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been decided by the United St <te t'ou.ts that the
s'opp of a newspaper without the payment of
arrearages, is pn.mz futit evidence ol fraud and as
a criminal offence.
iXTTue courts have decided that persons are ac
countable |or the subscription prce of newspapers,
tf tvy take thern from the post otfic". whether they
*u tihe for them, or not.
. RIEJOIA Of DEBATE.
. •.o of f.<_ 11mi. if. W. Voorhees, of Indi
ii '.i in t.te Howe, tf Repmentatires, o > the
jt< -ci- ::!hl VJ Mr ColfilX, to f.rpt'l the Hon.
Aux imitf Lomj.
Mu. "tf' vici.it: I had not the pleasure of
beating tiie gentleman from Ohio, nor nave I
yet read liit-t fpeech. 'J'tie position, therefore,
which 1 assume to-day has no relcrence to the
merits or demerits ol his sentiments. I stand '
upon ttie naked right of an American ropr vus
tative in Congress to utter Ins own views. He
is not there to utter uiy view*. He is not there
to utter } unr views, lie is here to utter Ins
own, re*pott-ible in a political sense alone t-j
tiie people who sent liitn here, and iu a moral
sense to the God before vviiotu we ; It hasten.
An l wiien 1 find :i man seeking to b-.;-:;:iie the
judge ut ins brother n a luatteroi private eon- 1
science, 1 find one woo would have burnt jooii
Rodger* at ttie stake and nave piled tiie t.<gui -
around the shrieking victims at .S.utti.field. The
gentleman front Onto (Air. JSehcnek), who ha-<
juSi taken Lis seat, would have led if- mob
which pelted the Navior tor the freedom of hi.- j
opinion, lie would have stood among the
Scribes and Pharisees lie fore the trihun it of Pi
late, crying '"Release Baraba*,** bat is to too
Nazareue, '•Crucify him I Crucify him ' Free
speech was as odious at that time -m lite iiiils
oi J udea as it is now iu these !tal!s, and Lad
tiie gentleman from Ofay (Alt. Scheuh) tiveJ then
he ivoti d have been its enemy, as he is to-day.
Air. Speaker, tins is an old question. in. re
is nothing new about it. The whole history oi
the world i- written over in letters of blazing j
light with the cherished dec is of the cnatupt
ons of tree speech. The same great record cmi
tains tiie eternal, withering, blasting infamy
winch forever clings to those who, as the chum
pi sis uf de-poa-m are to-day seeking to strike
it down. 1 stop not to determine w net he I ett
dorse his light to utter itieiu hctv a.i.l jtsewhere.
The mail who will not do it is hinu-clt a cow
ard, and deserves to he a slave. iStr, -ucii men
are tit instruments to crush out liberty, and in
the hands of u tyrant to make slaves of tiie
people.
Let ine read from an authority before which !
the pioiy Ugtii oi ine gentleman from Ohio' Mr.
iSeiietik.) p.lies like -hat oi a rusi. camiie iwicl (
up to the suit at its tierce meridian. 1 read
from Daniel tV coster, whose great intellect is j
almost a full atonement to lite country tor all |
the faults of New England :
'•When litis and the other House shall iose j
the freedom oi speech and debate. vviteti they
shall sunvu ler Die right of publicly and lively
canvassing all important measures ot ttie
eeutivc; when they shad uot be allowed to 1
maintain their own authority and incir own
privileges by vote, declaration, or resolution, :
tliev wiil then be no longer tree representaiivvs
of a free people, but slaves themselves and IU
instruments to make slaves ot others.
ISir, I take ntv stand on this tloclri .e. I will
defend i. iu behidt not oniy of any man upon
• , ifoti- but Jiret as readily iu oe
ncti in my opinion, 1
. .. e .• it I ti.tin*
i.ij. -Hi •em:- - to C "'g' ului " ' - !
c ., n II ;r ;> n —l wn.'di.'W Lie word ;
.rear.' o.si.-;a in language, but in acts, •
tint I aavt heard iiiuci' ibat was calculated to
destroy and di.-rupt the government; much that
was calculated to weaken the tics itud bind us j
liogetuer as one people; much that termed to j
tiie extinction oi tioerty and the oppression of 1
the ci;tz -u , much ttia> 1 tiruity believe is unit
ed at the dc—trUi ti i.'i ot ttie Constitution and
!■ ir.v.ion oi ..it .bvolule uopoiisut. Jdo
not, however, propose lo expel m'iiiocrs lor ul- ;
' those outrageous sentiments. 1 lay ex
alt utajuc.-iiona jlu .ight in giving iheui
t ; —-.-i And on llie ot her hand 1 vv.ii Jl--
: ..i 11 to .... iii quest it'll tuy exeicisc. ot
...r iigot. i atti aioue responsible to my
. l tic i.-. M liu l- io r-e my jtidgv .' W iio is
. -.iter hvre t Who is lo >y when i
si. a., .-j ak anu Kui-ii 1 siiali i>e sltellt-* - Wii.il 1
hlla.i ea s and WDUI i slialt not say 1 lie gcu.lc
inaa lrum Ohio I Air. Sehenk) liule dreatus ot
the cohsequenees it he expects to crack his a hip
as the fcatrap ut this liutiK, here or elsewiiere.
