Year: 1860

xpJ thn,, an express approval on my part of the in dlvlduai who may be selected. renea, that am not to be transferred by my de mocratlc associates on this floor. to the snn port ol any gentleman whatever. excent myseI nave controlling voice in his seIec. tlon' so lar at least as my own vote is con. cerned wv ID oon

 MT; hlLL. l will not say to the gentle. man that the whole House could not transfe, me.

 MT. HlNDMAN. The gentleman from Georgia will allow me moment. mean to say this: 1 will only be party to tbe proposition of my colleaeue with this m derstandlng. It is not for the body of the democratlc party to say for what individual l. oelng democrat, shall vote I will be iei' iree to judge for myself in all such mat ters' w henever the name of an opposi- ,ioh member be presented, whether he be know nothing or antiLecompton democrat Will determine, upon my own exclusive authority, whether 1 will vote for him ar not, will not defer my own judgment. uhuer such circumstances. to that of any huinoer of democrats in this House.

 NIT. NOELL. l wish to say just this Tn reply to the gentleman from Arkansas that l have such an abiding confidence in the majority of the democratic partv with which act, that I am perfectly willing to leave It to their determination to designate Tor whom shall vote in this contingency TOT the organization of the House. And I Will say further, that have such perfect cohndence m every member of the demo- cratic organization in this House, now as- ,Saclated with me- that am willing. at any moment to vote for any one of them who may be selected by the other side.

 NIT. COX. l will remark, in reply to the gentleman-

 MT. MORRIS, of Illinois. I yielded to the gentleman from Arkansas, (Mr Rust, to make proposition which might result Tn ballot for Speaker, but I expressly stated to the gentleman from Arkansas that would not yield for the purpose of going into general discussion.

 Mr. RUST. Very well; will not now undertake to reply to my colleague, or the gentleman from Georgia.

 MT. COX. Will the gentleman yield to me for a moment?

 Mir. RUST. cannot. Ihold the floor by the courtesy of the gentleman from Illi- nois.

 Mir. COX. Will the gentleman from Illinois allow me to say a single word?

 Mr. MORRIS, of Illinois. Oh, yes; go on

 MT. COX. I wish to make brief ex- planatlon of the remark l made minute / ago Tn reply to the gentleman from Arkan- sas do not recognize the right of any one to transfer my vote for any man for Speaker who does not belong to my own party organization. 1 will vote for any anti Lecompton democrat who may be se- lected, because 1 believe there is close affinity between his sentiments and my own But so far voting for any south ern American or southern oppositionist is concerned, l cannot do 1t, and answer to my conscience or to my constituents. My reason is this

 MT. RUST. l cannot yield the floor for the gentleman to make speech.

 Mir. COX. One word more I say I will not vote for a member of that party, not only because their doctrines are diame- trlcally opposed to the doctrines of the de- mocratlc party, as laid down in the Cincin- natl platform, upon the slavery question, but because they are opposed to certain rights of civil and religious liberty. l could not answer to my sconstituents if l were to give aid and comfort to any such organization.

 MT. HILL. I will say in reply to the gentleman from Ohio that myself, though protesting to have moderately good con- science, should no feel so shocked that I should want to go out of the Union, even fan antiLecompt English bill democrat Daughter should be chosen Speaker of this House.

 Mir. RUST. I do not like to interrupt ! the gentleman; but I really hope he will not trespass upon my good nature.

 MT. HILL. Oh, l will not go on very far.

 Mr. RUST But there is such an indef- nite idea here as to what is going far, that l scarcely know how to understand the gen. tleman.

 Mir. HILL. Well, I will bring the mat ter right down to definite point. l was going on to say that, regretting very much the insuperable objections of the gentleman from Ohio to the election of any member of the American party, and his determina ton not to give aid and comfort to that party, 1 say that 1 think myself and my associates can manage to get along without him; but, whether we do or not, 1t will come to this complexion at last, as 1 said the other day, that you cannot make a Speaker by propositions made upon this floor. This is not the time nor the place :. to arrange matters so as to produce such Sresult. It cannot be done here. You must do it by other means and other appliances; you will have to apply, perchance, some means that may reach even the gentleman from Ohio, (Mr. Cox, and induce him to come in and assist in the organization. l shall not insist that he shall be brought up 1 to the rack and made to vote for know nothing.

 Mr COX. What does the gentleman refer to, when he speaks of means of reach ing certain members of this House?

 Mr. HILL. mean persuasion; persua- sion, sir (Laughter)

 Mr. COX. Moral suasion, I suppose

 Mr. HILL. Certainly; moral suasion.

 Mr. HARDEMAN. l would have re- sponded to the proposition of the gentle man from Arkansas at the time it was made the other day, if had understood him to make his proposition by authority; but 1t was not so made, as the gentleman has since stated But say to that gentleman, that as far as 1 am concerned, l am will ling, and have been fir m the first day of the session. to organize this House upon con sssvative basis; and 1 say to him now, and to every member of the House, that l am willing to vote for any conservative man in opposition to the republican party. care not to what party he belongs, for, l think, in time like this, we are called upon to rise above party for the good of the coun- try. Applause in the galleries ) l do <not speak for anybody but myself; and, sir, for one, am willing to unite with any par ty that will place us in the way of electing a conservative man to the Speadership of this House.

 Mir. HILL. One word to my friend Will you vote for any gentleman who feels that you are unworthy of his support? , Nr ApDEMAN do not haliave