The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-05-05
SPEECH
HON. ALEX. LONG, OF OHIO,
Delivered i'm the EsOssSc Of Repre-
sensatEves, Apris s. 1864.
CONCLUDED.


occupied by the army, occasionally nial
may be found, who, seeing nothing before
him bat ignominy and death, his wife and
> innocent childrn appealing 10 him for pre-
tcct;on. his property to be coniiscated, and
his family to become bcggars and outcast>
in the world, that such a man, in order foi
The time being, to save himself, save hi,
family, save his property, may take the
cath; but the effect will be, as it ought to
be, like that Of Gallilco, WHO invented tie
telescope, and who first taught the rotary
motion Of the earth. That noble Italian,
after many years of labor in the study Of
science, and when he had advanced to the
extreme age OF seventy, was summoned be
foe an inquisition, tried, condemned, and
imprisoned IN dungeon, for teaching g
heresy; subsequently, he was brought out
and offered liberty on condition OF renounc-
/ ing his hcrctical doctrine The eject OF
beholding the glorious light of the sun
and breathing ,eain the pure air OF Heav-
ell, as contrasted with the loathsome dun
geon into which lie had been cast. and to
which he must return or renounce his be-
lief in the oarth's notion, SO far overcome
his humanity that he consented to comply.
and npon his bcndcd knees, with his hands
upon the gospels, he abjured his beliefin
the Conernican doctrine.
Part Of his objection ran in these terms:
With sincere heart AID unieigned
faith; 7 ad;urc, curse and Gctest The said
errors END hcresios, viz: chat the earth
moYcs, &C. ! swear that Viii never in
future say or assert anything verbally, or
in writing, which nay give rise to a SINH
lar sus picion against Eie.'
Rising from his knees. with his eyes still
: fxed On The earth, lie whispered to a
friend, = = I.H'' 81 Htaore'-it moves, for
all that So it will BE with the man who
= force. 70 .ahe The oath to save himself.
his family and his property. lie may
take il but in his heart he sill dctest and
iespise the authority that requires IL
VII such q man be devoted to- or make II
gooi citizen Of TIE ~orcInmcnt AZ which
he lives? The history Of Poland, of Hun
gary, of Ireland. and Of Italy, fnrnishcd-
~ answer - the question:. - imperial
,.s,os-ernm"nt- are rot able to hold in sub
missiyc obcGencc small portions OF vast
emp'rc once IN revolt, how much less =
governn mt having ior its basis the con
sent Of the goferned? But .'subjuga-
ton is the ,vatcilwcrd. :.iberty and Tree
dom for .lave. and sablueation and cx-
termination Cor the master, i; The popular
cry Meet them, fiaht ihem, crush them.
saws tho gentleman from Kentucky (Mr.
Green, Clay Sa.tlD. sir. that IS easily
said upon this floor. and is popular with
those ado from Gay to day fiil the gallery
Of this iIcusy; but even The gentleman
from Kentucky, 81 we'll as Il number of
ether military gentlemen, were quite viii
linz to forego the pleasure If the pcrfor-
nance, and EXCHANGE their commissions as
Generals in The field i;or certificate cntit-
ling them 20 a seat upon this floor; and
we're / to judge by the Willingness with
which it was cone, and the tenacity with
which they hold OF TO it, and the efforts
some Of them are making u return here
;.aain, instead Of the war spirit they
breatii:e within these walls, ishould strong
iy sus,, set .hemof being in sympathy with
the peace party.
Nir. Chairman: I am no military man.
and therefore incompetent "a give adYice
Or advance an opinion in milltai's affairs,
but / have been forcioly struck by ii re-
mark Of IarShal Ney, il I reply to Napo-
leon, as related by HcadIy in his 'Napo
leon and his Marshals.' One day, AT
Madrid, Napoleon catered the room where
Ney and several Of his officers were stand
ing, and said in great gIec, everything goes
on well. Romano Will be reduced ia loIt-
night; the English are defeated and viii be
unable to advance; ia three months Tie
var will be finished" The officer, to
whom this was addressed made no reply,
but Ney. shaking his head with a charac
teristic buntness, ''Sir, this war has lasted
lorg already, and our affairs are not i'm
proved. The people are obstinate: even
their women and children fight, they mas
sacre our men in detail 10 day we cut
the enemy in pieces tomorrow, we have
to oppose another twice as numerous. 1t
is net an army We have to fyht, it is
whole nation. see no end to this busi-
ness" '.Bonaparte followed his own incli
nation, and was eventually defeated"
Mr.. Chairman: Is there NJ instruction
in the blum yet forcible reply Of the old
French Marshall to his superior officer for
us2 Have we not had, from time to
time, the predictions OF Napoleon during
the past three years, but without Nashal
Nay to say Il see no end to this busi-
ncss?'
Mr.. Chairman. how do we stand In the
eyes of the civilized world to-day, in wa
ging q war of subjueation and conquest
against lhe Confederate States, which have
seeded from us aud se' up go.crnment of
their own Are we no. inconsistent in all
our former acts? Have we not been early
to admit this principle with regard to 9th
ers? There never was people on the
face Of the earth that demanded an indc-
pendent government that did not lave the
sympathy of the American people; and
OUGHT we now to shrink from tho doctrine
we have been willing to Apply to OF rs?
NV earliest recollection is thtappcai ade
: bv CLAY and Webster in behalf OF G .ece.
:. in 1924. when they so eloqucnly declaim-
C cd in that behalf on this floor and in the
otbo, branch of Congress. Ebotbor II