Thete is a miliiuii and a half of Democratic vo
lt ,s in tins land who will bo convulsed vv in all ;
■1,,, ny of irrepressible rage when it is ptoposed .
that their Representatives shall be sdenl at the I
bitidiiig bf an insolent party, bloated with an
unlawful power and steeped in the blood and
tears of fhe nation.
bir, 1 ugain ask who is to judge the princi
ples held •T a representative.' Who is to oe ttie
arbiter on this great question! There can be
olie ; ,i s eoustttuents. lie stands uptu the
Cohstitution. By it his freedom of optinoti and
RlKvcti made secure. It cannot be abridged
or disturbed. van defy the world, as we
here defy you, to lay the weight of your linger
on this inherent aid immortal privilege. \V e
yield to you your rig'lds. and you shall yield to
us ours, of it at once becomes a question of
Vaycai conflict. I tell you not for a moment
to -oppose that a gag can lw placed upon the
mouths of tlio free American people without
Slood running Iron the hlds ot New England
to the mouth of the Columbia—all over rho
northern land. It is the lust bulwark ot lib
erty . it-is the hope of i. eedom. Give us tree
* ( *.'ech : give us a free bahV't-box, and we vviii
Stand all else, and respond io' every call made
upon us. Seek to strike these uown, and the
lit't hope of th country wid go db.vvu in biood
gnd uarkness.
Sir, I desire aud intend to discuss tin® great
question in a proper temper. 1 have iabi down
the rc-.uion why 1 do nut l'eel myself called upon
U> voi.o Oo expel any man from this House for
the decorous expression of a political opinion.
2ici,b< r will I vote to censure him lor such an
j-L mo state this issue clearly and | r.:p
--cr-y. I hold that the rules of the Hi t:se pro
t?i t its its personal relations, and whe
ther men 'ire gontjeiaen or not, enforce n sutet
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regard for gentlemen in whose presence they are
am: wi' n w!'o:n they associate. J L..1 t tl'.at a
j man observing dn.,-e rules line a right, umtcr
the Constitution, to express his political scnti
nie it- with tlie utmost freedom. *
iiib is a!. I understand tiie gentleman from
Onii s done. lou :isk me to expel him. Is
lie my representative? Am 1 responsible for
him ' Are you Another jn-ople sent him here,
j W ttU that people 1 leave him. lie is tit ir
inouthpiece. \\ liat is this Governineut ? A r'[>-
reseutMtive Govermnciit means tiie voice of ttie
I'Copie speaking lie re by every mcin .t up hi
tins Hoot*, ihe voice ol your [>eople of New
York Sj>eak> through you (.o Air. Fernando
Woody, ant tin, voice ot ttie constituents ot
;my Ir. "l ti ian f'iti••innaii speaks through him.
Ibe s i • ar- ti.rein their maji sty speaking
litro:... , r t u oseutatives. A-k yotn peo
ple to tuuie war upon ttie people of my district
lan l we wiil meet you at tins threshold. Let
am r pi ---n!.civ seek to silence the represon
tntcv . in my cmistiiueius send here, and it
to .on insult as wti! as mine. I'he principle
ot ivpres, uL.iti,• 11 is immediately destroycii tiy
Sii-'a it course i\ huge p irlititt of tue Ami-ri
i can people, perhaps a majority, are at once dis
hancltised. t ijair voice is hushed in tiie hulls
ol legi.-hision, itnii tfiev are simply allowed the
poor privilege of paying taxes and lighting at
ike inddbig u i a master.
."sir. Ido not expect to agro with everv rnanks
sentitu- tits. but i- that a i-e for inetostek to
purge this IKmse ol ail contrary opinion f Is
that ;i cause tor me to arraign una I.r t.ie po
hii "ill s -.itiol-.i ? Is iii.it u cnliSe lor .mi to tollow
iu 1..e wake ot a modern Robespierre on a .-inail
-c.iie oi i tell< ci <ui I on a large Scale iu venom
the gentleman Iroiu Ouio (.dr. lichens) —wuo
says men should lie shot for their opinions' 1
know nothing iu lite character, nothing in the
military or ct.il career, including his movement
on \ letimt, which give him tiie right to assume
supciioiity over ttie. members on this side oi the
llou.se. I list, tied to his low talk about Cop
perheads creeping out of their holes. It was
not language becoming the place where hestuu is:
it wa> inc lining the precincts rather of a liar
room political gathering. Indeed, lo judge Irum
j ins allusions to G-utiiver's travels, he would lie
: m ire at home there than he is in the soei -ty of
gentlemen. Sir. he volunteers this assault on
i ltd- sale ot tiie House. iVe have not Sought it.
