The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-04-14
An Exciting Day in the House.

calling the House to order, without whit
ing for the Journal to be read, Speaker
: Colfox, calling Rollins, Of N. H., to the
, chair, introduced a resolution 10 cSpcl
Long, Of Ohio, for reasonable ultcrancos
in written speech Friday aftcrnoon.-
The language complained Of was, that
the only alternative before the country
was to acknowledge the Southern Com
/. fcderncy, or 10 subjugatc aud extcrmin-
ntc the Southern people, aud that he
preferred the former.
Mr. Colfax supported the resolution in
brief speech, and was followed by Mr..
Cox, who disclaimcd for hmsclf aud
party any sympathy with llic.sc0timouls
argued by Long, aud quoted the words Of
Greeley aud others in 1861, and the
speech Of Conway, in the last Congress,
mostly in advocacy Of the right of rcyo.
luton, which Mr.. Cox cpnfDundcd with
the right Of secession. Mr.. Cox declared
that although the Democratic pariy
desired TO cuncilinto by continually
offering omnDsiy to the rebels they were
for the Uniou by any means, come peace
or cUmc war.
Mr.. Cox did his very best to divert
attention from tho direct issue. Mr..
Kelly followed with one Of his charac.
terlstic speeches. Mr.. Garfield showed
the vital difference between the right of
revolution aud the right Of secession, aud
brought the House blck To the real Iucs.
ton, and urged that speeches like Mr..
Longs wcru better calculated to give
the rubcls aid aud comfort, in the way
/ tlicy most desired, than anything else
Mr. Harris, of Maryland, Mr.. Fernando
/ Wood, Mr.. Mallory, Nj. Pcndlcton, and
sever II others rose simultaneously Mt the
conclusion of Mr.. Gariillds speech
| The floor was awarded TO Mr.. Harris,
and the members crossed over to that
side of the Chamber So hear him, till the
House looked like town meeting, with
tall, bald.hcadrd man making II hor-
rungue in the center.
Mr.. Harris fciicitatcd himself on the
opportunity to come to the rescue of one
who ~ nearly coincidcd with him in
sentiment, and who was exposed To the
tyranny of fanatic m,jprity. Warming
~ with the subject, Harris began
gcsticululing violently, denounced as
liars all those who affirm that slavery is
the " sum of all villainies," said no would
never vote man or dollar for this
internal war. and finally invoked the
| Almighty God that the South might
never be subng0ttd. At this point cries
Of "ordcr" were heard in several parts
of the hall, and Mr.. Tracy, of Pcnnsy-
vaniu, commenced speaking in u loud
tone, but could not be heard by rcuson Of
the confusion.
MOTION TO ENrgL HARMS, or MARYLAND.
The Speaker pounded the desk, and
ordered members TO take their seats
After order was partially restored, Mr..
Washburnc, of Illinois, demanded that
Harris words be taken down aud read
from tho clerks desk ,whick being done +,
he objected to fu.ther continuance of the
speech, az being out of order, and offered
n resolution that Harris be cS?cllcd,-
The Speaker sustained the point Of
order, aud Harris sat down.
WOOD WANTS TO he ENPELLEp.
Fernando Wood got the floor ncAt, for
the purpose Of reading portion of Mr.. i
longs speech. Objection having been
taken 10y Mr. Collax, Mr.. Wood SAID he
Endorsed every word NJ. Long hal
uttered, and hoped he might be inc clulcd
in the resolution of expulsion.
As Mr.. Longs speech had nut yet been
published in the Globe, ColfaS moved
that his resolution bc postponed till two
O'Clock, on Monday, which was unani-
mously agreed to.
Nj. Mushbnrno ihen demanded the
previous question on his rcso luton to
cspcl harris The vot' was immediately
taken, tho Democrats making slight
opposition TO immediate action. The
House reused, by strict party vote,
yeas 81, nays 5S; wo.thirds being
required to adopt tho resolution, The
only Democrat who vltcd for expulsion,
was Mr. Bailey, of Pennsylvania
Frank Blair voted the same way. Brulus
J, Clay and Me. Rollins, of Missouri, ani
Mr. Odrll voted against it,
Mr., Stebhins, of New York, was on the
floor, but didn't record his name.
The total vote was the largest for
weeks.
Immediately on tho announcc cment Of
the result, Mr., Scheuek moved a resolu-
ton severely eensuring Harris. The
following mcmbers ol the opposition
voted for it: Bailey, Cox, English. Gnu-
son, Harrington aud Winielj, Those
who voted against censuring were ]. c.
Allen, AncouO, Hiss, Chandler, penison,
Eden, Eldridge, Llw, L'Blond, Miller,
OF Pennsylvania, Morrison, pendieton,
puyu, Randall, OF Pennsylvania, Ross,
Strouse, C. White, and Wool, 1t is
noticeable that not a Border State mem
bcr voted against ccnsuring Ihrris, while
many, including Thomas, OF Mary land.
voted for both expulsion aud eonsure.
Although the Democrats vot'd solid
on Harris resolution, and are likely to
do so on the Long resolution, the leaders
are much exercised over Longs speech
of Friday, the extreme frank ness of
N,hich thnn r.,n.arl ~. nxAr-,.,.,h. i.i.,.i....