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SPEECH
HON, H. 0, A LLEMAN,
OF DAUPHIN,
Delivered in the House of Representa
tives, February 24, 1864, on the ttesoitt
ikon proposing to require proofs of:loy
alty from pr. sons claiming pay `went
for damages by the rebel raids.
ALLEMAN. Mr. Speaker, the alieus
don "en ibis resolution has taken -an exceed
ingly wide range, for which the gentlemen
upon the other side r-f the chamber are wholly
resvesible. Since they have set the preen
dent, however, I am not inclined to apologiie
to th - ua for claiming a similar ixtdulgence of
an assumed privilege. They have acknowl
edged the existence of ditties-say within. the
border.; of the Commonwealth of PenneYlva
nia. But esitle from that ackuowledment we
have proofs of the fact, yes, unmistakable, un
deelab'e and damnirg proofs of its existence.
Aed yet, in the f of this humiliaticg fact,
there are gentlemen upon this fl tor who refuse
to throw those safeguards around the public
trete toy which duty imposes .upon them, and
requires of us. Their nation in this matter
leeks very like sympathy, sir, with those
who-ore aidioe, comfortiog and abetting theee
in arms I rebellion against the conetitutetii-ae
titteirt s of the land.' Their conduct justifies
rho seseivion of svneptethy with fine°
where h.nds ate reeking with the heaits's
blood of err fathers, of our Sons and of 'Our
brothers I hid hoped, sir, =an the
ietroducOen of this resolution that its discus
a9ll would take a legal turn; I anticipated' an
astut and learned law argument from the e'en
tieripte from Franklin. I had reason to expect
:his, from his reputation as a lawyer. But
there was nothing in that targuinent which
cam, up to the standard of his reputation in
the legal prcifeasion, nor anything in it which
res t to the dignity of his ability as a etateserittn.
Toe gentleman from Luzerne (Mr. Bakes)
elide a legal argument, and, I might add, nn.
iegenious argument; and but for the fact that
it was base I upon a false hypothesis, the argu
ment would have been unanswerable. He die
ousel the question as a shrewd lawyer would
argue a bad case before a jury. He took ad
vantage of his strong points, and attempted to
divert the attention of the House Iron:a-the
proper it sue, by assuming the fiet of aright,
and presuming the existence of a law authoriz
ing remuneration for damages Sustained in
o msequence of the rebel invasions Ile failed
to make a distinction between a laW. andii
fa
vor, a right and a privilege. 'There is nothing
in our acts of Congress, neither anytMeg upon
our statute books, which justifies the =war
ranted weumptious of the gentleman. Thera
is no law whatever upon which to predicate
this assumel right. It being, then, a matter of
favor amid not a question of 'law,- it hite:34les a
subject entirely discretionary with.theLegisls
tent. She can, if she sees prop& to do so, - nitike
a gratuity to her sufferers; but in ,maliliag these
donatioes, she has the unquestioned right to
impose such restrictions upon the donees,l9 in
her judgment seems teat.
The theory ef the gentleman fails, and, the
argument upon which it is founded tumbles -as
a matter of course.
There are 1301:1110 things, however, in, the gen
tleman's speech which I very much admire.—
He proposes to call things by their right
names. lie wishes a disloyal man to be called
a traitor, and desires him to be punished as the
infamy of a traitor deserves. He wants dis
loyalty to be calltd treason, and to be punished
as the law directs. Upon this point I agtee
with him and extend him the right hatidof
fellowship.
I alto agree with him most cordially in his
venerated estimate cf the trial by jurY, and
heartily endorse his beautiful encomium upon
its inestimable benefits.
'rho epeeches of the gentlemen from Phila.
delphie, Northumberland and Clearfield do not
come up to the standard of dignity, or the re
quirements of the once-don. Them is nothing
in the speeches made by those gentlemen
which presents a single tenable argument
agaiest the tesolution; no, there is not one
strong, or even good reason given against
it s passage. Those speeches are made up of
d ee p p :Jtizan prejudices, intense partizan. feel
logs, and tirades of putizan abuse, and have
no bearing whatever upon the question at, is
sue.
I am free to confass, Mr. Speaker, that there
are features In that resolution which are ex
c'eedingly distasteful to me, and I. might add ,
very ollectamehte. It proposes a radical
chaege iu our law of evidence, as appliad,to
those proposed commlosioners. It prop seii:to
abrogate an old and well established windfall
of the law—yes, orie of the safeguards of the
liberties of the people—one of the guaranties
against despotism, tyranny and oppl-essiori—
that venerated priociple which recognizes
every man innoceut, until he is proved guilty,
4 Match throws the pus irrrobandi UFO the
au, „ Le a
govern—
'Aim gives the proposedoo - M"Trtis -
This rescue.. -. 4ar to 551311111116 every claimant'
13101 a supreme 1:)° " .' " 4 damages sus' aided by
fcr remuneration of 444 tior o c ,, ,v iity of
the depredations of the re.. .4k tbis presniip
disloalty, at.d until he, dieprovl.. tli b Julio .
than of guilt by Esti:arse-tory Proof 01,
cence, or his loyalty, he will not he
to claim ono cent of the proposed donation.-
This is a feature which I very.much 'dislike,
abhongh it is an unquestioned right of the
Legislature to impose the restriction, and may
probably in this case take trig shape of•cinti.
