Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-03-07
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speech Of Mr.. Richardson. osUu
| On the 10th inst, the Houaa ha,,,,, T..
tee Of the Whole on the stata ~ ~ - oyn' ITasan
Mr., Richardson said: 11T :" w on'on
And think one of the most seps,h,a D.ooI.
nations that has been written sinca az os,a ~.
mencement Of the war was written nv Gana.at
srant when he entered Paaucah, Ky n tha
proclamation he laid down this pronosi,Ion. "I
have not come, y said he, ato fiebt on;Oiors.
have come to resist treason and oyerTbslm n
! am not here 10 force opinions upon van T an
mere TO sustain the Constitution ana tbe aunrsm.
acy Oh the laws" t44 At a.ll y ~
session Ia the indo.sa,,aIt uurins tnls Wnolt
Gen. Grant. did mot know ths, :. !, Jsuo "nis. "
was prepared to indorse thai nrocIs n;s ,;on ~.
sir, IL Is one that should Ike to sas ,-.;tts ~
letters Of gold UPON the sky iself AZ tba, II ,hs
world could read. Il is the only corract anc.
trine that has been proclaimed bv anv of o,,,
Generals. ~ rll -"
Now, Mr. Chairman, q great deal has been
SAID about the objects and purposes of th,a war
The gentleman from Massac6usetts remsrk ed
that we stand In very different positIoc from
what We did at the called session Wal, s;r
60 we do; but the only differences Is that We no y
have an army Of sx hundred tSoDo"nd sas We nov \"
the field. How did you Ret them tho,s7 'I MA "a
they come there for the purnoae of ahoj;aon
for overthrowing the Constitution and tbs ~sp
Not at all. You would never have bsd this
army; you would never have won the victorS ! ;
Fort Donelson II 1t had been upderstood that
such were the objects of the war, Now M,
Chairman, will not aton to nrssen, aU" .n,, ~,
ment upon this proposition. susnect tbat Su,
OF the four thousand men from NV Conc,sss.
lonal district who were In the fipht At Fort Dan.
elson, twenty five hundred of them voted Coy
me at the last election. | am inclinsS N he
lieve that at least that number oS .hsn, " Uod Ds
for me. did not get the votea of manr os AZ
officers [laughterl but | did Get the rcnI snS n
file.
will tell my colleague another thing -
There are footsteps Of the Republioans in the
army, but the marks of their feet arc ali in ons
direction, and when the rank and ale return IN
their homes, after the rebellion shaIl have hssu
crushed out, as the man toila nnon bjs farm y
he labors to pay the taxation tbat IL nnon ne -
he tolls to support the old fiag of bis oorn, ~ -
he will not be very ant to trv tbe aTns,;w ;want -
Republieanism or AbolItionism a1sjn That
thing 10 about used M. There is mt much
more of 1t. Itis growing besutifuIIv am ANAL iD nv
degrees and elegantly less, as It goes along =
lLaughter.l
Now, Mr.. Chairman, will tell vou the IN.
evitable result of this war is, YOU nust hang a
good many of the traitors. amid M. 90 S hoS1,
70 mypeople II / was not In favor Of that
When you hang the extreme men in either sec.
tion, those In the other section will take warning
Dy their fate. The extinction of one will be
the death Of the other.
We have remained in tbis Housa. al, and
seen strange things going on without being abls
to help ourselves. One Of these men in the
South would inAame his district BY reading au
Abolition document from the Nosth .1soaS ~
delivered here or elsewhere. II msttsrea not