Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-01-29

king nasty notes lie has just been urged
by leading Republicans to reply to this dan
gerous speech on the spyt-to match a has
ty, extempore effort against this cunsidere 1,
compact, polished and elaborate plea for
Northern treason
The gronp Of Republicans sianlingin the
open space before the Clerks desk increas.
e.; they crowd down the aisles among the
Opposition and cluster around the Speaker
"A he resumes. Even the eternal chatter
ing in the ladies' galleries has ceased, the
seats arc all crowded, the correspondents
and reporters have been attracted by the
Interest of the scene, and for wonder the
reporters gallery is full and attentive.
An effort is making on the floor to get
JOINT session OF the Military and Naval Com
mittees, to hear proposition from Cyrus
W. Field, backed by the Secretary Of War,
about submarine cable to New Orleans. =
One member after another fatty refuses to
obey the caH Of the Chairman, and leave
the debate. The eminent telegrapher
waits an hour in the Committee room, and
finally gets to see three out Of the fourteen
memoersl Such is the interest the discus
sion Of treason's arguments is arousing.
The speaker resumes There il not one
drop OF rain that falls over the whole vast
expanse OF the Northwest that does not
lnd tssiome in the bosom of the Gulf. -
Wem,tst and zoe ,DiN foiio,o IL, with travel
aud trade; not by treaty, but by right free
y. peacoably, and without restriction or
tribute, under the same Government and
lag!" e1
II is eloquently spoken, AMI none are
more willing to concele it than his oppo.
nents. And yet, forcibls, polished, stirring
as u is, yhsI is It but the gospel Of Mate
riallsn. the ignoring Of all moral consdera-
tons, the slander on the people Of his home
that TOR the psltry sake Of "a little easier
mole oil floating their corn to market, they
will forsake the Union Of their Fathers,
trampls upon all the traditions Of their Ma
tional existence, and tie themselves as trib.
utsries TO that body Of sin and death, q
slave breeding. purely Slave Civilization,
treason born Southern Confederacy?
There are many more words in the speech,
words boldly conceived anl forcibIy spoken,
but thR is its substance The Aiministra.
tion Is censursd, too often only justly, but
With the eager haste of hate, not with the
SLOW spoken condemnation to which the
friends OF tho Government often feel forced.
The stupiditios ofour military manag cement,
the foolish cxtravagancies of boasting with
which thoughtless portion of the press
and an excltable people entered upon the
work Of subduing tho rebellion are rishtly
enough exposed, but the tone Of the expo.
sure is not that which the friends OF the
Union and the Government would give it:
it sounds like tho malignant sneering OF
the London Times, or the develish exnlta.
ton Of tho Richmond Examiner There is
prayer for Peace to descend, but it is not
the prayer OF the patriot, anxious that after
honorable and triumphant wars, that have
vin1icated the Nation and subfued its en-
| emiej, the bloody banners be borne back
and folded away; it is the prayer of the
sordid shopkeepsr who clamors to Heaven
that his craft and his profit are in dan.
ger. And there are glowing promises for
the Future, but that Future is to be-not
progress to q pursr civilization, but degra
dation to tho bassst out growths of the
Present.
He has spoken over an hour and quar-
tor, and has accomplished that rare feat
compelled the closest attention of the mos,
dlsorderly deiiberative body in the world
from the beginning to the end. He ha, mo-
quite finished, but ono extension Of time
has already been granted him. More i
refused, and be closes without peroration
Thore is gradual relaxation, q su Her
hunming of conversations . gain on the floor
aud through the galleries. Tho Democrat.
AMI Border State men, with faces wrsathe.
ia smiles, crowd around their champion
with their congratulations. AT a singl.
step the stunned and execrated VALLAN
DIdHAM has risen to the leadership of theil
party. Dony II, as some Of them still may
honceforth Il is accomplished. Plantation
hammered old Wioklife, little Mr.. Sainue
Cox, and oil the rest are but tails to the kite
OF this man, bold enough, honest enough
and able. enough to avow and defend th,
real sentiments OF them all.
Mr.. Speaker" sounds simultaneously
from three or four voices.
The gentleman from Ohio, Mr.. Bing
ham, responds the Speaker.
Mr. Speaker" again, in more clamor
Gus accents. A New Englander is bursting
aud boiling over with rago at the treatment
his section has received from the Democrat
ic champion, and he must relieve himself
He begs but the privilege of word, anc
snaps out the declaration that New Eng
land still lives, and will live long after thi
TRADE against hor has perished Vallan
digham ooolly retorts that he has made NJ
TRADE. The New EnylAndor would 50,
more, but 1t is not thus this speech must b
answered, and the Republicans get hiu
down. ~
A portly.looking old Democrat from th,
outer circle OF the Opposition benches, sv
identity very much excited, claims that he i
entitled to the floor, aud professes that h,
can't see how he has lost It. The Spssko
tries to explain; the Democrat doesn't ss,
it, but the ruling of the chair il inexorsbl,
and he takes his seat.
BINoHAM's ExrExpoRE REPLY 10 vALLAs
DTdHAN.
Their general moving Of member
over to vke Administration side Of IN,
House; the Democrats leave their seats an,
crowd over into the ares before the Clerk
desk; the speaker moves out from his seat I
} little nearer to the center Of the Admin
istration side, and begins =
1--WE have had another apology for Ii,
unmatched crime Of the rebellion. So Ion,
as God gives him strength and opportunit,
he will lot no such apology pass uuchai
enged and undenounoed. His colleagu,
came here to day with his prepared denun
| citation OF tho war for tile Union. A stran
ger to the events of the last two years, lis
: lening to his remarks would have suppose,
0 that war would not have darkoned tb
Republic like the shadow Of an eclipse
: hut for tho commission of N great cr;p,a n