But I am not unmindfel of one txqt.—
Sir, where it-becomes a lineation betweeratee
son and my conntry, I am willing to shape the
law, and bend the law, if ' necessary, against
treason and in favor of my Government. It is
an ratracrdinary proceeding, sir,. but extraor
dinary cases sometimes require extraordinary
remedies. Ifgwever, since the gentleman from
Chester has proposed a substitute which meets
this of jection, and remedies pie defect, and, as
the gentleman from Washington has agreed to .
that substitute, I can, and will vote for it with
a hearty good will.
Now, the line of demarkation on this ques
tion has been drawn strictly according to party
affinities by the gentlemen on the other aide of
the douse. The gentleman from Washington'
Viißlaimed any intention to.
l i ve, or to charge the Democratic,,party, as a
puty. with disloyalty; the genti,iiiin from.Leb
anon was jest as emphatic tn_ liis declaration
upon this subject; he considered the very idea
absurd, and assured the House that if there was
any intention of the gentleman from Washing-.
ton to impliCate politicsan th 4 mitter;heijould
certainly vote against'-the.resolmtioo ; An.l 'yet
.the gentlemen upon the other side assumed that
when we Charged the fact that ihm:e, were, and
are disloyal persons in the State el,;,l s enneyl
'amnia, we made the 'Wholesale Charge of clialoy
ally'against the Democratic - party. I dispute
that assumPtion. Aside, from: theemphatinde•
nial of the gentleman from Washington t ,there
is not the slightest evidence of his intention,
or of the Intention anlother gentlemsnupon
the - Republican side of this Muse, tei r .„chiNtgelhe
Deniocratic nadir with dislOYaltY, or' as the
gentleman from lanzerne will have it, with
treason, or
,complicitywith treason.
But this giiidlemen on the ,other side of the
chamber made labored"-arguments to convince
this House that disloyalty and Democracy are
synonymous. I say they made labored .are,n
merits to convince ns of the truth . Of- 'that
nssumption, violent Re it is; but I, for one, deny
the doctrine. lam not the champion., of the
Democratic party; I shall nit itarid . Wherd'in
defence of their principles. I have never been
a Democrat, in tha partizan sense of the word; I
hive never either
.r.faliated, or synapathiz d
with that party, for I am free to confess that I
am a Republicaaof the strictest sect; Yet Lain
proud , to number among some of my very hest
personal friends, as fitin, and as staunch. and, as
unwavering Democrats ever arrayed them
selVes - beneath the Democratic banner: - and
those men are just as true, just es loyal, and
just as patriotic as any man who dares boast of
the name of American citizsn. defence
of those men that I speak; and when thq lead
ers of the Den:Maratha parly,upon this floor
make wholeriale charges . disloyalty against
their own party, or assume the prestulaptiok of
such a charge, I tell;:you; Mr. `Speaker, I
will deny the charge, 'and hull it back With
the abenrdity, and contempt it &series. - It has
,
come tO a pretty pass, indeed, Mr. : Speaker,
when a Republican . feels compelled to : rise upon
this floor and defend the Democratic party from
the attacks of its own friends, and politioal'e.i.
pounds. Such is the glaring fact, and there'
speak for the tiepuhlican side of the House„.and
re assert that we never intended to charge' the
Demociatie4rarty, as a party,, With disloyalty.
Wheikevek the question. Of loyeliy has been
brought up In this trodi, we have found gen
tlemen in every direCtion, upon the other side
of thetas% springing to their feet and crying
out,
,"I' Want to' know why, yon; charge the
Democratic patty with disloyalty.'' . They,
wanted to know what we meant lay that - word
"loyalty." The gentleman from Luzerne says
it id is,kingly phrase, a .word that, should be
.'tined` Unit in reicinarchiali andOariktocratical
faiths of goveinment, that noßepulilican
should ever use the word loyalty. I disagree
with my friend.; I likerthe word loyalty. , It
is brOld, ComPrebetatil,Vo anal..aignifiCalat. Yes,,
I love that word as if it had been coined for us,
and to oblige the inquisitive gentlemen upon
the other side,l will give them my definition
nfiloyalty: „It is fidelity.to the Governinent
not fidelity to any one man, not fidelity ET'
way one set of Mit, not fidelity to any ;
particular,clasa of men.L'lam no .manworshiP-.
per. I will never how .-.the °Aging knee
humble sycophancy to any man. lam thepser
of any, but I will always bow the knee suppli-:
aritly'to •myzgoveriament... A loyal man is true
and faithful to hip goveroment. — My definition
of a disloyal man is EL citizen who is neither
true nor faithful' to the government, under
which he lives. If that' definition det, ,s.a broad
es to 'Comprehend * Withinita Ileitis - some of - my,
acquaintances, the reirrnsihilty is with them ,
and not with me., ._The gentleman froMFrenk
lin has told, utt that he re,presents no disloyal
con - titneucy. He tells us that there are none
such in his district; he tell us that he would
entrust the o..institution in the halide of iisveryr
one of his c.inatituents. Yes, in ihe face of the
fa4,tliat .iins traitor Fins Hugh, lived iqi his
county fOr ; twenty pearls, in the face of, the fact
that tle traitor -Logan, was a long, resident, of
hie connty. ,additin,to_thsw! Casey already;
I will rail his attention 4othe fact_ thnt
Efolempn Helsor resided in his: district..
man, Solomon HEIISO bel eve e a pus till
Lent of tits gentleman from FrankliU
prisoner . in. Fort te'Heery,_ on a c.b.:Eirge of
aiding, soldiers to desert and concealing others
who had been drattal. : Doei..the gentleman
Ilona ptstend to say that that man;
Sulcitnoli lielsor t is a citizen.? :_Would the
gentlemen from Franklinentrust the Constitu
tion is hi: hinds ?.; . , •
Mr. SHARPE, Will. he gentleman, allow me
to interrupt him? • • . ,; .
