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E E i! A R K S
or
3N. WM. WALLACE,
OF CLEARFIELD,
rt; Senate of cnnjlvnntn.
M'.t.cji G, IS 63,
!' ir..fr.!sri;.t. i .i:;sft Gzmkai. Mc
I'i'.xV to '-it :5e Capita;, to the
2: F,'.o;-.::kc ;cril-rng ih nee of the
ru'e C fnbT i? Kl G-Tetuor Juhlr
w i '.Vngtu
'"j wuuucm, na crave, out inexperi
enced, under the guidance of the veteran
Soctt, was impetuously driven forward
by the machinations of political fanatics.
It was madly dashing against the tiattle
ments at Manassas ; it dio! all that a brave
and loyal soldiery could do but was
thrown back, beaten, dismayed aud bleed
ing, upon Washington. The army de
moralized the Capitol defenceless the
administration dismayed and well nigh
despairing Representatives and Senators
unnerved and powerless, trembled in the
well grounded anticipation of immediate
danger, and
With lirid lips they cried.
The foe! th foe ! they com.' M ... .
All was dismay, all were intrepidtion ;
arid with outstreatehed hands. they nought
relief Whence shall it come "15 it from
Governor Johnson, then a enator of the
United States? Why he partook of the j
general dread.
To the young and vigorous McClellan
the eye of the nation involuntarily 'turned,
an J the armies of the government were at
once placed beneath his control-. He was
brought to Washington when confusion
and disorder rcijrned supreme, bt under
1 . . .
iiis magic touch n new ftate cf thing
grows up ; confidence and order follow
cb.ios; the army disorganized ta rc-organ-
J .zed for victory ; and when I he order to
j me forwar.l comes, the Mnnthcld of
J She enemy is acquired by that greatest of
ai. c:t.'ri:s n iIoodL?s one. PruiJence
an 1 caution, love for l is soMicriv ;md
j rotlou to hi cotintry, long pufi.-rii and
j patience under repeated injurie?, und.ubt
J ed bravery and genius as a Gener.il, have
j made this min, George H. AlcCtclUm, the
; idol of :h-2 nation.
!
During all the existence of the rebel-
lien, where is Andrew JcLrsoti ! In the
Mr. Smurti: I tr-xc linentd witb
. I tiVlirai fur 1 mwlt ami h. fi.li,
zii an 1 wwifi that iiavo fallen- upon v . ... ,
from Ivrntcrj iipoa the other .ide of
cbi!n:brr. Tlie mmc (if )uo!i it bcl
vin- a rxmurrat. I shall ncilher at
ijt lo iKiiiiute nor dtnv. In
1 1 m 3 Dornocntt. I tke to mvaelt"
idinjof ruriae, bit rather feel a thrill
aal of jlorv. I am troud Lj be
ii.b:c m--mb.r uf that noblo partv
!-tiirce-fjartfap ef eijjbtj year has
hoc- tnw Voerrmcnt, that from a
ice jie Lvlonicu elevated Lcr to be a
K lua njigbty nation, n-hoe commerce
:":J every sea b.neath the azure
.u: heaven : thu " broad t riipcs and
"t fUir " of whose national en?:gn
rei in the breezes of every clime i:
cjE r.arkt Sir. I take to mvsclf
Senate of the United States, seeking pro-
;ows under
McClellan.
Until this hour, when has he shown him-
sen in inc :rcni or Damei in Jsigh pia
ccs as the military Governor of his own
people, as their dictator we find him;
he is never found in arms in defence of
I is State, or va4iant!y fighting in defence
of the !iler!ic? of Lis pcopTe, against the
w.nned cohorts of tht rebellion. Never,
never!
yours; Republicans rioted in power.
