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all kinds of country produce such aa Wheat, Gate,
Beana, Batter. Eggs, Cheese.Driod Fruits, fee, at Ibe
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l l -l ia the next GU
days, Ik Largest and Best Selected Stock of
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save years' experienoe, we are enabled toseleot good
and areiMnado uiaeliinos. snited to the wants of far
mers, and having, as we now do, direct from Ike man
ufacturert, we can and fill sell for cash, at rata
ikmt i ' competition. Below, we append a partial
.. wesl maeninee i --.,
IJZAPERS AND MOWERS,
ISewTork Reaper (California Giant) and New
York Coasiszn Kkapf-r and Mowik. with impor
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rive machinesAut 6 to 71 feet, and capable of cutting
from 16 t X " per day. Over 800 in nee o this
eowd -&Md for our newly Illustrated and descrip
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' Jisteriy't Combined Reaper nud Mower
Improved i nolo writ marfe.c.nts 5 to 6 feet. Is eatily
and quiekly aijntUi to cut stubble high or lorn (can
est 18 to SO hwties high) driving wheels large aud
high, and gearing simple. This machine does not clog
utt will work oooa very rongk, itony ground, owr
Head furrow, and in all kinds of grain both sr-W mi
alr Uited and taitfrhi. Is vmnrpatted for hfht--e.'
-i ?-j fvnm Midi draught, convenience
'Ad tkoroulknm of work, and with only oneipanof
i in iLvanum is to It) acres per any. in
I hot. It is ow (lie ne pint ultra of 'J-horse combined
oCosmlek't Combined Reaper and Mower,
.a. of the new pawnt, eutirely dillerent from
lue o d t le. Very su ong aim or f
''Ohio " the Improved ...
CKEYE." This is iihnfld or all a-wneeioo
nsitcl-". and the principal onjeeuom nereioiore nrg
'da "St that class of Keapers are now removed, n
It IsBr-J ad durably made and will work on rovgk
rrnndi has a ikkle intlrad of a knife for reaping,
JnTa" noort for outer end of reel. Cuts 6 feet a. a
Br -r and 4 feet 8 inches as a Mower.
i y Reaper and Mower.
kaioet' lllinoia Headers.
MOWERS.
Ball's "Ohio." the Improved 1- , , .
"BUCKEYE" n splendid niachine, S driving
WMofly Stark and Bay State-S driviny wheels;
Ketckam's Iron Mower-strong, nnd suitable
for ronrk land and "Uunch Grass," but for ordinary
use not as desirable as the S-wheeled mowers.
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W'.isifc(iiciln Oregon and Washington for
the ".HSrWs uCkKALO TIlBKSIIKlt,
from 4to-laorse power, band nud geared, both of the
'7!r a -T..,ii ,,.r,. with the Patist CuANia,
which -eea theii far ahead of all other machines
T1ms jraabera are gotten np txpreuiy u r ora.r,
and
SSrflMjr, wen maac.
r-riT?SK POWERS.
Vr '"'OUIILE PINION AND PLANET POW-Kiir-
iAi ttota 4 to 10 horse.
, i ,,,!. iSxtrtui.
Tr..f' it we have kent only a small supply of
14 Extras, o it widow im. ri.
11 V ' worth of extras, comprising duplicate parta most liKe--'
--l tn wear of all our leading Tkreektrt-and hraptn.
V "wl. V large stock V HK'KLE 8KCTI0NS.
Ultras, b it wa now have soon to arrive over .)."v
ti Pa.ia.Jr altlention called io this aepartineui,
HARVESTING TOOLS,
l' Such a. drain Cradles. Mowing 8fytr.es, llevolving
Hows i n, fcctoirellier with a full llwuf A'"
ciltnral Hoadt, consisting in part ot Rubber Ma
h bi.. ag of all widths.
Plow, assorted sixes and kiuds. Cultivators,
. Horee. hit, Ox Yokee and Ban, Cknrne, IU.W
Treet Beed-6omrt, OrindStonei, etc. Also, fresh
, Cirl:a. flrass, and Field Seeds.
iSf" We are prepared to fnmlfli, nt two weeks' no
' tlca throogh onr hou in San Franciai, any style of
maohin in that market not kept by us, tnat may oe
defTrml.atS.H Trl frier, frUgbt added.
" tr Orders from the npper Colnmbin. or other re
mote districts, accompanied will; CASH, HI led at as
low rates as if tie parties were here, and puius taken
to pack gooda iaenreiy nun sungiy ir ..nr...B.
jOall and see ns before purchasing elsewhere, as
w U not be undersold.
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April4,m-3iii5
Portland, Oregon.
C'JCIIEYE MOWER!
" TO rAHMEUH.
nrt -lik nut lumltdence offer the Buckeye Ma-
Y ' for this reason : knowing it to be superior
to-an most for sale, and that it will sustain tin rvp
natio a ha made for the pl three yeara in surpass
i -- . M sinw.v in tl,n fnllowinv reeneelBi
la-:7 i ... n,.,in , much strnntrer. and more dnra-
' hie i will run. lighter; cuts much closer with greater
ease to the team, ami no side draught.
uf. iiriiii tw.ntv funnel, to ear that the lluck
eyeis superior to auv oilier mower.to'one who can be
fonnd prrjndiecd against it. . ....
The Bnckeve mower, are of two sites, coUing four
feet, and four feet eight inches.
K.J Bucko e as a Reaper.
The Important advantages which belong to the
Huckeve as a Mower are reiuincd in the Reaper, and
it can be used either as a .Mower or a neaper oj
L. !,. nlalfnrm Slllt n-fll.
Though importing largely of them, we have been
L-i- . ...... ... nnnlv Inn demand.
Dipl., iw -v w-rr.- ,., .
They are better adapted to the wants or California
...l r i,,.n hm.n thai anv olher combinel machine
i. .11 ..tuni iiulf toeverv surface of ground
will ' r, and will deliver Its grain easier and
batlt m any other renper. The reaper s seat is di
rectly aw the axle of the machine ins-ad of heiog on
the t .J, wnera u anus giran; m
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IIOlhK OC KKI'Kl.hKJiTATlVKS, IKUIU
AIU' 18, 18(14.
Aa the KeprnientHtivo nf a people who in
itiy cleolinn disrognnlvd nil partienn Issues, I
took my scat upon this lluor with an earnest
wish to imitate their sacrifice of nnlitioal mbo.
cintiotis unj to work eurnestlj' ana heartily with
those whose purpose was to vindicate the im
periled integrity of the nation and compel nb
dienoa to its legitimate nuthority.
f!omiii from the shores of the Puoifio, from
among a people many of whom know hy expo
rienoa the Incnnveuienoe and the aeuic of help-
lesaneaa to which a want of the protection ol
the national ensign consigned them, I speak
for them ami tlieir devotiou to the integrity of
the Union with aomething of lha feeling that
is Bnppnsttd to ha peouliar to thoae who have
sullered from the oppressions nf other Govern
ments and have at Inst limnil protection ana a
noma beneath the folds of onr own banner.
