New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-12-21

tion of Mr.. Green Clay Smith OF Kentucky, by
% Yeas to 81 Nays,
| "Resolrsd That as country and the very exist.
Of the best Government n tituted by man " i'm
pcrlcd hy the most cau5eless and wicked Rebellion u at
the world has and believing do that the
only hope of saving the country and preserving this
Government is by the power OF the sword We are for
the most vigorous prosecution Of The war until the Con
and lars shall b. enforced ord obey,d IN all parts
81 The Iaiftd Stats and 10 that srd oppose drmis
fice Intervention mfdiaios froposon for Itac,
from any quarter long there shoH be found Rtsi N
cso'a,t ne Gorsrnmeat and We ignore all party
and Issues and gize but two parties In
this war. patriots and traitors.
This resolve il will be noted. is direct
counterblast to one offered. few days before,
by Mr. Fernando Wood OF this city, proposing
that the President be requested TO send three
Commissioners to Richmond to sue for peace az
/ the hands Of JEFF Davis Il Co. The House
laid that resolve on the table by substantially
the same vote a. the .oregoing--that is, those
who voted TO pass Mr.. Smiths resolve voted to
lay Mr. Woods on the table.
Some aspects of these votes and their impulses
are worthy Of special attention.
Mr.. Green Clay Smith has been Volunteer
officer in the Union ranks, and was nominated
on what The Lou,sriH, Journa! sigmatized as q
Republican platform is. one of uncon-
ditional fidelity to the Union. He had twocom
petitors-J. W. Lesthers, who comes az near
being a Rebel as he can and miss it, and J. W.
Menzies. the late Member. who Is Of the Guthrie
and Garret Davis school of Unionists-that is 10
say. a " Border-State man" OF two years ago. The
e ~ (o,, ftvc =,
smith. 500 Leathers go Menyies. 2oJ
Smith over both competitors = 0S3
Such is the impulse that sent Mr.. Smith 10 Con-
gress.
Now Let us see how the Border Slave States
voted on his resolution above:
-D,larcr,-Smi,her,-i. msryari-C.e.vell
Winter Davis k,sfGeky-w. H. Randall Green
Clay Smith. iesmAn-j. aissosft>Bow, BOYD Loan.
M'Clurg-4 Total 10
NA,--Ma,ylssd-B. 6. HarIi.-l. K,nfsely-IInrd
Ing Glider Mallory " adswoItl,-i. M",ari-hal
Jane ;. Rollins Scott. Totals
80 that the Border Slave States give de-
cided majority in favor Of prosecuting the War
without compromise. srmistice. or overture Of
any kind, until the last Rebel shall unconditon-
ally submit TO the authority and acknowledge
the indivisibility Of the Union. And, had every
would almost certainly have been greater.
Nov see the figure that some Other states
cut on this vote:
-Yoa:-Ashlev Garfield. Eeklry. sgAeHel
Spalldiug-5
/ Iebl0nd Long Mckinney j. L. Morris. Noble. John
/ O'Neil Pendl.ion. &. a. White. j. W. Whte-1f
Here is vote Of nearly three to one from the
great and free State Of Ohio against the propo'
.ition of Il Kentuckian that the Union shall live
though Slavery should die 10 preserve II. And
every one Of these fourteen Nay is cast directly
in the teeth of a recent vote Of the People of
their State--the largest ever cast in the State,
after the most earnest and thorough canyass--
rolling up over One Hundred Thousand major.
ity for the very proposition that the representa-
tiyes of Ohio, every one condemned by the au.
thentic voice Of his own District. thus seeks 10
defeat.
lake another Border Free State:
ILrIsoI-- fsas-Arnold. faTn.wor,h. LoseIoy. Nor
! ton T. Is. Wsshburne-5
; yav.-.J. &. Alien W. j. Allen Eden. &. NJ Harris
Knapp. Morrison. Robinson. Ross stuaIt-0.
Here is another Free State voting. by nearly
two to one, against a vital proposition that her
people have Just Endorsed by OF least Thirty
Thousand majority. Not five Of these Members
could be reelected tomorrow, on the platform
on which they have just placed themselves.
But let us see how our onn State appears On
this record:
NV YORK - Ys0s-A W CLARK Thomas r Davis
Penton, Frank Hotchti.- &. 4. Hulburd. D. Kellogg
S. 4. Miller. ID. Morris Odell Pome-oy. Ven Va.kcn
bure-13
Ksrnan, A.sOr. RadfoId. j. u. Steele, Hard. Hmfsn,
Fernando Wood-11
SO that New.York stands equally divided
on an issue just decided in the affirmative BY
her people by an emphatic majority of Thirty
Thousand. And among those voting Nay are
five lin italics above) who at home pass for
&" War DemOCrats"-at least did so when they
were in want Of votes. Mr.. Grlsw0ld, for in
stance. was elected in district which, as he
well knows, would give z, 900 majority to day for
Clay Smiths resolve, and sent him TO Congress
because he wae supposed TO stand Oh the War
platform. Mr.. Winfield made War speeches
for seat in Congress, and he will have to
make them stronger and hotter before he gets
reelected. And Mr.. Nelson accepted the Colo.
nelcy Of the volunteer regiment raised in his
county just before his election, and resigned it
just afterward. It will take at least fro regi.
mcnts to reflect him On Fernando Wood
Peace platform.
We are not complaining Of any Of these
votes. Gentlemen will make up their own
record as they SEQ ft and then justify it TO their