Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-02-28
them gibe, and smirk, and grin at the true

them gibe, and smirk, and grin at the true
Union man. e4e ,y-,
Must j defy them I stand ready for
them and dare them to como on. [Great
cheering. What man with the heart of a
patriot could stand this treason any longer Z
| have stood it long enough; will stand it
no more. [Chccrs. :. tlenounce these men
and their aiders and abettors as rank traitors
and secessionists. Hell itself could not spew
out more traitorous crew than some Of the
men that disgrace this Legislature, this
State aud this country. For myself, pro-
test against and dcnouncc their reasonable
acts. / have voted against the measures I
will do so to the end. will denounce them
as long as God gives me breath and am
ready to meet the traitors themselves here or
elsewhere, al,d fight them to the death
Prolonged cheers and shouts.
i said paid three thousand dollars a year
taxes. I do not say it to brag of it. 1t is
my duty, yes, Mr.. Speaker, my privilege, to
do it. But some of these traitors here, who
arc working night and day to put their
miserable little bills and claims through the
Legislature, to take money out of the pock-
cts of the people, are talking of high taxes.
They are hypocritcs as well as traitors. /
heard some of them talking about high taxes
in this way, who do not pay FIVE dollars to
the support of the Government. denounce
them as hypocrites as well as traitors.-
[Cheers.
The reason they pretend to be afraid of
high taxes is, that they do not want to vote
money for the relief of the soldiers. They
want to embarrass the Government and stop
the war. They want to aid the Secessionists
to conquer our boys in the field. They care
about high taxes They are picayune men,
anyhow, and pay no taxes at all, and never
hope or expect to. This is an excuse of
traitors. [Checrs.
Mr.. Speaker Excuse me. feel for my
country, in this her hour of danger, from the
tips of my toes to the ends of my hair. That
is the reason speak as l do! cannot help
it. am bound to tell these men to their
teeth what they are, and what the people,
the true loyal people, think of them. Tire
mendous cheering. The Speaker raped
upon his desk, apparently to stop it, but
really to add to its volume, for / could see
by his flushed cheek and flashing eye that
his heart was with the brave and loyal old
gentleman.
Mr.. Speaker Il have said my say. am
no speaker. This is the only speech have
made, and do not know that it deserves to
De CallcQ u speech. COulot not SlG sui any
longer and see these scoundrels and traitors
work out their hellish schemes to destroy
the Union. They have my sentiments let
them one and all make the most of them.-
am ready to back up all l say, and l
repeat it, to meet these traitors in any man.
ner they may choose, from pins point to
the mouth of cannon. tremendous ap-
plause, during which the old gentleman sat
down, after he had given the desk parting
whack which sounded loud above the din of
cheers and clapping of hands.)
never before witnessed SO much excite
ment in an assembly. Mr.. Funk spoke with
a force of natural eloquence, with a convic-
ton and truthfulness, with a fervor and
pathos which wrought up the galleries, and
even the members on the floor, to the high
est pitch of excitement. His voice was
heard in the stores that surround the square
and the people came focking in from all
quarters. In five minutes he had an audi
encc that packed the hall to its utmost ca
pacity. After he had concluded the Repuh-
lican members and spectators rushed up and
took him by the hand to congratulate him.
The Democrats said nothing, but evidently
felt the castigation they were receiving most
keenly, as might be seen from their blanch-
cd cheeks and restless and uneasy glances.