ALLMAN. Cettainiv t sir.. ,-
Mr. t;HA:RFt. Solomon was a citizen
of—. He never was A— • •
, •
Mr. ALLMAN. I obtained my informa
tion froni;the public .press; and I am vary glad
to.have the . 00lot of the genthimmi fiom Frank=
lin, that this trait,Or, . is not a citizen of his
county, °inf.:hie district. Hoicever;the gen,
tleinaafroniFraiiklin will probahly not; deny
that John la a citizen , of - his district;
Sohn Ferney, sir. the - man who. ,murdered
Lieutenant E. N. Ford in cold blood, la ,one:of
the' c onstituents of thdgentienuni frona Frank=
Itti; 'pia?. man Forney struc k.
Ford while in the ' discharge . of his official -du
ties in attempting - to arrest him, and compel
him-to obey, they-iil of the gOveininefit; The
V.,tatid of , the murdered Find appeals to heaven
tor iengesairo, and cries aloud% to. his .felloivr
, cilia* ferrt venge; and, as sure,asi there:is a
Goa in heaven, verigelance and revenge will yet ;
meted out to the perpetrator of that infamene
murder. This man Forney was tyled.before a
jury, in thq.county of Fulton.; and against. the
most coovinaing proofs of his guilt, against the
charge'ofthe whiclipointed witli"uner
ring certainty tO i the ghilt of . tha - "defendant,
that jury brought 'le nverdint of justifiable
hoinicide.:' What: Use - subserfrieney to party
::::ettitel o/ttliooindw . illatek'the gentleman froinFrank
lisi whether he would entrust the' Constitritiian
I n th e L. - 4 , lads of that jury' . Will be entrust - the
the• hands of the murderer For
ney . ;711 . i :entrust it in such' bands; you
aan,-yeittistbe.sarne proprietyan' d safety; entreat
it in the hands of J'efferson Davia.Robert E. Lee,
Joseph . E. `Johnston and .their rebel coadja-
Rut the gentlenian . froru,Fiankliti tells
'that - be placds _sonlylor . hisaepubiloan constitu
ents Whit base, ingratitude! tiarninvhis
hack so sOtiri:upou his Mendel The Democrats
in his county, he says, ace Poor; 4116Y-el:aim no
damages; it.iotnnsnaithyßepltonB•i,hc
istrict.who,aretooaln;:thw,a,d..fc
whom' he pleader' I . telf:theig,etitlemen from
- Franklin that his Republiein conetitpents
not endorse that plea. licythey will notithank
him for that speech; the very , thetight.O . thet:
utterance of their representative will make:
their cheeks tingle with crimatiri. - Vihyi Nall, I
litare-Bever yet known a Republican who hesi
tated to take the ostifof all gianceiq never
heard of a-Republican. who refused to have the
test of 10y tIitY,SP Plied to him.;-And - 1 will guar-,
matte It i qpi h , is not,, a Republican coedit
tont :of . the gentlinnpn from Franklin who'
will efuse or :object to have this
I
.test_ of
JoYalty ,, inPP*4-!2.to,:ct go wish;
A), °wow* cg..ok3UA-:,l;tbiik,"-)li,T.liive
adminisiera tfii 01131 torVegiattat Wittup
e.
- dimmer may say thousines of Ipertions, and I
never had a Republican appear before me-whe
scrupled' to -take the oath of -ale gience,
or hesitated to hive eny"-tese 'of loyalty appliei
to bine seennoh • for .tteratre
I have had Deireeiratifeava end' refuen
to take the oath - . el. =have had them= denounce
the ads tes "aneact rif tetartity,. act` of-User
petiole and an infamous Abolition out
rage." 'I ''never. heard an expression of that
kind from 8 'Republican. - Does the gentleman
from Adams pretend to say that he has no dis
loyal constituency?: . ) . Would 'the: gentleman
ftom Adome e permiethe Conetitutioneo rest in
the hands of each aod every one. of his con
stituents I. know, eireof my own knowledge,
that there are disloyal citizens in the county of
Adams. • The great, Mogul, the, head and trent
of your Democratic party in Ademe, 'the
man who edits your Democratie organ, the
man who shapes andeceretrels Are Democratic
politica of that county, was cent to orte
Henry, charged , with treason--yes, will, use
the word that• my friend froreLneermesuggest
ed e I will call it by'..ite 'right ineme=he . wes
cherged r evith treason anti-is galley Of the chem.'
Dunne- the afternoorebf the first day of July
last, the first day id. the great battle of Gettys
burg, whiltethe superior force` of the enemy
i'ireredriving baCkthe advance . - of the Army of
thefestomee, 'seem Of 'our gallant soldiers-who
were wear y worn out by the fatigues of the
nitireh, and some& them wopireed'diiringehe
engagement, 'found it Smpositele eo'lreefee up
with their comrades itilleeforced retreat of the
advance cerise; In brder to%avoid' either sure
death or certain capture, they endeivored to
ctiricersetheinaselves - froth the pursuing. ,merci
less and relentless fort. The hospitable
sibn of a. trtieee loyal and peeriotee &lien of
- Gettelibetig Offered . a welcome. ietreat, and ehe
generous patriotism Of Mrs Buehler contributed
to their concealment ; but the treachery of this
base •traitor betrayed .these unsuspecting' and
noble defender& of ourlibertiea into the ban&
of the ent my. Yee, this leeder of the Demo
cratic p arty,- escorted a relate,fileutenant 'Col
onel to Are hoiase Mr...Bueliesir and,, plated
out the •plece of .cencealment of over a score Of
wounded, weary. and ealthost fienished" Union
veterans• • The rebel officer ' with . his willing
minions, entered the house, Made:all thearesol
diets prisoners, and led-eaptivityamptive.
