New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-22
NEW. YORK DAuN TRBUNE T1ESn,: JANUARY q, 1856

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in our pr,ssp. contest for Speaker. or they are hodin
an 40 The pllaSe, hia platform. including the oiioa
18th Section. as tie s1nes Of faith to which ever
American must subscribe 81 be prescribed. III
f0uer taxing into consideration Ge general ,oh,. 0
! Re Ntw-loik City Pres. | can weH understand bu
that the Councils in my District for che lsth Sec
| ten" | do not believe.
very In 'ef review Of our contest il appear e
ne viii convince any Anii-Nebrasha An ,ilcan thai
| wa bound by ty6Sy consideration of good faith and
! cuu mon hon.rty to vote for y. T. Banks At th,
very commencement Of ;be session. before i;
pTcty apparent that tn prestige Of the JAig party
wa gone hAd no one was 10 make ina, e.
N oIgsL;Ling the House. .be Administration. hy
their party caucu adopted r,'eo'utions approving Oi
TIE passage of the Ksnsas and ~ TaSka bi and de-
bggnCing in no moderate terms, 'he hno% Nothing
paliy TIE Southern AI.s,cans Il, I'D upon the same
cruiud precisely in regard To kansav and Nebraska,
ard proc ain.ed tLrou h Marshall ana tOx that they
would vute for no mau who was not urrusiheiy in
favor II the f2th section, snd tr leaving the SEes
lien Of slavery IN Kansas Just where me hansts sad
NebIaska bill left il; that Is, to be scttd b, cesPra-
Coes aud rufiian from Missouri. they might choo
Now, submit Ia any man m my D.-tnct, roatever
may have been his political antetedents, Wsether
C-ud for moment act with either OF those pertieS
without met gross and pspsbc violation ~ the
wishes of my District. and proving traitor ana FesTe-
ant tU TIE principles Of every true Northern man. and
without giving the lie to principles which proclaimed
publicly aud privately during the preceding
INV election, and which have not ia any instance dis
gui,od Since II by placing myself unhesitat-
il .ly upon the Anti-N braska platform that was
u, minated. and il by my constituents believing
me true upon that issue and upon Americsnism
hiued, that was selected To represent you. What
ever may be the consequences, shall not betrsy the
confidence that reposed in ne. or ignore any
principle ~ Anti-Nebraska American in my action,
while NJ, mbcr of this Congress. If any portion Of
my constituents have rcccdd from the above principles,
can orJ regret il; but must be permitted 10 say that
not for al the patronage OF the City or state OF New
York will abandon PRINCIPLES which have always
maintained or give any yec that Is acuated to tas-
ten Slavery upon Kansas Next after the two parties
which have named was the Ant-N, braska Members,
nearly al .f whom are also identified with the Amer
can party For the first four days these votes were
given according to their personal preferences.
1t finally discovered that men of al parties who
were opposed to the breaking up of the Missouri Coz
iicn must unite upon some ose who would
represent the Anti-Nobraska and American
sentiment Of the lIousc in turn voted for Fuier,
Campbell Of Ohio and Pennington. AFTER had
leaned that Fuller wholly abandoned the Anti-Ne.
hraska platform upon which he r0s cccfcd, aud acid
the identical position of Richardson Co. in regard
TO the issues before u, felt that had ulwttipgly
voted for Que who could not be ind0rsed 10y any Nor
them man. and then voted for Pennington until it be-
ceuo evident that the only man whom we could elect
WI. Y. 7. Banks. Every Northern man. with som, some
six eight Illuminating exceptions, thought ana dd as
did; and we have not yet had any good reason pre-
sencd TO IL. for acting differently. Mr.. Bank ii bls
position and principles were well known, certainly
cannot be Objectionable TO any Amo rican north of tho
slavery mniS nc IL Hl .;..nI ~ Ia
a. INN an American ana more .ihensg III 20 H.
ChaIE' ~ 1ul'' vi cp, r.s.syror ,n;sycrro
Vv - Wv 80 o'br,,i.e anv fiiend of mine ha, CON
9I = ,,o,non. IA, he j. an AboI;tinnsf ar
liz A.; sio i; L;s y;evrs let me assure him that
$3.50 800 80 ;,nrc ,r;.;rdocd He Is conservative
w ,i'", "us l tIJ H. H. olot.J His ominiatrs
t ~ nia n.iT ha corJrcIeJ in manner that
ll9 !n ne wiz oo oa,;C al nopes exccnt
VIE our % az, ~ Sarcry ~ fbe s6le
Me- &c lo@stion that bcttcr Sneaker for
h3 aa,r'rc, conI5 pnt have been named. The
Corrci's Iond nor foroet that il was Banks who 80
gsIentl 'ed The American forces in the last Congress
nd II at lu,inc tLc late canvas. measurements nc
c,;wcd and defended himself IA an Anti-Nebraska
hm.,;ran He is now member Of the Order IN
nnn5 ,and;nr y, home. Thus much for his Ameri-
esn;sr,
,b;nL understand how the impression has Obtained
:, New-York that all who have voted for him have
cone over TO the Black Republicans H. they called
by such Americans "a Walker of Alabama and Cox OF
Keuiucky The reporters of the Ncw-York Press have
persisted in calling Va Republicans, when the fact
J. that of the lO7 who have voted for Bank, not more
than from 30 TO 40 have ever had any connection
whatever with that party, ana on Tue contrary htse
,o,a,ts NJ ibef norfy durjno our late elections.