In early vouth. after a weary journey nf two
thoniaud miles from the border of civilization
in the valley of the Miseiaeinpi. I found mysell
on the banks of the Columbia, within hearing
of the rour of the great oocan into which it
falls, in the midst of a wilderness of mountain
and solitude, with only handful of brave but
hardy pioneers to whom 1 oould appeal for pro
tection and a home. The ownership of the
country was undetermined ; tho value and re
sources ol it were unknown t the subjects of
the British Crown exoeeded in number the res
idents who wore American citizens, nnd the
majesty of national authority was unfelt and
unknown.
I often heard, sir. in those days of onr young
State's early history, Iho Amorioan cltinen ex
press Hi Dope tnat tne oay nugni soon cows
when we enulil hoist the flair of freedom above
our homes again and enjoy its blessings and
protection. And when a toil-worn emigrant
arrived from the fur-off land which we still
loved to oall home, and brought a tattered news
paper to the friend who preceded bim. its soiled
pages were eagerly scunned to know if yet the
vexed question of boundary had been settled,
or whether we still must invoke iu vain the
rights of American citizenship. The painful
disappointment, the deep expressions of regret
and despair which were common around me aa
year by year passed away and we were icit
without notico and without aid or protection
from tho home Government, loft an impression
nnon mv heart of the passionate devotion of
an American citizen to tho flag and institutions
of his oouutry which I shall ever reinemlior
with the pride of one who believes that devo
tion. to be not only Jost but honorable. And,
sir, when after years of longing and impstionoe
the nens came that the title to the domain
where onr weak and scattered settlements
were located was confirmed to the American
Government a thrill of patriotic iny ran through
out their length ; and when, on the 3d of March,
IM9, the littlo ship that bore him to our snores
landed the Governor appointed by the Presi
dent at Oregon City, and his proclamation an
nouncing that tho laws of the United rotates
wore extended over tho country for its protec
tion was issned, none hut those wtio witnessed
the feeling that it invoked and the demonstra
tions which greeted it can realize the joy that
pervaded tlie community at again neing ne
ueath tlie protecting care 01 tne parent uovern
mont. , I allude to this nart of the history of our
State to show how early and anient lias ueen
the attachment of its citizens to the central
Government, and when, in the height of its
nrosporty we felt not only ite want of care but
Its coitl and cruel neglect, the nrsi exnioiuou
of a sense of justice toward us was met hy dem
onstrations of gratitude and affection which
showed how deep a hold tho love of our com
mon country had upon tlie hearts or our peo
ple. And the patriotism whioil they evinced
then tliev cherish now : no trick of politics ur
device of traitors can draw them away from
the shrine of the Uuion nud their devotion to
Ihe Constitution of the Republiov That dream
of expiring .treason, tlie establishment of a
ucilio republic, tliouch fur Ionic years cherished
iu secret as part of :he plau to make teasiblo a
southern confederacy, had no charm to alluro
tho people from their firm allegiance.
Though the Uvmoorntio party hru, np to tne
ncunlioo of this rebellion, a luojurity consist
ing of almost two to one of the votes of tho
State witli it, nnd the chosen leader of it had
been long the recipient of the confidence and
highest honors of the people of the State, and
in tho interest of his treasonable party as
sociation forgot his own allegiance, yet nil
these influences failed to drag tlie people of our
State from tho lofty height of patriotio duty
With every reason that partisan association
and prejudices oould devise to seduce thoitl
from the path of patriotism they stood fast and
true, aud I stand here to-day to ex pre s my
gratitude to the thousands of patriotio Demo
crats who, in delianco of Ihe influences that
had demoralized their party in tlie interests of
secession and placed its organizatinu in the
hands uf its fiiemls and sympathizers in the
Pacific States, nobly rallied to the sido of the
constituted authorities and have been their
firm ud unwavering supporters through all the
storm and doubt of this fierce rebellion.
With these facts illustrating the Unionism nf
the masses in tho State from which I oome aud
perhaps from the locality, more than anything
else, tueling less interest in those nnrstimis, the
decision of which in favor of Ihe North by the
presidential election of 1800 furnished the pre
text for this rebellion and having no bitterness
to revenge upon political enemies, I repeat, sir,
I came here witli an Honest uesiro una an ear
nest oornoso to co-onernlo with men nf all pnr
ties in aidiu? to restore the authority nf the
Government, and, I might add, with the belief
that among all parties In this great and glori
ous work the Government would lind friends.
A few months, however, sir. passed in the
States npon this side of the continent prior to
the opening of the present session of Congress
dispelled that hope and belief which I had so
ardently cherished, aud I found myself com
pelled to choose between two parties upon this
lloor. as clearly defined in principle and pur
pose and as antagonistic to each other at two
political parties can ne nnaer tne sntne uovern
ment and yet maintain the publio peace.
I find, it is true, some gentlemen upon the
other side of the House who evioco occasion
ally both hy voice and vote an earnest purpose
to aid the constituted authorities In maintaining
the integrity of the Republic, but 1 regret to
say that they seem too low in numbers aud in
fluence to materially affect the action of their
party ; and I have yet to near tlie boast or lost
wiuter on this floor that the Democratic party,
arrayed against the Administration, was a "wur
party," or nas any longer any sucu pretensious
As a Union man, therefore, representing i
thoroughly loyal Uuion constituency, 1 could
Dud no oilier menus upon vt uora i oouiu anteiy
relv to houeatly labor for the restoratiou of the
national authority than those with whom it has
been my pleasure and honor to ace
The pretense nnon which the Democratic
party earriod the election a year ago, that they
were for a more vigorous prosecution of the
war. seems now no lunger insisted upon, and
even those who thus succeeded ou a belligerent
platform are to-day nudorstnod to he aa fully
lodoctriuatcd with the "peace principles" that
Emposo to disarm Ibis wicked rebellion of Its
lowly purpose hy some scheme of concession
to us guilty authors as the Known champion ni
southern interests, Mr. Vallaudi0'liaiu himself.
But I do not make this charge upon that
patty upon the basis of its action during tlie
past summer only. 1 go further, and affirm
that from the time it drove men like Johnson
of Tennessee, Holt, uf Kentnckv, Dickinson
and Cochrane, of New York, Conness, of Cal
ifornia. and Noell, of Missouri, and ruea like
them, outside tbe pale of its organization, it
has been an anti-war party, and a substantial
ally of this lufatuoss aud treasonable reMhou
SALEM,
which soekj to destroy tlio bust Government
thut human wisdom ever devised.