The ornoft of, that marsguile were laid-be
fore.. wee and setae help jme (Ric hhitlitelren
brought before me withthe proofs - of liegailt,
he would have been a dangling derma between
heaven and.earth, a spectacle of hoerorlor Men,
and an object of terror to traitors:- Tkat,;man
la now in the Coady of Adams , fulmi nating
hiteteeason. Da you call that loyalty ? , Would
you entrust the Conselfution in the hands. of
such e man? Ate Clete were other Milieus Of
tha borough of Getlyehurg wbo, the
rebels oeennied it, opened wide their doers and
exteveed to the enemy the tender hospitellties
of their home6; e yesievaey comfort, which they
could contra bit e wets filleted freely ; to those rebels
in arms Against; the Goverbinent., ; , These same
citiz toe, after the, terrible threodaytielleht upen
our keen soil; refu e ed„to threer e epeelhell
'dpre
onee liaieltahle beetles to the Uhl& soldier,
or• allow him a place to , rest hie weary lenbs
'teed acehig e heed. Yes, contributions of the
comforts ani luxuries of life which Alley poi
seised, - were either reluctantly " given or-en
tirely denied them. ` -. Why, she 'this game of
sympathy for the rebels was'carried on so
stronglyebat its practice beceme not only a
burning"elegiacs.,'hut, in =bearable and igno
niiiricent Theyeiottlelug^ their nicely
prepared delicacieelo ' the limpet slsecceitempt
nously pass by tire . Tinton sufferer,. rind lavish
them graciously teen the infatticrseebel. ;'The
sufferings of the-'=woundl soldier who fought
and bled in deieuce of their homes! 'and their
' 'retelied none . of ' their sympathies or
none of their attentions. Think of the feelings
of that patriotic hero while lying epehthe very
eerge of , Mee *grave, suffering the most ,intense
esgorty `_,body, aerie compelled to , endure,, the
writhing torture of soul, at witnessipg and ex
periencing,vile perfidy, base! ingratitude and
inhuman treachery ! from .these,weg owed , him
an everlisting delft, gratitude? ~.- W hat en
couregement was teem forshina to pour out his
life's blood, and sacrifice himatlf upon the altar
of his . coneereeln defence, of _these who were
exhibiting loveteee their enemies, and:contempt
for tliele friends? Yes, these,base. acts Win
famy end rmserupolous symeathy with tresson
were so.palpable that complaints became gen
eral, • compellieg me -to issue a general order
for tbe protectioeottinteneinewoundal,rigains t
the insults which were daflyheaped upon than.
I gnat° the third :.Article of General Order
No 2:
111. Any luxuries sent to the ,hospitals for
wounded confederates :;by their - sympathizing
riende e must be handed. overito the surgeon io
charge, end .under his direction will be pistribu
ted eqyrallyesmeng,•thelenion and confederate
wounded. . •
After that order was lanai I saw. it executed
to the letter; but many. and„.bittee were the
denunciations which werp helped upon my
heal by these '-sym pathizing friends," yet
Ghee dentinclatione did nrieres harm. ,
It is but, eustleee ice ehe , good, people of
Gettysburg, ;hoes:wipe, to ',say that these. dis
loyal persons were but 'few . % number; . and" the
ebarge which I have mide MI:Mt - net be-eon
I Streed int o a wholesale . ' nunciation against
the e citivens of thaoaorough, weeehere
are: suet as- true, jotets patriotic and just as
loyal Men and women in that town:EL3 you will
find In the moat trial eoteninnity of the North;
and what la more, an unparalleled degree of
generous hospitality, , self-sacrificing devotion
to suftsring humanity, and relentless hatred of
treason and its siipperters..,
The rebel herdes marched On. They Pee'
&rated the county of . York e and,. marched
elertiugh the Democratic strongho'di;lif the
Codoruses, Manheicos and Dov,r, tetiates the
county.ecat and were greeted by their syMpa
thireng fjleoils, (evidently members - of some
secret orlanizat ion, )who made some mystetioins
signs to them; hneibe rebel Chi - Wary Would
recognize no signs; but Write of :finbiltsqlon to,
theit dictation. They' marched- on towards
the ancient borough of York, and when a dis
tance of six or eight miles from that town, they
were Met by a deputation of eitisteette etneetilt in g
of therehlefeetineese, end's.'portion at . least of
'the do-oreinate borough authorities, whe went
out under a flag ef trdme end tendered elle un
eOlidlikelei Plllrender of - York to the" enemy.
- Mr. SPAN,GeiRI3.. ' Will the gentleman al
low me - to intekript" hire? ' ' • •
Mr. - AfeLEMA:N. Certainly, sir.
