Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-01-17

mediation rs means Of suspsnding hostile ties but OBJ
Jeotsd 10 btran lie pointed cut the lessons Of the
war ifom which each party bad learned to respect the
power ana vaf OF the other IL the country tired
OF shedding blood and wanted peace he would snbmit
proposition, in effsct follows:
Stop 6ghing Make arms icsno formal treaty with
craw yonr army from the scceied States both armies
10 air peace tooog Establish free between the two
seeu9ns agee upon Zoyersin Recall your fleets and
oeaR your ooekads eduee yeur navy aud restore travel
Ak IN between the North and the South No Monitors
oron clsds but friendly steamships again set in motion on
your rivers and rea Re establish the mails Exchange news
paperD migrate ntermarry Let slavery alone Hold eec
ons ~ the appointed time Let another Pre dent
IN eoi And when the gospel OF peace shall bave again
descended @ heaven into their hearts, and the gospel
ana OF hate spelled let cergy and the churches
meet again N christian intercourse in the North South
Let secret orders and associations every where re unite
brethren again In short give all natural and all the
Official caucs which impel together their fullest sway
Mr. BINGHAM replied by sayipg that the speech of his
colt asuo should not go unanswered 1t apology
for fcesson When the gentleman quoted history he
should DO 1t correctly He charged that accession and re-
belholi commsnced at the South long before Abraham
Lincoln was elected He charged that there would be no
rebellion now but for the Of the gentleman and his
friends and their cry of coercion The act of James
Buchanan in refusing to the rebel States was the
can,e OF the protraced and that was sustained
BY The gentleman and hs party Iii Mr. Lincoln had fol-
lowed the footsteps of his predecessor and refused ia en-
cree or Interfere would have been confession that the
Government was unable to defend itself and thu result
would have been disruption. But he acted differently
be called out an army to defend the Government and he
had no doubt the gentleman greatly geved thereat
lie held that the only way by which the Union aud the
Gonslltnon could be maintained was by force Of
But the gentleman declared that he had never voted dol
ir fo the purpose war Ifevery memb,r OF the House
had imi'ated his example, they would have had nothing to
protect them from thu rebels in He charged that
Inc Democratc party, or thst portion which concded
with the gentleman largely responsible for all the
blood shed IN this war His colleague at ths same
moment for union or dsunion He deprecated separation
but his concn,ans were sadly at issue with lis friends
hr WRsGH said lie could agree altogether in the
re@s advanced by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr VAL.
LANDGHAM) lie was not peace upon the propo-
stons ohtrad by that gentleman Nor was he a peace
man If such pace to he erected up n The dsmem.
bered ruins OF broken Republic Tnere can We no peace
uot the reeels lay down their arms TherY can be
peace bat by vigorous prosecution Of the war That
WIS his peace and he would not shrink romSs respons
bliy Had the doctrine of the gentleman fhpm Ohio
(Mr VaLLANnGHAM) prevailed one year ago Ne, SIS Re-
presentares would not to-day occupy this Capite hut
the cohorts Of Jrscn Davis and bis followers would be in
possession The rebels had placed their pracal vessels
on our seas for the purpose of puuderng commerce
What sort of peace is asked for Isithat must lay
down our arms The day for peace that proposition
has passed ty The gentleman from Ohio says the country
must be reunited; he would inquire reunited to whom
To Jefferson Davis and his psy They do not want to be
uniied lie then quoted from speech delivered by JEFF
srshn Davis and resolution passed by the North Carolina
L. glslare, and the age Of John Letcher Of Virginia
TO show tht hey did not want to be reunited but that
they considered that they had separated finally. He
wanted 10 know upon What terms Of peace the gentleman
from Ohio (Mr VAILsNDIGHAM) proposed
Mr. VAlLANDlGHAM proposed, after passion had
should be settled by the ballot-box
Mr. DAWES inquired if it was the eenilemans PROPOSE
ton to lay down our arms now wait.
Mr.. VALLANDIGHAM replied that he did not pro-
pose 10 lay down our arms He would reduce both armies
and appeal to the ballotboK
Mr. WRIGHT, resuming, said he had iiea that we
should lay down our arms that would be morstr0us
aosnrdisy II We were to appoint committee consisting
Of members from both Houses of Congress- to visit upon
Jefferson Davis at Richmond to submit to him peace
propagation, they would not be received He had under
stood from report that there had beeo such committee
appointed in the State OF New Jersey to GO Richmond
to of.r pace propositions.
Mr.. PERRY, of New Jsrsey, said there was no truth
whatever IN the assertion made by the gentleman from
Pennsylvanis
Mr. WRIGHT replied that he had seen it 9, stated in
some newspaper but hs glad to learn that such was
not the fact He said the neman had alluded TO the
cent eecl ms in the North These gentlemen who have
been recently elected not in favor peace propositions
suggested by the gentlemen from Ohio but for more
vigorous prosecution Of the war We khow that bunders
in The conduct The have been committed but that did
not furnish sufficient evidence upon hch to Justify us in
laying down lie said those who supported the
vigorous prosecution Of the war their memories would be
uslroua while those who opposed il would be detest
able az the coHb boys of the Revolution.
Mr. VALLAEDIGHAM Amen
Mr. WRIGHT. The gentleman says amen He sh .ud
pul straight Jacket on.
Mr.. .VALLAHDIGHAM If the gentleman will loan me
tie be hiss been wearing for the past twenty month";
Mr. WRIGHT. If the gentleman gets mine it viii be
the best Democratic jacket he had rspt around him
After some further remarks the House adjourned.