The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-02-06

SPEECH OF SENATORS w.aGHT.

hand reply TO Powell, and as expressive
of the sentiments of the honest and pat.
riotic portion of the old fashioned Belno
Gratis and the position Of the faithful aud
loyal disciples q Douglas, merits uniyer.
sal attention. The points made by the
Senator are of telling character and are
ably and eloquently presented.
The support of their country and Of
the President during this war by such
Democrats as Gov. Wright of Indiana
Judge Holt of Kentucky, and Andrew
johnson of Tennessee sufficiently vindi-
Gates tho sss'1--a and the cause of the
Sounay o,s me assaults ofsuch trait
o1ou pashixsrs as follow the lead Of
.<5fight of Indiana, Powell of Kentucky,
and other notorious opponents OF the war.
THE OBJECT OF THE WAR ON THE REC
ORD.
The Senator from Kentucky under.
takes to define what are the objects aud
purposes of this war. He says il IL not
carried on within the scope Of the Con-
stitution, az it should be. send to the
Secretary, and ask him to read, a rcsou-
ton passed by Congress in July, 1861,
defining the purposes and objects of the
war, and when he has done 80 I shall
havesa word or two to say in relation to
the vote upon it.
The Secretary read, as follows:
- "ltesolpeey 4 hat tiitc- S7utt dicpfurH
BILE civil war has been forced upon the
country by the disrnionists of the south
ern States now in revolt against the CON
stitutional Government, and in arms
around the capital that in this national
emergency, Congress, bsnishing all feel
ing OF mere passion or resentment, will
recollect only It's duty to the whole coun-
try that this war is mol prosecuted upon
our part in amy spirit Of oppression, nor
Tor any purposes of conquest or subjuga-
ton, nor purpose of overthrowing or in
terfering with the rights on established
institutions of those States, but TO defend
and maintain the supremacy of t,ae Con-
stitution and all laws made in pursuance
thereof. and to preserve the Union with
al the dignity, equality. and rights Of
the several States unimpaired that rs
soon as these objects are accomplished
the war ought II cease.n
MIR. Wright. Mr.. President, that res
olution was introduced in the House of
representatives, and received the vote
Of every Democrat and every Republi
can In that House but two. Of course. /
speak of the vote actually cast; there
werc some men who did not vote. 1t re-
celved every vote in the Senate, / believe, j.
except four. Those four were my hon
orable friend from Kentucky, Mr.. john
son OF Missouri, Mr.. Polk OF Missouri
and the Senator from Illinois, MIR, Irum-
bull, but the record contains the reason
given by him at that time for that vote.
SHARP TESTS OF DEMOCRACY.
Well, Mr. President, the record is
there. That resolution embraces exactly
what the Senator has said in his speech
to-day about the war being conducted un-
der the Constitution. We have tho SOL
emn vote upon that resolution recorded I;
and there Is this remarkable fact in resml
to it: every man in the House Of Repre-
sentatives who voted against that resolu
ton, and every gentleman who voted
against 1t In the Senate, with the cxcep-
tion of my friend from Kentucky and the
gentleman to whom / have referred be,
fore, ! believe are now in the rebel army.
Besides, sir, if that resolution contains
the true Democratic doctrine, as he pro-
fesses to be Democrat-and everv Dem.
ocrat in the House except two voted for
1t. and all IN the Senate except two vo-
ted for til shall have to read the Sem
ator out Of the party, because the majori-
ty was against him.
But desire to come to another touch
stone, another test. The Consultation
gives to Congress the power to declare
war. When war is declared, is it Demo-
cratic, or in accordance with the history
OF the Democratic party, to oppose that
war and to oppose the appropriations to
carry It on, to furnish arms, and to paw
our soldiers! If that is Democracy. It
Is new definition of Democracy to me.
ask the honorable Senator TO take a
retrospective glance at the history of this
party. There are periods in the history
OF TINS country during the last fifty or
SIXTY years In which we can find some Of
the ID. tests and principles Of Democracy
IheIe was Jefferson, and there was \
Burr; one was President, and the other
wee President. Were they not both in.
side the Democratic organization !? There
was jackson, and there was q Calhou..
one was President, and the other vice
President. / desire to know if thew : ora
not both inside the Democratic orcanr
toni Then there was Douglas "a. "a,
there vas Breckinridgc; one Il v 1na
ins ss ,s .a. o. the United States occupy
the other leading Ssnat - =. . c.nd;s ~
Tor The Presidency. Tb.sv .sra ho.h ~
side the Democratic or eanis.t;or -.n,
lne Senator from K snsucLv to tell ms
does no take the ] efferson ,hs 800 n'