The national Republican., 1862-02-20
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n. HIckMAM then cssred resolution c.I,.
Ing attention tor paragraph In 10. lay . Balt-
s.sr mno C.,ppT' e relation TO the seizure o. The
Sbuth," in which It wss stated that ietters wers
found duplicating 1.-The notorious vallandig.
IA" with resolution that the subject be
"'".r"h TO the Judiciary O. nimittec for inves
tieation.
Nc. .vALLANDIGHAM, of Ohio, stated that he
had. within n few moments, received copy OF
the same charges, and was waiting an opportu.
atty to call ,he attention OF the House 10 the
He denied these statements emphaticsily. He
had never written \ letter to the Newspaper
called " The South, )" and he had not written any
Il ,etters TO parties scuth Of Mason and Dixon's
demned this manner Of noticing the vile alan.
ders which may appear in the local columns Of
these irresponsible newspapers. .
Mr.. HICKMAN. | wish TO say-
Mr.. RICHARDSON, of Illinois. viii the gen.
tleman yield to me moment!
Mr.. HICKMAN. Yes. sir.
Mr. RICHARDSON then stated that there
we're members on this floor who had declared
that they would not vote dollar of appropris.
purpose Of emancip alton, and he desired here
to deneunce them rs traitors to the Govern
ment, and they ought to be put under arrest,
and executed a. they deserved.
MIL rom osc & &s bsp bsspy to the
serious charge, which affects the standing Of y
member Of this House. Even y mere suspicion
would be sufficient reason for this investiga.
ton. The gentleman knows that such suspi-
cions against his loyalty existed before the ap.
pearance Of this charge. II Is the duty of this
House TO purge itself of unworthy members.
The notorious paper alluded to was suppressed
by authority ofthc Government, and the dJcu.
msnts were seized by officers of the Govern.
| men; and It Il iair to presume that these dUcu.
ments are now In the hands of the Government.
lie quoted from the law to show that common
fame" was sufficient to warrant an investiga.
charges came from the editor of u responsible
newspaper, through the hands Of the Govern
ment.
Mr.. .vALLANDIGHAM said that this Is mere
local item in newspaper, and the person who
| wrote the article does not claim that he has
| seen the dncuments to which he refers.
| Mr.. HICKMAN said he did not care whether
1t WAS local item or not; 1t IL an original
| article In responsible newspaper, and, NJ
Nj. .VALLANDIGHAM asked the gentleman
to- specify some Of those other suspicious 10
| which he had alluded.
Mr. HICKMAN said he would give the gentle.
man a few Of the charges which the loyal
people Ofthe country deemed sufficient grounds
Of suspicious. The Breckinridge meeting iu
Baltimore, in which the gentleman figured con.
spicuOusly-a certain dinner in kentucky
and the speech Of the gentleman in the July
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this House-to gentlemen on his own side of
The HOuse-to bear witness that 1t is a common
rumor among all the loyal States Of the Union.
that the gentleman's . past career has been open
i to suspicious Of disloyalty
Mr.. vALLANDIGHAM denied participating
| in the dinner In Kentucky. His feet had never
pressed the soil OF that State since he followed
| To their last resting place the remains Of that
loyal Union man, henry Clay; and he would
DEFY him-he hurled defiance in the teeth Of
the gentleman-to find disloyal sentiment in
| that speech Of July last.
The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. H.
has been traduced, ard his public Cal eer Sc.
| verely criticised by the press of the country.
Mr.. HICKMAN said that II it affJrded the
gentleman any satisfaction to allude to his
(Mr. Hickman's) past course, II afforded him
more satisfaction to say that he had borne
these attacks with due patience, and he had
never found 1t necessary to make 1t u subject
Of public complaint. He had nev.r risen in his
place from time to time in order TO meet and
deny the charges made against himself. Ii he
had been vind,cated At all, he had been vindi.
Gated by silence. The gent eman had not treat.
ed him graciously. He (fIickman) made 10
answered him. He made no statements excep,
under the whip and spur of the gen ,man from
Ohio. Ifit goes to the country that suspicious
are rife and numerous and multiplied against
him, he may put II all to the credit Of his owl
imprudence. He had been cross.examined by
the gentleman as to the grounds of suspicious
rgainst him, and he, In reply, had named few
Of them. But the gentleman himself had added
to these grounds of suspicious by his own con
fessiOrs.
I, there not camp in the disloyal forces OF
Kentucky, called Camp Vallandigham!
Mr.. VALLANDlGHAM. And is there not u
town in Kentucky called HickmaDp
Mr.. HICKMAN. Yes; but l thank God that
it was not named for me.
| Mr.. HICKMAN then alluded to the reports In
reference to the gentleman having been driven
out Of some Ohio camps because the soldiers
of his own State considered him disloyal. The
gentleman had declared that the independ
ence of the South would be recognized in three
months. There was remarkable coincidence
uf opinion between the gentleman and the
Il aitur Burnett, instanced by his votes. He
nave been brought out here 60 before the
country us they are, and MS the gentleman him
self had placed the matter, and therefore he
withdrew the resolutions.
THE TREASURY NOTE BILL.
On motion of Mr.. STEVENS, of Pennsy lvania
the House resolved itself into the Committee o
| The Whole on the state OF the Union for the pur
pose of considering the bill for the issue 0
United States Treasury notss, with the Senate's
amendments to the tame, (Mr. Mallory, OF Ken
'paky ysPaULDiSG "a uIG ofNewYork then addressed
| amendments ot the Senate.
Mr., II. CONKLING, of New York, wanted t
II have \ square vote on the various amen dments
Mr.. POMEROY, of New York, then ADDRESSED
the House in favor OF the Senats's amendments
He repudiated the Determinations which same
gentlemen endeavor to make between the col
diers and citizens. Tho normal condition o
D our soldiers is u citizen. Our soldiers say tina
they will defend our flag, If We will defend the
TREASURY. They say that their farms and theil
b business is injured by their absence. But they
are willing that these homesteads Of their
shall be taxed as economically rs the wants O
, tho country will allow, and HI lberally rs the
| nee essities of the caso will require.
I Further debate rsued on the bill, which wal
, participated in by Messrs. Calvert of Maryland
I morrill, of Vermont, Dunn ot Indiana, Pike O
Maine, Diven OF New York, and others.
/ MIR, STEVENS moved that the committee
riss, for the purpose of adjournment.
Mr.. WASuBURNE, of Illinois, hoped tht
, chairman OF the Committee of Ways and Mean
would press this bill through Tonight. He sai'
that the country WAS anxious Tor relief, and III
believed that a majority of this House wer'
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