New-York daily tribune., 1864-04-15
pppe SPEECH, IN CONGRESS.


Throughout the first or called Session of the
last Congress, several Members of either House
sipnalizei themselves by evincing most COM
plete identity of principles and sympathes, II
not of purposes, with the Rebels then and now
fighting for the destruction of the Republic.
Of these members, Senators John C.. Breckin-
ridge Trusten Polk and Waldo =. johnson,
after pocketing all the pay they could claIm'
with the Mileage which was not legally due,
wert straightway from Washington into the
counsels and camps of the Rebels they had been
helping in Congress. Messrs Henry L. Bur-
nett John W. Reid and Elijah F. Norton OF the
House. did likewise. Messrs. Ben. Wood, VAL
landigham, and perhaps one or two others, staid
within our lines, and the tirst-named was re-
elected by the Democrats OF this City. MI
Vallandigham tried to be Governor OF Ohio, ana
only missed it by little over 100, 600 minority.
Now, Messrs. Breckenridge Il Co. were pre-
cisely the same traitors while in the last Con-
rress that they have since been within the
Rebel lines. Had they legal or moral r'gh',
being traitors, to sit speak and vote in the
Federal Congress and draw pay therefor out OF
the Federal Treasury' The good book says,
Where a mans treasure is there his heart VIII
be also; and when mems hearts are in Rich-
n,ond. why should they suck at our sorey
oycrdrawn Treasury
Let us know the reason of the matter.
Al the last Session, Martin +. Conway, an
extreme Republican from Kansas, became pos
scssed with the notion that the War, as actually
wagcd, would result in compromise whereby
the Slave Power would regain and extend its
forfeited domination over our country. Under
this impression. he proposed and argued that we
might better stop the War and recognize the
Confederacy. He said he preferred that Slavery
should have half the country rather than the
whole Of II. But his constituents, the People
Of Kansas. though Radical Abolitionists, would
not hear word of this They utterly ropudia-
ted his views by at least twenty to one. And
the House on motion Of Mr.. Maynard OF Ten
nessee, condemned his proposition By unani-
nous votc-Mr. Conway standing alone in the
minority.
Now, Mr.. Alex Long, nm Ohio Dcmocrat, in
a carefully prepared speech, likewise proposes
that the War be stopped as n preferable al'erna-
tive to subjugating the Rebels and thereby abol-
ishing Slavery. Mr. Colfn thcreupor moves
his expulsion from the House. Aud this Is
widely stigma,ired as at war with the freedom
of debate.
We do not so consider it, Nor DO we con-
slider Longs case parallcled by conway's,
though specifically il may seem 30 Mr.. Con-
ways motion was prompted by intense, uncom-
promising antagonism 10 the Rebellion, Us I'M
pulses, ideas and objects Mr.. Longs has a
precisely antagonistic impulse. Conway so
hated the Rebel cornerstone that he wished to
render impossible its ever being rolled against
the door of the tomb of Impartial Liberty in
this Republic. Long would stop the War in
order to save Slavery from else inevitable
destruction. ConwayS error has no essential
parity with Longs vital sympathy with the
anmating soul of the Rebellion.
Here is Mr.. Longs carefully weighed, delib-
erately uttered dccl claration:
"I do not share in the belief entertained by many
Of my political friend this floor and elsewhere.
that any peace is nttaiuablo upon the basis OF
Union and Teconstruc ton IL the Democratic party
were in power to-day. have 10 idea, and honesty COM
pcs Ia declare IT, that they could restore the ution
over thirty. -four States. My mind has undcrgon. m
entire change upon thas subject. believe that there
but two alternatives; and tLese are, either an
Goknorisd9mst Of The fHdrptHdeHo, II me Souh az 1H
iRdepcHdc nation, or their complete sublugation and
eXteimnetion a. people, and Of hess dhoHdfir"
Prc(er The tormu."
Mr.. Collax having moved his expulsion there
for, Mr.. Ben. g. Harris Of Md.-a STAKEHOLDER
who has been rendered intensely savage by the
enlistment OF all his able-bodicd male slaves in
the Union Army, while he is a thorough sympa-
thizer with JEFF Davis, and was elected as such
made speech in defense Of Longs position,
wherein he said
"Thc South asked YOU to let them live in peace; but
no. you said you wOud bring them into subjecton.
That is not done yet, and God almighty grant hoi u
nsru may be! Ihope you uH nerr p9jEgaie hs South.
Mr.. Washburne of Ill. having thereupon
moved his expulsion. every anti-Republican
member Of the House voted against it; while
eighteen of them voted that the above declara-
ton was rot even censurable ! So Mr.. Harris, as
well as Mr.. Long, retains his seat IN the House.
to act and vote in thorough accordance with the
sentiment above proclaimed.
Mr.. Longs case Congress has settled by a.
resolution of censure Mr.. Colfax Withdrawing
the resolution for expulsion. Perhaps that is rs
much punishment az the oilensc called for,
considering the man whence it came. But
we cannot see why the loyal people Of this
country should be taxed to pay Mr.. Ben. Harris