Mr. SP;iNteLtEte Tee pent= front York Who
tendered the uneelielitional -surrender., of the
town wee&
member ' of .the Dtack
eleeteelee.,-Aetelle garecthate—,
- Mr. ALIEMAIte - am "eery glad to hear
Dfiat rbe..tiorg cokinoll of York Is not entirely
emocratic in its composition I think. this
"Black RePeiblicah, • " ras the gentleman from
terk-cleteeseetadignifetdereavedundignifer him
ielf,e,llineeete **Mee "tiltek eheree e lieethe
_ frotltra*llie flit" from Lebanon expressql
MI
It u ot,el4e ex6e.edloglyellly politician; OIL al
tohlC.D.elnotraile:ossoCiste; to &74 hint; by
making 'him the - scope goat :their
. plotted
tree: on. Let -the &entiornan fidinYork deny
it,if ho d no, that the'clilet of that - deputation,
and a very large, majOrity of it, yes, the - met
Who controlled and'-forced their - action, are
members in mast excellent standing of the De
mocratic party. , •
But I am not arguing the defence of the Re
publican.party. that party need's no de'ence
againet_the charge of treason: ' I am arguing
againspraitors, arid 'their wicked symPathlz
ere, who are endeaVoring to filch money froin
the priblictreasury ; yes, men who have the
andaelty s. to dem ped i 'compensation for the very
curse'whechthey.brotoht upon themselves.
Tbe - abirender was made to the General corn
tnandhig tins rehet advance, who accepted the
treason, but dispii4d thhiraitors, and his reply
Was A'witheting retnike to their infamy "Wp
did not expect a surrender, `certainly not`beforei
reaching the sight of,o r ler - twin, and malrliiig a I
formal demand of 'you. ,-This I havetrinia)lie
lips of a rebel General, Who spoke le the moat
'Contetnptuous terms of the ciayatellY - treason of
the authorities of York. This I have heard'
confirmed by others, and net'er .yet deified
That scathing rebrikestionld be Written with a
pencil cf sunbeams, in letters of living light,
to the everlasting shame of the perpetrators of
that , most, alaoatlitable. outrage, and accursed
Yes, with. otetstretched:arms; and willies
hands,. they, bid their Southern friendi a hearty
welcome:to,the hospitalities of their cheerful
home%• r:Do you, look opine the, action of those
dignitaries as indicative , of, fidelity to the Oon
stitutian ? Do you call that fealty - to the Gov
ernment ? -Do yon nall that loyalty? .
The rebels accepted their proffered invitations
and: entertd York as a triumphant and victo
rious army They.reeeived marked attentions
from their sYmpathiaing friends,•but leech-like,
the rebels cried, "give,give." They did
and nowthey are importuning us to "give"
them in return-, Do they deserve it? They
brought calamity UP= ,themselves, and may
the eMtreituences of, their eyininfamy rest with
thane. Curnbetland - oomety also elairni•remu
neititien't.ir damagea occasioned by the last
rebel f , :vasien. • Are none of her citizens dis
loyal ? Would it be improper to apply the
test of loyalty to her claimants ? It could
certatili,do them notarm, and might do the
Stattk'T..eirsury an amazing deal of good. I
thinkaliertiis , breath: of suspicion against
some 'of the citizens of tild Mother Cumber
and, who should be, like Caesar's wife, above
suspicion.- "•
The rebels occupied tind'evectiated
it; when General Smith,' Witirrahandfal of raw,
bat breve militig, took VOElreEdOtt of the town.
reteirreed,•and threatened 'the
place, and'with his Ming - chivalry, threw his
comblirnente into the town in the shape of
bombehelle; to which•the gallant Smith cour
teonslV;liut forcibly' replied in thunder-tones,
against nerifitinder of the town. :Some of the
-citizenktitiliw'rip the* . bands` in holy, Irctrii* at
:tbe Arfrviat ''!of ktileatirisl=' Eirdthtireeinpkiiith,
.Fitishugh. rieeit9isdratnia; kind begged - of libel,
fbi .. "God's'inikel• to surrender tlis 'tovm.
• Why ! were theY fearful - of the cootie& of our
little bind? It is more than probable that
feared thbre would be "Somebody hurt" among
their Southern-- friends.: -This- may ba loyalty,
belt esingfelatvier of showing:it. 'I un
derstand' that-a •`eitizsu of Mechaniceburg, in
the goot(i!es¢ of his heart; pointed out-firth°
rebel cavalry the most -direct . 'road to - York;
and also the locality of concealed whisiy,
which served them well - for drunken debauch.
Thateit of lefaltYle:tliat officious individual
could cortaiuly do him no harm.
Does the . , gentleman from Cumberland be
lieve in the, loyalty dills entire constituency ?
Would he submit the donstitution in the hands
of all of them? Does ho, believe that the ends
of justice would he snliseryed by . zefusing
to apply the test of leially hie ‘ con'sOtirent
claimants?• I have'tito much confidence in his
indgatent, era:: consCience, •to - titlleve that be
,would, 9r cetild;answarthose questions affirm
.
Will the gentleinan from Beiford pretend to
say that ha; represents, aaentirely loyal *slit
rienoY ?
Mr. ,MEYEItp. Will the, gentleman allow
me to answer hisquestion?
Mr. 'ALLEAA.R. - Certainly; sir.
Mr. MEYERS: I , say that I do
• represent a
constituency loyal to the Constitution.
