The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1864-06-02
Stltstellanruns.
Gen. schenck's Speech in Reply to
Fernando Wood.

w OOu mbuS Il mlTuCulouSlJ ueHu sptecu5
saying he did not endorse Mr.. Longs
views, or those of Mr.. Harris, Of Mary.
land, but he was for sending Commis-
sioncSs to Richmond, and making peace
and yet he would not recognize the in
depoa dencc Of the Southern Confedera
cy. Gen. Sohenk made q seathing re.
ply, as follows:
Mr.. SPEAEER:--A student in
natural hi.tory would have much
to learn upon this floor. Some
specimens of the snake family are so
slippery that il seems impossible to
classify them, or to hold them to any
place,
l find myself at great loss to under.
stand what ground is occupied by Il 0
gentleman from New York, IMr. Fer
nando Wood who has just taken his
seat, Flo avowS that be disugrees to
the position taken by the member
from Maryland, Mr.. Harris1 who was
yesterday visited with the censurc Of
the House; he dssents from the argu-
ments and propositions of my colleague,
Mr.. Long whose case we are now
considering; and yet he says to his fell
low copperheads, those, if any there be,
who crawl with him, that there is no
such thing as a War Democrat for a
creature Of that kind is anomalous -
Laughter 1may be pordoned, there
fore, if have difficulty in comprehen
ding his own nature, or knowing exact
! y where in the scale to place him.
But, at the close of his remarks, thr
) gentleman from New York seemed il
some small degree to develope his pecu,
liar views and purposes. He has lair
down something like the same platform
in resolutions which he. early IN th
session, offered in this House. Bein
: neither against the war nor for the wa
r he would send com missioners to Rich
l. mond to treat with those arroyed i
arms against the country, to offer ther
terms Of peace. Ho breaches "ne'
5 gos pei" Of which hs is the great aPos
tie.
h How many others ON his side Of tn
!, House may agree with him know no
= But l do know this s-whe enever any sue
3 propositions Of Northern Democrat
have appeared in public print, or thei
offers or suggestions of peace have bee
made many form, that have been invar
= ably received by the rebels at Richmo l
: with soofing and repe Id with pcor
= Their rebel friends have not hesitate
IT to declare that such advances and Il
emissaries who might convey ther
v could only be entertained by the
n with fingers, holding their offended al
istocratio noses. Laughter Th
only is the way that they would recei
II the Democrats who came to "offer the
: peace" You must not "come betwe
J" the wind and their nobility"
. The gentleman md his friends, the
are willing; and propose to crawl
their bellies to tho feet of rebels q
as insurgents in arms, and, looking
b. piteously, TO say-"Oh, cur maste
as Notwithstanding oil your scofIing a
on scorn, and though you may spurn.
be from your presence, we implore you
say whether you will not gracious
agree to make terms with US" l oanr
10 comprehend this abasement in any o
- er way.
x said would refer to /
with a view to the former position of
= gentleman from New York, [Mr. F
uando WoOd.1 Whenever and howe
er hostilities commenced, where II
was he, and what was he, and "
was his relation to the great rebclliC
movements by which was sought to
destroyed the integrity and unity
his country
When our difficulties with the SO
wcrc ripening into war, when it was
known how far disafection might
= tend throughout the several State
this Union, there was a mayor of !
Us. York who proposed that the city she
secede from the Government Of
With. United States, and set up for itself
rebel "free city" on the pattern of indeI
dent political communities of that q
known on tho European continent.
H. Mr.. Fernando Wood. Mr.. Speak
Tho Speaker pro tempOrs. Docs
gentleman from Ohio yield to the {
tleman from New York;
cheat heat Mr.. Schenok--I cannot be interru
cir, but will cOntluuO, as the gentle