Now sirs, the times are changed. You
are passing away ; the people are wrest
ing from you the sceptre of dominion;
and men who, like Andfrew Johnson, are
willing to trample the Constitution under
foot, are in transiti n ; they will in the
early future, be buried in dark oblivion,
and men will stand upon the grand bul
warks of the Constitution, the noble pul
sation of whose hearts beat in. sympa
thetic unison with thirty four States, who
will bear aloft the banner of our country
with not a star erased they are the men
who are trampling upon your heels and
will soon follow. iu the places you now
occupy. Sirs, this is the past and pres
ent cf. the rebellion, these arc the signs
of the limes.
I am opposed to the reception of Gov-
j crnor Johnson for no personal reason ;
j but, sir, I am unwilling to recognize his
present o'Tieial position. He is not the
Governor of Tennessee in my view of
the law. I am opposed to the resolution
because Republican Senators nro unwill
ing to yield the same courtesy to General
M'Cldlan. I am opposed to the resolu
tion because I am unwilling to counte
nance any of thoe men who have ren
dered aid and comfort toward sustaining
this -itdministration mark me towards
suMisi'ung this administration in. its un
constitutional, unwarranted and unneces
sary measures. Andrew Johnson is one
f th:se who has gone farthest, .who has
b-en the most uttra of the ultra in sus-
rta'nmg the violent measures 01 the ad
ministration at Washington.
Mr. Fuller. Will the Senator sliow mc
to a?k him a question ?
Mr. Wallace. Certainly.
, Mr. Fuller. Does the. Senator refer to
the war measures of the administration t
Mr. Wallace. I do. To those and to
all other unconstitutional measures.
Mr. Fuller. It is for that you condemn
him? '
Mr. Wallace. No, ri", not for that
alone, but because he has been n consist
ent and warm friend of all their radical
measures.
Mr. WaPac He has sustained the
administration in its emancipation mea
sures, ju its suspension of the writ of
habeas carpus, in all its prominent meas-
Sir, it is but proicr that ?h; rrprcs:nta-
tives of the pc-jIe of l'er.i.svlvania
1
purpose a continued vacillation of pol- I
icy and ' purpose has characterized this
administration from its inception ; it .. has
had this policy to-day and to-morrow : it
1 has wanered here to-day and there to-
morrow; it has proposed this thing as a
war measure to day and that thing to
morrow, until, little by little, it has
crushed out the Union sentiment of the
Southland almost exhausted the loyal
people of the North, by ' arrousing" a
a trembling apprchention for ' the preser-vatioo-of
the liberties guaminteed by the
Constitution. Tliis vacillation of pur
pose on the part of the Adminisration
nas knitted sogcthei the people of the
South as on j mighty mass in arms against
us ; blood has flowed like water ; and
treasure, by the thousand millions, has
already been expended in the hitherto
fruitless efforts to conquer a peace and
crush the insurrection. Unless reason
shall resume its throne North and Scuth
unless honesty of purpose and fealty to
our constitutional obligations shall, gain
the ascendant there is no ray of hope
for the future.
Mr. Ridgway. I would a.k the gen
tleman, whether he is supporting the Con
stitution fvr the purpose of protecting
slavery or liberty ?
Mr. Wallace. I am supporting the
Constitution for the purpose of protecting
myself and my posterity. I am unwilling
to entrust the right to control ray consti
tuciitf, and, my children, and myself to
anv "one man nowcr. Ye have a
f
written law, auJ by tliat written law we
must abide.
Sir, I again indignantly repel tbo as
sertion of Senators upon this floor, that
ths Democracy are disloyal. Thousands
of the nobla Democracy of Pennsylvania
are now in th; army ; they promptly re
sponded to the call for troops : they have
nobly sa;riticcd their private interests and
pursuits and have devoted themselves to
the f'jpport "cf " the government, and are
now engaged in vindicating by arms the
power of the government.
When gentlemen undertake to make a
distinction between the leaders of the De
TOoeracy and the Democratic masses, they
fail into a grcvijus error. Sir, I tell you
the leaders are behind the pet-pie on this
question. I tell Senators that the people
preservation of the Constitution, becousc under the express authority of Congress 1
it is the great protecting power for mr
liberties and the liberties of ths people I
represent.;
0:
should place uijon record their desire that
a man who has done yeoman s.rvire in
b-jhalf of tl: government should be
rqualiy Lor-rd with the man who holds
the position of military Governor under
me that I am a Democrat. 1 the government of the United States.
w York
to Gn.
