The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-02-06
REMARKS OF MR.. Ryss, OF WAKE,
IN THE HOUSE, ON YESTERDAY, ON
a pRIVILEGED OIIESTIoN

REMARKS OF MR.. RySS, OF WAKE,
IN THE HOUSE, ON YESTERDAY, ON I
A PRIVILEGED QUESTION.
MIR SPEAKER: rise sir, to privileged |
question and desire the Clerk to do me the |
favor to read the article in the North-C Caro-
lima Standard of the oath Dec. 1866, which |
statements have never been denied.
Mr.. Speaker, you will probably recollect,
and this House will recollect, that on the |
day of election for Senator of the United
States, l put in nomination and made q
speech proposing the claims of the Hon.
John Pool, for that distinguished position ;
before did so, however, / had an interview
with that gentleman and learned, as I sup
posed, his real feelings and opinions in ref
erence to the "Howard amendment and
other kindred subjects.
approached him frankly and cordially,
as always do warm personal and politi-
cal friend. told Mr.. Pool that was glad
to meet up with him,-that had called at
his room several times, but found him abb
sent. I said to him that wanted to vote
for him, and if you are opposed to the
Howard amendment" will do SO, and
think you will ultimately be elected. told
vote for any living man who was for it, or
for anything like it, but that rumor was bu-
sy against him. He laid one or both of his
hands upon my shoulder and said In sub
stance, that he "was glad to have an oppor-
tunity of setting himself right, and declared
that he was as much opposed to the How
ard amendment as could be, and was glad
to know that he and I occupied the same
ground" expressed myself satisfied, where
upon, he asked me to nominate him did
so I spoke and voted for him every ballot,
and would have done so until Gabriel had
blown )" for if there is any distinguished
trait in my character it is to stand firmly by
my principles and my friends. I told the
people of Wake in the late canvass thatl
would not vote for the Howard amend
ment" or for any man who was for it or for
thing like it.
Then Mr.. Speaker, the sequel shows that
I was wofully deceived, and that too, by one
that regarded as fast personal and polit-
ical friend,-the Hon. John Pool. / regret to
have to say this, but tbs true, sir, and l
feel that it is my privilege and my duty to
ask pardon of this House for the statements
I made and the votes gave on that occas-
ion. feel, sir, that it is my duty to ask
pardon of my two colleagues upon this floor,
whom deceived and misled in that matter,
and above all, Mr.. Speaker, 1 feel that I owe
it to my constituents, the good, the intelli-
gent, the honest, the confding, the patriotic
freemen of Wake County, whom l have the
honor in part to represent upon this floor, to
declare that regret that vote more than
any political act of my life-and but for the
deception practiced upon me-should have
been the last man to have given 1t.
Mr. Speaker, my resolutions in references
to the loyalty of the people of this State, my
votes, my whole Legislative record shows
that was imposed upon. 1 feel, sir, in my
heart that they will forgive me-for have
represented this people for a long time. l
hsve never deceived them-I have never
told them an untruth and never will. They
have given me as high as 100 majority
against the most formidable opposition, and
am here to-day, sir, because they have con-
| fidence in my integrity andmy political hon
| esty. am Union man to-day, and this,
sir, is the best evidence of the loyalty of my
people, for nearly all of them voted for me.
l can truthfully say, there has not been a
day or an hour since the first gun was fred
| at Fort Sumpter, since the attempted seces-
sion of North Carolina up to the surrender
of Generals Lee and johnson, that / would
not gladly have returned to the government
we attempted to leave but / want it dis
tinctly understood, sir, that am no uncondi-
tional Union man, Gin the present acceptation
| of that term.) was not Union man in
'61-'2-'3 and a, for the purpose of disfran-
chising white men and lenfranchising black
men. detest white man with negro prin
ciples, at all times, and have no sympathy
with, or respect for the abandoned white
wretch, who will Voluntarily enter a respect
able negro meeting and by resolution ask tt
be made their equal by the Congress of the
United States.
Mr.. Speaker, I declined being candidate
in 1851 for the Convention, because coulC
not and would not vote for the Ordinance o
secession. also declined being candid
ate for the late Convention, after my friends
had presented my name, for the reason tina
I knew that we should be required to re
| joice and be exceedingly glad, that we were
robbed of our property and, sir, my notions
OF honesty would not allow me to endors'
and sanction the theft-the indiscriminat'
theft, which has been perpetrated upon thu
people.
| Mr.. Speaker. have always hated seces
sion, the doctrine of secession, mot the hon
est secessionist) as I do the Devil in hell
but sir, candor compels me to say, there il
nothing comparable on earth or in hell te
rampant Radicalism, North and South.
A RemOnstrance Against the Confirm
alton of Senator COwan.
The following remonstrance was yesterda.
sent to the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations
We, the undersigned, Representatives in