Tbo fnet t!'t such men, tho soundness of
whose partisan opinions was never iuipenehed,
were compelled to renounce their Associations,
is sufficient, evidence of the real animus of the
organization, but the development of the Inst
year ure sufficient to establish from their own
declarations that the charge which I have made
against them is as disgraceful ns it is true.
Why, sir. turn to tho journals or tins body at
its last session. -, On the J 9th duy of Deoeuv
ber,. 1802, tbo hill making appropriations for
tbo Army was voted npon ; and you will find
that of tho forty-eight members upon that side
of tho House voting that day only ton recorded
their votes in ravor of the passage ol me mil.
Thirty five absented thoiuselvos at roll-call,
and three, with a manly boldness, which is an
honor to their siuoerity though littlo to their
patriotism,1 voted against the villi 1 There, sir,
stands their record on the practical question of
pay aud supplies fur the gallant armiu that,
were theu fighting to maiutaiu the limor of the
Kepiihlio, and whose wounds yet bleeding and
fresh from the terrible slaughter of Fredericks
burg found neither comfort nor aid at the hands
of their Domocratio brothers iu this Houso,
who had in many cases urged them to volun
teer and go into the war so long as It was hoped
that suoh a oonrso would tnnke McClellan Pres
ident, and who utterly forsook them soon aa
they found that their political expectations from
the Army were not to be realized. And to
show the Inconsistency of those who oppose
the Government in prosecuting this war, some
of tho same gentlemen who refused to record
their votes in favor of a bill which gave wuge
and clothing and food to our brave soldiers who
were fucing the enemy in dendly conflict, have
been voting resolutions to incrcute the pay nf
tho same men at the present session. Last
rear they would havo had the Government vio
late its contract to pay them hy leaving it with
out tho menus i this year they prnpuse to pay.
them more thnn the Government agreed. This
inconsistency in action is explained hy its en
tire consistency of purpose ; by leaving them
withtmt any pay lust year they hoped to create
disaffection toward the Government; then by
telling them thut they ought to Imvo more pay
than they now get, they seek to foment disaf
fection now. To weaken and demoralize the
soldiers in the field being their purpose, this
singularly diverse action Is easily understood.
They asstiil the Government and seek to gain
possession of tlie citadel of its power in ns
many wars as tho burglar does who striving to
euter tlie houso which he proposes to rob, tries
first to break his way with sledge and bar, and
failing resorts to the milder means of a false
key, and foiled in all, rings the bell and asks
admission to tho parlor of his victim in tho
character of a gentleman 1 ' '
To prove how soon the Democratic leaders
of the country became disciples of peace after
tlie removal of General McClellan from the
command of the army of the Potomac, 1 have
but to refer to a few foots known to the coun
try us part of the. history nf the time. Even
tho onergetio member from Ohio, Mr. Cox,
who is so frequently and prominently bel'oro
the House, and who only a short time since de
liberately voted and spoke in fav ir of a reso
lution to seud oommi'sioners to Jefferson Davis
to sue for peuue, ouly oue your ago was one of
the must active fricuds of volunteering in his
seotinn of the State ; and yet, sir, strange as
it may seem, this rampant "war man" anterior
to MoClvIlan's reinovul, lapses iu a fen' revolv
ing moons into a meek advocate of an inglori
ous peace, and the warm supporter of hi late
colleague, Mr. Yallaudigham, for the office of
Governor ot the state ol Ulno. I ne conver
sion of Saul of Tarsus from the oliaraoter of a
linn persecutor of the disciples of the Prince
of Peace into that of an homble follower is
said iu his owu account to have occupied three
days, and the process was considered sudden,
although the shuck was so great as to produce
temporary loss of sight. How long the gentle
man from Ohio labored under oouviotiou before
ho rejoiced iu the light of a new life we may
not preoiaely know, but iu mercy to tbo subject
let us bono that tlie good Providence who
watched over both the anoient and modem
conversion permitted the tatter's mental vision,
less puuislimeut, to be totally obscured,
but did not allow the three day of bodily ago
ny which the apostle suffered, "sorrowiug with
out meat or driuk."
But, sir, I will leave these personal reflec
tions, and call your attention to other testi
mony. Ihe btate of Indiana lias shown by every
aot nf her patriotio people that she wo eiu-
tiiiiiiiuiiuy iq lavor oi orusuiug ine reuviiiuu
iy foroe of arms : aud tbe conclusive evidence
of that is found in the creditable fact that in
the President's various call fur troops she has
always exceeded the demands made upon her.
And yet the democratic ooinmitteo of hor Leg
islature, chosen in the very hight of the war
lever, winch swept through the northwest in
18U2, in the winter following issued au address
iu which thi quotation occurs :
1 he State possesses no power in theory or
in fact to stay tlie armies which now stand in
battle array : and though the Christian aud
humane mind uf Indiana might desire to see
the effusion of bluod prevented, it, alas ! is
powerless to stop the curnago which is hurry
ing her sons to early aud 'tlrangcr' grave."
bee tbe smooth lolds ol the secession viper
beneath Ibis ingeuious sentence. Her people
are told that their suns arc filling "stranger"
graves ; that wheu they pass heyoud the limits
uf their own State they are upon "striinger"
soil ; that though the national flag waves alike
io suprtmaoy of law over every rood of ground
that ever acknowledged the national authority.
yet when the brave defenders of that authority
march to Us defense, when treason ha torn it
from it place, they are marching npon "stran
ger" soil, and Invading tbe land of a foreign
enemy. They continue :
Ihe committee is lar from thinkinir the war
is the rightful remedy fur our national troub
les ; tiny helivcs the reverse to be true," ko.
So much for the peace organization which so
suddenly sprang into vigorous existence at the
period ol our national adversity ayearago in lb
State of Indiaua. I turn now to Connecticut,
one of tho New England Stales. The party
having coutrnl of the deiuocratio organization
in that State placed in tlie field as their candi
date for the office of Governor at lb last an
nual election a gentleman who, in a letter
which was said Io have beeu addressed by him
to a Southern rebel ns to the truth of this I
cannot speak, but Ihe authenticity of the letter
has, 1 holieve, been admitted declared that i
I abhnr the whole scheme ofttouthern in
vasion, with all it horrible consequence of ra
pine aud plonder." .
"Thousauds ot ns are beginuiuiug to sec there
can be no Uuion gnt in this way."
