Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-02-01

S3dATok "lL9OA WlInuceW MA feBOlu.
ton foa the expulsion, aud also for the
ceusure, of Garrett Davis from. the United
States Senate. In doing SO he took oc.
casiOn to say: 81
BE yielded to no man in passionsta, We.
hement love for free speech, free PR, ss,
free men, free country, and free WORLD
Though he would have these hal1s free
he would hold every one responsj' ole for
his words. These resolutions cay Ie before
the country when the land reso' Iuds with
the tread of more than a mil lion of our
men, when our waters are Jreddened and
our soil stained by the blOoS. of civil war
The nation is staggering under the blows
of armed rebels, and the J resident ia trem.
bling beneath the burd ems resting upon
him in his efforts to carry the country
through the fires Of Rebellion. He ia ar.
raigned before the Senate in series of
accusations by the Senator from Kentucky
such as Jefferson did not write against tbs
British King. When patriotism calls mon
our men TO give their last dollar, the wife
to give her husband, the father his son
when our Northern churchyards are full |:
when the chairs of tens Of thousands of
Northern households are vacant: when
our 200, 900 young men lie in blood: in.
this hour, when the words of Mai. Gen.
Banks, fraction is treason" are in our
ears-lhe Senator from Kentucky presents
these resolutions against the Chief MaRis-
tratei and inVokes the American people to
revolt, and take matters into their own
hands. The obvious meaning of the
words Is apparent to every man 10 Ameri-
ca. It means-what the Senator calls
1.-The rebellion of Jefferson DAvis-a revolt !:
If such convention as the Senator pro.
poses were to meet, it would be the duty
of the President to try, condemn and hing
every member of the convention, The
Senator haG launched many sarcasms At
hIm, but be felt like the man who, when
asked why he did not stop his wife from
beating him, replied: "Oh, it didn't hurt
him, and seemed to do the little creature
good" Laughter.
There is not State in the whole Union
that would not indoTse this expulsion.
There was not man bold enough in the
country to take these resolutions before u
regiment in the field and read them. He
who would do so would be Obliged to
make better time than the Senator said he
(Wilson) made at Bull Run. Mr. Wilson
procesded at some length to comment ON
Ar. Davis course on all subjects relating
to slavery since his connection with leo.
with the tsnstiCism Of Slavery. The Sen.
ator has pat upon record words of repun-
citation, or modification of his language
Friends on this side were willing to
take bis construction of his language,
DE was not disposed TO be more cepsori-
Gus than others, and therefore he accepted
these qualifications, notifications and re-
serVattons. With this disclaimer, the res
oIutions became a farce as broad as any,
thing put on the boards of "Canterbury
Hall" He would Withdraw his resolu.
The following is the disclaimer of Da-
Wis, to which Senator Wilson alluded
above, and on the strength of which be
withdrew his motion to expel: Il
HAsHrNGroN Cry, Jan. 30, 1864. 81
The Chairman Of As Committee on MIEitarv
4fdirs cftte Senate.
Sir: was taken wholly by surprise AT
the presentation of the resolution to expel
me from the Senate. had not expected
or even thought, of my resolution which
was made the ground of that proceeding,
or any one or the whole of that series, pro-
duciug any such movement.
thereupon ayowed in substance that
the mover OF the resolution for expulsion
interpreted the resolution on which he had
based his, enormously and ipjuriously to
me; that, ia offering these resolutions, /
had no purpose to invite the army TO mu-
tiny or the people to seditiou, or any vic
lenco whatever; but it was to exhort the
whole people, North and South, TO termi.
nate the war bya Constitutional settlement
OF their difficulties and reconstruction of
the Uuioni and that the series of resolu
tons would not fairly admit of any other
construction, all of which I now reafirm.
am prompted to make this iisayowal
again in this form, to place it upon the
records of the Senate it having as vet only
appeared in its reports of this debate; and
with this note, which request you to Law
before the Committee; submit the case on
my part to Its action, ttII-If :
Yours, Sc, GARREr DAVIS.