The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1862-09-26

tive branch OF the Government, to attempt
to conduct the war. But it is eminently
just and proper, it is pre-eminently our du-
ty as representatives OF the people, to indi.
cate what are the wishes and desires Of the
people, and what is the determination Of the
people. It is the determination OF the peo~
pie of the Confederate States 70 retaliate, to
Tree themselves, to drive their oppressors
back into their own territory, aud let our
swords CLEAN and banners feat over their
soil, make them bleed, aud strike the dagger
to their hearts. We do not propose war
of nolest, but we do propose war of TO-
vasion. | do believe it is the true policy OF
war to strike wherever y1u lind weak
point within your own limits Or on the soil
OF the enemy.
MIR. Lyons Do you believe th't We
could safely go into the heart of the \ Nor'h ?
Mr.. Miles. say promptly, yes was
told by General, Tor whose opinion know
the gentleman from Virginia has high re-
gard, that give JacFson one half of our
present army, aud although there were six
hundred thousand men in the field be would
drive them all before him l believe now
is the time 20 strike the blow. The regular
armies of Mcclellan ard Pope are unable to
make one-fitIb OF the number they ought to
be. If the House is induced to strike out
the words indicated, it will create, with the
public and the country, the erroneous idea
that Congress does not favor what | believe
the country desires, an aggressive policy.
MIR. Conrad, OF Louisiana, had hoped
that the cry Of popular sentiment " would
never be brought into this House. lie
hoped that no one representing popular sem
timent would undertake to carry on the war.
II we al!cw politicians and gentlemen on
this floor to carry on this war, defeat and
disaster will inevitably overtake US. / do
hope that popular clamor will not fno its
way into this nall.
Mr.. Miles. We do aot undertake to le
gislate as to the conduct of the war-the
policy is very diff1reDt matter. The con-
duet of the war belongs to the statesmen.
| do not want general to tell me what the
object OF the war is-the policy is the p"T'
pose OF the war
Mr.. Conrad said he congratulated him
self that the gentleman was not iu command
OF Gen. Jacksons army. This body was
not ft to carry CD war Or to conduct re
volution, and why undertake it? | think
if we are going to undertake to conduct this
war we had better GO into the battle with
the crowd.
MIR. Aver, OF South Carolina. | simply
desire to say that this House viii! but ex-
press the popular desire in reference to the
conduct OF the war by the passage OF the
resolution; and, having expressed that de-
sire, they will leave the rest to the discre'
ton OF the War Department and to the ge
nerals in command. 1t is the desire of the
people that the war should be carried 10 o
the enemy's country. Mirabeau, the French
philosopher, said that the only way to con.
duct successful revolution was "to dare,
to dare again, and still to dare" l wish
this army, this people ofours, the Executive,
''to dare, to dare again, and still to dare y
and dare at once. We have tried the oppo
site policy long; it has been partially sue.
cessiul. But now ia the time to make the
enemy sufer--to make them bleed and feel
the iron heel of war. believe we can do
it at least am willing to make the expe
riment. We have batted long on our own
territory, and now is the time to cease !;
and 1 speak the sentiment of at least my
own constituents when | say go into the
enemy's country.
go with banner. brand, and bOW
As foeman meets his mortal foe.''
Mr.. Foote called the question on Mr..
Lyons motion to strike out the words ad-
vance our banners into the enemys coun-
try"
The question was ordered, and, the yeas
and nays being called, resulted as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Arlington, Ashe, Atkins,
Barksdale, Bridgers, Conrad, Conrow, Cur
ran, Curry, Davidson, Depre, Farrow, Gar
land, Gentry, Hanly, johnson, Jones. Ke
nan of Georgia, Lyons, Machen, Mcdowell,
Mclean, Read, Rovston, Smith OF Alabas
ma, Smith of North Carolina, Swami, Viii
lere, and Mr.. Speaker-29.
NAYs-Messrs. Aver, Batson, Bell, Ben.
nam, Boteler, Brock, Breckenridge, H. w.
Bruce, E. M. Bruce, Chambliss, Chrisman,
Clapp, Clark, Clopton, Collier, Cook,
Crockett, Dargan, Davis, Dawkins, De,
Jarnett, Elliott, Ewing, Gartrell, Goode,
Graham, Gray, Harris, Hartridge, Heiskel,
Herbert, Hilton, Hodge, Holcomb, Holt,
Kenan of North Carolina. Kenner, Lam
der, Lyon, Marshall, Mcqueen, Mences,
Miles, Moore, Munnerlynn, Perkins, Pres.
ton, Pugh, Russell, Sexton, Strickland,
IIbbs, Trippe, West, Wilcox, Wright of
Georgia, Wright of Texas, and Wright of
Tennessee-62.
So the motion was lost.
MIR. Smith. of Alabama, said that he
took the floor with great reluctance: but as
be would be compelled to vote against the
resolution in its present form be must enter
bis protest of disapprobation against this
policy. 1t is said that the policy ought to
have been changed before, that the people
were clamorous. The opinion of the people
is not always wise; the voice of the people
is not always the right voice; the people are