Mr, ALLEIIe.N,. lem glad tahear it, but
begleaVe to doubt it. I will infant' that gen-,
tienian that at least two citizens, of. his county
left,it, and ' ttaveled'a distance of thirty-four
miles to litCorneeilsburg, to , jOiri 'the rebel
army. Those tiib,nieu marched on with, the
rebel hordes,and participated with them in the,
battle of Gettypbutg. One -of those precious
scoundrels was captured in that fight, and sent
to Fort Delaw'are a prisoner of war; but through
the influence of his father, and friends, he was
released„,and permitted to, renira. tie his home
in Bedford. 'Ara game man was carrieciebout
to, your Democretic meetings and held up as a
paragon of Dam ocratic perfectfon. I_Ls,nghter.]
The other man is, yet in the rebel - army unless
the devil has his dues. [Renewed, laughter.]
It is said that cliaft,sh.Otdd begin at home.
That maybe; hat when y:onctimetathe question
of lafiimy, I wish to place my county last lit the
category: I ; am• not, oing to. stand up here and
defead the ntire constituency, which I have
the, honor te. represent, Against Are charge of
dislOyaltY. And tatter this with a burning
sense of shame; the fact Is glaring, I must-con
fess it—sorry as I am, cannot help ,it.—
Why, ,sir, when the reiiels Were ,marching
upon the thy.' Of Harrisburg arid ahnoit
.snnonrange Of hid, as we:yet,have, an
told public functionary" who was'so ImPreased
with his own digialry„ and so inflated with his
own importance, that he expressed. an ardent
&eke to surrender.: Harrisburg fOr the put pose
of pru serving our property froth Ogre Won
Yes, he would surrender the town, With - all its
hallowed memories. He • would aurrender this
State Capitid,,With all its .archivii., He *Quid
surrender the Governor; and the GovernMent.
He would crown our city with everlasting in
famy; and 'Cover" her citizens with ineffable
disgrac,e;, he would do ail, this to, gratify a sel
fish arabition of palled' the,''tender of an ig
noble surrender to his Sonthren brethren. That
expreseed deeirelonised the patriotic fire of this
city. It roused the ire and, indignation'of all
parties. 'They „rose up en mane, and had': that
d vi l i g t a w ita it r . yr_it , te . attempted to execute his exp.76,:tde
sire; there tould'have been a traitor ,ex.e.Onted
.
...WitY,t l r,we have a newspaper publishe.d In
town, the organ of thellamocratio party, which
has, over since the breaking out of this rebellien,
- been 'sowing 'uniips!ringly and' broad pair, its,
treason. I keep, no file of the Patriot' - and
Nice, and haVe'fkaitedias.lo any. I hat'a no
papers frem . v.hich to quote ; Tam; consequently,
.compelled, to speak
_entirely from reecollection
- of 'the laibles at ot''priblictition.
That paper, at the inception of our
Vehemently-denounced. the light of coercion,
erectt. claimed in with Bechanan'e doctrine de
nying the rlskt, and the, power of the General
efeevermiient tes edema a Slate, and• declared
that'if th.re(ieneral Adininistration shoiddat:
tempt, to • coerces the. South, *and march her
troops through ., Penneylvania,.• those. troops ,
would wade through-blood before reaching its
border - . - Whit a 'beautiful specimen of loyalty!
and what a cornmentarYpon the wish which
was father to the thoughti It placed to.) low.
an estimate uponpatriotism of, the people
of Penneylvatite, and lesetVed its ignonince of
the laws of human• nature, by supposing that
the peopleivould surrender their liberties to
the blind dictates ;of partientp,sejudices.
That same piper, sir, while the rebels were
inaiehiog dewn the Shenandoah 'Wiley in
Jane honied lit the veryldea that the
relkla intended an invasicfn of our Common
_wealth eilleyeneerecl coatemptnotely,et it, but
their libels marched en,and captured Winch sten
end ye.t *fits - Pape r• would bet acknowledge the
e'vffierit %iteration Of the rebels to visit Penn
sylvenite. Thee:marched on, to. Hagerstown,
ande yet the it'.'atiiet and Union would not he
knowelidge a fact "that was patent, to. almost
,every' Mari of intelligence. They marched
on to Pennsylvania and into Chambers
burg; yet that-;paper, denied the fact of
an invasion of the State until we hest
repeated official proofs of the fact. It
was then forced to acknowledge that the
rebels were in Pennsylvania; hut.they..couphxl
-with. that aoknowledgment, sir, this most d ts
disgraceful declaration: 'lt is,
said the rebels
are in Pennsylvania, bat they are acting like
gentlemen; they are paying for what they'get.
and:rate paying in greenbacks." What did
this mean?. it was an undoubted , attempt to
educete the minds of the people for a shame
ful surrender of the seat of go'vernment of
Pennsylvania,'" nothing :lees,. but probably
something more. That same - paper, daring the
campaign last season, urged upon every citi
zen to go to the polls and put an and to the
infamies of this administration at the ballot
box; Thst they had a perfect right ro do; but
the people intheir•viiadom,sustained the admin
istration_ That,paper , declared their intention, if
unsuccessful - at the ballot-box, that they (the
Dentocratic party) would then resort to a rev
olution sustained.by lead and steel. The word
"revolution," I • thinke.was italicized. . What
did that mean? Did it, mean. that they were
determined to deluge our homes with blood?
Didit mean that they wanted war in Pennsyl
vania? Did it mean:that treason should be
fought upon,oneetw.asettil 7 If that is what, hey
mean, they cm heve it. Ifthey, want to fight
`ne here, ire are Just as willing,and just as ready
'to meet the foe on the soil of Pennsylvania as
the "accred soil of Virginia ;" and be that
either a Northern or, a Southern foe.
