The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-03-06

sees all things even aud | abide
his leisure"
And l am now to be told, that
because of speech made upon this
floor under the protection of the
Constitution, in the exercise and
discharge of my solemn right and
duty under the oath which | have
taken, that / am to.day to be ar
raigned here, and the accusation
supported by the addition of mere
vague rumors and suspicious,
Which have been bruitcd over and
over again, as | have said, agaAfst
not myself only, but against hun
dreds aud thousands also of other
most patriotic and loyal men ??
The gentleman from PennsyIva-
MIA makes the charge that | at
tended a certain dinner in the State
Of Kentucky. Sir, | was invited
to that State, and have been fire.
Quently, by as true and loyal men
as there are in that State to-day
| accepted no invitation, and never
went at all. | have already named
the last and only time when |
stood upon the soil of Kentucky
But l know Of nothing now
whatever there may have been in
the past-certainly nothing to-day
about Kentucky that should pre-
vent a loyal and patriotic man from
visiting State which has given
birth or residence to so many pat
riots, to so many statesmen, and
to orators of such renown.
Yet this Is all, the grand aggro-
gate of the charges, except this
miserable faIsehood, which some
wretched scavenger prowling about
the streets and alleys and cutters
of the city of Baltimore, has seen
fit to put forth in the local col
umns Of Il contemplate newspaper;
so that the member from PennsyI.
vania may rise in his place and
prefer charges against the loyalty
and patriotism Of 4 man who ha,
never faltcrcd in his devotion tt
the flag ofhis country-to that fla
which hangs now upon the wal
over against him; one who has
bowed down and worshipped thi
holy emblem Of the Constitution
and of the old Union of thes
States in his hearts core, ay, in hi
very heart of hearts, from the tim
he first knew aught to this hour
, and who now would give lie an
all that he has Or hopes to be i
5 the present or the future, to sc
that glorious banner of the Unio
s known and honored once ovc
the whole earth and the whole Sc
9 with no stripe erased, and nc
one star blotted out, floating fol
} ever over the free, united, harmc
nious old Union of every Stat
once a part of it, and hundre
1 more yet unborn. / AM THAT MAN
= and yet he dares to demand that
| shall be brought up before the Sc
G cret tribunal Of the Judiciary Con
t mittee-that committee Of whic
t he is the chairman, and thus bot
: Judge and accuser-to answer t
: the charge OF disloyalty to IL
d Union!
Sir, I hurl back the insinuatio
t Bring forward the specific charg,
n wait till you have found somethir
J. and you will wait long-som
o thing which I havowritten, or som
It thing have said, that would ind
l. cate anythingin my bosomwhich
i who loves his country ought not
t. read or hear. In every sentimc
IS that l have expressed, in every vo
If that | have given in my whole pu
/ lie life, outside this House befo
was a member of it, and since
a has been my fortune to sit here
; have had but one motive, and til
, was the real, substantial, perm
e nent good of my country. l ha
e. differed with the majority of t
is House, differed with the party
j. power, differed with the Admin
is tration, as, thank God, | do a
| have the right to differ as to t
to best means of preserving the Unic
le and Of maintaining the Constit
in tion and securing the best intere
n of my country; and that is my
fense, that the crime and the OF
!; crime of which have been gull
)r For the Democratic Press
te To tho PnonIo of prohIo Hou,