Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-23

1cHS Shoutu toioW thc Souisct VI us Coi-
league nobody would volunteer. { Applause.
When. youn flag is dishonored, and our sons
are murdered you sit here and refuse to
vote dollar to defend our institutions.
Talk about volunteering Applause.
(rhe SPEAKER nemmded the galleries
that such breaches OF order would not be
permitted.)
Mr.. BINGHAM said his colleague UNDER
took to speak Tor the great South West
Where did the people living there obtain
the model Of their free Commonwealth but
from New-England, where the founders
were Graded? As they followed the sun
as he walked with steps Of fire to the dis
tant West, the very first thing they did was
to initiate the blessed institutions Of New
England. They made free Commonw ealths.
1t was an ungenerous imputation on the
people of that section to say they will lock
hands with the secessionists for the sake of
gain. Out upon such incipient treason.
Mr.. WRIGHT (Un. Dem, PENN differed,
as far as the East was from the West, from
some of the positions of the gentleman
from Ohio. He (Mr. Wright) was peace
man but not a peace man if peace was to
be erected on broken and destroyed
Union. He was for peace if peace could
ha nht tatn oil tho abat br>, ct
ing at the heart of the Republic, on terms
honorable to the North. But while he was
he desired peace he shrank from no re-
sponsibility. He would even place himself
in position of absolute humiliation for
peace. He would even kiss the sword OF
the rich traitor at Richmond, dripping with
the blood of his own Ioins, if peace could
thus be secured. This resolution declared
that an honorable peace was desirable.
Bni no peace could be made while armed
opposition menaced the Capital and threat
ened the overthrow of the Union. While
with us, he was no peace man. Under
these circumstances, he would not preserve
| his own honor and that of his country.
Did the gentleman from Ohio suppose peace
could pc obtained from the rebels in arms
Nothing would be more satisfactory than to
say they should have the Republic for
which they were now struggling. IF the
doctrine of the gentleman from Ohio had
prevailed year ago, members of Congress
would not now hold their seats here, and
the chief traitor aud his cohorts would have
possessed this capital. The rebels first
fred their gun at the American flag.
They were the first 10 withdraw States
from the American Union and establish
within their boundaries the reign of terror,
raising the standard ofopposition, and send
ing piratical ships to the seas to plunder
our commerce, and were we to fold our
arms and say, Peace Let the war stop!' y
Had we not the manhood to raise our voices
against it, and courage TO protect our wives
and children and maintain our liberties
No While God has given us power to
maintain our position, let us fight this thing
oul Ike men. We must fight till JEFF Davis
and his hellish crew are exterminated. The
day has passed when we could compromise
with traitors. The rebel States had COM
mitted great wrongs. The soil is saturated
with the blood of our children. We can
not degrade our National character. He
repeated, no terms could be made with the
Disunionists. If We are to have peace
We must bring it about ourselves. jeff
erson Davis and his coadjutors say they
will never listen to peace. In this connec.
ton he read resolution unanimously
passed ly the North Carolina Legislature
saying they would not listen to peace al
any time or on any terms !; and also the card
OF Governor Letcher, in which the latter
asserted that there could be no consideration
of any proposition for a reconstruction Of
the late Union on any terms or conditions
whatsoever.
Mr.. VALLANDIGHAM, in reply to MIR
Wright, said the ballot-box is still power
ful weapon in the hands of the South, and
through its agency, when passions shall
have cooled and reason resumed its sway
he expected to see return of the Unior
sentiment be had indicated and men in the
Confederate and State Government would
be superseded in the North and West.
Mr.. WRIGHT could not see on wha
terms or principles of reasoning such re
sui; was to be expected.
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