Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-09-11
:Dolitifal matter.
spcecE. of Hon. Henry wilson,

OF MASSACHUSETTS,
Onthe Resolution iiatroducedby Mr. Bigles'
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rorering tie accounts Of Col. John G..
Fremont lc;M tie -Gorerameist. Deliuer-
ii'ed-in the Senate, Augrsstl1, 1856. ''
AIR. President Z The days of this session
are rapidly passing away. Business of the
highest importance presses uponour consid-
ersition Chainnen of leading committees
charged with measures of great publiccon-
cern, crowd forward to obtain the ear of the
Senate. While the Senate is thus engag-
edsin the performance of its high duties to
the eeoultH, the Senator from Pennsylvania,
(Mr Blgler,) lhrrsts before us this petty,
miserable l,rop6siions "a proposition unWor-
thy moments attention of honorable men,
in or out of the Senate.
.5 The Senator from Pennsylvania, not
content with launching into the Senate
this scheme, which must have originated
with some mousing politician engaged in
the pursuit of petty sellds by petty means,
hut he presses its Consideration now IN spite
of the ernest remonstrances of the Chair
man of the Committee on Finance Mr..
Hunter,) who is charged with the care of
the Civil and Diplomatic bill, and the
Chairman of the Committee on the Pacific
Railroad tMr. Weller,) who wishes to call
the Senate to the consideration of that
great measure to unite the Atlantic and.
Pacific sbares of the. .renublic.
But the Civil and Diplomatic bill, the
Pacific Railroad bill, and other measures,
must be thrust. aside by the Senator from
Pennsylvania, that the Senate may consid
er this proposition by which certain politi
cal schemers hope to elicit something out
Of which they can manufacture slanders
against brave man. who has served ,his
country with eminent ability in peace and
in war
The Senator from Pennsylvania cannot
suppose that this proposition will pass this
body without, al least, passing notice.
He takes the responsibility, he chooses to
pass ii, and shall take at least few mo-
ments of the time of the Senate to charae
terize the proposition as I think it deserves.
Does the Senator from Pennsylvania ex-
pect to win any laurels by thrusting this
proposition into the Senate: Does he
suppose the generous people of this country
will applaud this attempt to wound the
sensibilities and defame the character of
one who has won brilliant name in the
history of the republie-one whose explor-
ations and scientific labors have conferred
upon our country honor and renown among
all civilized nations Does he expect to win
support for his fayorite candidate for the
Presidency BY tlnusting into the Senate
this wretched proposition?
Sir. this. is small game. Ifthat Senator
hopes to WIN; popular confidence and ap-
plduse-if he hopes to turn back the. tide
of popular favor that is bearing John c.
E--.,ont to the n12c::tse src;;;:tse chair by this
iscsoaution, which l here pronounce; which
honorable mon in and out of the Senate
will pronounce, small and mean-le will
find himself sadly mistaken. Wherever
this. proposition, high-minded men will
treat it with derision, scon and contempt;
and no little of that scorn and contempt
will be visited upon the men who resort to
such devises to effect political results. l
would not stoop TO such a warfare as tins.
If it was aimed at James Buchanan l would
spurn it from me.
This is not the first time, Mr.. President,
that the shafts of political malignity have
been hurled at men who have served the
republic, and it is not the first time the
Senate has been called upon to grope
among the archives of the government to
discover some account or the records of
some account between the government and
men who have been entrusted with public
funds, out of which something would be
distorted for partizan ends.
g., In 1924, Andrew Jackson was. assailed
for his military deeds. The people, un-
mindful of these assaults, bore him proudly
to the Presidential chair, over one Of the
puerest, ablest and most inconuptible pat
riots that ever graced the country of the
Republic In 1910, General Harrison was
assailed by the envenomed tongue of SIAN
der, branded as a coward and denounced as