Ev-ry man who has served with ine in Con
| gre.-s knows that i dislike and avoid personal
| controversy with my peers on this floor. I>ut
! the tenor and tone oi tiie remarks of the gentle
! man tfom Uniu seem to invite, to challenge, to
provoke uiipleusaiit controversy. So tar as f
a. i. voiicerned and tnose who sit around ine, we
re.-pmid with d. ti ince.
Air. Speaker, the general principles which I
have thrown out on the subject oi freedom ot
debate apple to every person. lam discussing
now, not merely ttte right of a DeuMcr tt on
this floor, I am discussing tiie right of every
Republican mi litis floor. Igo further. lam
i dt-cus.-iiig the light ol the humblest citizen ot
j itii.. ii a, the tight to escape the galling yoke ot
ty r.utuy and oppt cssion, the hist right, what .Mr.
VV. osier pt'opuly called a hotne-hre<l rig'lit, a
iiie-.di pci• lege, on me extreme boundary of
widen Le dvcta-.vd lie sto •!. m i which should
not be called into question anywhere. Run
your mind's eye buck over the history of the
world: The da.k spirit of bigotry and intoler
. .nice once chained down Gahioo lor saying that
| the world moved, laid him on the damp floor of
j a dungeon, a* the gentleman from Ohio (.Mr.
' St-hciikj vvoaitl do with his political opponents.
1 Opinion was divided- Some Paid tiiat Galileo
i was light, some sain he was wrong.
>u it vviii oe as to lite gentleman froin Ohio,
j (Air. i.otig ) But wniic he Lay in his festering
j tr ms on ttie floor ot ttie dungeon, he exclaimed
to !:i ii.self, *'i"he world still moves." Chain
in. ids | ■r- n z:J n t chain his though'., could
not control i.E t. nor contradict the lact
which lie had discovered. Thought is bouna
j less, eternal, and cannot lie chained iiorcnntrol
' led Y<m are ... iking a v.bu .tieuip Y'o i are
| couiii . itig a sacrilege against the divinity of
j human i.oiure. You invade the holy of holies
Willi unclean leet, the imno.-t recesses of man's
nubility, tiie light to think lor Lini* If. Y'ou
, arc actuated by the same fell spirit which n few
j years ago struck down men because they vvor-
I -tiipped God according to the dictates of their
! o wn coi.'scienccs, liecnuse tiiey vv rsliipped Him
i wa'h a crucilix of Hi- Saviour in their hands,
i It i,v the same murderous and prospective spi it
i vvliic.h in I'uiitanN w England whipped, scourg
!■:| ■I. an ! scared men and woiucn ot tiie
nj ,k, : t -u..-ioa It is tiie sum: iufamotis
aud datuu. ihlc spirit which has stamped utuly
! in", condign, loath'mg ami abhot reuce for all
so c dm .■ - ,,; S u " all the names that were ev -
er minuend with an attempt to crush the free
uom ot thought and the freedom of speech,
j Hut, sir, let rnO h r ° :l little further in this con
nection. I have a kind regard fur the Speaker
of the House (Air. Coli.tx.) Nothing but per
i sotial kindness and acts "• personal courtesy
have ever passed between lit.'" n*id me. I regret
exceedingly, however, that lie has plated bitn
pclf in the attitude of public acCt'Rcr on lUi?OC
casion. I think on a short review of theante
c. dents of his own p uitical List cry he vvillcotae
to the conclusion that 1 uid when I ma a tit
had fathered this prosecution, t! is accuse'ion
• 1 '..might that ah.de chatity w dd well bc
l come If. n, a little of Ile kindness of nis natu
• ral 0.-i'ii- . ii 1 may be alio'wed to use a tauto
" l i"ieal e*| ress.on. 1 remem)i>.-r that at a time
' when this country vvas aii at peace, vv iien it
| was moving on a happy, almost unruffled sea,
: a piratical craft was suddenly lam. ~Ed ->n the
i poli'ical waters by one Hinton Rowan Helper,
i who, if lam not mistaken, now holds otn.ee as
• Consul to Buenos Ay res under the Administra
tion you so much love. Ilisbook of infamous
i notorietv, reco ncnended assa 'nation, rcc.itn
• —. n.1c.l ■ vvardiy slaughter, recommended that
- -lave-holders b ui'.l dby strychnine admit i
• by their t laves, rscommc '1 the tore;; to
l the roof and th 6 knife f9 flu? throat of men.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 27, !864.
