The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-02-20

clans of this day and generation who
cry themselves hoarse that "Americans
should rule Americal"
From the Washington Union.J
DISTINGUISHED ACCEsSI0NS TO
THE PRINCIPLE OF THE NE
BRAsKA-KANSAS ACT.
The triumphs of reason have never
been more conspicuous than since the
assemblage of the present House of Rep.
res~entatives. The discussions which
have grown out of the efforts to elect a
presiding officer of that body, have SER
we'd to elicit much information on the
subject most at issue between the par
ties. This attrition of intellect, this in
tercourse between men of differing opin.
ions, this collision of antagonistic senti-
ments and theories, has ended in q de-
cided advantage for the friends of the
constitution. 1t was impossible for an
abstraction so ridiculous and so trans
parent as that of restoring the Missouri
Compromise to be thrown into the House
Of Representatives without being sub
jew w Ludb anal Dis MuLCL Ado ISNoSSd
it to an object of contempt and derision.
Besides, a good proportion of the exist
ing state of things in Congress is the re-
suit of the violence and the arrogance
of those who came into the House with
the assurance that they were In the ma
jority. Mr.. Greeley has contributed his
portion to the general confusion. His
lash has been cracked over the heads of
the recusant members so often that they
have become accustomed to it, and ac-
customed, too, to disregarding it. While
he and his aiders and abettors have been
de%nouncing all who would not come up
to their standard of sectionalisn, the
truth and the right, as expounded by
the democrats, have made Roadway in
quarters where there has heretofore
heen nothing but Indifference OF hostll-
ity.
Let Us point out a few of the saluta-
~ consequences of this state of things
to the democratic party as disclosed by
the votes of Saturday last on the resolu-
tions of Mr.. Dunn, the resolution of Mr..
Fuller, and the resolution of Mr.. Mea-
cham. In looking over those votes, we
discover that the democratic party, on
the question of the restoration of the
Missouri Compromise, and in reference
to the principles of the Kansas and Ne
braska bill, have secured some very dis
tinguished accessions. Among these
are the following:
The Hon. H. NJ. Fuller of P~ennsylva-
ka man, who consulted with the repub-
Jicans in reference to the organization of
the House, and showed his faith in the
majority, and in the justice of the meas
of the majority, by recording his
vote in favor of Mr.. Pennington for
Speaker-the same who now steadily
supports Mr.. Banks, the representative
of the strongest anti slavery district in
the Union;-we now claim Mr.. Fuller
as opposed to the restoration OF the Mis-
souri, Compromise, as opposed TO any
agitation ofthc slavery question,
as opposed to the doctrine of hostility
to the admission of any new State with
in its constitution, and as bold
ly in favor of the principles of the Ne
braska Kansas bill. This, then, is our
first trophy.
The next is the Hon. W. Walk, of
New York, who went so far as to write
letter in which he declared himself in
favor of the restoration of the Missouri
line, and against the Nebraska bill, but
who now co-operates with the national
men in Congress and against the fusion
party. The next two are Messrs. Brown
and Millward, anti Nebraska Know No
elected from Pennsylvania, who
voted against Mr.. Dunn's resolution de-
handing the election of Speaker in IA
of restoring the Missouri Comprom-
Use, and also against the resolution de-
.naDding that restoration as necessary to
bring about peace to this country, and
who have supported Mr.. Fuller since
MS avowal in favor of the principles of
The Nebraska-K Kansas bill.
The next is Mr.: Haven, of New York,
as one of the opponents of
he Nebraska bill in the last Congress,
Who voted against the resolution of Mr..
Dunn demanding an election of a Speak
n who was in favor of the restoration of
he Missouri line, and who also support
ID the resolution of Mr.. Fuller declar-
an agitation on the question of slave-
y, in or out of Cnpgress, unwise, unjust
u u pOTIiOu OI Tue AIHcFlcdE peOplc, H.
urious to every section of the country,
md therefore should not be countenan-
ed.
The next is Hon. John Wheeler, of
Jew York, who voted as Mr.. Haven vo-
ed, and whose opposition to the Ne
raska bill in the late Congress need
OF be enlarged upon.
The Hon. John Williams, of New
Cork, claimed as an anti Nebraska man
efore the meeting of the present Con-
ress, but who proves to be a sterling
%ational democrat, enrolled his name
18th the democracy on every vote on :
Ir. Dunn's resolutions. Mr.. Cullen, of
delaware, also claimed as q member of
he anti-Nebraska party, was found in
national column on the same day.
o this list may be added Mr.. Bayard ]
lark, also chosen as an anti-Nebraska
-merican, and the Hon. Mr.. Whitney,
T the same State, set down in the same }
olumn before the meeting of Congress. i
Here are ten accessions to tho princi- 6
les of the Nebraska bill ten new cp-
of the restoration of the Mis-
'uri Unequal to a change of twenty =
embers since the first of December
very fair eight weeks work. =