" 1 hose who drivo tbo car or
war at this lime have no mere idea of auving
the Union by their bloody tacrine than they
have of changing the course of nature.
In speaking of the uew lesie of that year
for luop, he characterize thou aa demand
"for the hospitals, to marshes, to uitche and
gnnhoat shambles ;" and winds in hi dolorous
epistle by denouncing the war fur the Union
as au "iniquity which he would be found ex
posing to the uud of the chapter i" and addiug
that "thiugs bate gone to far that the only pos
sible cbanoe to restore the Union will he by
the adoption uf a Christian policy, Very differ
ent Iroin that which at present prevails at
Washington."
Hre bow skillfully the doctrine of secession it
again made to underlie Ibis whole letter. Tbo
attempt to take possession of the property own
ed and held by the. Government of the Booth
era S t'atr' and disperse thoae who were seeking
llic destruction of i s admitted authority wiUi
aims io their bsnds, is "called "a tclumt of
Southern tntiinim." as If this government had
not a right If necessary, to occupy every font
of ttw o-iU'inal teliitory. This talk abvut the
OREGON, MONDAY, MAY
invasion" of Southern territory shows how ful
ly the democratie organization nf the present
day has been imbued with the idea of State
Bnpremncy which was the political heresy from
nhioh all our present troubles havo come, and
sounds strangely at variance with tlie denuncia
tions which nave necn appneu within the last row
weeks to the honorable gentleman from Penn
sylvania who sits near me, Mr. Stevens for
announcing what they coll a similar doctrine.
Like the inebriate who Junoied that bis frieuds
were intoxicated and he only tuber, these gen
tleman charge upon others tbe sin which is
mns tupparent In themselves, and I suggest to
them the laDgaage of Scripture i "First oast
out the beam oat of thine own eye. and then
shalt thnn see more dearly to oaat out the note
out of thy brother' eye."
This letter was wa written in July, 1WB,
months before that Chrittian policy whlbh the
writer alluded to was published at Washington.
I meau (what he did not) the policy of oalling
to tho aid of the national foroes the sympaties
and assistnnoe, tho hearts and hands' of the
slaves that had tilled the fields and grown the
subsistence upon which tho insurgent depend
ed, i So that whatever exaase others might have
given fur the war, growing out of the emanci
pation of slaves, tbo author oi this letter can
now plead no suck apology,
i I will not occupy my time in reading extract
from tbe speeches ojVallandigham, or from
the letters and utterances of Judge Woodward
or nf Wiokliffe of Keutuoky, to prove the un
faithfulness of the democratic party to the duty
of prosecuting this war, as it sentiments are
proclaimed by its chosen leaders in the various
States. Suffioe it to say that the proof is am
ple and overwhelming. If anything further
were wanting, it Is found In the votes of tho
minority npon this floor tinoe the beginning of
the present Congress.
It was well said by a fiiond who sits near mo
that when tho wants of the government were
such that their aid was ant needed, it was ten
dered with alaorlty , hut when ; measures
which most required uuanimity were demanded
it was persistently and fnutiouslr reuised by
the minority. ,
The bill authorizing bonntlet for volunteeri,
when it oould he used to postpose tho only jnst
and sure method of filling np the wasted ranks
of the Army by draft wa readily sanction
ed ; hut when tho hill for tbe perfection of the
system for calling tbo neeussary forces Into tlie
field, demanded by every consideration of pa
triotism And duty, wot pending, it was delayed
day after day hy tedious efforts at amendment,
and nt last passed after hours ol frivolous waste
of tinio in dilatory motions to InTpede its pas
sage. bir. tho sama impatience or control nnd de
nial of the right of the majority to rule, which
this southern rebellion has exemplified, finds
its counterpart npon this floor. Why was it,
sir, that wo wasted two days, in largo part,
npou this floor Iu deciding dilatory motions by
yens and nays, a proceeding whioil Ihe people
everywhere view as not only disgraceful, but
which, if persisted In, would lead to a suspen
sion uf the legislative brunch of tho Govern
ment, and dually to nnurohy and revolution 1
And where, sir, is the American citizen who
would not blush when told that the measure,
the passage of which was thut savagely re
sisted, was limply a resolution affirming the
language of tbe Cotntitutiou on the subject of
tho punishment of treason 1 It is because, sir,
they nro a party of revolution, allied in prin
oiple with (ho causes whioil led to Ibis rebel
lion and, much as they may seek to conceal
it, the sympathy between them will, despite all
their efforts, color their line of conduct. And.
tir, if you want to know whether those gallant
men who are bearing our flag through the
storm uf battle to a final triumph havo met
with a temporary check, look into the smiliug
countenance of some gentleman who anathe
matize this "abolition war." Yoa can tell
from hi oomplaoeut brow that it is unnecessa
ry to patronize the newsboy to tlie oxtent of the
price of nn evening paper to get the news.
Your country's reverses are written in the
smile that plays sneeringly on the features bo
fore you. And if yon want to k':ow how Jeff
Davis' heart beats, take your frieud by the
wrist, and yon will toon get the guaga of the
rebel pulse.
I do not mean that these remarks shall apply
to all who are associated with the minority iu
this House, I am happy to know that there
are exceptions to this general tendency of the
policy of that party, and I regret to lie com
pelled to say they are but few exccpliuus and
uotlimg mure.
While 1 am upon Una tohieot permit me to
allude for a moment to the extraordinary speo
tacle presented on this floor on the day of the
organization of this body. By the lingular
rule adopted by the Clerk of this body at its
lout session, a nomuer or gentlemen loond
themselves likely to be defrauded of their right
to seats on this floor. -And then here we wit
nessed a development which startled men fur
the moment, of a deliberate ennspirnay to dis
franchise a number of the loyal States, and hy
a quibble, as narrow a it was mean, give Ihe
minority the control or the organization of tins
House. And, sir. the men who always and
persistent y claim that they are for the rule of
the people were here voting to sustain that In
famous conspiracy.
The State of Louisiana, sloened as she is iu
Ihe crime of treason, without any organized
government except what III general govern
ment has established over her by force, with
out State officer, and without even Ihe sem
blance nf a fair election or legally authentica
ted certificates, sent horo two mon to claim
seat upon this floor, the name of one of whom
wa written upon the secession ordinance of
the State when she lorgot her allegiance to lha
Union ; ana though all these Tact wore known
to the world, in dc-Ganoe of all decency they
took their places on tbe floor of this Hull.