•I women and children, declared'total extermina
tirtg war ngnin.A slave-hcl lcfrs in express terms.
It any bcKly iti.-putis tnis I have the book
here to convince them. 1 lamented, J bowed
my head with grief, when that incendiary book
appeared with some sixty-eight names of the
i Republican members ot' litis Hints,.- appended,
and the name of the present distinguished
Speaker at the head of the entire li-t. It was
recommended by these signers as a work of great
public merit, and approved for general circula
tion. But I would not expel liitn for that. No,
I would not even censure him lor that, except
to difler with liitn as one member may differ
trout another. 1 would argue the question with
him. I would tell him that he give Ids name ,
in a time ot profound peace for war; tiiat when
the smoke and carnage ol' battle were nut as
cending, when the sky was clear and the torn
shining, tie gave his voice tor strife ami desola
tion tor tiie war ~t John Brown— of servile
insurrection: not an honorable war, not a civ
ilize. ■ war, but award murder, of barbarism,
ol the slaughter of women and children in their
beds. Such was the voice of the present Speak
er ot tii House at that iime.
I iu-. same gent lonian now cannot tolerate the
gentleman irom Ouio. His virtuous, pure, uu
■*i"iue.i patriotism, is suockc 1; and tie rustics
from Ins Speaker's chair, sptings to tiie floor,
before anybody elseeunget in a resolution, with
the appearance of saying, "1 caniip; be held
any lunger; tins thing will not do." And vet
thin t- the gentleman whose voice was fi,r dis
honorable war when the country vvas in a Con
dition ot profound peace! The gentleman, 1 atu
sate, will not complain at ibis little ipwode
in Ins political history. Those who are swift
to accuse sliou.d not. complain it their own deeds
make retort upon them, 1 would be the last man
to throw my colleague's record in hi* face but
lor the spirit he has shown here. Sir, let him
compare fuii.lt and works upon tiie subject of
the i ttion, upon the subject ot pea -e, upon tho
subject ot fraternity, upon the subject of the
preservation of ttie Governne..t, with the gen
tleman from Ohio t-Mr. Long.) an 1 he will have
no gruun tio iiurt tiielir.-t stone. the admoni
tion oi the Saviour coiitc with peculiartorce to
an iudoiser of ine Helper book, loan inciter
ot riot, blood, "war and disunion. L-t htm that
is without sill cast the lirst stone at the gentle
man from Ohio for daring to express his senti
ments upon this floor. If thai injunction had
been obey oil, my colleague would have staved,
his it,oci and remained in the •■speaker's chair.
But let me inquire a littie tunln-r tit regard
to the right ol my ollctigue to deal harsldv
wj'h the political frailties of his fellow tue.lib " -
the great AtioliUotiisi and Disumoiiist,
I itoiupson. Ido not know whether the Speak
er presidi d on that occasion, as he did upon a
former occasion of a somewhat similar charac
ter, but 1 have no doubt he gave the ligbl of
his handsome, his atinaole, and most beiiiiiceut
countenance. Still be cannot en lure that the
gentlemen from Onto and Alnryland should have
llieit utterances upon this floor from their own
seats, whatever they may be. My distinguish
ed colleague, the Speaker, says they were for
disunion. For the sake of the argument, sup
pose they were. Let us see what kin !of com
pany the gentleman himself keeps; let us see
who it was to whom he gave aid and encour
agement in his work of destruction aud career
ot infamy. 1 hold itt rity hand the resolutions
of the American Anti-Slavery Society, pas-ed
some time about the year ISr>o, and two of them
read as follows:
"A'csoAvd, Flint while we would express our
deep gratitude to all those earnest men and wo
men who And time and strength amid their la- ;
burs in behalf of British reform to study, un
derstand and protest against American slavery, 1
to give ns th.-ir sympathy and aid by munificent
contiitton-' and by holding our iir.ion no to '
tue contempt of Europe, we feel it would not
be invidious to mention William and Mary
Hovvitt, Henry Vincent and George Thompson,
as loose to whose uniting advocacy our cause
is especially indebted in this couture, as well as
tor I tie Hold it ha* gained on the hearts of the
licitt-h people.
"Resoled, 'i'hat the discriminating sense of,
justice, the steadfast devotedness, the generous
uiuintU.vm'e, the untiring zeal, the industry, skill,
taste an ! genius with which the British Aboli
tionists have co-operated with us for the extinc
tion ol slavery command our grntitu le. From
the Abolitionists of Iv.tglun I, Scotland and Ire
land, wo have received renewed and increasing
assurances and proofs ol their constant and en- j
lightened zeal in behalf of the American slave.
