Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-04-17

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Mr.. GARFIELD. i am perfectly willing
to answer the gentleman, If he will proceed
with his own remarks, and ! can then get
the floor. l would prefer to answer him
categorically then. .
Mr. COX. / will give the gentleman a
chance to answer as go along. 1t Is so
matte and vivacious form of debate. My
colleague is SO apt and ready in debate.
Mr.. GARFIELD. Iprefer to wait until
the gentleman is through.
Mr.. cox. am afraid peoplewil draw
wrong conclusion from my cOlleague'srefu-
sal to answer. He may not get chance to
answer to-day. But as he seems unwilling,
/ ask the privilege of printing a few more
extracts from the great editorial light of his
party, Mr.. Greeley, in reference to letting
the Southern States 60. Nobody ever at
tempted to expel him outof the Republican
party for such sentiments.
| If the cotton States shall become satisfied that
o an ~ ssss St Ct the S0R ba i
eSde may beareyoatipnary one but it exists never
w. mnst ever re.ist the r;ebt of spv State rem.
In the Union and nulHfy Or defy the laws thereof.
To withdraw from the Uni Is qli another matter:
whenever considerable section II our Union shall
| erciye measures designed 10 keep it in. We hope
never to live in republic whereof one section is pin.
ned 70 another by bayonets. =" Tribune Of Hovdmodr
If tie cotton States untedly snd earnestly wish 10
withdraw peacefully from tie Union, we think they
should and wo. 10 slllowed e g. Any sstempt
10 the.principes enunciated in tho immortal Decla
ration Of Independence contrary to the fundsmen-
tai ideas on which humanliberty Is bascd.-7ribune,
II it (the Declaration Of Independence justifss
the secession from the British Empire Of three mil
49, =. IL - .xulx
justify the secession Of 1--WE million Southrons from
| the Union in l8sl,-1fi6gne, December II, 1850.
Whenever II shall be clear that the great body Of
sted from the Union and anxious TO escape from IT,
will do best TO forward their views.- 7'oHns
! February 23, 1851. p arl5 ls7qis Asg 81 10 h4tg
Can it be possible that such opinions have
been uttered and the paper not suppressed?
Can it be that members who read it approx
ingly, day by day, seek to expel a member
of this House for copying its worst features?
Why wasnot the Constitution ''overleaped"
to suppress that journal and exile its editor?
| Gentlemen opposite take this journal and
swear by it as the gospel of emancipation
and the exponent of Republican policy
They cannot get along without it. Why,
then, are they so sensitive when it is alleged
that a Democrat is going In the direction
pointed out by their own shining beacon?
Mr.. Speaker, need not ask my colleague
whether he voted for Abraham Lincoln for
President. / know that he did. l do not
know whether he favors Mr.. Lincoln or
General Fremont for the next Presidency,
but know that so far as the past is con-
cerned he is committed to Mr.. Lincoln aud
to his record and sentiments. Ipropose to
have read, for the information of my col
league, an extract from speech made by
Mr.. Lincoln, of Illinois, on the 18th of Feb
ruary, lS4S, and printed by Gideon & Co.,
especially for circulation among such gen.
/ tlemen as my colleague. Here Is the ex-
tract, and to it 1 solicit his attention. l ask
him if he approves of the doctrine? If he
does, he cannot consistently vote for the
expulsion of my colleague. The Clerk will
read from the original and genuine doc
ument. I'D
The Clerk read as follows, from the
pamphlet:
Any people. anywhere, being inclined and having
the power, have right 70 rise up and shake OF Me
eSisting Government and form NEW ONE that suits
Mr.. cox. may be allowed, before the
Clerk reads any further, to call the atten-
ton of the distinguished Speaker to that
extract. He voted for Mr.. Lincoln. No
body knows whether he is for him-or not
now. tLaughter.1 / want to ask him
whether he approves of the doctrine.
The Clerk read as follows:
This is most valuable, most sacred right, right
which We hope and believe is to iberate the world.
Nor is this right confined to cases in which the whole
people Of existing Government may choose to OK
ercfse it, Any portion Of such people can, may
the territory as Ney isadJit More than this ma
jorfy Of any portion of such people may revolution
ize, putting down minority intermlngled with or
near about them who may oppose their movements.
-JanGarv 10, 1913. vrraa. -lrH
Mr.. cox. I get no response from the
Speaker. He mustapprove of the revolu-
tionary sentiments of the President and be
disgusted with his own resolution of expul-
sion. Perhaps he win move to lay his resolu-
tion upon the table, or else vote to impeach
Mr.. Lincoln.
| Mr.. CoLFAX. VIII the gentleman from
Ohio yield to me? f
Mr.. cox. With the greatest pleasure.
q Mr.. COLFAX. In reply to the remarks
of the gentleman from Ohio, i have to re-
peat that the gentleman from Indiana upon
this side of the House does not speak in the
midst of another gentleman's speech by his
courtesy, liable to be stopped by him as the
gentleman stopped his colleague recently.
He speaks when he obtains the floor, and
has no secret about his opinion in regard to
any subject. aAT} ragaslgFf
Mr.. COX. Obi Mr.. Speaker, when the
leading man of this House comes down
from bis high position TO offer q resolution
to expel a member who comes here by the
same right that he does, he cannot escape
on account Of his peculiar dignity. When
he iescends To this floor, the common plat
form of us all, and condescends to nnfngle
with us in debate, he cannot and shall not
escape Is he or Is he not in favor of the
doctrine laid down by the President in the
extracts which have been read9 That Is q