The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1863-04-03
DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REP.
RnsENTATIvEs, JANUARY
IA; 1865

Mr.. SPEAKER: | would not have parti
cipated in the discussion of my resoulu
tions to-day, my health is so feeble, bu
fearing that I will not have another op
portunity Of presenting my views an,
opinions which l have attempted PARTIAL,
to embody in the pending propositions,
feel constrained to claim the consideration
of the House at this time. I cannot agre,
sir, with some of views just advanced b.
the gentleman from Ohio, Mr.. VAlLAS
pranAM, although as to most of his ar
gument. have no hesitation in saying
agree with him. l differ with him in re
spect to the continuance of this war.
am, Mr. Speaker, a peace man, but
| am not peace man, if that peace is tc
be established upon the dismembered
fragments Of broken and destroyed
Union. I am peace man, if peace can
be obtained with rebels who are striking
at the vitsls of the Republic, upon terms
that shall be alike honorable to the patri-
otism and courage Of the North. While
| am peace man, lam no coward, and
while | desire peace, I shrink from no re.
sponslolllty. would even put myself,
as Representative from the North, in
position OF absolute humiliation, If peace
could be the result Of it; will even lei
myself down and kiss the sword in the
hsnas OF INA. arch traitor IN hichmond'
gripping, WIN .he o'ooo OF my own IONS,
II / coula oo'a'h peace upon honorable
terms TO my country
but as my resolutions say while the
renelIlon s'ahas IN mehacing attitude,
ana while theit guns are directed upon
your very Capltol itself, and While they
themselves say they VIII make no terms
WITH u.s. am no peace man. because un'
DER nose circumstances 4 could not be a
peace mSh ana preSe''e my own hohor'
ana my own country ~. r,t ~
ne geh''en'ao 'rol" oh'o MR., VAL
LANp'ahAa sa'o ne wooIo nave the war
S,npPed' ana 'hs' ne was opposed to II
" ha' ooes 'he gentleman from ohlo an
'le,pale oy 'ne cessation upon our part
OF nos'l''t'eSi . ICES pe suppose 'ha' terms
can can oe obtained from these men who
are IN reoeil'cn' Il ,he Nor'h says we Will
grant an arm'stlce' why sir there can
oe no'h'ng "hlcn cou'n De more cheer
ing OF more Satisfactory 10 tneSe men VINO
lead ano cououct t''s feoelIioh' than to-
nave tne Noffl say mat thus war shall
sop "here u u.s. aho lei mem nave that
lepubIlc "h,ch 'hey nave oeen surviving
Tor Tor during the last TWO years Had the
oa'r,he o' the gentleman rom ohlo, pre-
vailed one year ago the members OF his
house OF representatives would not have
been IN session here to-day. Had the let
'lone pol'cy which ne proclaimed here in
opposition to the war been the marked
policy OIL the country within the last year,
We should not now have the beggarly
privilege OF occupying seats IN the Amer
can Congress to-day, but instead, We
would have had the chief traitor, and his
cohorts and coadjutors, occupying this
Hall instead OF ourselves.
We of the North did not bring this war
nd desolatlon upon the country. We had
10 hand in it. When my honorable friend
rom Kentcky on my right Mr. CRITTEN-
ZEN presented his resolutions last July a
ear ago, and we adopted them, we de-
Jared. with but two dissenting voices,
hat this was war for the restoration of
he Government; and we meant to fight it
ut--it may become war OF extermina-
ion before it is ended-that it was imme-