Liberal gilts from all these countries, falling be
hind none ot the most bounteous of former years,
helped to lill the scanty treasury of the slave.'
Cluster round him, you men of the latter day!
Your love of the Union is a modern invention
It comes to you late in life. It is a thing in
tende Ito deceive. Y'ou inav as well stand by
your old disunion colors. Rally, I say, round
this 1> itish standard-bearer of the American
Abolitieni.-ts of the American Anti-Slaw rv So
ciety. who holds up our Union to the contempt
and derision of Europe, and receive public
thanks for it.
Olt, how would the authority and power which
these men now invoke roll hack upon them if it
were proposed to punish them for their disunion
principles! But I would not punish tlicm for
even that expression of their sentiments. Not
ul all. If you want disunion, say so. and dis
cu-s it like men. Truth i* never afraid when
1 left free. Error is never a dangerous element
, when truth is left free to combat. I say to you
2 her . what you have to say, say it, but do not
, enjoy your right t'-us to speak your sentiments,
s and then meanly deny to others the same right.
- The Speaker, however, is doubtless satisfied
s with tiie political company he keeps, and I have
- no right to complain. If George Thorn; son,
t of England, or Wendell Phillips, of Ai. erica,
- suit Ins tastes, he is only accountable for that
o sort of patriotism to those, who sent him here,
i, If he wishes to hug to bis bosom those two un-
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
righteous monsters of disunion and civil war. it
i? tie concern of mine. A i.u indeed it may ut-u
with warm approval in ** :;\i I i Ti. i ..
may fs; that lie is correctly representing his con
stituents. I differ front him widely, and indu
ing so 1 am perfectly sure that I properly rep
resent the principles of the district in which I
live.
According to the views of the Speaker, the
people who sent him here are somewhat old
fa-Liqmed in their ideas. They live in a beau
tiful country. They are settled in one of the
oldest and richest portions of our great State.
The uid men are familiar with Harrison and
Taylpr, who both fought Indians on the fertile
, hank* of the Wabash, and both died in the
mansion of Presidents They have seen the
country prosper ail 1 becom.' great under the old
Constitution an l prin -iples of the fathers. They \
do iiut think that V intltam Lincoln can make j
a better government than the one which suited j
George W ashing ton. They are content with;
what they have. Y'ou think you can do better!
than Jefferson. !Ltncock. Madison and \datns. j
I' [> ople ! represent do not think you can. j
It' they are to choose between two forms' of
government they would take that of Washing-,
too instead of that of Lincoln. Sir, I too hold,
and shall to the last, to the Constition of my
fathers. lis great principles sustain me while:
fetio '.iii here in the face oi a jyr;vnical. insolent
iicij >. ity, -dinging like a mariner at so a with
I tope almost lid, at times in despair for my
eouatry, distracted vv'nh the darkness overhead j
ami the stortu around, still clinging to and will- ,
iug to perish on that Constitution, unchanged
i.i letter and spirit, believing that it will better j
restore this I'ni ui, if duly administered, than i
any other instrument which the wisdom of man j
can give tlfs down-trodden people.
You cannot come to me with your charges !
about the war. I have done my duty. No
dollar of money has been paid out to feed and
clothe the soldiers for which I have not voted, j
unless detained by sickness from my seat. I did 1
not want this war, it ought to have been avoid- j
el. I think to-day that peaceful remedies will j
better restore the Union than the prosecution
of war under the present A hni nisi ration. But |
while vve are in war I stand by the soldiers in j
the fi IT The domineering gentleman from the j
third district of Ohio (Mr. Seheuok) cannot say i
as much. I will now attend to him for a few j
moments.
Mr. Speaker, I will send to the Clerk's desk,
to he read, a curious paper, which shows how
the gentleman from the Dayton district gave!
aid and comfort to tiie enemy in time of war I
it a former peti 'd of our history. llow vio- j
lent was that gentleman a while ago! How utt- j
glared upon f/itS'SffllHli"tJ .How fiercely he;
the power to wreak ihe wishes that were inflam- j
ing iii* sul h" would have waged a more dan- j
gerou* war upon u* here than he has ever been !
able to wage upon theenemv in the field Il tvv ;
savagely he menaced this side of lite House! j
Aid and comfort to the enemy ! I will prove the j
gentleman liimsv If guilty of that crime by his :
own statement.
You say that -peaking against war gives aid j
and comfort to the enemy. You say that vo- j
ting against -applies gives aid and comfort to j
the enemy. I wiil send to tiie Clerk's desk a j
series of resolutions offered by the gentleman j
from Ohio in ItSIT, one month belore the glri- j
ous battle of Buena Yi-ta was loughl—one j
month, Sir, (to Mr. Cravens.) before you and |
other gallant gentlemen upon litis floor charged ;
the enemy through a hail of death on that field, I
a battle-field which gave a President to the Re- ]
public.
