Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-05-05


cable reIatinns" with such men as these?
No. sir. the sword of the Government will
never be sheathei except over the grave
of treason But the gentleman goes on to
sav:
"Thosc elements of union which MIR. Adams
described have, by the process Of time. been DIS
tyoysd Worse, yea, worso than that, MIR. Chair
m,n, reluctantly forced To the conclusion
that IN anenpfiag TO pressure our iurisct on over
the Safhern Suites haoe f'sf CO hsfnufisBot
ferm Of qoosramenf e5er the northern. e
"Wast has been predict 81 by our, wiscst and
most statesmen has come to p,ss; in grasp
Ing the shldow We have lost the subs ance: IN
sliv to!etan the ca.ket of liberty in which our
Jewels were continel, have lost those precious
munimcnts OF freedom. Our Government. As all
know Is not anything resembling what i was
three years ago; there i not sisgle vestige OF
the Constitution remaining; every clause and ev-
cry letter OF il has been violated, and have no
idea myself that it will ever again be respected;
revolutions never go backward to the point mt
which they started"
Ii here is no Constitution left. what did
the gentleman swear To support when he
stood at that lesk? If there was not a ves-
tiye Of the Constitution remaining, then
his oath was. in his own opinion. nuii'y
he took it. He SAYS further:
.Toprcserve a republican form Of government
under any constitution, under the prevalence OF
the doctrines now in vogue, i clearly Impossible.
These convictions of the rpletcs overthrow OF
our Government ~ unwecome AMI unpleasant
to me ~ they are to any member OF the House.
81 shall not, in these rks, recur to the un-
pleasant and acrimonious controversy OF who IL re-
sponsIole for the death aud destruction oil our Ike
public"
Sir, If the Constitution is dead. il the
Republic is dead and destroyed as he
states, If the Gpvernment is over,hrown
a, he AYERS, there is M other constitution
left in this land save the Moatgomery con
sti,ution framed by these rebels. The
gentleman does not tell us that. hut he
saws that a government has been organi-
ze,l there, AMI we all know they claim they
have a constitution. With the recognr
ton of the traitor government, we recog-
nize their "csn,titution" as an existing
fact also. And ours being all DESTROYED
as lie saws, that one will be the only llv-
ing one on these shores. Are gentlemen
on the other SHE really to say that this,
too. should not be condemned most severe
ly here? .ts -
But when he asserts that the Constltu-
ton is destroyed, | answer him from the
speech last Saturday of his colleague, Mr..
Cox Sail that gentleman:
l.What is the life of the nation, sir, ofwch we
hear so muchl know no other lie oil the nation
except III IT incirn tie in the written Constitution,
which protects property. person. home. conscience
liberty, and life. Take away these, and there Is
, no nation. Society IL stagnant and dead -
And then, after this declaration that the
life of the nation is incarnate in the Con.
stiintion. and that 1T protects all of us and
I oil our rights. he goes on to say that 'un'
der no circumsi ances conceivable by the
human mind. would he ever vi''late that
: Constitution for any purpose" AMI APP
: plies his reasoning on these two points.
] as fellows: s
s.If there be any man in this Chamber who holds
or ulters any other sentiment in rcIe ence to the
Constitution and his oath than this whc oh ! have
expressed. I saw 10 him that language has term
IF raI,roach and the mind no idea of defcstation
adequate to express the moral leprosy aud treason
couehed in his language and clinsing to his SOUL.
His colleague. Mr.. Long, as shown
lust nov, hollis and utters another SEN
r when he declares that it is deal, destroy
f ell, not vestige Of it remaining; aud
: leave him TO the denunciat:on of his ow n
colleague, Mr.. Cox.
Mr.. Cox rose.
Mr.. CoLrAx. l cannot yield. having
quoted the gsn,leman's own words from
!, his speech. and having but little time left
Mr.. Cox. That language Of mine wa,
used. as the gentleman will see it he rea'l'
!. the context properly, with direct references
: to remark male by my colleague who
: sits near him. Mr. Garfield. that he wo'.
" under certain circumstances overlap thu
!, barriers OF the Constitution. and also will
!, reference to a remark made by one of th'
}, gentleman own colleagues, Mr.. Julian,
that under certain circumstances he woul,
: blast the Constitution" said tina
. Mr.. CoLFAx. Sir. / am quoting thu
/. gentleman own emphatic language Of de
nunciation and reading from his owl
speech l avoid the use OF language o
: that kinl myself. but am applying hi
language. intended. it is true. for Others
: to the sentiments just quoted from hi
:" colleagues speech.
Rot the gentleman from Ohio. Mr
: Long. after all this argument. at las
;, boldly declares for recognition of rebel in
!" dependence and nationality as his choic
y :; of all alternatives remaining to jas. AN,
- here are his words:
III 81 do not share in the belief entertained b
re many of my political friends on this floor and else
l. where, that any peace ia attain ,ble upon he b,s
of of union and reconstruction Ii the Democrat
:, party we're in power to-day. have no idea, an
~ honesty compcls me to declare it, that they coul
l. restore the Union Of thirty -four States. Ms min
J. has undergone entire change upon that sui
IN ect; and now believe there are but two a;ierna
" lives. and they are either ackno sledgment q
w the independence of the South rs an independent
nr nation, or their complete subugation and EXTERN
re- nation as pcpplc, and OF these alternatives
m prefer the former n .s4. .-s
"Mr. Chairman. take little or no interest
NC the discussion Of the question which many of m
10 political friends would make an issue, as to ho
al this shall he prosecuted. its manner and OF
II ject regard that worse than triding with th
!, great question. | do not believe there can be an
Us prosecution OF the against vovereign Stat
is under tho Constitution, and do not believe tl,s
ed war so carried oDran be prosecuted so as to ra
n der it proper, justiflblc, or expedient. Anur
!. constitutional war can only be carried on in a
unconstitutional MANNER" &C., ~c. . ~