Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-03-27

attempt to support that ialsehood, which
! here denounce as such, by illusions TO
suspicious which have been created and
set afloat through the whole country, not
merely against me but against hundreds
and thousands Of others, in whose veins
run blood as loyal and patriotic as ever
flowed since the world began. tell the
gentleman that, in years past, / have heard
his loyalty 10 the Union questioned. /
have known Of things which would have
justified me-had relied on authority
similar to that which he has attempted to
give digniyt-in introducing similar res.
olutions to make inquiry into his purpose
to disrupt this Union by the doctrines
which he has held and the opinions which
he has expressed. And yet opinions and
sentiments uttered here, are "the head and
front of my offending" 1t has this ex
tent, no more.
And sir, replied, some time ago, to
two others which | doubt not the gentle
man would have dragged now out Of the
mre and slough into which they had fall
en-, but that they were answered when
thrust into debate by the gentleman be-
fore me- Mr.. Hutchins, i refer to the
charge that | had once uttered the absurd
declaration chat the soldiery Of the North
and West should pass over my dead body
before they should invade the Southern
States. l denied it then, and | will not
repeat the denial now.
Nor need / refer again TO that other
charge that | uttered, in debate here or
elsew here, the statement that | preferred
peace to the Union; have heretofore met
that charge with prompt and emphatic
contradiction, and no evidence has been
found to sustain it. Referring to that and
other charges and insinuations on the 7th
of January last, | said to my colleagues:
Gas to my record here at the extra ses
sion or during the present session, it re-
mains, and will remain"
And just here, sir, in reference to the
speech to which the gentleman alluded
delivered on this floor in the exercise OF
unconstitutional right as a member of thi,
House, on the 10th Of July last. | defy
, him-I hurl the defiance in his tceth-to
, point to one disloyal sentiment or sentence
| in it. / proceed d to say further on the
T 9TH of last month.
Il neither retract one sentimnt that
have uttered, nor would ] obliterate sin
gle vote that have given. Ispeak of the
record as it will appear hereafter, and in
deed stands now upon the Journals of this
|, House and in the Congressional Globe.
And there is no other record, thank God,
, and no act or word or thought of mine
and never has been from the beginning
| in public or private of which any patriot
t ought to be ashamed. Sir, it is the rec
g ord as I made it, and as it exists here to.
day; and not as mandacious and shame
less press have attempted to make it ur
for me. Let us see who will grow
tired of his record first. Consistency,
firmness and sanity in the midst of gener-
, al madness-these made up my offence.
But time. the avenger.' sees all things
even; and | abide his leisure
t And am now TO he told, that because
of speech made upon this floor under
D the protection of the Constitution, in thu
@ exercise and discharge OF my solemn righ
and duty under the oath which have ia
ken, that | am to-day to be arraigncC
mere, anu the uCCuSdtiOu W W POieO
: by the addition of mere vague rumors AM
e suspicious, which have been brute | owe
again. as have said, against not mysel
, only, but against hundreds and thousands
also OF other most patriotic and loyal men
The gentleman from Penn. makes the
charge that / attended certain dinner ir
f the State of Kentucky. Sir, was invi
, ted to that Stateand have been frequently
by as true and loyal men as there are in
that State to-day. l accepted no invita-
tion, and never went at all. / have al
ready named the last and only time wher
l stood upon the soil of Kentucky. Blu
| know of nothing now-whatever there
may have been in the past-certainly
nothing to-day about Kentucky which
should prevent loyal and patriotic man
9 from visiting State which has given
birth or residence to SO many patriots, tc
SO many statesmen, and to orators Of such
renown.
e Yes that is all, the grand aggregate ol
the charges, except this miserable false
e hood, which some wretched scavenger
prowling about the streets and alleys and
/ cutters of the city of Baltimore, has seen
r fit to put forth in the local columns of q
! newspaper; so that the member from
e PENNSYLVANIA may rise in his place anC
D prefer charges against the loyalty ant
c patriotism Of a man who has never falter
S cd in his devotion of the flag of his coun
+ try-to that flag which hangs now upoi
e the wall over against him one who was
1 bowed down and WORSHIP ped this holy
emblem of the Constitution and oi
| the old Union of these States in his
| hearts core, aye, in his very heart o
f hearts from the time he first knew au5 hit
to this hour and who now would give
1 life and all that he has or hopes to be IL
, the persent or future. to see that glorious
banner of the Union-known and honor
, ed once over the whole earth and the
whole sea-with no stripe erased and not
, one star blottcd out. floating forever owe
, the free, united, harmonious old Unior
0 ofevery State once part OF it, and hun
dred more yet unborne. | AN THAT MAN
| and yet he dares to demand that | shal
. be brought up before the secret tSibuna
A of tho Judiciary Committee-that com
, mittee Of which he is chairman, and tha
y both Judge and accuser-to answer to th'
charge of disloyalty to the Union
9 Sir, | hurl back the insinuation. Bring
G forward the specific charge; wait till 20
. hoya Copn1 somethino-anA Won wi