It will he seen that whether or not the gen- j
tleman from Ohio has a Mexican face, lie had
! a Mexican heart at that time in his breast. He j
vvas then on the side of the enemies of the
: country, lie off'rod resuiulbns to withdraw
our army Irom AF-xieo, to be torn, harressed
and scourged by the enemy hanging upon its
rear. We were fighting a foreign Power then.
Are the Southern people worse than a foreign
people ? Will you wage more relentless war up
on them than upon foreigners ? Are Mexicans
i better than the people of Virginia, Tennessee,
Louisiana, and the other Southern States? At
the expense of being declared disloyal, I say
that I would be willing to take them back into
my fraternal embrace under the terms of the
old Constitution. Aye, Sir. gladly and fondly,
I vvoul 1 rather make peace with them than with
the filthy, broken, fragmentary, diluted race of
Mexicans.
i mio eletk then read, at the request of Mr.
Voorhces. a long series of resolutions offered in
tiie House of Representatives by Mr. Hchcnck
during the war between the United States and
j the Republic of Mexico. These resolutions be
ing too long for our space, vve insert only a por
tion of them, as follows:J
•'Rrioltvl by tlir. Senate ami Howe of' Rcpre
saittihrc.i tf t.ie United States of America in Con
ijiess assembled , That in order to terminate the
war unhappily existing between the U- !S. and
Mexico, with due regard to the rights and na
tional existence and independence of the two
Republics, and with a view to bring about an
honorable peace, the President of the United
i States lie requested to withdraw all troops mid
t military forces of ihe United States now west
i iff the Rio Grande iu Mexico to the east side oi
• the river.
; "That ail volunteers now in the service ol
- the United States lie discharged, taking due care
i in the order of disci targe, that provision be made
t lor the rciorn of all such volunteers to their re
i specttve houies, or to the States in which they
t were mustered into the service of the govern
, ment.
"That the President bo requested and rnlvis
-1 ed to keep all, or such portion as he may deem
!> necessary tor that purpose, ot the regular artnj
, under hi* command, along or near the wes'
, tern frontier ot the U- States, pre fed torch.-
t or prevent any encroachment or depredatior
i. by Mexican citizens or soldiers on the territory.
- propertv. or people oi* this Union. wL'ue ant
WIItH<E ."VUifIBKH, lOl!?
i ! question or controversy shall remain unsettle 1
between tiiw Governments of Mexico and the
I ', ' ? o ..... * * * *
Ui.iiv
" Taut 110 further increase of the present Ifeg
. | ular army of the U. S shall be made by enlist
ment or otherwise"; but as fast as the terms of
enlistment of soldiers no v in the service ni vy
• expire, the army, shall be reduced until it i>
brought to the number that was in service on
, the tirsr of Jan. 1817.
"That it is against the policy an 1 interest o!
j this Government to wage a war for the conquest
I of teritorv, and there should not b • acquired,
by any treaty to be negotiated and concluded
between the United Stales and Mexico, any
J territory whatever additional to t'u territory
now lying legally and properly within the pres
ent limits of the United States, or within the j
j bound.try of any no.v existing state of this L
' nioii.
'■ "That no application of any money appro
' printed, or to be appropriated, by act ot this
j Congress for carrying on the existing war with
j Mexico, or for increasing, strengthening, or in
j any way supplying tlie military or naval defen
ces or lurcos of this government shall be made,
nor is any expenditure thereof authorized, ex
cept such application and expenditure be strict
ly :n act ordance with the declaration and provis
ions ot these it solutions."
Mi. Vouchees continued. The llousc has
heard the resolutions that 1 sent up to be read.
I have simply to say in regard to them that if
j tile moors upon this side of the House are trai
; tors in consequence of their opinions antagonis
tic to the present war, the gentleman from Onio
.
