The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-12-24
BLACK REPUBLICANS VOTING FOF
MR. GILMER.

The House of Represen tatives voted twice on
Friday the 10th, for Speaker, being the seventh
and eighth ballots. The vote on the seventh bal
lot follows:
Mr. Sherman, Black Republican, SO votes; Mr
Bocock, national Democrat, Sc; Mr. Gimer, South
era (?) Oppostionst, 36; scattering g.
Messrs Branch, Craige, Rufin and Winslow
voted for Mr. Bocock. Messrs Leach, Vance and
Smith voted for Mr. Gmer, together with the
bulk of Southern Know Nothings, and the follow
ing black Republicans Messrs Campbell, Hale,
Junkin, Morris, Schwartz, Scranton, Morehead,
Stevens, Mllward, Wood, Verree, Haskin, Van
Wyck, Pennington and Nixon.
Mr. Gimer then rose and withdrew his name,
and returned his thanks first to his Southern friends
and then to the Black Republicans for their sup
port. Turning to the black Republicans he said:
81 must also say that feel in no less degree COM
plimented by the votes Of gentlemen with whom
very much disagree on great political point"
He felt ''complimentcd" by the votes of men who
would put the torch to our dwellings and the knife
to our throats!
Mr. Gilmer then nominated Mr. Botelar, of Va,
and the House proceeded to the eighth ballot, as
follows:
Mr. Sherman, black Republican, Ill; Mr. Bocock,
national Democrat 49, Mr. Botelar, Southern OPP
postionist, 25. The black Republicans who had
voted for Mr. Gilmer, could not cote for Botelor,
but returned to Mr. Sherman, increasing his vote
from o6 to Ill. Henry Winter Davis, the blood
stained representative from Baltimore, voted on
this ballot for Mr. Gilmer.-,Standard.
And the Wilmington Journal, on the same sub
Ject, says:
''On Friday Mr. Gilmer received some thirtysix
votes, in which were, of course, included
thing like thirteen Black Republicans, in which cat
egory we place the anti Lecomptons, Hickman, of
Pa and Haskins of n. Y both of whom had al
raadv voted for Sherman mr. 1i,t. tho
announcement Of the vote, Mr. Gilmer declined, and
nominated Mr. Boteer of Virginia, and then the
vote for the South American candidate fell instant.
ly to the point it had reached all along-some %
votes. At this next VOTE Mr. Gilmcr returned the
compliment which had been paid to him, and voted
for one of the " Northern Opposition" meaning
thereby Black Republican.
OF course, every Democrat saw that this move
ment was simply ruse, to place the Democrats in
false position, and either compel them to cooper
ate with Black Republicans, or throw upon them
the responsibility of defeating the election of a
speaker 1t is worthy of remark, that Immediately
on Mr. Gilmers getting such large vote he rctir-
ed and even if the Democrats could have been
persuaded into voting for him, they had no further
chance. Then Mr. Boteler got the old South
American strength, and things wenton as they had
done. / he trick Is too transparent; it is like
good many other things Of Mr. Gilmer's concocton
49, j
meeting in Guilord but like his clar-trap canvas
Of the State, it becomes rd;culousIy transparent
when subjected to the scrutiny Of intelligent men
in the view Of honorable men, it is something
worse.
MIR Gilmer need not have been quite 50 scarey
He and his Republican friends might have played
out their game more fully if they had chosen and
not made 50 hasty and undignifed Il retreat for we
assured that, no matter how often the chance had
been presented to them the Democrats would have
permitted themselves to have been roped in by no
such baIe-taced coalition.
No South Amcrcan-nOt one-not the first one |
has cast even a complimentary vote for Demo-
crat during the whole present session of Congress,
and yet Democrats, outnumbering these South
Americans more than four one. were expected |
to go with thirteen Black Republicans to elect |
John A. Gilmer, about the only man South of
Mason Dixon's line, with the exception of Davis |
and Harris, of Maryland that co"id get Abolition
votes. What sort Of compliment to Mr. Gilmer is
implied by this Abolition confidence let Southern
men judge.