Itls but justice, hntiever, to the present
editor - of the Patriot- and Union, to, say
that 'he very recently slimmed control of that
-peeper, and is not reeponsible.for the articles
,alluded , to,. and the charges, made against it-.
- la addition to those specially cited came
there is evidesce . ' fif disloyalty in other
porhionfes -of • ...the - 'Commonwealth. There
were .uninistakable evitiencets • of a bloody de
termination to resist , the Operations of the
draft iii'artan interior comities of the State,
andadrigular as it may apperar e those counties
arc all - intensely Demo-eratic. Yee, sir, ths Gov
ernment was , compelled tAx withtir.yr troops
from, the army, and stager, sessta to the Demo
crane Stiongholdi of gerks, leozerne and &Amyl
kill, fok the purpose of securing the execution
of her oidere._ • .
In the facesef these donning facts, can gentle
men hesitate fer a moment to acknowledge the
existence of disloYaltY in the' Commonwealth
of Penults/anti? The charge is only too true.
New e l. put it to _gentlemen upon the other
side of the chamber who profess loyalty them
arid are willing,to swear every morn
ing, nobnund diglit to support the Constitu
tion and fetiorthe preservation of the Union;"
whether the imposition of this proposed teat of
legally is not only in strict accordance with
the legitimate powet of right, but a question
of undoubted and imperative duty?
The gentleman from Northumberland- said
that, the allusion of.the r rebees in Chambersburg
to their Censtitutional fiiendit was with &sneer,.
that theC'were sneering at their "constitutional .
friends,' and despised every man who.stuck to
the Constitution rood the laws
-of this country,.
There can , be no doubt that the iatelligent and
high 'strung portion of the 'Sleuth do despise
those "constitutional ?Heads"-of , tbehe in the
North. Any• man of a high-toned Berea of
honor will scorn the =tinge of a hypocrite,
*time hytiOerise leads only to selfish ambition,
or the gratification of selfish purposes. So far
as the actions of the Demonecic party, or mem
bers of that party;in 'the Nash,' either di
rectly orindirectly aid the aims of the South
ern confederael, they are perfectly willtok to
accept such aid, and but for this 'expected, yes,
and acknowledged aid, the rebellion world
long ago have been ensiled. Ido not believe
that the Democratic party desire the rtcogni
tion of the Southern cortfederscy;their object
is peace' with the South ripen almost any terms,
and why? Because their old-strength lies south
of Mason and. Dixon's line. As a party, they
can control but a siegie State • in the North, and
without 'the votes of their Southern - allies, they
are unable 'briaceomplhih' their national pur
posew It is for this reason that, the Democratic
patty, crouch signifies/AV:and. sycophantly to
their Boathern brethren; and some of their
leaders go ' B3 far' upon thlitesubject, that the
only definition applicable to •their actions, is
treason to theiregovernmerst. The Southern
leaders of. the 'rebellion do not desire to return
to their allegiance, and have no respect for
those plotting traitere friths North. I 'read,
sir, from a telegraphic- dispatch of Jane 20th,
1863:—"An interview }lastest taken place be
tw,een the rebel General Jenkins and some
Republicans 'of Chambersburg.: • Aft& dis
cussing' for some ••time matters 'connected
with the war, a prominent office holder stepped
up and introduced himself to the rebel .Gen
eral. General jenkins said he ought to refuse
taking` him by the hand. The' office-holder
deired - to know 'the reason for such
a remark. ' , General •lenklps • asked the
question, 'Are you, the district attonsey. of
Franklin county?' 'Yes,' was the reply. 'Then
you are a regular copperhead? 'That is what
they call me,' was the reply. To which the
*rebel genesal retorted, 'Lincoln ought to have
hung yon and-the rest of the Copperheads long
age. We would,eot tolerate any suck men s in,
the southern c,obtederacy,. We respect those
who are against et; 'in the - North, but despise
the cOpperheads.'" - ' • . -
I never use the-term "copperhead," Mr.
Speaker. In , Speaking. pf the mernlears of the .
Democratic searty',l call them and
in imaging of 'disloyal mho, 1 - anif them. tad
tore. But Ihavietieselutioti for- this term cop
perhead. :major General. Trimble asked Me, sir,
In one of the . 99nversatious • which I had. :with
hint, whatmy Polities ate. Third' *as
a Republican. He said, "I have respect Milian
who are openly in favor of their Governmeef
butwo despise the-contemptible copperineide.'"=
I asked him what he meant by coppetheatift-
I said, "we have but two parties in the North
—the Democratic party and the Republiaift"
party—what do you mean by copperheads!"
"I mean. those who are among - you, who are not
of you; I mean those of your own men who
are secretly op 'rating a&fitst your Gov,rn
ment; I mean those who are bending like
crouching sycophants tows. We despise such
men." That comes from the lips of --as pure a
rebel as ever took up arms- against the Gov
ernment.
Allusions have been made to Andrew Jack
son, the hero of New Orleans. The good old
Patriot is brought in here in support of trea•
son. Alt! .could the old sage of the Hermit
age have heard that speech be would have
ptinistied its- author with a deserved rebuke_
- It was enough to make his mouldering hones
rattle in,their cam_ The man who first put
his iron heel upon the nullifying State of South
Carolina, and swore by the Eternal •the` Union
must and shall be preserved." could never be
guilty of treason, or complicity with treason;
Bringing Andrew JAckeln here in supcort•of
Such an abominable doctrine's the very essence
of sacrilege.