, was a traitor in January, 18-iT, when he intro
duced these resolutions. If there is aid and
comfort to tlie reltels in arms iu the position ot
any gentleman here, then there was aid and
comfort thrice over to the Mexicans in the res- 1
olutionsjust read. Every Mexican hyucer that
murdered our wounded men hailed tiie name oi
| the gentleman from Onio as his friend. Every ■
! guerrilla that preyed upon our trains, struck
down and murdered weak escorts. cut off sup
' plies from our starving soldier-, hailed the gen- i
tleinun from Ohio as a co-worker with him in
! expelling the American army from Mexico- 1
The Mexicans were working to get our army '
I out of their country, and the gentleman from 1
| Onio was working to the same end. I
j rir, Onto seems unfortunate. If the gentle- <
! inan whom you seek to expel (Mr. Longj be uii- |
faithful to his country in time if war, he has <
very illustrious precedents in the former history |
of his State. Her voice has been heard in the
other branch of Congress in tones forever meui- '
orable. Aid and comfort to the enemy! Cor- 1
win stands very high with this Ad"**'"**** l *""
He is very properly a Aluaster to Mexico. He
. s . o JJ^ ;rs ut Santa Anna to murder
graves in a foreign land. To tlie best o'f tlic'n
i ability they obeyed his bloody instructions. —
j Such was the position of these distinguished
i friends of the Administration from Ohio during
a war with a foreign foe—Mr. Cor win in the Sen
ate, and the gentleman from the Dayton district
(Air. Schenck) in the House. Tiiey were co-op- 1
crating together. By voice and vote they were
encouraging the Mexicans to light, and to light
on 1 and while our troops were tnct in front by
.Mexicans, they were assailed in the rear by these
j distinguished allies. :
j By the last resolution just read at the desk j
! no money was to be paid to our troops except
jin accordance with the provisions ot those res- <
1 olutions, that is, upon condition that they should i
Ibe withdrawn from the enemy's country. No l
• pay was to be given them while they were i
! mere. The meanest vote that anv man, in mv i
i • . -
judgment, ever gave is a vote to stop the rations : ]
|of the soldier. It matters not whether the war I >
lie right or wrong, the soldi-r must be paid.— ] i
i'o starve him is no statesmanlike plan by which 1 I
'to stop an unjust war. Yet that was preciyly '
j the vote given by the gentleman iioui Uuio, !,
! who now delivers a lecture to the House upon j
j the subject of American patriotism. There it
stands recorded. There is a Nemesis of poli- j
I ties which comes back to avenge injustice and !
I iniquity. It comes now to lonn-ut and plague j
i the gentleman from Ohio. It avenges the wrong j
J and outrage which he seeks to iuliiet uj on his I
i colleague; it comes now in the face of the sol- '
, diers of this war, and tells them that the gen- j
. tlemaii from Ohio would leave them to beggary j
and want if he should become dissatisfied with j
this war as he was with the war against Mexi- j
;'j co. What man has done man will do again, i
i C 3' • '
j cir, I accept no lecture Upon the subject of!
patriotism from such a source. But at the same !
i 1 time I treely admit that the gentleman from O- j
. hio had the right, the moral, legal, and political j
1 right to introduce the resolutions in regard to j
- the Mexican war if they embraced his senti- j
■ menffs. 1 would have neither expelled norcen- j
sured him for his action. They were wrong in
- my judgment, but if they were right in his, then ;
•t he was right in offering tliera. lam for toler
iJ At ion in ail matters of opinion. We cannot all :
1 i think alike. God did not make us so. You ;
-1 remember the parable, sometimes thought to be
3 j taken from Scripture, but said to have been ut- ■
i tered by Benjamin Franklin, on this great ques- j
1 tion of freedom of opinion. Aram was sitting I
i one evening at the door ot his tent when away- !
t faring man came by. Arum invited him to go ;
1 in and sup with him. The wayfarer did so——
! Aram asked him to bless before he broke bread, i
f! The wayfarer said no, that he was not of his j
e way of thinking. Immediately Aram aro-e in ';
e! wrath, took his stick and beat the stranger.'
- wounding and bruising him, and driving liim
y j from the shelter of his roof.
-1 In the silent watches of the night, however, I
the voice of God catne to Aram, asking hnu, :
- "Where is the stranger I"—"Why,"' said Aram,
n "I asked him to bless and return thanks liefore 1
y he partook of bread, and he refused, so I drove
- him hence." '"But," said the voice ot the Al
-! mighty, "I have borne with that man, I have
n known his opinions, 1 have allowed him to live;
r, I have never beaten him and sent him into the
y' wilderness. Go, Aram, and find the victim of
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VOL. 7, NO 43.
your miserable conduct, bri ig liiin hark, and
pour oil in bis wounds, feed him, and lay bim
on your best bed. and take care of bim tiiiuihe
is Well." Such is the voire of divinity in favor
of freedom ot speech, freedom of 1 nought, free
dom of private conscience. I impiore geuUc
uten.net to attempt u> strike it down. tlie
••rror, i{ error it oe, exist <j 1 ;g as truth is
left free to combat it In the beginning of time
these two principles wi re made. They have
walked ot; the earth together ever since. Tfcey
j have roamed the earth tor six thousand years,
i i ruth and error have been combating on fields
; of reason, on battle fields, everywhere.
