Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-02-20

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The House resumed the consideration of
Senate joint resolution relative to the expul.
sion Of Jesse D. Bright from the Senate of the
United States, which was read as follows, viz
" Whereas, Jesse D. Bright, a member of
the United States Senate, has given evidence
of treason and disloyalty to the Government
he was and is sworn TO support, and has writ
ten the following letter
WASHINGTON, March l, 1852.
Ny Dear Sir Allow me to introduce to your &C.
qnaintance, my friend Thomas B. Lincoln, Of Texas
de visits your Capital mainly 10 dispose Of what he
CARDS great improvement in fIe-arms. ! recommend
him 70 your favorable consideration gentleman OF the
first respectability and reliable in every respect.
JESSE D. BRIGHT.
To his Erctisney q Jefferson Davis, President of the
Confederate States
Which letter recognizes the Slavery Rebel
lion as a de fac!O government, and could only
have been written with traitorous intent
therefore be it
RssoIUed By the Senate and House ofRepresentatves
OF the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania in General As
sembly that Senators from this State be and they
hereby instructed for the immediate expulsion
of the said Jesse D. Bright from his in the United
States Senate.
Remarks Of the Hon H. W Tracy pending the consid-
Grafton Of an ameud1@t offered by Hon JOHN CESSNA,
Mr. TRACY. Before the vote be taken
on this question ! desire to state q few reasons
which will govern me 10 the vote | shall give
upon the amendment Of the gentleman from
Bedford
The original resolution sent over to US from
the Senate is clear and definite. That resolu-
tion embod;es letter from Jesse d. Bright,
which was written on the first day Of last
Marsh. This amendment of nv friend from
Bedford in reciting in the preamble some of
the circumstances showing the guilt of Jesse
D. Bright, states tina. this letter was written
" about one year ago" Now, Mr. Speaker,
upon this question | do not deal in " sbouts :"
Do We not know, does not the letter itself show
that it was on the first Of March one thousand
eight hundred aud sixty one, that this treason
able letter was written. This entire letter be-
ing embodied in the Senate resolution, makes
it clear upon what ground We are proceeding
But then the gentleman prepares and offers
as g substitute d very indifferent affair, declar-
lug that if the Senators from Pennsylvania
shall come TO the conclusion that Jesse d
Bright, 10 tSe symPathieS of bis heart, is with
this rebellion, that they shall expel him. Sir
do not desire to send out the Senators from
Pennsylvania, 10 the United States Senate, to
ascertain what are the sympathies OF the heart
OF this traitor, in order to govern their votes
upon this question. | take it that We here are
as competent 20 judge as they are in regard 70
what his SymPathies and bis condnct have been
We can ascertain where bis heart is as we'll as
the Senators from Pennsylvania.
Aud then sgaiu, sir, does not the gentleman
know. and does the country know, that the
parppvl-ar;o in ha -
States Senate have come to q conclusion Is
not their conclusion before Us and before the
country Do We desire to make them 90 into
another investigation upon this subject | do
not suppose, sir, that they would ascertain any
facts different from those which have been
already aScertaiDed and which are before the
public. Therefore, sir, DO not wish to have
the resolution coached in this uncertain Ian
guage.
This amendment states that, il our S nators
shall iud so and so, they shall vote so-snd-so
Now, sir, do not want any IFS in this resolu-
ton. | desire to have both those Senators
vote for expellng this traitor from the coun-
cils Of the nation. This is NY desire and this
is another reason why | cannot support the
amendment offered BY the gentleman from
Bedford Now, sir. how does the State Of
Pennsylvania stand upon this questicn-the
State that has sent more soldiers into this war
than any other State Of this Cni9n Why,
sir, her representatives stand in that Senate
equally balanced upon this question and the
result is that the people of this great State are
SIS it ware without representation st sll-the
the same as If Pennsylvania had not spoken
upon this question l desire that the voice OF
Peuusylvauia shall be heard. That is the
reason why | support the Senate resolution.
What would be the effect Q! the adoption Of
this amendment? Why SIR, If this amendment
be adopted BY this House, il will be the same
in fact and 10 truth, SIS If you had indefinitely
postponed this resolution II smo1nts 20 moth
ing less snd gentlemen must look HPon the
matter in ali its bearings IS the eoantFy will
regard it. The sdoption OF this amendment
would amount to no instruction az all 1t pro-
TideS that II our Senators shall think sO-ADd-
50, and II they shall believe something else,
then they shall 7ote in 3 certain wsy. Ii ssch
8 resolution be adopted viii il not De ess! for
the Senator TO say, Why | did not regard
this resolution IS positively binding. L did
not come to the cooclusion which you specify
as the necessary basis Of nv sction therefore
| did not consider myself as Instructed thus TO
vote And here IS Pennsylvania without
voice upon this question
Bat. sir. we sre told that uBless this eFseod-
ment be adopted, there Is : party in this Hoose
hat viii arrest this proceediBg-tbss u can
rot 20 fogEard-!hEt The! will r7erens tes