The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-02-05
Gnueressipual.
INTERESTING PRoolEDINGs IN
THE HOUSE.

SotbhittCC Va VIC hOio WHO 0itCihoNh
on an appropriation bill, were suddenly
enlveued by reply from an unexpected
quarter, to one of Brooks usual speeches,
Brooks had wandered from the question
of appropriation. he was opposing. to q
general attack on the policy of emancipa
ting and armiug the negroes, and dwelt
with particular emphasis on the declara.
tion that artillery and ordnance stores,
not proclamatiops, must end the wall
Green Clay Smith, started the House by
replying that artillery and ordnance were
well, but that while these attacked the
rebels in front, it was needful, also, to
weaken their strength in the rear; that
every man knew that the rebellion was
sustained and fed, and kept in being by
the system Of African Slavery, and that
the destruction of one, was the sure de-
feat Of the other; that he said this as a
kentuckian, as a Shareholder, as pro
Slavery man, il they choosed to SO regard
him; that rs be didn't care to hesitate as
to any right Ct getting possession of these
slaves; that he believed in taking them
wherever the army came to them, and
that there would be no peace till the sys
tenn was utterly broken down.
The speech produced decided sensa-
ton on the floor, and in the galleries,
mingled with few Kisses from the Dem
ocralic side. ..
Mallory, undertook to take his col
league to task; denied that he represented
Kentucky sentiment; charged him with
violating pledges on which he had been
elected and quoted from his Harrison
county speech. his pledge, if elected, to
vote for War Democrat for Speaker.
Smith replied that he had made that
pledge; that when he oame here he look
ed around for War Democrat and saw
Sam. Cox, the person who had been
stumping the State of Ohio from one end
to the other for Vallandigham at the time
when he (Smith was stumpihg against
Yallandigham, put up as War Demo
crat candidate. That kind OF War De-
mocracy did not suit him, and he went
for Colfax. .H-.
Mallory interrupted. and wanted to
know if he had gone to the Democratic
caucus to find out whom they were going
to nominate F?
"No," said Smith, ~ smelt the atmos-
phere Of the coucern and decided to keep
ou. OF it."
Mallory asked him if he had not gone
to the Republican caucus
Smith replied that he had gone to Uni
on Caucus, and that his constituents In
dorsed him for doing it.
Wadsworth deemed it to his interest
here to mix in. He, too, charged Smith
with violating pledges made to his con
s.ituents; said he had come hpre and yo
ted for the Revolutionists and Abolition
lists Colfax for Speaker that he did not
object to his going over to that side. but
objected to his having run as candidate
Of the Union Democratic party, when he
inteded to betray them. '
Smith retorted, that these gentlemen
had not been SD anxious to claim him as
Union Democratic candidate during the
canvass: that the so.called Union De-
mocratic paper, the Louisville Journal,
had done Its best to deleat him that he
was not Supported by a single Union De-
mocrat paper, the Louisville journal, had
done its best to defeat him that be was
not supported by single Union Demo
crat paper, in lis State and that the in
fuence Of every one Of those se-called
Union Democratic Congressman had
been long aad openly or secretly given
against him, and for John w. Menzies
but that they were very anxious, though
they had denounced him as a Radical in
his district, to call him Union Demo-
crat here and so drag him into the sup
port Of their policy. which his people hrd
SO emphatically condemned at the polls.
The gentleman had arraigned him for yo-
ting for CclfaI. Ae could tell them that
he accepted the arrangement; he took
up the gauntlet they had thrown down
and would try the matter before the pec-
pie Of bis State where he challenged them
to meet him. He had letters nov from