You of the Abolition party, go back thirty
i years to the beginning of your own orgauiza
j tton. What was it then you most warmly con*
i tended for ? What hut the right, the iromor
j •' s*l right to speak your sentiments, to denounce
I your political accusers, and to stand before the
world as freemen ( Suppose this gag law, this
instrument of tyrants, this odious relic of bar
barism, again revived in this Hall, had been ap
plied to some men now sitting around me! I
protest belore tlie living God that I never knew
a man wearing the shape if man whom I would
not stand and protect in his right of free speech,
were tie to utter Ins sentiments in a decorous
and becouiiug manner. Your party inscribed
everywhere on their banners, "Free speech."
Deny it to-day if you dare. Trample it in the
lust. Spit upon it sind despise it if you will.
The world will despise you when you do the act.
History will rake up the deed and preserve it,
and the historian will despise you as he writes
it down. Posterity will despise this day in a!!
•:!;e calendar of time as the one on which liber
ty was murdered in the Capitol.
The heart and judgment of the world will
■xecrate you for the deed, just as it to-day
execrates the memory ot the bloody monster
Robespierre; just as it recalls the memory of
Marat to curse it; just as it recalls the form of
.St. Just to loathe him. There are vour mod
els. Go back further. Nero was an early foun
ler of your school of politics. Some one man,
I suppose, is to Jo all the thinking here. So
Nero thought. So vbe blood-stained monsters
ol the French Revolution thought. So the o
dioua tyrannical bigots of the English Revolu
tion oi lb4o thought. These are your exam
ples.—l implore you to discard them. Walk
out in the light of liberty, and appeal to the
people. Tell them von will trust them—What
a commentary on the intelligence of the peo
ple !
You will not allow the gentleman from Ohio
to speak. Perhaps next you will not allow rue
to sjieak, other gentlemen from Ohio, the gen
tian...., ir„ New V„.rL-, ami .ithaca around me.
A by ? Arc you afraid you cannot meet us in
argument ? Are you afraid the people will not
It o 'l'virtue enough 10 *i ulfo\$ 1 \X J*SX.®
card the wrong .' You must believe that they
Have not that intelligence, or that they will not
be true to their own judgment, or you would
be willing to trust them to discriminate between
right and wrong. Sir. I trust tire people. I
challenge you before that great tribunal. lam
willing to stand or fall by its decision, and al
ways have been. If you crush me before the
American people, before that tribunal where free
-peerh lias full sway, I will go down without n
murmur. If I can drive you from place and
power irt the sarrte arena by tlie same means, if
you are honest men you will subTnit also with
out complaint. Rut if you think because you
have the power to-day that you can gag me,
that you can tie my tongue, that you can de
ny to me the right to speak, then woe to this
nation. YV hen you und rtako to carry that
purpose into effect, the day of doom will be up
on lis. It cannot be done; you know it can
not be done without a conflagration that shall
light up the very an hes of the sky from ocean
fo ocean. Are you ready for this issue f Do
you want :i ■ If you do, it can be made by
the expulsion ot the gentleman from Ohio.
This will no longer be an American Congress.
We will be chained -! ives. and the next ques
tion to determine vvili be whether as men of hon
or we can remain and wear the yoke.
Sir, this is a pnnful theme to me. I feel
more of sorrow than of anger over such an is
sue Let me appeal to the sense of justice which
i know animates some breasts on the other side
oi the chamber. Let us not misunderstand
each other. Let us deal with each other as
honest men, striving for a common purpose—
the restoration of our unhappy country. You
may have your views of what policy is most
conducive to that end ; you have the right to
your opinions; I have the right to mine; but
I it-cause of this indifference of opinion in regard
to accomplishing the same object, by all that wo
hold dear in tic present, and by all our hopes
in the luture, lot us not cut each other's throats
and precipitate strife and violence here and all
over the land. The civilized world would cry
shame upon such a scene, and the latest gener
ations of our posterity will heap reproaches on
our memory.
The fable of the man who killed the goose that
daily kud him a golden egg is exemplified by the
attempt of the Abolitionists to abolish slavery.
These fanatics fail to see that the blow whiofi
kills slavery will aNo give the quietus to tho
abolition party. Slavery has been the meat and
, tlriuk upon which they have grown to fatness.
It has been the stepping stone by which they
| have been elevated to power. When slavery
j and the slavery agitation die, tho abolition par*
; ty dies with them.
! SrorrsTf.vAxiA Cornr HOUSE, alluded to so
j frequently by the telegraphic dispatches, ts tho
county seat of Spottsylvania county. It is a
viflags of less than two hundred resident inhab
itant?, situated on the l\>(or Tat river, a branch
of the Mattapony. It is twenty or twenty
two miles east of Orange Cour House, about
fourteen miles southeast of Fredericksburg, and
by the course of the roads shefy-flvo miles north
west of Richmond