Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-04-12

| In the darkasss shiS6 pre- Eedss the Gmn6kn..
ink 4. thS 1 'man hi,iphed treason, 10 Surreu.
der 10 the enemy ll that Had been gaIned,
land that tiah'Wks Benedict AFaold. Wtea
ttheoi pFesent was eommenced, some men
hesttated az t69 enemy. Robert 3. Les,
WHO sat at His home, at Arlington, hesita-
Ii1R aud ddubtipF ae1Ast went over almost
teaffqilS p Bit now when hundreds Of
Eth6usEhds et btAye soldiers have ascended
TO God ind Dc shadow Of the banner
that uoW waves oser ds, and when thous-
ands more have me into a state Of deerep-
ituds4N6en thten years Of tstritiS war
have besh taginE end 'oar arms have push
ed back the tebs lcn-+5-and Sow, when the
ipiiftsd arm % IA jestieu PoRe is ready 10
let fsli the tghtnings Of vigorous eEecn.
ti66; here Id 5th6 qiiet Of this 6ali, risss
the dark purpose of Arnold, which would
suFfehdsr ths'nlti on aud lis Dag aud honor
and glory sbllss curses Of the traitors
Of our G6duLsf the fret time IA the
histoFy of Ith' lkatsi iS posed 70 81 3 up
the Struggle nod abk9dbn Che war, aud let
treason run riot in the land. Jaw u ~
Mr.. Garfield then coptF9ysrtsJ his col
ileegpe posi tSp. The Issue was now, made
up, Ne should use tEe, common Nespops
of WaF, IL With these we shopld,uot sue
ceed. he would take meAns, as he would
agains. the savage who attacked himself
or family. He would resort to any ele-
menf Of Destruction, and, II necessary. he
would f1iug all constitutional sanctions 70
the winds rather thau lose his country.
Mr.. Eldridge asked him whether he bad
not sworn to support the 'CoustiIuttVnf
Mr.. Garfield.replied he bad, and he was
glad the gentleman had asked him the
questions he yecolIpcted hattie ConstiI
tuition declared the purposes for which it
was formed; itAWIs for the general welfare
and the public defense, apdi on that very
ground be, sW0re, TO. support it, regcetIing
that be hadq not 4 sword in bis uplifted
hand at the time, Showing a!dstermt tnation
TO interpOse ALI means TO overthrow this
cursed rebellion. he said that, when he
was In the military service, . spy brought
TO him two letters addressed 10 john @.
Breckenridge. They were communications
Of the bearer, who, desired place in the
ranks to fight The AbolitioniSts. one of
them was written by q man who lately
beld seat on this floor, and Was from In
diana. ssr.t sel.1a.7 riss s-o-s..
Mr.. Holman, CIintsn "A. White, and 9TH
ers on the opposition side, called for the
name of the writer. 'asbk rsses
Mr. Garfield replied he had the letters,
and was understood TO say he would give
the name az The proper time. He then sl.
,ludsd to the Knights Of the Golden Circle,
with their secret. sigds and passwords ed
Such Organizations came up before the
American people, under the lead Of the
party over the way. This will be the sig
nal for throwing up blue lighIs at the cap.
itol at Richmond This be believed to be
the elevated bauner-the signal to be an.
sWsrsd by traitors all, over the land. q Z
3 Mr.. Long of Ohio, replied that he said
very distinctly, when. he, commenced his
remarks, that he spoke for himself, and
that he was alone responsible for his ut
teranoes. He was we'll aware of oil he
did say. He said it deliberately, because
his conscience told him it was right, and
his Judgement approved it, lie said lit
because " hen heiapproached the font of
the desk and held up his hand to swear
to support the Constitution, before Heav-
en-, he intended % nlaintai1 the Solemn
nifty ofEhe Obligation. And, SO help him
God, fearless ofullicharges which could
be made, by that gentleman or others,
and in spite of allsthe means of power in
the land; he never would violate that oath,
or shrink from the responsibility he as
sumed 0hthe first day of this. session. He
never belonged to'a party which tool, the
oath with q mental reservation. Te re-
membefed tho district from which bis
colleague hailed-the Resistance to the
fugitive slave law, and THE Betting at de-
fance Of the most, sol lennn acts Of Con
gress and the. decision, of Athe Supreme
Court. He had never been guilty of
that, If. the gentleman charged him
with being a'traitor, heought to remem-
har tho 0UfhnritnS Frnrn ,,l,inh ha3fu-
LOngl read ton support nhiSi position.
his owniparty, who had advocated the
doctrine which he had promulgated to-
day! Secretary Chase had advocated
the identical doctrine. If this be treason,
all those men, ,Sareg gtraitoFs. I-If thiA 1be
treasUus make the most of ut. 'SHe Was
willing to abide the consequences, and
take the responsibility. lie ihadn no
knowledge of the Knights of the Golden
Circle. with Gods help hewould never
be oonnecIed with. that order. J SJSI
I Mr.. Garfield said he did not charge
his. celleqgue, ith belppging, to aihr but
that titsMhs kpdsr the pol tection hhdtp pat
ronRge, Of the Democratic party.i..la.i 5isf-
MHLOng repeated he made his speeeh
beeanseIit' met the hppfpbR bRtioh, of his
Judgement, He believed, that there was
no power under the Constitution to CO.
cree sovereign States. a. = IA 70 =. s!s, s
Mr. Garfield xplained that he would
leap over the Constitution ID order to
preserye national existence, but 1t would
be into the arms Of the people who made
the Constitutions 6.I9 ,1EIsiOoL
Mr. Long said -whileE his colleague
would leap over the Constitution, he.
HIMSELF wOuld'bear being called traitor
for supporting the Constitution. He
would stand By his position II he stoud
alone. HssWopld not rstract one syllable.
He hurled back the charge of traitor.
The mon who are Destroying t6is Il iaiiEt t'fF fa,.
ric ofliberty were the first who declared
thetshe Union could not exist part Slave