M Cldlan the honor of a public reception.
He who has done rave thnn any other
toward crushing out the insurrection, is
refused an tpjxrtunity to be heard. Mc
ClelLuj, the soldier, has voluntarily en
countered the perils of the battle-field and
tho privations of the camp John
sen, the civilian, has remained in inglo
riouM ease as a Senator and a Governor.
This resolution as amended, places them
on the level, and surely Gov. Johnson
cannot complain of this. For this sim
ple request, for exercising our undoubted
right to criticise all public men, for
" P;--Uc wrvant and placed them in plainly expressing our opinions and con--
to administer the government vietions, we are bitterly denounced. Sirs,
you may talk as ycu wilJ. e are your
peers Senators of this Commonwealth
sustained by a noble and loyal constitu
ency; we are sustaining the doctrines of
the Constitution, and demand, and will
have the rif ht freely to express the opin
ions that actuate us.
Mr. Speaker, it has been said that
every man who was a Democratic Sen
ator or Representative in Congress, and
every Democratic Governor at the incep
tion of the rebellion, is now m armed re
-7 h the nam in the past; I am 1 The Republican partv in tho N.-
i oflt in the present ; and in it I vet ' Legislature has refused to accord I
-p: i-i ths fotara. And when invec
. ion mciation and bitter word are
to 2 hora, I burl them back
'-'J, in the teeth of Senators upon
Sir, we ari as loval to this
f-iint as anT Senator arc : we
uuned aad will sustain the Gov-
ct sad tho Constitution. Tho peo-
l?t!c Kvercigns of this Republic
", m of the people ; and, as such, I,
3ilest cauallv with the loftiest.
' Ae right to demand that my rulers
"-B-ab sit tyrants. Hy virtue of
scvereipri people have chosen
ta hw. Ther demand that
'er tha!l obey the law. They
" Rt:ea Corstitution. on the broad
of which the richts of personal
. iree :oin ot speech and freedom 0
piamly graven. They do
tnostrniMljla nrivilr of tha un
hv.-... . - r -t-
are
fxircise of all these right
ft" . .1 1. .1 f f . T
y v t.j Uie penalty lae taw ciiia
f tor tb:ir aha;. When the' ruler
i7' "a?1 eniands of us obedience
it is our duty to yield it, and
'J right to demand at his hands
obedience to tha law which he
urcs. Sir, the Senator cannot point out
a singlo measures, of this administration
that was pjiosed by the loyal people of
the North, that has not been sustained by
Andrew Johnson. It is for this I shall
vote against his occupying this hall hall.
Mr. Fuller. Do I understand the Sen
ator to say that the loyal people of the
North are opposed to Andrew Johnson.
It is for this I shall vote against hi oc
cupying this hall.
Mr. Fuller. Do I un lerstaad the Sena
tor to say that the loyal people ol the
North are opposed to Andrew Johnson
becauso he has sustained the Government?
Mr. Wallace. I do not say any such
thing, and I suppose that that sufficiently
covers the inquiry of the gentleman.
I shall proceed. In its emancipation
policy in its control and absolute sus-
pension of the right of free speech and a
free press in its repeated arbitrary ar-
a
rests the administration has gone con
trary to the Government. The Govern
ment of the United States can do none
of these things. In the organic law of
the land, it is plainly written that the
risht of per.-wial libcity. freedom of
speech and freedom, of the press are
rights upon which no man dare lay his
hand. Yet the right of personal liberty
has been repeatedly violated and the an
thority of the law contemned and defied.
The courts were open ; tho law of the
land was in full force ; none were inter
fering to stop its execution ; the people
loyal and submissive ; yet men have b?en
taken by this administration from their
homes and families, deprived of their con
dom
,Iet
'J,
to suonort-
11
o come directly to the question
This resolution tenders to An
te ."wn, of Tennessee, and Joseph
lj. j 'iuuua, me use 01 iius
amenament ot the tenator Irom
3 (iM. . ...
