The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-04-23

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:, tho House of Representatives, on
Wednesday Of last week, Fernando Wood
,,.ae rniraculously mean speech, saying
:. AID not indorse Mr.. Longs views, or
.hosa Of Mr.. Harris, of Maryland, but he
sos for sending Commissioners to Rich
..ond. and making peace; and yet he
,rcnld not recognize the independence Of
.ha Southern Confederacy. General
s,Aenck made . scathing reply as follows:
MI. SCHENOK. Mr.. Speaker, a student
n natural history would have much to
isarn upon this floor. Some specimens of
~ snake family are 20 slippery that it
saems impossible to classify them, or to
hold them to any place.
find myself at q great loss to under
hand what ground is occupied by the gem
tSssnan from New York, Fernando WoodJ
Who has just taken his seat. He avows
that he disagrees to the position taken BY
he member from Maryland, Mr.. HarrisJ
Who was yesterday visited with the CEN
sure Of the House; he dissents from Inc ar
euments and propositions OF my colleague,
mr.. Long,] whose case We are nov con
sidering; aud vet he says to his fellow cop,
berheads, those, if any there be, who crawl
With him, that there is no such = thing as
War Democrat. for q creature OF that kind
\ anomalous, [Laughter.] | may be
hardened therefore, if have dlncuity IN
comprehending his own nature, or Know
ing exactly where IN the scale 10 place
him.
Rut. at the close Of his remarks, the gen.
tleman from New York seemed to some
s,nn,l degree to develop his peculiar views
and PURPOSES. He has laid down some
thinr like the same platform in resolutions
which he, early in the session, offered in
this House. Being neither against the war
nor for the war, he would send commits
sioners to Richmond to treat with those
arrayed in arms against the country, to
offer them terms of peace. He breaches
"new gosple Of peace" of which he is the
great apostle.
House may agree with him / know not
But know this-whenever any such prop
CATIONS of Northern Democrats have APP
peared in public print, or their offers or
suggestions of peace have been made in any
form, they have invariably been received
nv the rebels at Richmond, with scOfhng
and repelled with scurn. Theirrebel friends
have not hesitated 10 declare that such add
yances, and the emissaries who might con-
yev them, could only be entertained by
them with fingers holding their offended
aristocratic noses. Laughter.] That only
is the way they would receive the Demo-
Gratis who came to offer them peace. You
must not s'come between the wind and their
offended nobility"
The gentleman and his friends, then, are
willing, and propose to crawl on their bel
lies to the feet of rebels and insurgents in
arms and, looking up piteOusly to say, 20,
eur masters, Notwithstanding all your SCOT
ting and scorn, and though you may spurn
us from your presence, we implore you to
sav whether you will not graciOusly agree
TO make some terms with u.s." / cannot
comprehend this abaSement in any other
way.
fer to this with q view to the former posi-
ton of the gentleman from New York,
(Mr. Fernando WOODY Whenever aud
however hoStilities commenced, where then
, was he, and what was his relation to the
ereat rebellious movement by which was
sought TO be destroyed the integrity and
unity of his country?
Ripening into war, when 1t was not known
how far disaffection might extend through
out the several States Of this Union, there
vas y Mayor Of New York, who proposed
that the city should secede from the Gov
eminent OF the United States, and set up
for itself rs Free City," on the pattern
Of independent political communities OF
that sort, known upon the European conti-
nent.
The SPEAKER, pro tenn. Does the gen.
tleu1an from Ohio yield to the gentleman
from New York?
Mr.. SCHEECk. / cannot be interrupt
ed. sir but will continue as the gentleman
insisted on doing when others sought TO in
terrupt him.
Net that alone, sir: the same Mayor OF
New York, after rebellion was already
rampant, when boxes filled with arms
were stopped by the loyal city authori-
. ties ON the wharves of New York, and not
permitted to 60 South, that weapons mlgn!3
be put into the hands OF those Internal
sconndrels who were seeking TO overthrow
the Government and the country; that
same Mayor, ON being telegraphed to, re-
piled that he regretted he had no power
over the matter, or he would gladly prevent
anv interference with such transmission of
these munitions Of war.
Mr.. SCHENCK. Yes, know that that
has been denied here, short time ago by
that gentleman on this floor, and without
hearing him now, give him the benefit OF
that denial. But he shall also have the
benefit of the positive proof produced ana
. published widely in the papers OF New
him the falsity Of the denial which be pre-
sented to this House.
Mr.. FERNANDO WOOD. Mr.. Speak
En-.
Mr.. SCHENCK. 1 am not to be inter-
rupted by the member.
Mr.. FERNANDO WOOD. The gentle
man states what is false.
Mr.. SCHENCK. have met the rebels
before, when they had something more
than tongues with which to contend, and
am not to be interrupted or put down by
the member from New York. As that
gentleman entertained the House by the
reading Of some precious extracts, / pro-
pose to send something to the Clerks desk
TO be read. It 10 an extract from . paper
recently published in his own city.
The Clerk read - follows:
"Mr. Fernando Wood has the efffontery
to deny, in the House, that while Mayor o.
New York, be sent . dispatch to Georges
regretting that arms intended for that State
had been stopped in New York. He aver.
red that his dispatch related to merchan.
disc only. Here are the dispatches:
MILLED0EvILLE, Jan. "A, 1861.
10 his Honor Mayor Wood lis It true
that any arms intended for and consigned
TO the State Of Georgia have been seized by
public authorities in New York; Your an.