The gentleman from Philadelphia (air.
Hawse) referred to the fact that there are g.
'lemon upon this side of the Howe "who were
at one time firm adherents of Henry Clay."
Yes,_there are, gentlemen upon this 11. - ;or who
love the name, and venerate the memory of
Henry Clay. He was the idol - of his party, and
loved his country dearly, and for that country
he. made personal and political sacrifices which
none but a paialot could make. He nobly
threw himself into the fearful chasm; made
wide Ivy tint contending feuds, and saved his
country repeatedly from anarchy and civil
war. .
"With voice ant mien of stern control,
Words of fire heist from his soul
Likelightnings fromthe tempest donde,"
in bitter a - nd 'degas - ved denunciation of the con
duct of those fiends who were plotting the de
struction of the liberties of cur government
What! quoteEfenry Olayin support of treason?
the sage who "would sooner be right than
President!" The patriot who sacrificed his all
for his country. You insult the disciples of
that gallant old leader - '
you pervert the his
tory of the times! and you unkindly, unwar
rantably and tnaliciously traduce the nation.
Every opportunity which has presented it
self upon this floor hes been taken advantage cf
by theleading Demc mats to stigmatize the Ad
ministration; and why? Because they hate
Abrahamtincoln ? Mumma they despise the
Administration of Abraham Lincoln ? No, bat
for the purpose of •throwing- obstacles in the
way of. the Government. Their aim is not to
hurt Abraham Lincoln; their olio :t is to stab
the Government which is protecting theta.
Inasmuch as this discussion has taken a -parti
zan direction, and the general topics of our
difficultiessalready alluded to, it- may not be
out of place to take a bird's-eye view of the
origin and cause of our national troubles,
and-thtsressionsibilities of the present Admin
istration in connection therewith.
Tee first allusion, Mr. Speaker, to the tines-
lion of the'dissolution of the Union,-wais made
in the third session of the Eleventh Congres,
is 1811. That idea was thrown out as
a probability . . of the future, hoppening
upon a certain contingency, and it was received
by that Congress with sentiments of .1144
abhorrence. But bathe progress of time this
idea .became more familiar to the minds of the
public: • ' '
In 1819, when Missouri came knocking at the
door of the Usion for admission, the coasstion
of the feasibility-of a dissolutioa of the Union
was then discusrad. The difficulty, howeves,
was satisfactosily adjusted before Congress, and
the subject disappeared. from the public mind
until the, year 1-3 L In 1828 Congress pegged
a tariff act. In 1831 and '32 South Carolina
raised - her head egsisst it, and pronounced it
unconstitutional, unjdst and oppressive in its
operation against her; but Andrew Jackson, in
his famous proclamation, issued December 10,
1832, put an end to the cry, of nullification,
and prophetically armour:Med-that the slavery
question would be the next pretext for a disso
lution of the Union. Now sir, the first perma-,.
-cent organization of the Aboliti m party was in
1831; and I allude to the fact merely because it
has been referred to by the other side. That
party was then exceedingly. small, but it has
grown amazingly by degrees. In - 1860,
they preeentel no choice for the Presidency,
although there was a distinct organ:zation;
there was no affiliation between the masses of
the Abolitionists and the Republicans. A por
tion of the Abolitionists voted the Rspublican
ticket, and a small portion of them—those
who were really in favor of a dissolution of the
Union—voted the B:eckinridge ticket, with
the expectation of carrying out the object of the
Breckinridge party in bringing about a speedy
dismemberment of . our country. This lam
free to acknowledge r as. it is now a matter of
history. ,
Sir, I am no Abolitionist, if by that term you
mean a disunionist ; I have always been -char
acterized es a conservative, in faVor, of:the
States regulating their ow.n peculiar inetitntions.
in their own peculiar way; but I have always
been opposed to the' further enteneion of sla
very. The. time has cense, however, when
extreme conservatism locks very like sympathy
with treason, and I sin free to say that if Abo
litiooism means bostitty to slavery, the curse
arid the-cause of this rebellion, I proclaim
myself an Abolitionist. This is no time -to
discuss the propriety of recognizing an insti
tution which is gnawing.at the very vitality of
our existence as a nation. Slavery now Means
treason. It is no longer - a question of Aboli
tionism, ibis now a simple question between
-slavery end our country, 'treason arul our. Gov
ernment
The curse of slavery has been the cause afdll
our national Ills and woes. It has deviishited
the fairest portions of our land, - blighted. -our
hopes, blasted our prospects, rnstk happy
homes desolate, cut down the &wee and she
pride of the country in the beauty of youth aid
vigor of manhood, hurled - tens - of thottmbds of
braveiand.gallant wirrioia into : speedy and to
bloody graves, clothed the whole-.country.in
sable mourning, and now the nation _weeps,
her mothers weep, lier , daughters weep,. and ell
is gloom and sadnem.- save where heroism has
cast a gleam of--sunshine and glory over the
dukand bloody scene. . -
The Republican party now looks upon the
institution of slavery as doomed and settled.
Yes, sltifeity - iii dad . ; It committed suicide, and
its ally, treason, will soon die with it. - The
Democratic party can no ionger tosha s upteat
Out of that abominable sin s , Her ; lenders in
Congess now look upon the itistituttoli:u-de
funct, and the party must soon'aiszigiiii3 the
question as settled. The rebel,antheritiesiat
Richmond already,_ticknossletto_ the ccester
stone of their Government, the 4da of
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