Litchfield enquirer., 1863-06-04


 I owe no allegiance to Abraham Lincoln, he
 is my servant. The people owe him no ale.
 glance; but he owes allegiance to the people tApplause.) MT. Eaton continued at length,
 mainly going over the points he has before
 made in his speech. He observed that the l Common Council of Baltimore had endorsed
 the sending of Vallandigham South. I will tell you how 1t was done. Kossuth said .'ba-
 yonets thiak ;" they spoke in Baltimore. If
 the acts of the Administration are not check ed, our liberties will go down in gloom We will render to the Government all it has Q right to expeet-men and money but we must
 demand that the laws be scrupulously obser-4 we'd, by both rulers and people. Then the fe | verish excitement which is spread over the land will be subdued.
 Mir. Gilbert of Danbury said be was remind ed by the resolutions of the threshing floor ! the wheat lies at the bottom. covered with q large ams uni of chaff. So with these pream !
 bles; they must be removed before reaching
 the resolution. am man who does not deal
 in generalities; like to reach the point in is-
 sue at once. In the first and last resolution is
 contained the whole gist of the matter We
 are called upon to tell the Chief Magistrate of
 this nation that he is crafty old despot that
 in his efforts to put down this wicked rebel lion Connecticut does not stand by him. We have been compelled to sit here aud be insult ed, by being told that Mir. Valiandgham, a
 traitor 10 his government. . doubly dyed trai
 tor, as pure mau as there is on tho floor of this House, or on the soil of this country. l
 wonder that tho gentlemen (Mr. Eaion) did not have his tongue cleave to the roof of his
 mouth or that he did not turn his face to the
 wall when pouring out his insults. What have we to io anyway with Vallanaigham? Is the State of Ohio too lazy. or too cowardly, or is she convinced of the guilt of her citizen, that she does not speak out for hin. It does not seem that it is any of our business. He was in Kentucky at the breaking out of the rebel lion, and heard the same arguments used there fer the southern confederaey which he heard the gentleman from Hartford utter here in his debate on these resolutions. He had tried to solve the motive which prompted these resolu- tions. The gentleman from Hartford is not in danger the earnest desire that he has for the success of our arms, thewarm interest he has in the greatness of this land, and his well known loyalty. all prove that he has no fear of arrest, and can, therefore, have nc personal interest in the resolutions. The gentleman knows that the Government has been lenient toward traitors that it has allowed disloyal
 men here to vent their spleen from platforms
 therefore he is not governed by spite or hate.
 It must be that the motive which has governed the gentleman is that he is deceived in the CudIbCtCI Ol tu0 uiAu mat u lS ignorance of the mans true designs be- lieve Clement L. Vallandigham to be black
 hearted traitor; that in the North he is a faithful representative of the Jeff Davis gov ernment South; that he is in mical to this government, and does not desire the restora- ton of the Union. He had heard traitors in
 the South speak of Vallaudgham as man af-
 ter their own heart, and quoted his speeches to give aid to the rebellion, in that this show cd division t, be growing up in the North.
 His speeches are also quoted in England to encourage foreign powers ill the bel eff that the Union cannot be saved. Fernando Wood
 said, during the late election in this State, in the course of a public speech, that he did not
 know the word .loyalty." :. We all knew he did not i: for there is no sympathy between him and the idea which loyalty represents And Mir. Vallsndigham is personal aud DO litical friend of Mir. Wood. Mir. Vallandig- hams speeches were circulated throughout Kentucky. and they with the efforts of the Cincinnati Enquirer, did more to increase dis loyalty :n that State than any other influence.
 But giving the gentleman too much advantage. I have easoned from the ground that he was ignorant of the character of Mir Vallandigham. The gentleman understands
 this matter as we'll as do. What is the use
 of all this fuss about man who is not worth
 Continental red. (Applause.) [The chair
 reminded gentlemen tha. it was better to con- slider the arguments with the brain ins cad of with the heel Mir. Gilbert made strong 1 appeal. showing the duty of every man in this crisis, and the necessity of giving the Admin is,ration true and loyal support. He would not follow 9the nice points of law raised by 1 the gentleman from Hartford. They have been answered over and over again. He I would make this passing notice, however: it
 might ba said that what was new in the speech I was not true, and what was true was not new. :. He didn't believe in holding the President to
 strict account for errors for his errors are of l the head not the heart. He is honest, he is
 earnest, he is energetic We have learned to I know what some men mean when they employ
 a new lexicon, and give the appearance in
 their words of loyalty. They are understood | by their friends not to mean what they say 1 They .steal the livery of Heaven to serve the
 devil in.'' The difficulty in the way of our
 success is the efforts of these prowling scoua. drels among us. It is not the army in front.
 but the army in the rear that we fear; and I
 am glad that one General has been bold l enough to put a stop to it in one .lirection- ] have heard of parents giving child penny
 to go to bed minus supper, and then charging
 him penny for his breakfast; have heard
 of stealing pennies from the eyes of dead men but the very climax of meanness is the
 crawling wretch who, in this free North, holds sympathy with the traitors who are endeayor ing to take the life eff the nation, and destroy the hope of liberty forever
 Adjourned to nine A. NJ Friday
 FRIDAY, May 2o. SENArE-Concurred with the House in tbs reference of sundry matters.
 Resolution amendiro thn cbnrter of tho