And not content, sir, with this outrage upon
the privileges of thi House, the Representa
tives from loyal Slates that had never been Io
rebellion or in sympathy with rebellion wen
excluded from their places, while theso interlo
pers, who had no more right than a tinner hat
to a scat in heaven, were quietly Installed in
these cushioned chair in the national Con
gress. And to prove conclusively that all (his
bad a partisan purpose, member elected hy a
majority counted by thousands, as was the oase
with mysell were not only excluded by this ar
bitrary ruling uf the late Clerk, bo when the
motion wa made to insert their name upon
the roll of member of the House, the wliule
vote on the other side of the House, inoludiiig
tho two who were swindled iu from Louisiana,
woo eal solid against as. Talk about Ihe
crime of secession ! What lunu of rouroaoh
can truthfully characterize Ibis bald attempt to
disfranchise whole Slates at a tingle blow J
Gentremeu have shown a great deal of Indig
nation at the alleged usurpations of the milita
ry in regard to elections. I do not apologize
for these things If true s but I do tay that such
affected indignation comes with no III grace
from those who deliberately cast their votes on
this floor to dulranchis whole States nr a rr-
islative decree. Sir. legislative nsnrpatiuols
nc more tolerable with mo than military usur
pation; and with this record behind them I
should think that our friends ou the other side
aould not have' much taste for discussing the
nneitiou of the diifranrhittment of the people.
liut enough of this. 1 am merely Hating the
reasons which have operated on my uiiud as a
Union man, whoso sole object and porpose
here are to serve the cause of onr Imperiled
Union, and to give every aid and assistance
that I can to its authorities iu maintaining iu
integrity, for co operating with. those ou tins
side of the Ifonae. . I hare indicated the ob
ject and animus of ihe organization of Ilia
peace parly no this floor and In rheoonntn,
and thowu that neither biking (is profrsiioos
or practice h It to tie irosteii, and now, sir, I
desire to ttnte affirmatively why 1 go kesrtily
with Ihe geutleuieu elect eq at republican in
9, 1804.
a Union mon, who occupy seats on this side
of tho Chamber.
We are iu Ihe midst of the grandest strug
gle nf either undent nr modern times. A. war
whose gigantic proportions stretch along a nav
igable line of coast And river some five thou
sand miles in length ; that embraces an area
nf territory larger than was ever before sub.
initted Io the arbitrament of a single contest,
involving an expenditure of money and of life
whioh has no parallel In modern history, has
been for two years and a half drawing npou
the resources und exhausting the energies of
our people. A war begun strictly on our part
in. self-defense, and ooiiduoled with all the
mildnoss which a kind-hearted Chief Magistrate
could throw into the contest, ft has at last
reached a point where una side or the other
ml bi conquered, lsegun in order to perpet
uato and aggrandise an institution the very
existence of winch In our free government has
ever been a standing reproach In the eye of
the civilised world, and hat almost, neutralized
our example at a republican nation, it hat
gone en Increasing in intensity and bitterness
until no one pretends.' with any sort of reason,
that the cause of the War can nirvive the
straggle. Hlavory, In a moment nf folly,. mad
with itt owu power, preoipitatcd a couliiot that
can now only end in its destruction. . ,
Without cause, and, I may add, without ex
oose, the champions of slavery began the war,
made itt exislenoe an Issue, and now, tir, they
must take tlie oonsequonccs of their notion.
As an institution which it was thought the na
tional Government dnro not attack, it was
made the nolwnrK behind which rebellion was
te Intrcpoh itself in safety aud standing as it
did in front of the enemy, as its broustwnrk
nnd defense, we were compelled to either de
molish it or give np the contest. It it the very
life of military snocoss thut we strike onr ene
my where he will most keenly suffer from the
blow.. If we mean to bo victorious we must
do that which will inflict npon him the greatest
injury and harm us the least ; and, sir, by de
stroying slavery In the rebellions Status we de
prive our enemies of every otsentlal element
of success. , W lint only destroy tho means
nf success hut we destroy the motive to rebel.
Take away slavery and they have nothing to
fight with and nothing to fight for. Heiioo.tir,
I stand with the Union party nf this House.
Tho destruction of the institution in tho rebel
Status is a necessity to the restoration of the
Union, and I am for standing by those who
will euforoo that policy. 1
It Is my misfortune to differ with many gen
tlemen around me in regard to Iho capacity
and destiny uf the African ruce. Whilo slave
ry was undermining white society and threat
ening its ruin it did little hy way of enlighten,
ing tbe slave; and I nm glsd to know that
thoro nro genliomeu on this floor, who do not
share thoso opiuiuns with mo, and who hvliore
in tho capacity of the freed men to bvooine
prosperous residents and owners of tho soil,
who nevertheless are looking to the moans of
freeing hiiu from thoooutaot with demoralising
influences and the prejudices of a largo portiou
of our people. , I hail with pleasure, therefore,
sir, every suggestion whioh looks to their vol
untary emigration from among ns ; and when
my frieud from Pennsylvania Mr. Kolley
tho other day alluded to their natural tenden
cy toward the tropical latitude of this conti
nent, he presented a suggestion which, if prop
erly improved, will prove a wise and practical
solution of a problem of our social exietttnoe
which is liable to become a dangerous and dis
turbing question. . Sympathizing fully with the
necessity for emancipation, it will nevertheless
bring evils npon portions of the country which
the highest wisdom can only modiry, not neu
tralize. ' ' ' "
Sir, if I may be permitted to say to here, I
will sny that 1 never was in abolitionist. It
not perhaps to my oredit that I nm not.
never belioved in that wire-drawn theory ef
tne transcendental rciormers who Insist upon
the propriety of conferring equal political and
social privilege upon all races. 1 do believe,
and always have, that every man had a unto
ml rij;lit to his liberty, and that oould only be
taken away iroin mm wnen the good ami safe
ty nf the ooramuinty were involved. Slavery
1 always hated ns an abomination in tlie sight
of God and all good men ; but because I deny
the right fur you Io enslave Sally nnd Dinuli I
do not admit that I am bound to marry one or
the other, and uocause 1 deny that you have
the right to sell aud oppress tbo negro I must
pluco him in tho tamo relative position witli
other white citizens. Natural right are God-
siven and inherent, and I concede them to nil:
oittical right aru relative conlerred by the
itato, and may be civeu or withheld a Ihe
body politic may deem best.
,iiwriuiuiug inevo opiuiuns i comets i nave
Iwuys been too conservative to bo able to
1.... -.!..! . .!..: V f .
adopt ihe npiuions of the party known iu Ihe
nistury ni the oounrry as me abolition party.
But these are. for the preseut uf courso, nnlr
instruct opinions, and kilo uot olio.uo to du
oust iiiuiu. i oiny present iiiem timt l may
uot bo understood to concede doctrines which
deny, or that moll concession is Involved by
the grounds which 1 assume.
