Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-08-01

but should be confronted with Represents
tives of fifteen Southern States. Now,
sir. that is charge in the Public press
MIR. Breckinridge-Will the Senator
allow me moment?
Mr.. Lane. of Indiana-Certaisly.
Mr. Breckinridge-Does the Senator re-
fer TO me?
Mr. Lane Of Indiana--The article in tho
paper refers to the Senator from Ken
tucky.
Mr.. Breckinridge-I have to say, sir,
that | never at any time. took the ground
that Congress should not convene here on
the 4th day of July. Ga the contrary. l
took the ground that the convening of this
Congress would be the tine for the last
effort for peace. Allow me to add one
word. | have answered this because |
thought. under the circumstances, it was
due to the Senate and the country. My
relations with the Senator from Indiana
have been Of character which led me to
suppose that he would not intentionally
perpetrate an unkindness or even rude
ness. cannot feel towards him as /
might towards others who would perpe-
trate the act he has Just committed. He
must allow me to say that, under the cir
cumstances. think the conduct was hard
ly becoming in Senator to rise without
having accosted me privately on the snb-
iect, and make that qestion in the SEN
ate.
Mr.. Lane efIndiana-I have given the
distinguished Senator an opportunity to
disvow the sentiment / was proceeding
to say that knew nothing whatever of its
truth. was using It for this purpose to
show that the seizure OF these dispatches
might be necessary to vindica;e the charac-
ter of Senators on this floor. Certainly
nothing unkind was intended by me.
Mr. Breckinridge--I was aware that
nothing unkini was meant by the Senator.
and hence in alluiing TO him personally, j
framed my answer as did.
Mr.. Lane. of Indiana--I have only fIsis
to say: l had seen'the charge befofc. and
had seen no denial Hence / used it.
Mr.. Breckinridge-I have seen thou
sand. do not pretend TO deny charge
against me now.
Mr.. Lane. of Indiana--Now, SIR Presi-
dent. the next count in the indictment of
the distinguished Senator from Ken
tucky-
Mr.. Breckinridge--WiIl the Senator par
don me for few moments? AS l said.
Inever pretend to deny the charges in the
newspapers that see against me now.
Will deny one other and it shall be the
last. l tried this system of denial. l
was represented to have uttered some SEN
timents in Kentucky. not long ago. in one
OF the leading papers Of the State. and l
authorized friend to contradict it. They
were contradicted in friendly press on
my authority. The day after they were
contradicted, the paper in which they orr
ginally appeared came ont. saying: 1--WE
see they are contradicted by authority: we
guess they are true" Tlls.t was the re-
ward had for denyinga slander Of that
sort.
The only other newspaper matter which
l will contradict is this: / saw it stated
that the Governor of Kentucky and myself
sent telegraphic dispatch to Mr.. Jeffer-
son Davis. or to some member Of the
Southern confederscy. stating that Ken
tucky was ready to contribute seven thou
sand men to sustain the cause. &c. l do
not know what else; perhaps that we were
going to precipitate her into revolution;
but / recollect that was the leaning idea.
| have to say that that is totally unfounded
and false had no such correspondence
of any kind; and am happy to be able to
say. in regard to the Governor Of my
Commonwealth, who is one of the best
abused men in America. as he is one Of
the best men in America, that 1 asked
whether it was true in regard to himself.
and he informed me that 1t was equally
false. Now. sir. shall deny nothing more.
Mr. Lane. OF lndiana-M-. President AN
other count in this indictment is that citi.
zens have been imprisoned without any
authority of law. which amounts to pre-
cisely the first charge. Aswit: that mar
shal law has been declared under the proc
lamation of the President in some few To-
calities where it was eminently necessary.
Citizens OF Baltimore have been imprisoned
under military authority. aud. as believe,
have been righ,fnlly imprisoned. When
New England Regiment cannot march
through the city of Baltimore to defend
the capital without being shot down by a
mob. 1t is time the military authority
should do what the civil authority was
not able to do-suppress and put down
that unauthorized mob. Isympatize with
the loyal citizens of Baltimore. Isympa-
thize with the patriotic soldiery of Masss-
chusetts who were coming to defend the
capital. have no sympathy to waste
upon traitors and rebels. leave others to
pronounce their culogy. and to show them
sympathy.
Another charge is. that the President
has violated the Constitution of the United
States in this; that he has disarmed citi.
zens: refused them the privilege. under the
Constitution, Of bearing arms. Sir. it
IS true that he has refused traitors the priv
ilege of using arms against the Govern
ment of the country. Gen. Lyon, of Mo-,
and the gallant Frank Blair. and their as
sociates. did disarm some fifteen hundred
rebels at Camp Jackson, near ST. Louis;
and for that we are told they are violators
of the Constitution. What other instance
does the Senator from Kentucky .remem-
ber in which the right to bear arms has
been refused to any citizen The Presi-
dent has not only guaranteed, by his action.
the right to bear arms. but he has invited
the patriotic citizens Of the United States