, 1863-01-16
FROM WASHINGTON.
Important House / Debate,
The Peace Patty .Unmasking
and Rebuked'
Speeches Of Bingham of Ohio,
and Wright Of Pa, :


WAsuNGfoH, January Is, 1855
Mr. Bingham, who had only begun to take
notes and make preparations for replying
when Yallandigham was half through, fol-
lowed him. He said they had been favored
again on that aide Of the House with an apollo,
81 for rebellion. This should never be- al
lowed to go%he country! uncllallengcd while j
an opportunity WAS afforeled him To respond.
His colleague had comb here to..day with
the denunciation thatthiI war Ind been made
by the Executive Of the United States Bc
started out with the onsspIlar declaration that
be had heretofore said hat coercion would
make war; that he had abidcd his time, and
that time the great Ayenger had answered
that coercion would produce war. Now he
(Bingham) demanded thit when gentlemen
talked about posterity and the link Of history
that we should make up the record f;,ir,y nc.
cording to the facts.
A stranger to: the. transition Of events Of |
the last two years, listening to tho remarks Of
his colleague, would suppose that blood
would not have been she'd and that civil war
would not have covered this land: with the |
shadow Of its dark clond;, but for the act Of
the President i'll attempting to eocrce Law
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Upon this subject the gentleman chose to be
silent, Long before the Inauguration Of the
President, rebel batteries were erectedaround
Fort Sumter tor no other nnrnosc than - ~
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this oneat;,n ha +honnh+ ha - .n."s. 10y
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~ ne e@ls'cace. ne charged here
'o'oas, Willie auJuuseo "ho Jusuacd by hfsto-
y, tla.. 1nis reoe1lon would hare been pow
efiess ou1 1oT Inc gentleman himself and his
pafty' VINO were perpetualy crying in the
eass o. Inc feoels, NO coercion, when the
1eue4s were organizing 1or d1sunlon BY force
OF atns, anu "hen one OF the conspfrators in /
the Cabinet was dismantling our forts, while
another member Of the Cabinet was sending
our vessels to distant seas In order that the
navy might not in the day Of trial protect our
lag. The gentleman, President on the 4th Of
December, 1850, sent in to Congress mes
sage saying 1t was unconstitutional to coerce
the seeding states, and that swords were
never given to Representatives Of the people
In Congress to declare war against the rebel
States.
If the President had not met the existing
condluon OF aifa1rs and taken action against
tnese 1reasonaple proceedings, be would have
oeen 1alse 70 MS oath TO protect, defend and
MAINTAIN nl Inc Constltutaon OF the United I
stu'es, "uu ougn1 70 nave oeen pu1Saeo Will
seeoiutions " ',npe''canSnt:
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- ieau.ieo no io1eSnauo"'os VI pfopnees 70
seo 'ms .ne sso'e'nuae"e "ou4u o. ulSsoi'e"
oy coercion on one sue "lshout resistance on
Tue otner. ne hao no oouot II erleeea his
eo4eague mat tne Ffes1oeht IN apr'l' 1ool,
asteeo u eouno tne nole o1 alarm' ana tnat
ne hao eoufage' III ooemenee 10 hls oath, to-
pso1eel' oeieno anu nalntain Tue Con
s''u',on' ~ call lor 'o'vo Eolun1eefs
10 oeieno lne threatened capatal and
sloiateo laws. 1he "atchman placed
on tue lower declared TO tue people
Inc es's1cncc OF armed reoelaon. inc people
were asleep. But Tor this the capital would
nave M41ea "atnoat resistance. d1S colleague
had toia them again ne had never voted men
or money 10 carry on the var. suppose all
had acted as lis colleague had acted-wl'at
%onla nave oeen tue resalt' NO bills would
nave oeen passed autnof1zlng volunteers aud
. emls'men's ~ oe4ena our nag, hna armlng, ne,
1en ..4So ,esls1nnee "oula na's peen maze
~ the leoei9 " no n',e ''u.''pneu graves az
o'ef 'n,S .ano' . suo9eet 10 "n'ch ms col
1e''sue nau appt'aca "atn 80 1nuen tenderness
| anu so muen reearo'
nc a'a sas II anu enai1cnsea 1ts contfa.
u.c''o..' tnat o"t aof 'ne aio ana comfort OF
us eonc.tsas sna nls parry 70 tnls nefesy' Inc
tu'n ~ WHICH w poln''' an" WHICH mas 'asl@eo
SO many neaF'nstones would not nave oc
cured ms nanos are not clear Oh Inc blood
snea IN tnls war. His coueague assumed
fhVFI n rh u n r.