Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-04-14
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Extraordinary Scenes In the
H0use-The Cops Unmasked.
WAsmscroN. Atril lo. 1864


the House to order. without waiting for
the journal to be read. Speaker Colfax,
calling Rollins. OF New Hampshire. 20 the
Chair, introduced resolution to expel
Long, Of Ohio, for reasonable utterances.
in written speech on Friday afternoon.
The language complained oe was that the
only alternative before the country was TO
acknowledge the Southern Confederacy. or
to subjngate and exterminate the South
ern people. he (Long) preferred the for
mer.s MIR. Colfax supported his resolution
in brief speech, and was followed by lit
tie Cox, who disclaimed for himself and
party any sympathy with the sentiments
argued by Long. and quoted the words Of
Greeley and others in 1861, and the speech
Of Con way in the last Congress, mostly in
lefense of the right Of revolution. which
Cox COMPOUNDED with the right of secess-
lion. Cox declared that although the Dem
ocrs.ic party desired to conciliate ny con-
tinually Offering amnesty to the rebels,
they were for the Union by any means.
come peace, come war. Cox did his very
best to divert attention from the direct is
sue. :,
Mr.. Kelly followed with one Of his char
aoteristic speeches.
James e.. Allen, with bis usual dullness
argued the parliamentary point.
Mr. Garfield powerfully showed the vi
tai difference between the right Of revolu-
lIiion and the right of secession, anil bro't
the House back to the real question. elo
lqnently arguing that speeches like Longs
werc better calculated to give the rebels
aid anil comfort. in the way they most de-
sired. than anything else.
/ :. Harris Of Maryland. Fernando Wood.
Mallory, .Pcndleton and several arose sim
ultaneously at the conclusion Of Gar6eld's
speech. The floor was awarded to Harris.
and members crossed over to that side Of
lthe chamIer to hear him, till the House
Hooked like town meeting with tall bald
headed man making a harangue in the CEN
ter. Harris felictated himself n an op.
lportunity to come to the rescue OF one who
y so nearly conceded with him in sentiment,
and was exposed to the tyranny Of
a frantic majority Warming up with his
fsubject, Harris began to gesticulate vio-
lentiy, denounced as liars all those who
[aliirm that slavery is the sum of all vii
ainies. and said he would never vote a
imam or dollar for this internal war. lie
finally invoked Almighty God that the
/ Sonth might never be suhjngated.
i At this point cries of order were heard
in several parts Of the Hall, and Tracy. of
P,nn, commercial speaking in loud
voice, but could net be heard by reason OF
the confusion. is
The Speaker pounded violently on his
desk and ordered members to take their
|, seats. After order was partially restored,
Mr. Washburne demanded that Mr.. Har.
ris' words be taken down and read from
( the CLERKS desk, which being done. he
objected to the further continuance Of his
speech. as being out Of order, and offered a
resolution that Harris, be expelled. The
, Speaker sustained the plea Of being out Of
order. and Harris sat down.
Fernand, Wood got the floor for the
purpose CT reading a portion of Longs
, speech. to which objections had been taken
10y Mr.. Colfax. Wood said he endorsed
, every word Long hal uttered, and hoped
he might be included in the resolution Of
Expulsion. - 49,. .,., -
$ As Longs speech had not been pub.
lished in the Globe. Mr.. Colfax moved
that bis resolution be postponed till 9 o..
clock Monday. which was unanimously
Z agreed to. anil Mr.. Washpurne then de.
! mandel the previous question on his reso-
luton to expel Harris. The vote was i'm
mediately taken, the Democrats making
slight OPP osition to instant action. The
Honse refused by a party vote OF yeas 81
nays 3d., two thirds being required to
adopt the resolution. The only Democrat
who voted for the resolution was Baily. o.
Penn. Frank Blair voted the same way
> Brutns Clay. Rollins. of Mo-, and even
Oiell yoteI against ~ ,i,..,.s, ..,....
S,ebbins. Of N ", was on the aoor,
: but didn't record his name. The tota
{ vote was the largest, for weeks. lImmedi
ately on the encouragement of, the,result
Mr.. Schenck moved a, resolution severely
censuripg Harris, The .folIo,sing mem
bers Of the opposition voted for Schenck' 4
resolution Of censure:, Bsily, Cox. Eng
! Iish. Ganson. Harrington. and Winfield
: Those who voted against were j. 9. Allen
. Aneopa, Bliss. Chandler. Dennisop. Eden
= Eldridge. Law, Miller, of Pa, Morrison,
l Pendleton. Pruya, Kendall, Ross. Strouse
7 9. White and f, Wood. s-se1 sjl, a.ian
e 1t ia noticeable thai not a border mem
u Der voted against cepsuring Harris, Will
y many. including Thomas. of Md. votet
u both for expulsion and censure, although
;. the Democrats voted solid on the Harri
b resolution, and are likely to do 50 on tn
|. Long resolution. The Leaders are mncl
'e exercised over Longs speech Friday, 90
d extreme flankness of which they regard q
K exceedingly Injurious to the prospects. 9
] the party. Theegh read TO empty bench
It es. and NOT chafacierizsd by ability o
h statement. it has been elevated by subse
y quent events into the most prominent sub
J. ject of discussion in political ciscles.ImsI
l. ), The discussion of the question of Long
i expulsion will not be resumed to- morrow
q as Fridays debate cannot sppearinith
b Gzqds before Tuesday; The Demo srat
% have determined, in. caucus tosyosaT to ecu
,e sum. in order to save their Presidentis
lE prospects. but il Is doubtfal whether, M
,b der tho rules. he can be- censured, iexcep
70 ton not having been taken at the time til
70 Questionable; rcmsrkss were made. lXh
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