Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-05-24

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both IN the same fix!
/ charged him with having voted to
tax tea and coffee. He believes be has not
votsd 70 taxieither. III have the evidence
here Of The Journal Of ths House Of Rep
resentatiyes TO prove tlatphe did.
Nr. Goggin. ! do npt5thfnk i will
slowsit. a u
Mr.. Letcher. Well. Ilthipk itwill.--l
II You viii lookat The journal, for f84i,l
you viii find an engrbsaed Bill, No. f2. I
entitled '.AH act in relation 10 duties and
drawbacks. My friend voted for its pass
sage. and for its engrossmelt. ! have the
original biilfin my hand. Il
AYoice. That was partof your busi-1
ness in Washington, s .Is
Mr., Lercher. Well, Iii doait matter
whether it was or not. Here is the BILL
{ Reads the bill including tea and coffee
and tile vote Of Mr. Goggin.l IhaFe nd
idea and ddsnot wish 10 ne understood AS
charging hat my. Competitor stated it,
believing al the same fine. that it was
notso sbutI believe il was entire forget.
fulness Of his course on the subject.
The nextIpoint Of objection io51ne isl
that when the1contest WIS going on for
the Speakership of las Hoase Of Repre-.
sentaiiyes of tbsr34sh Congress. I sub
mitted pFopositionto refer the matter tos
Messrs. Orr, Fuller and Banks. TO decide
and fix upon a choice Of fame one of, the
three to fill 1he Office, Well. admitting
that / did how was it Hi the House al
the time? We had tried every way for six.
weeks and could notaccdmplish the De-
sired result. and seeing That the session
was fast gliding away aud the work Of the
Government left undonR. made the
propositionsalluded 70, as ii possible mode
Of bringing matters to q decision. Mr..
Orr, Of South Carolina. now Speaker Of
the House, was one of Tile men selected. I
Fuller, of New York, WAS the pext, and
he had always been considered a oonsetv--
atiye man, while he was The candidate Of
the South Americans for the Office Of
Speaker.
Now, If lie was trustworthy, here were
certainly two that would be safe and Re
liable Is SO that It'll was impossible that
Banks could have come up as Speaker By
their procurement or appointment !; and
iftthe proposition fsiled. We would only
have been where ne were before. As
much TO lhe condemned A. ny friend
seems to think title proposition was only
beaten by nine votes. Applause. fis
holds me. responsible for The election d
Banks. q did not even vote for the plu.
rality rule | voted against II. Now.
here is what said on the subject IN the
discussion at the time, just before The
election Of Banks was forced on the Holss
by the small minority OF my opponent !
political friends
t't have been opposed from the first 70
the last to the adoption Of the plurality
rule ! regard j as p question INVOLVING
principle ; and so regarding i, Il eau
never receive mr. favor 81 SUPPORT ID this
House, The Southern portions Of this
country rs in amipority here in the House
Of Representatives, and n Q. minority q
the other wing OF the Capitol /; and one
of the greatest securities which We have
for the South Is the reauisiIion on the
part Of those elements y hieh make pp
| North. that they shall be required TO conn
Ibine, either for the pnrppse Of organizs
Ifit.n. here Of for the purpose oforganizie
ton ~ the other wing af the Capitol - =
RegardFhg i ~ TINS view and looking
At the pfesent ststelot the elements which
are fonaa N thts House. cannot reeogr