The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-10-02

e the Commander in Chief we should nev
er have heard the last Of it, and yet, how
5 much greater the danger to the country
now, and how much more necessary tht
exercise of the utmost stretch of the wal
power than existed at that time.
In response to The charge that Congress,
had done nothing for the good of the
country, but had spent its time in prevent
ing the movement of troops to aid Gen
Mcclellan, Mr.. Wilson said: The mat.
ter of the disposition of troops belonged
to the President and in the case referred
to the President had avowed his response
bllity for whatever was done in the prem
ises. For his part Mr.. Wilson said he
had not INDUCED in criticisms on Gene rails
in the feld, for the reason that he gave
them credit for understanding military
/ movements better than Ito did. As to
the charge that Congress had done moth
ing for the good of the country, let the
record of their proceedings show. 1t had
been hard working session. The Rev
enue Law, the Pacific Railroad bill, the
Homestead bill, the bill for the Dcs
Moines River grant, Pension bills for the
volunteers, the Confscation bill, and 9th
ers which he need not enumerate, prove
that Congress had done something and
time would show that their measures had
been for the good of the country. Hc-
had supported these measures, had advo-
Gated the most stringent War measures,
including the Coutiscation and Enamel
patton laws. He was satisfied with his
record, he had nothing 10 take bask, and
should continue to vote in the same spirit
and for the same purpose for the most eff
fective measures to crush out this infer
nal Rebellion.
MR.. HoRsIsH's REJoisprR.
When Mr.. Hornsh rose to put in III.
rejolnder, he seemed to labor under plen
tiful lack OF ideas, and had run clear out
OF voice. His prayer was twice or thrice
repeated, 80 for voice to skin him -
but his prayer was not answered, and the
!" sklnn'ng didn't GENE off. He quoted
sensational Geographic dispatch, to dis
prove statement made by Mr. Wilson
on his own personal knowledge, and then
pronounced Mr.. Wilson statement false
on the strength Of that reliable tcstimo-
ny, and again called for a voice to ski
him. To say nothing of the bad taste OF
such an expression, the speaker seemed
iudlcronsly unconscious of manifold 9TH
er things which were lacking on his part,
for the performance of the skinning, about
which he was so much concerned. Ifhe
could have seen himself as others saw
Understanding there perfectly skinned
alive, and so neatly that he did seem con-
scious of it,-he would have dried up"
very suddenly Mr.. Hornish's friends,
we believe, conquered with the fellow who
saw wo-year.old bull square himself to
butt a locomotive off BRIDGE they ad
mircd his pluck, but id his discretion.
Instead of replying to the point made
BY Mr.. Wilson in the quotation from
Douglas speech Mr.. Hornish eulogised
General Jackson, and gave his hearers to
understand that Jackson act of disobe- |
dience to Judge Halls writ of haLeas
corpus occurred before the battle OF New
Orleans. Now, in order "to vindicate
the truth of history We will inform the
gentleman that he was mistaken; it was
after the battle of New Orleans had been
fought and won.
Another very inaccurate statement was
made by Mr.. Hornish, to the effect that
England had been engaged several hun
dred years in subduing the Irish, al
though the Irish population was only
about sixth of that of the South -
This was very random-like statement
and very wide of the truth. and seemed
entirely uncalled for. What object the
speaker could have had in making it, UNI
less it were to excite the sympathies of
the Irish in favor of the South or to dis
courage the people OF the North from any
further effort to crush out the Rebellion
We cannot conceive.
In the rambling remnant Of his speech