The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-04-27

session. anil remember with upiiisci hanis before
Almighty God those nineteen took oath - support
and maintain the Constitution OF The United States
remember another DATA pAssci arGnd sd each
n,amer sirued il as pEssTiiel by las. utterly repaf
ting the rebellion and its pfeienscs- Does the gentleman
not blush b speak Of Galeos oath: Was not his own
its counterpartr
He savs the mon can never be restored because OF
the terrible hatred engendereiby the war Toprore is
he quotes what some oou:hcIn ni.n saa e" years
ago. that he knew no hairsl between peoples In the
world Ike that between the North and the South And
vet that and South have been che nation for egh
Have we seen anv.hias in this contest more bitter
than the wars Of the Scottish border? Have Ne
bit:erer those terrible feads in the days
of Edward when England and Scotland were the dead
iest foes on earth And vet for centuries that has
made the British nation Of the of the earth
/ said little whe ago that acceptei the PROPOSE
ton of the gentleman that the rebels had the right o.
revolution. aai the decisive issue between and the
shall suodue and preserve We take the latter
gresnd We take the common weapons OF war 20 meet
them; and these be not suilcient would take any
element which would oTerFshelin AMI Destroy would
sacrifice the dearest and best beloved woald take
all the old sanctions OF law and the Con sttution and
Aing them the winds, necessary rather than let tie
nation broken in pieces, and its people destroyed with
VIVA, is the Cans.;tilt,on that these gentlemen
r.rpitlaIly fnrinr in faces whenever desire
strike hard blows axaas, the rebellion? Itis he pro-
duction OF the American people They made and tn
creator is migh,ier than the creature The power
which made the Constitution can also make other instru
DO great work in the day OF ITS dire neces
sity
ton want TO know if he did not just say that with
nineteen others, he stepped forward to the Speakers
desk and swore 70 support the Constitution!
Mr. GarheI-I did; and am very happy the gen
teman has reminded me of II at this time; and re-
member the very preamble of that Constitution, It is
declared ordained for the purpose OF
the general welfare and providing for the common de
tense; and on that ground, based on that very
statement of its declared object. not only lifted up
hand to swear to support the Constitution before God
but it makes sorry there had not boon sword
in when lifted il up. 70 strike down any and all who
would oppose the of all the means God has placed
in our power for overthrowing the rebellion forever.
am reminded here of fact which had we'll nigh
forgotten Last summer I remember n Union spy
came to our camp bringing two letters addressed TO
Maj. Gen. John c. Breckenridge, L. = a. They were
letters introduction stating that the bearer desired
to obtain a commission in the Rebel army. and COM
mending him as a gallant and reliable man whom
Breckenridge could trust. One OF these letters was
signed by man who lately held seat IN tins House
Cries of Name him J" from the Democratic side OF
the House.
MIR CART Id will produce the letter in due time
1t is not here with The other letter from
associate of his prominent in the local Democratic poll
tics in the State of Indiana am Responsible for pro
ducing those letters. Cries of Name II
Mr.. Holman Il hope the gentleman will give the
Mr. Garfield-when produce the letters any fur
Their testimony that be called for can be had at my
hands.
Mr. Chairman, let mention another class of facts
in the same connection. We were compelled last
year send service to ferret out the
insiiious work of that organization known the
''knights the Golden Circle, which was attempting
corrupt the army and destroy its efficiency; and it
was found that by the most subtle and secret means
the signs and pass words of that order were being
known to such men in the army were dsafected or
could be corrupted. Witness also the riots and muir
ters which their agents committing throughout the
LOYAL North under the lead and guidance of the party
whose Representatives. sit yonder the aisle; and
just the time Is coming on when we are to Sc
lect President for the next four years, rises
among them and fires the beacon, throws up the blue
light which viii be AMI rejoced at the rebel
capital in Richmond the signal that the traitors in
camp organized and ready for their helsh work
believe the of to-day the upfted banner
Of revolt. l ask you to mark the signal and see If
there will not appear the answering signals OF trail
tors all over the land. If am wrong this predic-
truth.
Let say in conclusion if these do msan to
light the torch of in all Homes if they have
solved to begin the fearful work hch will reiden
streets in this capital blood the American people
should know it at once and prepare to meet it,
A DENIAL-The Sentinel publishes a
letter from Mr.. j. Med Hays, in which
he denies, upon his knowledge, the wri-
ting of the letters referrtd to and read
by General Garfield in the House the
other day, as the productions of John G.
Davis and Judge Eckles. Mr.. Hays says
they were written by a man named Ran
kin. in his presence, in the Little House
in this city, and were intended by the
author to facilitate his operations as
spy for General Rosecrans. If this state
ment be correct, it shows that Rankin
knew eXceedinly well the kind of men
letters should come from to gain him ad
mission to rebel camps and confidence.
As the letters have been called in question
we persume steps will he taken at once to
varfy or contradict their authorship.
So much G eneral Garfield owes to himself
no less than to the men impeached. In
the meanwhile it will not be amiss for the
public to be slow in giving final Judge
ment, for Mr. Davis and Judge Eckles
are the very men to command rebel con-
fidence, and maintain rebel correspon-