The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-06-04


resided IN TO surpass all the other Territor-
les IN mineral wealth, will not have n larger
! population IN the same length of time from
ITS organisation, when it's population has
run up To six or seven thousand under all
its disadvantages
but IN addition to this, desire TO say
that there rests upon the maiotty of this
House solemn obligation 60 pass this bill
and to pass II substantially Us we have re.
ported IT to pass il prohibiting slavery in
/ the Territory, US it is their duty TO dedi-
cate all our national Territories to freedom.
At the request of the Delegate from New
Mexico, have consented to amend the bill
! by striking out Washington, and inserting
New Mexico, and to make one other amend
ment striking out all the that part of the
hill which relates to other Territories and
| permit the prohibition of slavery To extend
only to the Territory new proposed to be
| urganiaed, have done SO because il has
been represented to me by several members
ON this side of the House, for whose opn-
IONS nave great respect, that the general
| provision proposed on the subject of slavery
II, other Territories should be made in an
other 6lll. My colleague on the committee
trom Illinois, MIR. Loveioyl has in his
charge, by direction of the committee. the
bit introduced into the House some time
ago by Hon. Mr.. Arnold, of Illinois, and
which contains substantially the same pro
| Vision touching the question of slavery in
the olher territories. | have, therefore
consented to have the prohibition for other
territories omitted in the Arizona bill.
-, Now, MIR. Speaker, | have given to the
House the facts in relation to this matter
How much wealth has been carried into
! thuf 10 ntt
less this House now organizes this Terri
tory cannot say, but the amount must be
large. The citizens of Ohio alone have
more than million of dollars invested there.
and the citizens of other States have invest
ed large amounts.
Mr.. GURLEY. I wish to state to the
| House that see gentleman in the gallery
who has spent $4,000 of his own money
! III opening mnos in Arizona, who was
driven away ny the Indians and if the
Government would only afford him and his
associates, and others who may desire to
go to that Territory protection. they will
IN return give us millions upon millions of
dollars III silver. Gold has become so com
mon now that we do not care much about
It, Legal tender is as good as gold, and n
little better, by our law. Laughter But
tins Territory is peculiarly rich in silver.
As my colleague, Mr.. Ashley,l and as |
have learned from my constituents who
have gone there, believe that $50 900 600
per annum would III short time, say few
years, be extracted from the mines of that
Territory in silver, if You will only protect
the miners, so that they need not be COM
PEELED to work, holding the rifle in ono
hand, and the pick in the other, as they
have hitherto been compelled to do.
| wish to say that my attention has been
called to this subject from the fact that |
have many constituents who have been out
there, and engaged in mining. Several
prominent gentlemen from Cincinnati have
lost their lives in that Territory. For my
self, have nary gold mine nor silver mine
in that Territory.
Mr.. ASHLEY. Mr.. Speaker. so far as |
am concerned, the. amount of earthly
treasure which have laid up in this world
is very small trust that, i'll the other. it
will be proportionately large, |, too, have
no gold OF silver mine i'll Arizona. | have
friends there, however, who have invested
large amounts in that Territory, and who
Will sacrifice all if the present condition of
affairs should continue. | have friends
there whose lives have been sacrificed.
have conferred with gentlemen who have
lived years in that Territory, who state
and their statement isconfirmed by General
Hcnizelman-tha whenever it 10 organized.
from Sj0,OOO,0OO to $4,000 00may he ex-
ported annually in the precious metals.
But aside from that consideration, the citi-
zens OF the United States who have gone
there have the right olprotcctiou.
As was saying, when interrupted by
my colleague, the first and highest duty of
INnN "a q!
Yet, Sir the strange spectacle is presented
of opposition to this bill by members on
this side of the House who with an incon-
sistency Of principle wholly incomprehens-
ible, propose that its further consideration
shall be postponed until December next.
Do not gentlemen know that if they post
pone this matter until December next, it
will be late i'll the summer on fall of next
year before government can be organized
which will secure for these people the pro-
lection they now demadd. 1t seems to me,
Mr. Speaker, that we iail fully to compre-
hend the wants and necessities of this per
ilous hour for the country. Men are so
accustomed To run in grooves that even re-
volutons fails to lift majority of those
whom we have been accustomed to call
leaders to the level plane of passing events.
History informs Us that most of those who
have regarded in times past as great stats
men and military heroes have fallen victims
to their inability to rise to the level of the
revolutionary. plane. Unable to meet and
overcome the eXigcncies of the hour, they
have folded their arms, and, like Napoleon
before Moscow, ialtcrcd, hestated, and were
lost. Well and truly has the poet said that
"0nce to every man and nation comes the moment
10 decide,
In tho s,rifo Of truth with falsehood, good or
evil side"
Mr. Speaker, do not by any means be-
leve that the members of the House are
indifferent to the great issues involved in
this rebellion; indeed knew of the anxiety
and solicitude of many of its most dis
tinguished and patriotic members. But do
think, sir, that we fail TO appreciate in all
its terrible reslity the importance and gran
deur of the era in which Providence has
cast our lot. We fail to realiZo thai we are
living in u time when the Republic of our
father, in which is centcred the hopes and
aspirations of millions, is to be saved or
lost. The march of events is so swift and
irresistible, that we become dizzy in con-
tcmplating it, and do not remember that we
are forever and forever being pressed for
ward We seem to forget that we are to
preserve constitutional liberty and Ameri-
can civilization, or permit them TO go out in
the night of barbarism and slavery. ] APP
peal to all those who have not forgotten
when, recertly, this capital was beleaguer-
ed by the defiant hordes of treason and who
have not forgotten all of the exciting and
terrible Ieveuts which have tranupired with
thespast year,; l appeal to all those who
then saw, and still see, the dangers which
beset this Government and its people,