Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-04-14

though they had the powsthat Senator back to his seat
in the United States Senate
One two years ago lpss than one wear aoo
Ohio excited by the arrest of former member of
congress Tor declaring strong lang his hostility
military order His friends went before the people in
that State the of the Injustice done him. and by
majority of hundred thousand they declared their
prooaupn OF that act of military autbOry and the high
eat court OF udicaturo n land the Supreme Court
Tue United States refused the other day TO reopen
View that judgment.
MT Speaker, have but word more to say, when /
VIII leave the floor to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr
GoAJ VINO seeks It, III this bold and frank avowal for
Dou ana frank was by member of Congress represent
Jog iree district in loyal Stateif this is to 60 uure
6uSed by this House ask you how you TO close these
doors against those who sitting at Richmond in
tue confederate Congress those who have been in
arms against the United States have been sitting in
that Congress- giving aid and comfort the arms of the
rebellion against the United Statesi Their hands are
stained win no blood perhaps they could hero with
no blood as soldiers upon their skrs but they may seek
10 come here IT this is to be the law OF thIs Congress-
esh from the concave OF this Confederate Congress-
ing To us, have no more ut Richmond than has
oeeh doho upon this floor by the member from the second
OF ONO IN your presence unrebuked upon the floor
by Congress-
But IL Is because of its effect abroad that have offered
hs resolution III there is any danger threatening i'm
pered Union alter the vaor Of soldiers has caused the
area OF the rebellion to become small by degrees and
ceaatuiy less the recognition of the Conederacy by
ioiegn nations On motion OF the gentleman from Ma
ryand (Mr DAVIS the other day, this House by I'M
anmous vote, 10 which believe the gentleman from the
second district OF Ohio participated, declared that
would not allow any foreign country plant nation
the PROSTATE ruins of republic any where upon the Ame-
rican continent; and yet, sir, when assent by
silence to proposition to recognise this Confederacy,
not only assent TO The planting OF foreign nation upon the
sou OF this continent but upon the soil of be-
loved Union. Nay more than that, when he has seen,
when have seen when you have SEEN and every member
upon this floor has the eissares of this rebel Con
ederacy DoWng The knee to every sovereign in Europe,
asking an alliance with them and saying in their Conede
rate Congress that they would prefer allegiance to for
egn prince than to remain part and parcel of this Union,
40 not we Know that when their Independence ackn0W
LEGGED and recognised there will be alaHce in their
weakness to make them stronger with any foreign nation
power or potentae that fit to enter into treaties with
tne aud then upon that SOIL belonging to the Unted
States foreign armies will be landed and their forces joined
10 that OF those traitors to invade country aud de-
stroy our armies and the liberties of people
You have right to pass resouo like that offered by
the gentleman from Maryland warning foreign nations If
upon your own floor and by your deliberate and
vote you declare and the sentiments uttered here
Yesterday by refusing to rebuke and condemn them.
nave now performed duty and leave the rest to the
House.
Mr.. COX, of Ohio, then took the floor, and addressed
the House follows:
Mr. Speaker approach this matter with becoming
seriousness The extraordinary spectacle presented of
our Speaker descending from the chair to make motion
TO expel one of the members of this House for words
spoken in debate The occasion calls for than the
usual gravity Of deberaton was not present when my
colleague Mr.. Long, made the remarks which have
called out this resolution. l told by members around
me that his remarks do not bear the Interpretation given
to them by the speech and resolution of the honorable
Speaker Before resolution of this startling nature
introduced should have had the official report of those
remarks in the Globe If action be demanded for the
puson of Representative of the people, for the exercise
OF hs constitutional right of free debate should have
the most authentic record of that debate.
am informed, the language of my colleague was so
Qualified as to make it far less objectionable than the
statement Of it in the resolution Still, sir it may be OBJ
noxus and yet there may be just ground for this pro-
ceeding of expulsion Had been in my seat yesterday,
with oil due respect to my colleague, | should have
promptly risen aud disavowd behalf of all the delcga
ton from Ohio with whom have converted, any senti-
ments uttered by HIM any else looking to the
cognton of the Confederate Government as an indepen
dent Power. SO far learn there Is not member
acting with this side of the House unless be my col
league, who is not opposed in every conceivable d.
ecty or indirectly TO such recognition speak earnestly
AMI consciously OF this, because attempt made
to make partisan capital for the other side out
OF The speech of my colleague But it should be borne in
mind that he said that he spoke only for himself and not
for his party He frank true, and honest in that
avowa He did not speak, nor propose to speak, for his
party. He did moi speak for his Democratic colleagues
They met this morning in for the purpose Of dsa
vowing any such seutAent those which attributed
to him They have authorized me TO declare to this
House, in justice to them and their constituencies.
Very recently we have had convention of the Demo
cratic people of Ohio, representing hundred and
III,
sentiments uttered and would have been tOle
rated like those to which exception has been taken On
the contrary the only person whose presented
to that convention . delegate to the Democratic
tonal conyenton who avowed sentiments looking toward
the recognition of the Confederate States and who printed
learned and able pamphlet to circulate among the
bes Of the convention in exposition Of his views received
but few votes among several hundred that convention
showing that the Democrats Of ohio for whom speak
are not prepared 10 shape however plausible to accept
the disntegratng doctrine TO which this resolution refers
On the contrary the Democratic people of that State
when the came which they endssydred but failed TO
avert rallied to the defence Of this Government They
sustained 1t ia every emergency We the members upon
this side Of the House, had and yet have brothers and
friends IN the army doing battle the Republic although
they do not agreeth the peculiar African policies pur-
sued by this Administration.
MIR. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. Abvss;l,an Laup Se
Mr. COX l think that idle pleasantly of my friend
over the way is nearly cut 1t very stale when
1T was started here by him. and does become the
gravity OF this OCCASION however much it may sccord
with bis instincts. 1t proceeds rather from the brains
than from any other brains which he has has Laughter
Mr.. WASHRURNE, OF Illinois. Better have brains in |
your knuckes than no brains at ALL lCres of order
Mr., COX. do not wIsh to be disturbed any more
by that gentleman He has not any 2 aesent de-
bate or he would not Interrupt me a this manner With
out rising or without my permiseon doubt whether he
has any sense AT all when he touches the negro question
or he would not drag 10 bic old Joke pnssem} under
circumstances "a grave % the preseut.
referred to the position of the Ohio Democracy with
PRIDE because of the imputstons thrown upon them by
my colleague on the other side, (Mr GARFIELD Hefoi |
lowed The speech Of my colleague from the second dis.
rlct Mr. Lone and srove to make political points for
Die party, not by misrepresenng him much by mis-
the Democracy.
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