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

men on the other side regard it as COOL
authority to cite here. aud hope they will
regard 1t as such on all other questions. as
it's editorials now find such favor in their
eyes. 1t spoke of the attempt to expel the
gentleman from Ohio as "a disgrace and an
outrage say to that paper and to this
House, that il my conrs Sc Is a disgrace. yau
can fix the brand on my forehead, aud
will wear it through life, nor do | want
any prouder epitaph on my tombstone
than that | dared feailessly to stand up
here and do my duty according to my con
victions. (Grcat applause '9
Mr.. Speaker. desire that the rules cf
the House forbidling applause should be
obcyed. Gentlemen on the other siie
have been displeascd with the galleries du-
ring the past few days. We have sat
here. sir. when those galleries glowered
with bate in their eyes upon those who
spoke for freedom. and applauded to the
echo those who spoke tor slavery, and new
er were they cleared but once, to nv
knowledge. 1t is unseemly for the gale
ries to indulge in applause or censure of
what occurs npon the floor; and would
rather have the God bless you' of some
poor soldiers widow who had seen in her
desolate home that | stood up for the cause
for which her husband fell, or tie God
bless you' of the soldier on his dangerous
picket duty in front of our Army, guard
ing the sleeping hosts with his own life,
than the applause of these galleries, crowd
ell as they are with talent, heroism, and
| beauty.
The gentleman from Ohio, as we'll as
The New York Times, compared the speech
under review with that of Chatham's. in
the British Parliament, when he opposed
the war against the American colonies
When he used the language which has
been qnotei here, what was the war in
which Great britain was engaged? The
provinces upon this continent were then
outlying and distant colonies of Great
britain; they were not integral parts of the
British empire Indeed. they went to war
with the mother country at first because
they were not; because they were taxed
without representation. The man who
had risen in the British Parliament and
advocated the recognition of Canada du.
ring the Patriot war; or the recognition
OF India during the Sepoy insurrection.
would not. | grant you. have been subject
to a resolution of expulsion The cases
are not parallel with the one before us to-
day. Let me present a parallel one
Suppose an unprovoked and wicked insur
rection should break out in the southern
counties Of England, upon the very shores
OF the British Channel; suppose the pco-
pie OF those countries had gathered armies
10 make war upon the nation; suppose they
had taken possession oil that sea coast and
had put out the eyes of commerce. the
lighthouse there: suppose that insurrec-
tIon claimed the whole of the country from
the Channel to the Thames, seeking to
make that river the boundary of a new and
hostile nation. as it was formerly before
the time OF Alfred. and again in the seventh
century. boundary of ona of the former
subdivisions Of the British isle; and then
suppose that u man had risen in the Brit
ish Parliament with its windows looking
out upon the region thus claimed, and ad-
vocated the recognition of the nationality
and independence of that insur.ection, |
ask you how long sach man would have
been allowed to remain in Parliament?
E The gentleman also says that when our
Constitution is dead, our liberties are gone
His colleague says theConstitution is dead
now. Then if you believe him, our lii err
ties are gone now. Bat the gentleman says
that we propose to expel his colleague from
Ohio for words spoken in debate, and he
talks about the freedom of speech. Sir, the
reason for this expulsion is that those words
show a completely with this conspiracy
and a willingness that it shall triumph
Our oaths require us to maintain our Gov
eminent. How can one legislate for its
maintenance when he declares that it can
not be maintained and that it is dead al
ready?
My colleague from the Madison district
Mr.. Harrington1 talked Of my appearing
here as prosecutor. think when have
agreed TO allow the gentlemep from Ohio
to have the last word, when the rules allow
me to close the debate, AMI have dore it
willingly AMI not at the suggestion Of any
gentleman, might have been spared that
taunt.
But, sir. the gentleman from Missouri
{ Mr.. Rollins on Tuesday evening gave me
some instructions. thank him for them
l receive with all proper Difference instruc-
tons from any gentleman who sees fit to
constitute himself my shoolmaster. l
know right we'll that have much to learn
After informing me what ought and what
ought not to be done, he said:
"lf the cause of the country can be shaken by
any such speech as the one of the gentleman from
Ohio, Mr.. Long. IL ought TO be shaken.
1t is to be hoped he will anaIyze that
sentence and think over it and modify it
before his printed speech goes to the coun-
try. For no reason ouglt the cause Of the
country to be shaken. He went on to say
that the speech Of the gentleman from
Ohio was most indiscreet. injudicious,
and unpatriotic speech under the circum-
stances, but that he would not expel or
censure him for it. OF course he would
not. Although he heard the unpatriotic
remarks of the gentleman from Maryland
fMr. Harr;s) he voted against expelling
him, and when the question came mp on
censuring that gentlemen the vote Of the
member from Missouri was not found re-iI
corded either in the affirmative or negative.
Of course. then, he woald not vote either
to expel or to censure the gentleman from