Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-02-12
WHO Is RESPONSIBLE

Itisa labor Of SiSyphuS for the Southern MEOW
Nothing press, anu it's sympattizers to conten" '"'
the Democracy Of Congress responsible Tor the
,,.ctj,n Of the Freesuer Banks as Speaker The re-
corded vote demonstrates with M m,hemaical certain
~ tba, the result is directly racesble TO the votes Of
si, National" Know Nohngs, who cast their votes
for Fuller and, thereby, under the operation OF the
,,ro,;ty rule really strengthened thew of Banks
Those Know. Nothing trickssers were W hitney ana
Clarke ofNew York, Broom and Milward OF Pennsyl-
rs,;, Cullen Of Delaware, and Henry Winter Davis
,;Moryland Moreover, Fuller, the vaunted candi-
| date Of Southern Know Nothngs and Haven the I'm
mediate representative of Mr.. Fillmore, showed their
eminent "nationalitv" in not being able to choose be-
,xssn Aiken and Banks. and IN virtually aiding IN
rho election Of Banks by not voting at oil! Not
.,na,s Northern National Know Nothing voted for
.;sn Do no, these simple facts utterly explode the
s,,uv bubbe OF any thug like "nstionality' in the
| nonsd american" party7 On this subject we
,r,ta the New York Herald, which, with all its bias
=; f.v,r Of Know. Nothingsln, and it's antipathy for
ho administration and the Democratic party is COM
vailed by the pressure, OF facts to do justice to the
n,b,s and patriotic position Of the Democracy:
yo, solitary Northern American voted for Mr..
Aiken Messrs. Broom of Pennsylvania, clark oi
New York, Cullen Of Delaware, Davis OF Mary land
Mlward of Pennsylvania, and Whitney OF New
York. voted for Mr.. Fuller, which was, III tact, Fo-
ing indirectly for Mr.. Banks. The latter gentleman
took the trouble day two ago to change his vote
for Mr. Aiken; but when the test came he was again
ready for another change. MIR. Whitney Is tno rep
r-..nta;ive of New York c0nstituency-ot TINS city
where there are not six Thousand black republicans
IN ALI Mr.. Haven was absent. He is Mr. Fill
more representatives and has stood the test oi hne
weeks idle voting only 70 show that at the hour OF
need he was ready to aid the abolitionsts.
| Three obvious points have been gained III TINS re-
suit The aboiitiouists have succeeded In organizing
a sectional party; the knor N0hlngs hare as GEARS
pror.a that they too sectional; and the admihsa-
ton have exhibited its utter weakness to carr! an!
point any measure, or OBTAIN any inAueh'e VI s
! Congress Eighteen Northern Democrats and TWEEN
~ seven Southern Know -NOthlnLs supported aiKei'
| Iiy this exhibit it will be seen that ne amy parry
har,ng national phase at all rs he Dtmocr0'tc pnHg
Its weakness in the North comes from the elections
Of ls5i could it have had the benefit ut the reversal
of the popular judgment ot lS5o, a sm""yes' "ts
must haze stsaaHy tr'"m0ae9'
While the clerk calling the final vote on Sat
urday, Mr.. A. f. Marshall Of kentucky, lsupposing
il all rightly congratulated his American friends, say
ing s'they had fought good fight aud had conquered
There was no Democratic candidate in the held Will
an offensive platform. Performing MS au'y as pa
. triot not as partizsn, he voted tor MIR. Aiken.
We are not therefore, surprised at the chagrn OF Mr.
Marshall, the announcement OF the election OF Mr
Banks. The Fuller men, including Thomas Il
Whitney of New York and Jacob Broome OF Penn
sylvania, who stuck TO Fuller when their votes fo
MIR. Aiken would have defeated Banks are respons,
tile for the result.
And what is the resultto the American partyl 1
is definite Congressional division OF it, into two hos
tile sectional factions Not solitary Northern Know
Nothing voted for Aiken-not one. Thus the vote
which elected the Speaker, discloses to the "Soutt
Americans" so called. the lamentable TRUTH that il
Congress- at least, their nationality b party is Ii
rnited 10 the south side OF Mason and DxOu's line
and the Ohio river; and that their Northern brethren
evea Of national typf ,ncline to trater=e rather
4euh G'dd.ngs Of Oh,o, than rith the Marshals o.
Kentucky.
The question which next reours is, how is this con
ditiou of things be mended at the Philadelphia Ma
tona Councils of the 18th and I'D Ut February i
The work there be done is the practical re'orga'i
za,ion OF the American party throughout the Union
orit formal dissolution among the sectional ana l"ca
factions and loose materials "t me country 1Ie ~
, of me late strupss at Washington admon'sscs IA
10 prepare FIR tte Lgter Eterlas,re. They may, per
haps, 60 better. They CANNOT do worse we sha'