Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-08-07
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the STAKEHOLDER. | am here to plead for my
country; am here to speak for my country;
ana with an honest, sincere heart, With all the
earnestneas of my nature, do I implore you to
iofego the passage Of this bill, and to dismiss
" from your deliberations. The eyes of the
world are upon you. You are in the presence
OF events that will be of deeper interest in his.
Tory than any that have occurred in a hundred
years; OF as great Importance, it seems to me,
as can occur TO the human race. Then let us
not De here, employing our time and ingenuity
IN nnolng out penal laws that can only have
their effect after the war is over. When that
war shailb be ever, j want to see it succeeded by
the blessings OF peace. If we are to provide,
and provide beforehand, for q code Of penal
laws, which Is to visit the citizens of the rebel.
ilous States when they shall have laid down
their arms, in their property, 10 their persons,
ana 10 every way, we shall have no peace.
Mr.. Speaker, great scenes are before US, and
hope we shall 30 act our part that no discred.
II shall fall upon us, for all these events will be
recorded in the historic page. The acts of
winch we are now the active agents in this
greatest ecene ever presented to the world, will
be written with an impartial hand. The inter.
ests OF mankind were never 30 deeply involved
as in this strife that is now going oD; aud re.
peat that the pen OF the historian will lay all
these things open before the world Let us,
then, ect our part like menj let US look above
these little means of penal laws which, give me
leave to say, will furnish those in arms against
the Government pretext for misrepresenting
the purposes and objects of this war. We have
declared that this war il not for the subjuga-
tlon OF the South, not for the overthrow OF ala
very, nor for the overthrow Of their social insti
tutions, but simply for the noble purpose of re.
lru md ~ Ii
That is our object. Let the means with which
we pursue that object be as noble and elevated
as the object ITSELF Let US raise ourselves to
that high level. But what will be the effect of
these penal laws? Does any man suppose they
will assist you in gaining q single battle2-
When we have before US the noble purpose of
uniting our countrymen under a common Gov
ernment and Of restoring the supremacy of the
Constitution, is 1t necessary to rake in the dust
for these small, petty means OF annoyance, the
effect Of which will only be to render those now
in arms against the Government more bitter
against us? Do you promote your cause by re.
sorting to such means2 If all the ends we aim
at meet in the good of our country, and nothing
but our country's good, let it be so, and let the
means we employ chow It.. You must succeed,
if you succeed at all, by means OF power and
msgnanimity. We are not here band of law
ycfSj W w SotsinS up pEUsecuuUnS against u
man, because his servant followed him to the
war. Of what moment is thatH What do you
and carel Does it weigh a single grain of
sand in this great scale Of war? Not grain Of
| sand, 1t is among the smaller matters, that
are not necessary to be looked after here at
all. u.rrA, a.. .l-5 .fe.Is -F.t -.. q,
! do not intend to trouble the House, particu-
larly after the indulgence which has been grant
ed me to occupy the floor at this time. There
is much more in this connection that would
say under other circumstances. have spoken
OF what seemed to me to be Of eminent impor-
tance in this crisis. have said that this bill
violates the Constitution, IL In rothing else. in
making the forfeiture of property complete,
when the Constitution says that for treason
even for treason, the highest Of orimes--there
ehall be no forfeiture beyond the life of the Of.
fender. And If not even for treason, certainly
for no crime of less magnitude can tho forfeiture
be made perpetual. This bill, then, is q viola
ton of the plain terms of that provision of the
Constitution; and Mr.. Speaker, il it ia passed,
it will be misconstrued. 1t will be construed in
the country as intending to carry cut an object
which believe is not really intended We shall
be charged with making an anti slavery war.
know it is not so intended; but this bill will
be considered as giving an antl.slavery charac.
ter and application to the war. IL will be con.
sidered as especially aimed at that particular de-
scription Of property supposed to be endangered.
But is there any good 10 come from the passage
OF sucn a law, II il were not for that suspicion
Your consciences are free, know, from all
mere purposes Of vengeance in this national
conflict, let ua do no act that shall degrade this
struggle from It's national character.
| No; depend upon II, when this war ia over the
whole nation will be content to hear no more
sound or outcry of anguish in the land. 1t will
desire perfect and uninterrupted peace; and We
ourselves, if we succeed in bringing the strug-
| gle to that termination, will have more reason
for rejoicing than any other nation on earth.
want to see that great and glorious consumma-
tion effected. Iwant to see this war prosecuted
in that spirit, in spirit Of firm determination
to accomplish your purpose; but to accomplish
your purpose in such manner as to show ever
those with whom you are now obliged to be en-
emies, that it is in no spirit of hate that you ar,
carrying on the,war. Then, when this sruggl,
shall have closed, we may have peace and har
} mony.
Mr.. Cox. Isit in order to move that this bill
be laid upon the table s.d i's -l.'H- o. b'f
The SPEAKER. 1t is. fgi .rf.3.t.,ii-1 l..
MIR. Cox. Then make that motion; and o.
that motion demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The question was taken, and IL was decide
in the negative--yeas 81, nays IL, as follows;
4, YEAs-Messrs. Allen, Ancona, Joseph Baily
George H. Browne, Burnett, Calvert, Cobt
, Corning, Cox, Cravens, Crittenden, Diven, Dur
lap, Dunn, English, Grider, Haight, Hale, Hard
ing, Harrison, Holman, Horton, jackson, John
son, Law. Leary, Logan, May, McClernand
! Mallory, Menzies, Moorhead, Morris, Nixon
I, Noble, Norton, odell, Pendleton, Reid, Rich
ardson, Robinson, James s.. Rollins, Sheffield
She'll, Smith, John B. Steele. Strstton, Franci
Thomas, Vallandighsm, Vibbard, Voorhees,
Wadsworth, Webster, Chiffon A. White, Wick
: life, Woodruff and Wright-57
: NAYs-Messrs Aldrich, Alley, Arnold, Ash
ley, Babbitt, Goldsmith F. Bailey, Baker, Ba,
ter, Beaman, Bingham, Francis p, Blair, San
uel s. Blair, Blake, Bufington, Campbell
= Chamberlain, Clark, Colfax, Frederick A
Conkling, Roscoe Conkliug. Covode, Davi
: Delano, Duell, Edwards, Eliot, Fenton, Fesser
den, Franchot, Gooch, Granger, Hutchins, ],
Z lian, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Willai
! Kellogg, Lansing, Loomis, Lovejoy, McKeal
Mcknight, Mitchell, Anson P. Morrill,, JUST
= S. Morrill,, 0lin, Pike, Pomeroy, Porter, Potte
= Alexander II. Rice, Riddle, Edward II Rollin
Sedgwick, -Shanks, Shellabsrger, Shermal
/ Sloan, Spauldng, Stevens, Benjamin F., Tbon
! as, Train, Trowbridge, Vandever, Van HorI
' Van Valkenbnrgh, Verree, Wallace, Ch.rl,
I,lW. Walton, e. Pd Walton, Albert s. Whit
= and WINDMILL. s-,o-.1 t,,r,ts sd s1,It
So the House refused to lay the bill upon u
! table, 'l--D'aS "' 4 t''
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