Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-04-12
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g,JTSsrAY EVENING. APRIL r.
- INA s. EoaEe o2 representatives Yesterday

IN the (? s. Rouse 0f&ap1esenfaSz7ss 1"sSoi oss
ji.a [1ss rosts:s1zi 2e c'o;.sl;leratlon Of the
y:;,ciIz1;g,, offered ~ NJ U2IiaA Oh 3asuToay,
tor t|2s exp1I-lon ii =ir. Long.
NJ Bliss, ii One, hoped hat the House
v;l,i} consider The pea ing cesoIu1!on Nilh
sadness anGs due delI5esatl0u. Inc mover o.
The re-nl.i1ion, il lis opIulon Ilad not sum
cieoyy reelected On ;h% support OF the lanSuage
for which it was proposed 10 expe' AIS coA
league. tie tll} not understand a1s coI;eagne
.. evness;nx 3 :1esr. fyr tbs success II the
Confederate cause owe: ne armies Q! tne OnI-
1,.1 States. tie did not understand lis COZ
1.saea 20 EXPRESS any want OF sympathy tof
rhss success ri the Union but he understood
him simply to express TIE opinions ne had
famed ~ his own Reflections, and came to the
(.,,cG,7sion e yonll be better as cnolca q
ey;ts. 20 recognize che Contederaoy, than 80
r,,,rs1a war for the purpose OF conquest ana
s.,},;uoafi)n. with all their attendant evils
E!rs Stevens, Of Pennsylvania SAID during
his absence from the House on saturday, a.
ez}rnrt was made 20 com pare the position Hilch
10 assumed at the beginning OF she session
xa;rh that taken by the gentleman fronl ONO
ia had c,uten5eli that the ContedeTate States
I'D De faoto. seeded fson1 the Un!on, and u
,}o;ng SO had committed q great crLEne, "5l!co
should ;,e punished by the e1trsn1e powers a.
lowatIe by war. While he said they had set
up a De fscto government, he at the same time
c;,1teniei that they had committed the CRIME
Of Secession, aud stood III that atCiCloe aAo2I
Srorn the protection OF the CONSTITUTION.
Mr.. Cox. said bis colleague, Mr.. Long, III
1,;s eneac1 now declared 60 be so obnoxious,
based his argument upon 5he doctrines OF t1e
.antlemon from Pennsylvania, IN which the
litter declared the Southern States were 1nde-
nendent now, for the purpose Of war ana sub"
jugation.
}Tr. Stevens. I understand how perfectly
EASY il j fJr the devil 30 quote Scripture aud
pervert it. Laughter and applause. :,
Mr. Cox said he gave the very WORDS OF the
c.nIi,:n,n who had charged him with perVert-
iinr his language Cries Of ''Ucder
Mr., Stevens said he began no personalities,
and vo,,ll not indulge in them. lie secuted
Tie Admission Of the gentleman from Uhio
lAIr, Long. that, being &c taoto government
tf.y oushC to be permitted quietly 60 GU
rharnsalves loose from this Government. de
protested az sl15t being linked with sacn an
!oeAm lus purpose No man would DO 1t who
was not 4 fool Or knave, o. poGn' -ha1sh,
Mr.. Fernando Wood SAID, Doubtless the
country had viewed with profound regret '1e
proceedings Of this House OF lass SATURDAY y,
Il was h1salliating 70 him, as me!noeE o. Sl5
America. Congress, TO witness this continual
trHing frou (lay 10 day, wben the oountry vas y:
ha se 10 death for The want Of the remedies
n1ch 7,ongress alone could give. Oar arms
were aopar2neIy paraIyzed in che face Of the b.
nnsu n,1r Treasury was exhausted and us
r ,sca;nrs less than Que tenth Of the revenues
1he Iaboring classes borne down by OPT Eessve
taxation and inadequate co1npen:Issatlon oar
tables groan u1sr TIE iGs o. os o. sn nd
have onanjog court for the trial and pualsh
1nent d members for the exercise Of rights OF
which God alone can deprive them. 1t is
,lisgcaoy TO the age we live III, and should, as