Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-02-13

to be humorous at the expense of General
Scott, who originated the trap, and finally
he was for stirring up the anaconda, even
though, like the snakes from Tencdos, in
Virgil, they wound their tolls around tho
most sacred OF our hopes to crush them
forever This is the analysis of my col
leagues speech.
Mr. Cox regretted that on the eve Of
important movements this importune
display of impatience against General
Nee lellan should come from an Ohio
member-Ohio that gave him his first
commission. Mr.. Gufley's congratula-
tions Of the new Secretary of War, he
thought was sinister in its object and in
tended as depreciation Of Mcclellan !;
as if the errors and incompetency of the
late Secretary of War ought to be shared
by the General. But my colleague would
hurry the Army into movements now cat
all hazards" because foreign nations may
soon interfere. / do not understand this
logic. He would have us risk everything
for fear of trouble from abroad. We
may have foreign war but this nation
should not hazard its own existance from
servile fear of England or France. II
he had been Democrat, he would have
not been so fearful of every movement
abroad. Choate said he loved the old
Dem ocracy, because they had ga gay and
festive defiance of foreign dictation."
Mr.. Gurley. That is the party ot
which | aOas member.
Mr.. Cox. Then my colleague has
been renegade to his ancient faith.
am sorry for it. We would be unworthy
of our fathers and of our land, did we
fire our own houses over our heads be-
cause we fear neighbor will come some
night to despoil it.
Mr.. Cox considered that in attacking
the General his colleague meant also to
attack the President, knowing that the
latter was General McClellan's superior
officer, and all that Mcclellan had or had
not done was approved by the President.
Why did not my colleague, if his motive
was good, go to the President, and with
his army Of maps, telegraphs, facts of
omission and commission, lay before the
Pfesi lent his military conceptions?-
Why does he have them delivered here,
before the nation2 Was it to display
his military education? Or was it to
crafty what he thinks was the popular
prejudice and impatience, to which he
would administer, regardless of conse-
quences? Why did he not go to General
Mcclellan and verify his facts before he
used them for the ubic dissorvice?
MIR. Chairman, if the gentleman had
been q skilful commander, or had, like
the gentleman of New York, { Mr.. Roscoe
Conkling, the humane motive for inves
.igating the confessed bunder at Bull''
Bluff, in which many brave men wer'
lost, | could tolerate this mischievou
line of debate.
But, sir, my colleague compells me to
examine into his merits as a military
critic particularly, and the propriety OF
military "movements" here in Congress
and elsewhere by civilians. My colleague
will admit that he is not q military man
by education, nor a soldier, like Falstaff,
by instinct. Laughter. His profession
was that,o agospler. Laughter.] His
studies do not fit him to discuss martial
subjects. We do not go to blacksmith
shop to have our watch repaired, nor to
matchmaker to have our horse shod
| We do not go to Carolina for cheese,
Laughter, nor to the Western Rererve
tor cotton.
Criticism on the art Of war, said Mr.
| Cox, to be valuable now must be backed
by specific study and experience, and
what, he enquired, has been the study and
experience of my colleague? The coun-
try was thoroughly disgusted with the
part Congressmen played at Bull Run
Laughter in the galleries. 1t may be
remembered with what jocund levity the
House adjourned to go over to see oul
Army march upon Richmond. No ono
of us ever got there, except my friend
from New York, Mr. Ely, Laughter,
who made his exile so conspiciously hon
orable in the use he made of it in behal
of his fellow prisoners. The House may
remember that l opposed the adjourn
ment then on the ground that, by going
over the river, we would only get in the
way of the soldiers. 1t turned out thai
the soldiers got in the way of the Con
gressmen. Laughter.
He then had the clerk read that portion
of Riddles celebrated letter, in which he
so graphically described the part displayed
by Congressman on that day. E
1t is this "Wade, firm and bold whom
my colleague eulogized as SO "brave,'
and who was heralded in the New Yorl
Tribune as likely to succeed the sick ant
dying Mcclellan few weeks since--wh(
was urged by certain parties for the post
now held by Mr.. Stanton, and whose re-
election to the Senate is SO much desired
now by faction at home, and who is
lugged into this debate to be glorifed
here that he may shine at home. 1t is
this Wade, with the aid of Chandler,
who "cocked his Maynard in the attitude
of battle" daughter, and helped, with
the all of "cals to order" from the
other Congresmen, to stay the maddened
crowd of fugitives. The people, who
have been under the impression that the
crowd never stopped till they got into
Washington, will be now gratifed to
learn that the Congressman won the Bull
Run battle against our soldiers. [ Laugh
ter.
l refer to this precious bit Of history
to show how Congressman fit themselves
for military criticism.
! My colleague yesterday said he was
Bull Run, and made as good retreat a
Saiua1 Ha uac than a aet cd ohnut the hat