---'iv.o mo oaraa counesy 10
C'.i- gauani son, veorge i.
. hertators speak disparaging-
' merits of 0nr1 MrTriollnn
pairlj indicate their determination
"- down tl, 3 t -
L;.5"011 tte virtues, the loyalty and
j. , . y Johnson have been ex
; : Sis fealty to the government and
3 Tenncsse have been flatteringly
-i tr,n- xs nieni louno in mm
bcllion against tho Government. In its stitutional right of trial by jury, and im-
bacs wiih roe to July aud
l- Ixt ue clanoe at the
riw. v army eotrenciieo
lZt Car4t. Our ar-
'ir
broad statement, this is incorrect ; that it
is partially, true follows naturally from
from the facts, that Republicanism was
essentially sectional, that the South was
mainly represented by Democrats, and
that Southren members and Senators fol
lowed the fortunes of their States. Rut
that these facts prove the disloyalty of
of the Northern Democracy is utterly
absurd. They simply prove that sec
tional Republicanism has given the cove
ted opportunity to sectional secession.
But, sirs, let me ask you what was your
condition then and what is it now ! When
secession was accomplished and bloodshed
was inaugurated, every .branch of the
National government was under your un
disputed control ; the executive and legis
lative departments of almost every branch
of tho National government was under
your undisputed control; the executive
and legislative departmc!s of almost
NotIIktu Stats wr WuWy
mured in distant forts and prisons.
The eternal principles embodied in the
bill of rights of Pennsylvania and con
tained in the Amendments of the Const!
tution of the United States are the strata
upon which rest all our political rights
It was to preserve these that the Consti
tution was tramcd. it was to secure
these that the revolution was fought ; al
the other provisions of the written law
were desizned as the outer barriers for
the protection of these. These great
principles are immutable ana can never
be subverted and our liberties presorved.
These are Vie Government. 10 protect
them is the highest duty of any adminis
tration called into existence under the pro
visions of the Constitution. No admin
istration can strike out of existence these
great principles without destroying the
the very institutions they are to support.
And, sir, there is aaother thing in be
mid in this connection- Vacillation of
of Pennsylvania are far in advance of
their lead.-rs in their zeal for the mainte
nance of tho Constitution. Ther say
stand by every line, cling to every letter,
plant yourselves ujxn its eternal doctrines
and let no power move you therefrom ;
they reproach th-.dr leaders that they do
not more defiantly and emphatically de
nounce thso continued and repeated us ur
inations of tha rights of the people-
Sir, we arc for the Constitution and the
law ; and when Senators call us disloy
al," I ask them in what wc have dis
obeyed th-J law ? Obedience to law is
the true test of loyalty. Ha who obeys
t e law is ths loval man, and he who is
willing under any plea aye, even the
plea of ficcosritj- to trample beneath his
feet th liberties of the people and the law
of the land is a disloyal man. Aplausc.3
I hurl bactt back uron such the imputa
tion cf disloj-alty. We are are the loyal
men because we aro for for the law. It
those who seek to subverven the law re-
recoivo themseves the damning record of
dislovalty. The Democracy of Pennsyl
vania and of tha whole North are loyal ;
the people maintain this Government on-
Imp-ired and as it it has decended to them
from their fathers. .
In behalf of this Government and in
support of the law, two hundred thousand
of our noblo people have gone forth to
battle. Of those two huudred thousand.
thirty thousand have bravely died with
their feet to the foe and their faces to
Heaven. Are these the evidences of dis
loyalty! Is this the conduct of a disloy
al people t No! no! no! sirs. These
men have nobly died in defence of the
Government that has fostered and pro
tected them ; and I say to Senators now,
that the gaping wounds of these thirty
thousand soldiers are mouths vocal with
imprecations upon the beads of those who
have so criminally mismanaged this war.
