The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-07-20

Inc senate at TINS stage OF the proceed.
ings surprised everybody by receding from
its disagreement to the House amendment
taxing Imported spirits on hand, and the
bill became law with that incongruous
provision in it, while the tax on domestic
spirits was stricken out. ISee Globe OF
this date, and Shermans remarks in the
Senate as to how it was done.l
April 2s. A new Tax Bill passed the
House, containing a provision to tax do.
mestic spirits on hand. At the request OF
MI. Cravens, of Indiana, paired with his
colleague, Mr.. Edgerton, of that State, who
was confined to his room by sickness.
When this bill came back from the Senate
some days ago, the House proposition TO
tax spiritS gu hand was again stricken
out.
June l6. Mr.. Washburno, of Illinois,
again moved his amendment taxing do.
nestle spirits on hand, and again voted
for it as had from the first. The propo-
sition however, was lost by the majority.
(See Globe Of that date)
This believe completes the record on
the whiskey question. | do not think any
other votes were had, bearing on it except
one. Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois, moved to
suspend the rules to enable him to intro
duce resolution instructing the Committee
of Ways aud Means to report bill taxing
spirits on hand and for sale 60c per gallon
where no tax had been paid, aud SOC where
q tax of 2Oc had been paid, which voted
against, and the rules were not suspended
because it required two.third vote. |
voted against suspendipg the rHles because
would not vote to Instruct, without quail.
ification that committee, or any other COM
mittee of the House, to report bill con-
tanning provisions for which they could
not vote, so long as they were doing their
duty, and reporting bills such Gs they could
vote for, and which majority of the House
might amend if they saw proper. As |
would not myself like to have few men,
bcrs of the Union party unite with the OPP
position, and thus secure the passage of a
resolution instructing any committee to re-
port bill containing provisions which
could not and woull not support so
would not vote to impose like unpleas-
ant task upon any committee which was
honestly eudeavoriiig to discharge its du
ties.
Ifthat or any other committee had MOI
or would not mako report SO that the
House, could act, then it would be the du.
ty Of the House to take action and perhaps
4 Instruct them to report, but not otherwise
As the action of every member of the
House ie o matter of " record on The
whiskey as on every other question, I won
der that any one, however unscrupulous
or malignant, could be so shortsighted ae
! to publish such unblushing falsehoods as
those to which you refer. haye net 10
piled to these charged before, because, as
a general rule, I do not propose to devote
my devote my time to the denial or explain
alton of every slander that cowardly vii
lien may publish against me, Conscious
that in aH my private and public acts my
conduct will be approved by all good men
when the truth is known, l can afford to
wait in silence, and as general rule, lei
such ISLANDERS pass uncontradicted, kuow-
ing that they will eventually recoil upon
the heads Of their guilty authors.
/ came to Congress intending to make a
"record which shall stand the tect oil
time and by the blessing of God shall dc
il.
/ know that the mass of men will cal
this foolish ambition; but | am free tc
say to my intimate friends that it is my
highest ambition. did not come here t
play the politician or to fo@ with the po
ltical tide. came rather to stem the tor
rent of wrong and to say to the trickstel
and political time-server ''get thee behinc
me-" | did not come even to represeG
the sentiments of my District if they are
wrong, but to labor faithfully both herr
and at homo to build up the right, withou
regard to personal political success, and
know that to some extent | have succeeded
by simply doing my duty.
4 / have in the past five years, at no smal
4 expense in time, labor and money, sen
over two hundred thousand anti-slavcr,
speeches and documents to aid in edu
eating my constituency up to their pres
ent anti-slavery standard, a majority 0
whom were conservative and pro-slayer.
when was FIRST elected,
said in my speeches during the frs
campaign, in 1858. that intended to max
the North west the very Gibraltar Of anti
slavery in Ohio, and the proslaveryite
know that have religiously kept thi'
pledge, and for this reason they hats me.
Above all, did not come here to max
money. III had, my opportunities to d
so, fairly and honorably, since tho con
mencement Of the war, have been ample
A portion of the silne which have felt
my duty to devote to the wants Of on
brave soldiers in the army and to my ~
ties in the House, given 10 money making
would today have made me better of tina
: / ever expected, or had alpost said tha
, have ever desired 10 be. My wants ar
few and simple, as those intimately az
t quain.ed with mo know, and have hae
J. since ! first came here, what to me al
T higher and grandor interests to labor 70
! than mere money getting and trust ! sha