The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-02-28


aggressive toray by which Lincoln, Seward, ,
Ohase 20. are about to visit one half the
Union with ire, sword and famine
It's my Judgment that this ruthless crusade
against the South is party war, got up by PARTY,
tor the benefit of pa,fy-and is simply and
purely wicked and diabolical attempt Of abo.
htion Republican leaders to propagate and es-
tablish their party dogmas at the point of the
bayonet Instead Of being war on belia1f OF
the Union, 1t IS destructive of its fundamental
principle, aud the only means, under heaven,
| by which the G mon can be utterly DESTROYED,
For TWENTY-FIVE years have breasted this
abolition fAnaticism which underlies the ERE
publican organization, and have continuously
asserted nay solemn convictions, that its official
installation at W ashington would subyert the
| Union OF the States s. and now that its consurn-
nation is upon US, and its fell spirit is about to
precipitate upon cur country the direst calamity
/ which human agency can inflict, we are modest
~ invited to surrender lifelong convictions. and
/ help to swell the chorus of merciless partisan.
partisan war upon our own countrymen, under
the fimsy pretext that the existence Of the Gov.
eminent is endangered 1 sazr5s 81 a3f %
Others may cry aloud for war, war, and nat
Mr.. Lincoln on the back, when he usurps the
war-making power, 1and with q stroke of the
pen summons one hundred and sixty Thousand
armed men as q posse conaitatus II and adds
twenty-five thousand to the regular A,my!W and
blockades tbe9ports OF States which are within
the Union! !! !lwhie &c purposeiy postpones the
meeting OF Congress until he can get all his war
machinery into operation y! But for myself. |
have nothing but re,robation for the political
scoundrels who nave deliberately staked the sec.
tional Republican party against the peace and
!, unity OF the, nauen, and are fast converting
our constitutional Republic into monster mid
.ary despotism l 's LIE GRAND BYINGTON. q
Mr.. BYINGTGN.a Iwish to ask the gentle
man whether he considers that paper as having
anything to do with the issue in, this case? !.
Mr.. WILSON. Yes, sir !; the issue is, whether
in case the House should decide that vacancy
exists in the representation of Iowa,o you were
fairly elected to FIJI the vacancy; and propose
to show that no nun entertaining the opinions
contained in this protest could have been elected
| by any fair means. 81; sapagst ali .zayegs
Mr.. COX. What is the date of that paper
Mr.. WILSON. May %, 1861. e
Mr.. VOORHEES,. Will the gentleman, ,yisld
to me moment ? ,7,-.s7 p. ,,,,-.....,., /
Mr.. WILSON No, sir. I decline to yield.
This protest was called out BY the action of the
Democratic county convention held in the city
OF the gentleman's residence. The convention
passed resolutions which expressed warm gym
patty with the Government in the contest on
which 1t was about to enter. Loyalty ruled the
convention and the gentleman issued his protest
and il soon became known to all the people of
4 the district and State 5.ase! s. 1ada ana
Mr.. BYINGTON. The gentleman will do me
the justice to say that the Democratic party Of
! that county have in a subsequent convention
come to my platform, instead of my coming to
them. gfa:;9 y-sGi .7osztzs If f7s.n-1sySn
! Mr.. WILSON So much the worse for them.
! fhav hora TOD No
by the gentleman in that protest, then they &C.
l cupy position creditabe to no man or party.
His party may be with him, but loyal Democrats
accept no such position 1t is nothing but hos
tility to the Government; it means, nothing but
opposition to every measure inaugurated by the
Government toe crushing the rebellion. And
yet, with such record as that, the gentleman
claims that he went before the people of con.
gressional district who, as the last election re-.
turns show, pronounced against him and his
principles by e,725 majority, and was duly and
legally elected a member Of this House. Sir, the
whole case is q false pretense and an unblushing
sham, which years preparation has not been
able to disguise
Mr.. Speaker, without wasting the time Of this
body to meet and lrefute the baseless charge
which the contestant makes against my colleague
Mr.. Vandever] in relation to the matter oil
drawing double pay-a charge which the gentle
man knows has been exploded long ago-I am
content to leave the case to the judgment of the
House. We have more important matters to
attend to, and the case is not entitled to more
consideration than it has received. The con
testant has presented his case in an argument
which is the result of years labor. He hat
had q patient and attentive hearing. have
presented a few facts which I believe answer
fully his abored argument, 80 far as II relates to
the questions involvedin the pending resolutions
The House is in possession OF the whole case; and
in order that We may, proceed to the consijera.
. tien of the important business which awaits oul
attention, l demand the previous question on the
resolutions. vfi2Usinf as sbu9ilt s9.t;lgg +
J The previous question was seconded, and, the
main question ordered; and under the operation
!, thereof, the House rejected the amendment Of
}, the gentleman from Ohio, [Ar. Co.. al follows
:, Rtsolved, That William Vandeyerwas not cleo
ted member of this House for the second con-
I gressional district Of Iowa. =.
;. Resolved, That lie Grand Byington. was duly
!. elected member of this House for the second
congressional district of Iowa. G 81 . zoe 5.,
i Mr.. VOORHEES, moved to reconsider the vote
~ which the amendment was rejected.
r. Mr.. BINGHAM moved that the motion to re,
consider be laid upon the table. sg5 agta ssl !
Mr.. VOORHEES, demanded the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
i The question was taken; and it was decided
in the af6rmative-yeas 81, nays 20; as follows:
i YEAS-Nessrs. Aldiich, Alley, Arnold, Bah
bitt. Baily. Baxter, Beaman. Bingham, Samuel
S. Blair, Blake, Burlington, Calvert, Chamberlain,
Clark, Colfsx, Frederick A. Conkling, Roscoe
Conking, Cris6eld, Cutler, Davis, Dawes, Delano,
Edgerton,l Edwards, Eliot, Ely, Fenton, Samuel
| O. Fessenden, Thomas A. D. Fessenden, Fisher,
IFranchot, Frank, Gooch, Goodwin, Harrison,
Hooper, Horton, Hutchins, Kelley, Lansing. Loo,
mis-, Lovejoy, Low, Mexican, Mcknight McPher.
son, Mitchell, Moorhead, Justin s Morrill,, Noell.
Patton, Timothy 6. Phelps, Pike, Pomeroy, Por-
tel, Potter, John H; Rice, Riddle, Sargent, sedg.
wick. segar, Shanks, Sheffield, Shellabarger,
Sherman, Sloan, Spaulding, Stevens, Stratton,
Benjamin F. Thomas, Trimble, Trowbridge, Van
Horn, Van Valkenburgh, Wadsworth, Walker,
Wallace, Webster, Wheeler, Albert S. White,
Wilson, Window and Worcester-s4.
sNAYS-Messrs. William Allen, Ancons, Viii.
liam G. Brown, Cox, Cravefs, Order, Hall,
Harding, johnson, Kerrigan, Knapp, Law, NAL