select saw that
gentleman throw his suffrage for Mr.. Pennington, of
New Jersey. | remembered then that at the last
Congress Mr.. Pennington had voted to suspend the
rules with view of affording Mr.. Elliot, Of Massa
chusetts opportunity to introduce bill to repeal
the fugitiveSlave law.
When Mr. Fuller could take northern south
ern man-when he could select a conservative man
for whom to cast his vote-l saw him vote for a man
who had been in favor Of allowing the privilege to
introduce bill to repeal the fugitive-save law l
could not vote for him. Mr. Pennington, OH that
vote, voted for Mr.. Campbell, of Ohio, gentleman
by-the-by, for whom entertain, as he knows, the
most profound respect personally, but whom re-
gard as the Embodiment of northern sentiment on
the slavery question. Another vote was had. MIR.
Fuller voted Tor Mr. Pennington; and MIR. Penning-
ton the third VOTE voted for Mr.. Banks, OF Mas
sachuscts who is not only the INDICTMENT OF free
soil democracy, but, it seems also of northern
AmcricanisM and Of ultra northern republcanisln.
Mr.. Pennington voted for Mr. Banks upon that bal
lot and MIR. Fuller voted for Mr.. Pennington after
he had voted for Mr.. Banks and for sixteen times.
l sat in my seat and saw Mr. Fuller after Mr. Pen
nngton had voted for Mr.. Campbell and Mr. Banks,
cast his vote sixteen times for Mr. Pcnninston.-
Could l. sir true to tile principles of the Nebras
ka bill, upon which | was elccted-as true 10 the
State to which owe alegiance-as true to the con-
stituents who sent me here upon the Nebraska is
sue-cOuId l vote FOR man with such record as
that 2"
Mr.. Caruthcrs then thanks Mr. Fuller for his late
avowals on the slavery question, and does him full
justice in that respect but he cannot support
with such antecedents for Speaker, and has, there
fore, voted uniformly for Mr.. Richardson. In the
of his speech he is Intercepted by Mr.. Cox,
X. n, of Kentucky; and Mr.. Caruthers replies as
follows:
81 was very unfortunate in my remarks, if may
Judge of it by the manner in which the gentleman
from Kentucky understood me. He asks me why
it that l. clectedas wing, had voted for dem
oCratc candidate for Speaker upon the first ballot
In that connexion | understood him to ask me why
had not voted for his distinguished colleague Mr.
Msrsha] l reply to him that could be under no
obligation, whig, to vote for his distinguished
colleague, for he endorsed platform which express
ly repudiated not only the democratic party, but
the whig party. l could be under no obligation to
vote for him, as this American party was founded
upon the ruin Of both the others. The idea Of the
language, which have not before me, is, that the
party is established upon the corruption of both.
Laughter | am corrected, Mr.. Clerk, by some
gentleman am informed that the lam
guage is, that the American party was established
upon the ruin Of both the other parties, and both
ruined by their corruptons. laughter
Now to the question of the gentleman from Ken
lucky, Mr. Cox.] He asks Inc how |, protesting
to be whig could do so and So There he touches
me. have been wing from my boyhood; and
tell that gentleman that when | first became an as
pirant for political station in the district which have
the honor to represent, that district was democratic
by four thousand majority; and tell him, as my
people well know that in all the contests in my dis
trct never abated one particle of my whig dcvo-
l
gage in fight but what carried the wing banner
openly, and proclaimed my love for its princi Piles.
came here, then, as whg.
The gentleman asks where the wing party is.
might tell him there one Pythagoras, who en-
terained the doctrine of the transmigraton Of SOULS
and that when the wing party died the soul of that
party went into the present democratic party Great
laughter saw during the last summer great
field of fight opened, and we were calm lockers on
looked over the whole field then for wing BAN
looked to gallant, glorious Tennessee. saw
no whg banner there. In that canvass for governor
there whig canddate-nO man carrying the
whig colors Casting my eyes from Tennessee
looked over to the State from which the gentleman
himself hails-to noble, reverend Kentucky. What
did see there? The old banner under which had
rallied from the days Of my childhood, and which
had ever been borne aloft by her gallant SOMEWHERE
was it? 1t was trailing ingloriously. And when
you had laid down that banner upon the grave OF
Clay could believe that the wing party still exist
edY Sir, did not believe it. If you could take
down that banner, and fold it quietly the grave
of that immortal patriot and statesman-the first
statesman OF his times the most eloquent man OF
any age, and the greatest party leader of all the
world-and he could rest we'll under it. could bell
eve that the wing party was still alive ?"
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