The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1862-09-26
erv often wrong. IF he was informed by

every man in LnS state OF AiaDaIna tDat
the onward policy was the right policy he
would tell them that he was wrong, and be
would take The consequences of telling him
that. The gentleman from South Carolina
would make out that the people had forced
an unwilling administration 10 adopt this
policy, and that the President Of the Con-
tederate States was opposed to it. Now,
is it wise that man who has rendered him-
self ilIustrious as military leader, as well
as a civil 1r. should De FASTENED forward
and made . yield TO popular cau1or?
Oar tro0ps have already achieved great
victories, and ths success of our arms has
been marked by triumphs unparalleled in
the history OF nations. Yet the House was
told by the gentleman from South Carolina
that it must back up the resolution of the
Administration. 1t is question yet as to
whether we shall be able to hold Maryland.
We have never been invited to enter Mary
land, and we do not know how we shall be
received. When our armies entered Ken.
tucky, where We had been invited to 60, we
had to meet kentuckans steel to steel and
knee to knee, and we were driven out by
kentuckiaDs. This il-fated move lost us
Nashville, and led to a series of other disas>
ters, until the great valley of the Mississippi
was lost. 1t was an old saying that whom
the Gods would destroy they first made
mad" The people 60 mad twice year
when they have anything to go mad about.
No war OF invasion had ever been successful
except when it was for the purpose of colo
niziog the country which they invaded. If
the policy was continued, we might look for
the second day which tried mems souls.
Mr.. Hodge, of Kentucky, stated the po,
sition of Kentucky at the time the Confed.
crate army entered and took possession of
Columbus. The State had attempted TO
preserve neutrality the Northern men with
determination to break it when they got
the opportunity; the Southern men pre-
serving i. as their only hope, their only al
,ernatiye between having their country de-
vastated, or waiting till the Northsrn Gov.
ernment violated the neutrality and gave the
Southern army an opportunity to come in
with sembIance OF right. And it was
with feelings of sad and fearful forebodings
that they heard that the Confederates bad
vio.at-d 'cis neutrality in occupying Co.
I1mbus.
eloquent language the passa e of the Ken
tucky troops from the soil Of kentucky
when they knew that their State was about
to be turned into an aceldomo, a field of
blood. He said that every battlefield, par
ticularly Shiloh and Baton Ronge, were
white with the bones Of Kentucky's dead.
Mr.. Machen, of Kentucky, said that rem
egade Tennesseeans and treacherous Ken
tuckans had formed in the State under the
Federal flag before the Confederate forces
had occupied Columbus.
Mr.. Wright, of Tennessee, and Mr..
Breckinridge, of Kentucky, stated substan-
TALLY the same as MIR. Machen.
Mr.. Foote spoke in answer to Mr.. Smith,
of Alabama, and brought history to sup
port the invasive policy. The voice of the
people is the voice OF God, and should be
listened to-
MIR. Barksdale, of Mississippi, said it was
not the duty of this body to determine the
plan of this campaign. But it must be left
to the President and cur Generals.
Mr.. Heiskell called the previous eues
ton.
The yeas and nays were called on the
passage vi tuC ScCOuu IeSOiullUus dSStU
Yeas 63, nays Is.
Mr.. Jones moved to amend the title of
the bill to read as follows: Resolution in
dicating the policy of the war, and Con-
gressional order number one.
The motion was lost.
Mr.. Gentry, of Tennessee, spoke 10 oppo-
sition to the resolution.
Tne resolution was passed-yeas IS,
nays 13.
On motion of Mr.. Foote, the House adj
journed.