Auxiliary to this tchemo of abolishing slav
ery io tlie rebellious territory is that other plan
uir arming me ireuii popuiuiinu. vro all real
ize what a change ho been wrought In the
publio sentiment uf the oountry In relation to
tint uneilinn. And, sir, whether it is because
the people in the pressure for men to fill the
quotas of troops demanded were willing
waive their prejudices in relation to Ibis olass
ol persons, nnd accept aid wherever It oould
be obtained, or uuvu cuiiio to the oouclusion
more complimentary to the prowess of the ool
ored volunteer, the faot is that public seuti
mem nm oniy jasiuies nut uetiiainis their em
plnymont wherever they can be used to ernsh
thi rebellinu. It Dot only aidt in reoruitiug
Ihe ranks of our army and destroying the basis
ol the rebel power, but make the future ox
isteuoo of the institution of bondage Impossible,
It is singular that while the prejudices or tin
aorthern people loug prevented the employ
ment of uegror to aid In overthrowing Ihe
power of Ihe rebellion the rebel were loo wise
ui be betrayed into such folly. Within one
month Irom tho time when the State of Ten
neaseo was foroed out of the Union bur Let!
islature pasted and her Governor siguod the
following enactment i
Sr.u. I. Be it enacted by Ike General Antra
bty of Ihe Mule of l tnneutt ; I lint Irom am
after tlie passage nf this act the Governor
shall bo, and he i hereby, authorized, at his
discretion, to receive into tho military service
of the State, all male Iree persons or color be
tween the ogee of fifteen and fifty. or soeh num
bers m may be necessary, who may be sound
in mind aud body, aud capable ol actual serv
ice. "2. lie it furtlier enacted t 1 hat such free
persons nr color shall receive eaon eight ooi
lar per month a pay, and toell persons tha
be untitled to draw each one ration per day,
and shall he entitled to a Jearly allowance each
for elolhinr.
"3. Be il further enacted : Tint In order to
carry out the provisions nf this aot it shall he
the duly ol the therms el tne several counties
of this Btato to collect accurate Inlormalion
to the number and condition, with tho name
free persons of color subject to the provisions
ef thi aot, and shall. a it Is practicable, report
the lain la writing to the Uuvuraor.
4. Be it further enacted t That a failure
refusal of ine sheriffs, or any one or more
them, to perform the duties required shall be
deemed an offense, and on conviction thereof
shall be punished a a misdemeanor.
5. lie tt further enacted - That la the event
ef a sullicient number ol Iree persons of col,
to meet Ihe want ol the Mat shall not tend
their services. Ih unternor I emoowcre
Ihrooih the sberilf of the different counties.
In press such persons uulil the requisite number
is obtained.
8. Be it furt'.nr enacted i That when any
WHOLE NO. 686.
mess of volunteers shall keep A servant to wait
un the members nf tho mess. each servant shall
he allowed one ration.
- Tliis act to take effect from and after ils pas
sage." , , . i ; - 1 '
Earnestly engaged In the struggle for rebel
lious success they did not stop to quibble over
the color or Ihe angers that drew trigger npon
the soldiers nf the Union, hut wisely deter
mined that help wo what they needed, and
whether it oama in the shape or white or
block men they accepted it fur tho good of
their cause. They set nt tho example ol arm
ing the negro, and they have no right to com
plain If wo fight with weapons of their own
choosing..
At New Orleans prior to the Federal occu
pation of the city they had It full regiment of
African soldier) and the first colored regiment
organized hy Genernl, Butler was made of tho.
same men who had boon consoripted .under
rebel rule, but emhraoed the first opportunity
to declare for tbo Union. '
- I do hot stop to inquire into tbe constitution,
ality of Uio emancipation of slaves, and their
employment in Ihe armiei of the Union
When red handed treason is grappling at the
throat of the nation it is no time to higgle
about the mean of flefenss.i If any man'
oodeof action wai snob that , be could not da
fend himself from tho assault of I robber or
an assassin without violating it. he deserve to
be mulct or murdered ; land if "the occasion
arose when he must break his rn la or lose his
lifo, I should honor his bronoh of u creed not
worth preserving. . And, sir, if tho frameri of
the constitution so made it that our Govern
ment was to havo no powers of resistance when
assailed by traitors, it deserve th destruction
wbieh it it doomed.,' Suoh a construction or
it would he an Imputation upon its illustrious
authors af an Imbecility whioil my resneot for
their momory win not permit mo to inuuigo.
have ne samples on that score. 1 1 do not be-
lie'
ve that when a traitor raise the tword to
strike at the heart of tha Union, be has a right
cram the constitution into the face of ita do-1
ider and say "You have no right to take life
ihmit due prooess or law." lty the very aot
resistance to It he loses nil the IMnolits It
confers upon a citizen. ,
1 will not Insult the memories or those who
framed our constitutiun by intimating that they !
made a government whioh when It most need
ed it had least power ; committed the supreme
folly of making a government that oould only
exist by sufferunoo, and was at tha entire mer-
nl any set 01 traitors Who might teen lis do-
ttrudtiou. Sir, they did nut do it. It Is of the
verv esseuce of government that it uossetles
the power of self preservation, as it it of life
that Us possessor has tbe right to preserve it by
ny means which necessity demand. A gov
ernment that does not possess this right is a
client and a shadow. Do gentlemen who de
ny the right of tins government remember the
istory or their own party 7
1 no last administration under Sir. Huchannn
pent 920,000,000 in subduing a petticoat re
bellinu iu the mountain girl territory of Utah.
o lack ol power was loond while the rebels
unsifted ol' only a large assnrtmpn' nf females,
ut when the champions of slavery were, in
arms. Instead or tlie exhausted delendors or
nlygamy, we suddenly discover a great want
power! '''.
But, sir, I have a little authority on this tub-
ot which I desire to submit. Within the reo-
ollection of nil of us, Mr. Chairman, Jolt'erson
Davit was SeereMry uf Wur nf the' United
Slates. During the prngreii of those tonne
which leddened the virgin toil of Kansas wilb
the blood ot brulhers.lt pleated tbe Chief Mag
istrnte of the nation to declare certain classes
of our citizens there In a state of "rebellion
hey denied that resistance- la the bogus laws
foroed upon them by a legislature elvoted by a
Missouri mob was rebellion ; but the Adminis
tration claimed that it was, aud Mr. Davis, as
ecretrny of War, ordered Ihe military force
of tbe United States to -disperse those people
wherever foun J, and hero is an extract from his
Iter nf instruction to Gen. Persifer F. .Smith,
then in command of that department :
" The positinn or tho liiniirgentt Is that ol
of open rebellion against Ihe laws and cnnstl
tutional authorities, with such mauifesutious
of a purposo to spread devastation over ; th
laua as no longer iiistines lurtiier uctiinuon
Indulgence. Patriotism and humanity
like require thut rebellion should be promptly
eruthed?' .... . .,..;...