Their corpses, stark and stiff, will rise in
judgment against the men who strive to
wrest from a fixe people the plainest
teachings of that law. in defence of which
those brave soldiers nobly died.
I n fpeaking as I have spoken of the
Constitution, I-do not wish to bo under
stood as interposing its provuion as a
protection to rebels in arms. If they
have violated the law, let them be tried
by tha la- and be punished by the law.
I do not wish my position upon this ques
tion to bo misunderstood. The history
of the world fchows us that occasions of
public commotion arc seized upon by de
signing men to sworp away tb liberties
cf ths pvopl. I am wicitAtis fr th
Xew Jersey Resolutions.
The following resolutions passed the
Legislature of New Jersey, on last week
by rote a of 3SC to 13.
1. Be it retdved by the Scnote and Gene
ral Assemlty of t'te State of New Jersry,
That this State, in promptly answering
the calls mado by the President of the
United States, at and since the inaugura
tion of the war, for troops and means to
assist in maintaining the power and digni
ty of the Federal Government, believed
and co nli Jed In the professions and decla
rations f the President of the United
States, in Lis inaugural address, and in
the resolutions passed by Congress on the
25 th day of July, 1851, in which, among
other things, it was declared that the
war Is not waged for conquest or subju
gation, or interfering with the rights or
established institutions of the States, bat
to maintain ami defend the supremacy of
the Constitution, wuh ths rights and
equality under it unimpaired, and that
as soon as these objects shall b2 accom
plish the war oucht to cease ;' and
that relying upon these assurances, given
under the Siinctity of official oaths, this
State freely, fully, and without delay or
conditions, contributed to the asistance
of the Federal Government her sons and
her moans.
2. And be it resolved. That this State
having waited for the redemption of the
sacred pledges of the President and Con
gress with a patience and forbearance only
equalled in degree by the unfaltering and
unwavering bravery and fidelity of her
sons, concieves it to bo her solemn duty,.
as it is her unquestionable richt to unre
open lvs Presidifnt and Congress, in the
most respectful but decided manner, the
redemption of the pledges under which the
troops of this State entered upon and to
this moment have continued in the con
test ; and inasmuch as no conditions have
delayed or hesitation marked her zeal in
behalf of the Federal government, even at
times when party dogmas were dangcr
onsly usurping the place of broad national
principles and Executive and Congression
al faith ; and as tha devotion of this State
tohc sacred cause of perpetuating the
Union and maintaining the Constitution
hasbeen untainted in any dejrrce by infi
delity, Digotry., sectionalism, or partisan
ship, shenow, in view of the faith originally
plighted, of the disasters and disgrace that
have marked the steps of a changed and
changing policy, and of the imminent
danger that threatens our national exist
ence, urges upon the President and Con
gress a return and adherence to the ori
ginal policy of the administration as the
only means, under the blessing of- God,
by which the adhering States can be re
united in action, the Union restored and
the nation saved.
3. And be it resolved, That it is th de
liberate sense of the people of this State
that power within the limits of the Con
stitution is ample for any and all emer
gencies, and that all assumptions of power,
under whatever p'ea, " beyond that confer
red by the Constitution, is without war
rant or authority, and if permitted to con
tinue without remonstrances will finally
encompass the destruction cf the the lib
erties of the people and the death of the
rcpubTic ; and therefore, to the end that
in any event the matured and deliberate
of
sens2 of the people of New Jersey may
be known and declared, we, their repre
scntatives in Senate and General Assem
bly convened, do, in their name and in
their behalf, make unto the Federal Go
vernment this, our solemn
PROTEST,
Against a war waged with the insur
gent States for the accomplishment of un
constitutional or partisan purpose s ;
Against a war which has for its object
the subjugation of any of the States, with
a view to their reduction to territorial con
dition ;
Against proclamations from any source
by which, under the plea of " military
necessity," persons in States and Territo
ries .sustaining the Federal Government,
and beyond necessary military lines, are
held liable to the rigor and severity of
military law ;
! Arom. the creation ot now S v
C7 m
the division of existing ones, or in asj
other manner not clearly authorized by
the Constitution, and against the right of
secession as practically admitted by tho
action of Congress in admitting as a new
Suite a portion of the State of Virginia.
