The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-05-27
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regard for gentlemen in whose presence they art
an win whom they associate ! ha!a t!,st q
man observing ihose rules has right, under
the Constitution, 10 express his political senii-
meats with the utmost freedom
Tins IS al. | understand the gentleman from
Onio > due. You ask ME 10 exp.i hun |.
he my representative Am | responsible for
hmz Are you! Another people sent bin here.
Niiia that people | leave him. lie is their
moathplece. What is this Government rep
reseniati,e Government means the voice Of the
people speaking here by every member upon
this floor. The voice OF your people of New
York SPEAKS through you 10 Mr. Fernando
( Noodb ami the voice OF the constituents OF
my ira a.d from Cincinnati speaks through him.
ihe p9fir are h,re III their majesty speaking
sur0u.u scar representatives.. Ask youf peo-
pie 10 make wax upon the people OF my district
AMI we viii meet yoa At the threshold. Let
.'ilN pr'~-ntalive seek to silence the represen-
iatt,t N.raIn my Constituents send here, and it
Is .ytI insult as wea us mine. The principle
Of representation is Immediately dastrUye,i ny
sucu course \ large portion ul tue A,neri-
can people, perhaps a tina lorty, are at once dis
tFanclliaed. Their voice is hushed III the halls
ot legislation, and they are simply allowed the
poor privilege of paying taxes and fighting at
Lie nri'tiag vi Il master.
sir, do not expect to agree with every mans
sentiments. but i, that a c;.Ise iur me to seek to
purge this House oi all contrary opinion! Is
that a cause ior me- 10 arr.ugn maa for tie ,o-
lIti.al seatfod Is ihJ d cause for ne to follow
IN tnt wake OF a Inotern Robespierra on a small
>c,de os Intellect AMI ON Il lIrge scale in venom
the gentleman from Ohio Air. SchcnK VINO
says men should be shot for their opinions
know nothing Ia the character, nothing in the
military or civil career, Including his movement
Oh Vienna, which give him the right to assume
superiority over the members on this side OF the
House. / list ned 10 Ills low talk about Cop
perheads creeping out OF their holes. /; was
not language becoming the place where hestanis:
It was becoming the precincts rather of "a bar
room politc;,i gathering. Indeed, to jui,ge from
ms aIlusiOus to GuiiiYers travels, he wuulR he
more at home there than he Is IL the society Of
gentlemen. Sir, he volunteers tuis assault on
this side OF tine House Ne have not sought it,
Every man who has served with me IA Con-
gre-s knows that dislike and avoid personal
controversy with my peers on this floor. But
tiIe tenor and tone Uf the remarks of the gentle
man from OHIO seem To invite, 10 challenge, to
provoke unpleasant controversy. 30 far as
i1.ln concerned ANA those VINO SIT around me, We
respond with detiluce.
Mr Speaker, the general principles which
have thrown out on the subject OF freedom OF
debate apply to every person. am discussing
now, not merely the right of Democrat on
this floor, | am discussing the right of every
Republican this floor. / - further. | am
discussing the right OF the humOiest citizen OF
Aule lea, the night 10 escape the CALLING yoke OF
Tyranny aui oppression, the last right, what Mr.
Wooster pr"pIy cailei ii hcme- bred right, Il
res.d: prI, eye, on Ia" extreme boundary of
when be declared he stood. and which should
not be called into question anywhere Run
your minds eye back over the history of the
world: The da,k spirit of bigutry and intoler-
auee once chained down GaiiIco for saying that
the world moved, laid him on the damp floor of
Il dungeon, "a the gentleman from Ohio (Mr.
SoleuhJ wouid do with his political opponents.
Opinion was divided Some said that Calico
was right, some sain he was wrong.
80 il viii Ue its To thc gentleman from Ohio,
tAlr. long But wniie lac lay in his fostering
/ II ms on the floor of the dungeon, he exclaimed
u hi useli, The world Stll moves Chain
in hs person. I'd ~; Chain ms thought. cou,i
not control lis .i-uol. nor contradict the fact
which he had discovered. Thought is bound
less, eternal, and cannot he chained nor control
/ icl Gou are ..tliIg vain ..tlemP- 1oI are
| ctnIitl In1 sAcrIlsga against The divinity OF
human ..alEre. \ Iuu invade The holy OF hoiies
with uuclean teet, the Inmo>t reccsses of mans
nobility, the right to think for himself You
are actuated by the same fell spirit which Il few
/ years ago struck down men because they wor-
shipped God according to the dictates OF their
own consciencc-, because they wprshipped Him
w th a crucifiX of his Saviour in their hands
II il, tie same murderous and prospective spirit
which in 'ulijan New England whipped. scourg-
ed hr4u,i,d. and scared men and women OF the
Quaker !. .su..,ioa It is the sane infamous
and larnr.lbls spirit winch has stamped indy
ing, cond-,n. Ioathmg and abhorronco for all
su c -dlng /. geS, on ali the names that were ev'
or connected with an attempt to crush the free
don OF though, and the freedom OF speech.
But, sir. let ne 90 Il little further in this con
necIion. | have Kind regard for the Speaker
/ OF the House MIR Coh:tx.j Nothing bat per
| sonaI kindness and acts Of personal courtesy
I have ever passed between ll,m and me. regre
exceedingly, however, that he has placed him
self in the attitude of public acctser on this oc
c.,>ion. | think on a short review OF the ante
c,dents OF his own political history he "i!I COM
to the conclusion that did when heard Il
had fathcred this prosecution, this accusation
/ t..ought that li...e charity woald well be
come lin. little Of the kindness of mis- natu
raj nature. If may be allowed to use tauto
logical expression. remember that AZ a tim
when this country was all at peace, when !
was moving ON q happy, almost unruflled sea
a piratical craft was sudlenly launched on III
political waters by one Hinton Rowan Helper
who, if / am no; mistaken, now holds office a
Consul to Buenos Ayrcs under the Administra
,ion Won SO much love. His book of infamou