We havo heard uf "chickens coming home
roost," and I think a better illustration of this
timely adage was nevor found than iu this
case. What be said Iu I noli I eolm Iu 1W.
Patriotism and duly alike require thnl rebel.
ion should be orushod," Sir, when bo was
in authority and othcri were supposed to ques
tion it no dilliculty or a constitutional charac
ter was found to prevent his crushing it ; no
right ot the majority to prescribe their own
government, nowaday! called seoet-ion, wot
permitted to intervcuo between rebellion and
punishment.
As to mo lawiui rigni oi mote iu the rebel
lious territory, 1 have no difficulty. 1 believe
neither in the doctrine of Stato rights nor State
muide. A loyal citizen ol this government
onnnot have hi, right, taken Irom him hy bis
neighbors. The result m their action may de
prive him of the means of assorting and exer
cising them, hut they exist In bim legally, un
impaired. And aud a tuan who repudiates
bis duties lu this government can, iu iny iipin
mil, claim nothing trout It. 1 bt doctrine that
a Stale can commit political auicid ia com
oletely answered by that provision of tlie eon
stitotiou whioh says the United State "shall
guarantee tn every Stato in this Union a re.
nub lean lorni ol government." it I made
our duly to preserve what a majority of the
oitizens of a Slnla might leek to dettroy, tht
utegritv ol the form ol the elate government.
And to long at one man within its limit itnntlt
by hit allegiance and deftui tbe rulo of rebel
lion, he ha a light in oianu irom this govern
ment, the enforcement of the covenant.
Entertniniurtlieie views. I have du hesitation
iu Indorsing the plan of the President for restor
ing the Statu goverumeot. It look In their
preservation Instead of annihilation, and pre.
cut a practical plan by which Ihe constitu
tional guarantee oan bar made effective. Th
preliminary oath required seems to me to bo
without objection. The cotnplaut that it is an
iinpntatiou upon th loyalty or a faithful cm
ten seems frivolous. At well might a man
claim that to require an oath tu ipoak tbe truth
at a prerequisite to delivering testimony in a
Oonrt ol jiisiic was mm inpesuMiiuaut ui ma ve
racity. This teudurnes aboui laiing extra,
constitutional usths ha it origiu In a tympa
thy for traitors which I think is ton apparent
to li misunderstood.
Hut our friends on the other slJu Insist Upon
having the "Uulou as It wo aud tlie Constitu
tion a it i" a vury pretty ad euplnndum
pbruae, but in my bumble opinion a very
leuwle one. Are our friend in aruet
wheu they suy that they want another rule like
that wbiou swayed lull government under lie
hanaa I Do ther ileeire to wlluea lb recur
rence of thus disgraceful event which Drought
a Main apuu. uur national honor wineli oaa
never be wiped away f Aru Ihey willing even
lor the lake ul Ihe spoil to see a again wal
lowing iu the slough of lufumy Into which the
last Administration plunged this nation I Do
Ihey hunger so for the flesh-pot of Kgypt that
they are willing to see as prostrating i-vcry In
terest, State and national, to III perpetuation
and fueterini uf tint 'on! nra and reproach
to the Republic human bondage ; when Cobb
squandered the publio moony, till tbe public
Treaser bee in baukrupl, and your bouds
fell to seventy-live oent ou the dollar ia a kmi
of profound peace t whon Thompson embct-
ilrd Hie I u inl which nail been socreuiy intrust
ed to hi car to aid in lb buintue and char
Itnbl nnrpoae uf elevating , the tavace from
state ol barbarism to that of civilization i wheu
I l"jd rvuiaiurd In authority that be wight rob
BOOK AND J OH IMtl.VTMT'V ,
Or viy dsserlptle WBATIT snit HltOMITI.r ciMuttii
RATKS Or AbVKHTlHINO:
Lflfsl slverllsm.nM, SH 00 pr square, Qrfcl (ner.lon;
II.IHI oftrli snbqii-iit .Insertion.
IK"lH'i'l h irtnslfiil sdvcrllsmusntsiausl b prrpsla t
lostiri- lo.rllon.
Ailialiiltarali.rs'nottrM, smt all advrrturm.nts rclnltnf t
th, wtutc nr dt-ceaaml parliins, must tie pr.psl.1, unl.M or -Jsrml
puMlHtird by His county Judge, slid furaiL-id M bs
Si SAUl hjr hlM.
AlvtrtiKiii, 1,111s not pnlil within ons rear from the time
fflion uniitrai-ti-d. will lie limreaiwH twsnty-tlve pr OAMt. sank,
yssriisymsnt Is neslsetsi thereafter. - "' 1
' ! 1 ! .J. L .- J'
and steal nn scale commensurate with hit
unrivaled capacity when, In fact, every. D1
partmrnt had become to corrupt that the whole
iahrio camo nigh tumbling to piece from Ur
own rottenness f No, sly. They will pardon
mo when 1 say I doubt their sincerity. "Th1
Union at H was I" as well might yo leek M
orowd tho condor wh loan among the nawyl
summit of the Andes Into the tiny shell from'
whioh be sprang, as replace th American
Union in the tame titton which It occupied'
prior to this retells. "".a iii . i;.i
r Sir, these three long year ef bloody, deva-1
taling war bavo not taoghlu a hsele W
sou.) Tbo noble inartrn whe have gone down:
in (hit fioroe stroggl tor th notion's existeraei
and regeneration have not made their lost to
rlfioe for thev barren, frnitle, result nf restor
ing the very oondition of things which tuper-'
induced the strife. ' It; was for no snoh ignoble
purpose that tlie gallant Lyon died on the plain
of Springfield, oi' that other martyr from my
own far off Stale, the Hon heirted.tna eloquent
Baky, whoao brave word rang toroegb thi:
uatiun like a truruptt. bloat, oalling tlie people,
to the defense of th national ' honor. It wa
fur no suoh triflint. purpose thai he. WU tlie
murdered viotim of a traitorous commander-in-Chief.
Go ask tha martyred-brave; who pao'
pie the grave that line tbe swamps af the tWI
Insula and rest in tbe lonely tomb that; rise to
the binki and bayou of A Mlstslpi.. 1f
they aro willing that their incrifice should eii,
in replacing Iho Union In the saint, condition
It was when this wanton, bloody, and infamous,
rebellion began. . Il is enough to mak them
start from their dost to suggest the inquiry.'