A gainst the power assumed in th
proclamation of the President, mads Jan
uary one, eighteen hundred and sixty
three, by which all the slaves in certain
State and parts of States are for
ever set free; and against the expendi
ture of the public moneys for the emanci
pation of blaves or Uieir support ct asy
time, under any pretence wiiatever ;
Again t any and every exerciss
power upon tha part of the Federal Gov
ernment that is not clearly given and ex
pressed in the Federal Constitution re
asserting that " the powers not delegated
to the United Stales by the Constitution,
nor prohibited by it to the States, are re
served to the States respectively, or to
the people.
4. And It it resolved, That the une
qualled promptness with which New Jer
sey has responded to every call made by
the President and Congress for men and
means, had been occasioned by no lurk
ing animosity to the Slates of the South
or the rights of her people ; no disposition
to wrest from them auy of their right,
privileges, or property, but simply to as
sist in maintaining, as she has ever be
lieved and uow believes it to be her dcty
to do, the supremacy of the Federal Con
stitution ; and while abating naught ia
her devotion to the union of the States
and the dignity and power of the Federal
Government, at no time since the com
mencement of the present war has this
State been other than willing to termi
nate peacefully and honorably to all, a
war unnecessary in its origin, fraught with
horror and suffering in its prosecution,
and necessarily dadgerous , to the liLsr
ties of all in its continuance.
5. And be it resolved. That the Legisla
ture of the State of New Jersey believe
that the appointment of commissioners
upon the part of the Federal Government
to meet commissioners similarly appointed
by the insurgent States, to convene ia
some suitable place for the purpose of
considering whether any, and if any,
what plan may be adopted, consistent
with the honor and dignity of the Nation
al Government, by which the present
civil war may be brought to a close, is not
inconsistent with the integrity, honor, and
dignity of the Federal government, but as
an indication of tho spirit which ari
ciatcs the adhering States, would in any
event tend to strengthen us in the opinicu
of other nations ; and hoping, as we sia-
coreiy do, that the Southern States would
reciprocate the peaceful indications thus
evinced, and believing, as we do, thct
under the blessing of God great benefits
would arise from such a conference, wj
most earnestly recommend the subject to
the couideralion of the government of the
United Suites and request its co-operatica
therein.
0. And be it resolved. That his Excel
lency the Governor be requested to for
ward copies of these resolutions to tha
government of the United States, our Sen
ators and Representatives in Congress,
and to the Governors and Legislatures of
our sister States, with tho request that
they give the subject propose their serious
and immediate attention.
7. And be it resolved, That the Stato of
New Jersey pledges itself tu such prompt
action, upon the subject of these resolu
tions as will give them practical effect,
immediately upon the concurrence or co
operation of the government and Legisla
tures cf sister Stitcs.
Postage Wit. A letter bearing ths
following address was recently mailed id
Rochester, New York:
" To Iliraca Allen. Oavcgo,
TVauspced, it rcdeth we ga-a.
Transposed again and you will sea
That thus it runneth bo goe ;
Traiispccd ence more, ard it will show
A common auaje. f-o-ego;
Aye so we in Life great mail !
If well directed, we can't fail
If badly, thereby bangs a tail!
ov
or
A waggish speculator, one of a numer
ous family in tha world, recendy said :
Five years ago I was not worth a
j nm through rav own exertions.
cr the civil law in States, Territories, . whcre
Districts not in a state of insurrection ; t t Whv B tK.ai ; fetf
Again.'t all arrests without warrant !
against the suspension of the writofJ-j , , , ,. . ' .
bZu corpus in States and Territories su.- J f Th of Abo itioo is
taining tho Federal Government, " where as 1 do. or "
the public safety does not require it 1
and agampt the assumption 01 power by
nm non to supTd ftch writ, trpt
49- Ket-ist not the law
M-gtirl f the ppl.
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