After our terrible experience io taming this
niouster of slavery, we are not going to leave
the serpent with his fang nndrawu. Tbe pen. ,
pie of this nation who have yielded np tn much
of life) nnd treasure in this wicked rebellion,''
will never be content until they can know thtt
itt recurrence is iinposcible, and gentlemen
might at well talk of recalling the- past or of
reanimating the fallen dead at to talk oflh
Union as it was. .-.
Mr. Chairman, I mn for the Union with ;
every star in Its place, redeemed, regenerated,
and purified, as it will be by this war. . , -. , m
And now, sir, I wish tn make a few observa
tions In regard to our duty here. , . '
This war has shown one thine clearly, and
that it, that the people on both side are lu ear
nest. And 1 may add tliat if In this respect ,
there is any difference, tlie rebel are more'
thoroughly in earnest tlmq are we, Myself a,
native of Southern Statu, and -kuowing tin
spirit that animate that people, I can under- '!
stand the desperate energy which they , hat
thrown into this contest. I do not believe the
tale that have from time to tin been told at i
witli regard to the affootion of the people for
the Uniou and their forced submission to th
rebellion. They ore, in my opinion, the most
thoroughly united peoplo Iu this, eontoat that '
ever throw down III gage of battle.- Every '
slaveholder It fighting with the desporatien. f -
despair to retain hi property, and the pear-'
white man who serves in the rank i fighting'
with no loss determination to prevent being
placed by tho law on an equality wilb the
slaves. It may he tnid that till lattqr feeling T
is all prejudice, and. I may grtut it. Still; It
it a faot. And for proof of the ttrength and
bilteruesi of that prejudice, I appeal tu alt ley. ',
al member from the slav State whe tit
around me. ' ' '"' : ;,, '
In my obtervitlon the bitterest and mot a
reasonable pro-slavery -ineo are those wb uev-"
er owned a slave and never will. However ;
wrong they may be, they will remain e til i
this war has beep, fought through. .. . . , . -
And right here, Mr. Chairman, let me say,
that I oannot agree with those hamane ideal
so frequently advanced oa the other side ef the
House that ye. ought not to oenfisoate the
property of the rebel raarrastkat by doiig
you drivo bim from repeolanee and prolong
this war. I oannot comprehend the priioiple
whioil permits ut to take life with Christian
propriety, b it is shocked at the thooght of tak-1
mg properly.: And, ir( if w eaa tako life'
"without proem nf law," as means of put
tiug dowy this rebellion, can we not take prop. ,
erty for tbo tame purpose 1 ' As to our con
fiscating property being art incentive to them '
to continue tbe eonlcft, Ihey had thrown tbetr '
ail into the contest before, and nothing hot
suocnss oould save il to lliem. . ,
But to roturu In the subject, To-day, with. .
all hi defeat Hid reverses, Jeff Davit delist
ut with, the best army that tbe Confodracy 1
seen men who when et ia the stern tlrifa of)
battle, are the rqalt or any in tbe wide wirld.;-
The rebellion it compressed, cramped, but it I
. ... , i - . , ,
iioi nroaen ; ami gentlemen ueoieve inemseive
who think we are te have an early and easy ''
cnuquuat. A single nilaforlune to Grant or'
Meade might place n next autumn no nearor,
our object than we are to-day ; and. air, I be
lieve that it is our duty to look Ihe danger that
threaten in the face, and prepare tn meet the '
most tremendous shock of thi war. Why was
it that Unteorans lay for months at Stone river ,
nfter bis hard won victory ind Ihe retreat of
Bragg f It wfis hi waut nf hien nnd mean
tn follow. Why wa It, when Ihe gallant irmy'1
of the Pirtoinao had hurled back the discomfit-
ed legion of Lee on tbe bloody bill of Uvtlyi-w
burg, that with victory, Providence and the
"Patriotic Potomac" on our tide, be ret oi-v
caped snfely into Virginia f It wa Beeaote '
we bod uot the men aud mean to follow. And '
lastly, wheu, beueatli tbe bauuer of Grant, th
gallant Hooker who wa rubbed of the glory ,
and the laurel of Gettysburg stormed the
eleucVonppt'd height of Lookout Mountain, ind
rolled back th tide ol the nmy upon in
plain of Georgia, why wot it that tb result t
of the tplrndid triumph were lott t It was be- ,
cause we were anil without men or means to
MIOW. ' ' '
And ehuJl thi chapter of failure teach at
lesson, or shall we gather from tb txpentne .
the wisdom whioh shall bring triumph to Ihe
future f Then, sir, let as vot men and money. .
Provide the meau of filling the ranks of tu
army, nut by tempting me by tb aerdld tie
tires of pay aud bounty, but by that iter tail I
which every nation bat right to mak ou Hi ,
people when lit exiiteuoe it al etake recruit ;
them until nece most crown their arms." ' '
Sir, oar national credit it already groaning 1
beneath the eocuinulaliog debt. We eoot
afford tn prolong thi war. Every day of ooo- .
linuance adds more than It million dollars tn
the publio debt, and we must ckiee this strife '
by nniok subjugation er provide for toll pee 1
of tlie national credit. , Wt can end Ihit war -in
the uext eamnaigu. I think ley military
friend from Ohio Mr Sohenokj oould draw an
act which, if placed ou the statute book, wonliT
end all or ran lied retellin within tbe next ten 1
mouth. And I will add that I at ready I'
vut for just as itriugeol ooosoriptiou law i
ho ha th enurage to ask for. And wlnl we t
are voting buncombe resolutions about In
creased wages tn Ui nktiers, I hope we shall s
hav ) tax bill to povid the money. ? nn -
When tbe gentleman from lot visa ottered. ,
hi resolution to raise th pay of oldifrt, uu- .
couaciout that I wa left entirely alone, voted
iu tb negative.' I did H, tir, heoeoie w were
Informed that the deuMiidt (two oar Tnatnry '
already crowded it resources ; and 1 wa n-,
willing to promise to pay men who had not ask-,
rd It money that we did net hare, and did not '
know that we oould get, I nm for fllltog lb '
Treasury first, and will talk of ditrrbnOng the
content ifterward. . - ., ., . ,
1 pledge myself here and now tn stand by ev-.(
ery movement which hat fur for itt purpose Urn
replenishing nf the army and the Trsry.' I '
will support tii Preeideat, while, wilb an bow-'
rtty ol purpose aud ft cltarne of visum whioh
prove him one of the most illuslriuns men ,
of modern tiines.be molds ind d I recti tho plan
wbieh ar te throttle thi devil of rebellion t
and having thut bomhly tlreggled to do njs)i
duty bore, gu bom le the uulii yeiing 8tlv
which sent in here taud tell the fjuimi loving;.,
people who live among hit mountains t ml val- ;