New-York daily tribune., 1864-04-11
xXxyIIKth CONGRESS-. First Session.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIv
WAsHyoTCs ApriI g. 1854

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! The SPEAKER (Air. Colfsx, Un., Ind.) called
Mr. Rollins (S. H. TO the chair and rising TO ques
tion Of privilege offered the following preamble and
resolution:
Repre- ensves in Comee OF the Whole on ths sssS
Of he Union As1ardsr Long Representative iH Ccnges
recognizing the independen nationality Of the soesed Con-
fdency in arms against the unoni nd rAtrsa' Th3
said socsed Co=icdesey ;hu sorght 70 be recognized s9d
established 1sD7ed ?r Destroyed Union ha.
S IT, chef c.r, c ara % % so %sS .nse.so s
her aTrcda eos ,be tiss Of the loyal soders Of ne
iS 1%a We o s5s 6,i aa Il q ss tsssn BY &
aid Alexander Lcrs OF ie nv, day ~ iso pIssn Coases
desss that As sss 5y-,S An no "a sS h.s
ty IT, nvd ss's tseby a",si'oe tina, .aeh conduct
nccsi,ien' VITA EhseFsbip In hs Congress
Issd Tts AcyaDssr long o, " Sc. ron ts
Il M favor Of 5Ss IN s. s
eni person. engaged in armed hostility to TIE United
Mr. CoIFAx said that he had pondered upon his duty
and felt that he had double obligation resting upon
ties of the Chair and the rules imparay and the other
Representative from the xth District OF Indiana,
eUts msny Of whom are in the tentsd field and Expos.
ing their lives for the safety and perpetnty OF the coun'
try. BE owed it 70 the women and children In his dis
trie whose natural protectors were stricken down BY
the bloody hand Of treason. and whose household has
thus been bereft He had no personal unfriendlness
toward the gentleman from Ono Their relations had @
freedom Of speech" and nothing would have prompt-
ed him to the present course excepting the ufterhnees
Of the gentleman Long tasi, IN 80 mS9y %Ssos.
cy and its independence and by such recognition ad-
hitting it one Of the family OF nations And now
when the Confederate flag was here boldly unfnred
and aid and comfort was given to the enemy by the
gentleman (Mr Long,, Notwithstanding his oath
Of Office he (ir Colfar) felt 1t his duty 70 % onef
this resolution ard called upon the House pass their
Judgment upon L. He had offered the resolution, not az
the result OF consultation but on his own responsb
he (Mr. Cofax) said deliberately that his (Mr. LonsS
ayoWa conld not be passed In silence. III such re.
marks giving ad and comfort 10 the enemy are suffer-
ed 10 go unrebuked why ought we to ask our soldiers to
neril their lives for the Unoni When destruction Ii
inns openy advocated on this floor We should cease 70
shoot deserters for they have not repudised their oo
oations any more fagranty-certainy less innuehtAiy
romnan not foreign Governments recognize the Rebel
Governuient II you pass this declaration OF tno
gentleman (Mr. Long in silence ii any gehuemaR pt
the same political party as the gentle man rom Ohio M
Iong)-a gentleman who had advocated the reeogaion
NJ tho confederate dag ndGoveTnmen-desred TO oner
resolution Of this character, be (Mr Colfax) would
give way to him. History is writing down ON ner sa %
MIR Colfax) doubted not that the gentleinan.s (Mr
onps friends should have offered TINS resolution tof
their good name The senate oi tae oni.so sa
nv more than twotbirds vote, had e1pened senator
Ir;gb for writing TO the Rebel chief letter OF ihtro
ducton and after this, when the Legsiatufs OF
Indiana came TO elect oenatorsono ,on ~ s s,s
oct of the Senate refused to send him oack again 20
that body and year ago former MEMBER OF congress
M was sent out Od Ot the SsS y, Verdict
az one hundred thousand votes reairmed the crder o
tbe Commanding General (MaiorG Gen, Burnside)i ana
hut the other day the Supreme Court refused 70
,S rovisw tho Judgment Of that General. III we pass
ayer these utterances Of laid and comfort 70 tne
enemyD In sileuce those whose hands are WIN
Hood NAV ask TO come here from the concave o. .ne
Confederacy. saying We have done no more I'M IN h,cn
mond than the gentleman rom had ~ '' "
Mt Cox Dem. Ohio) said that this resoutoh 70 et,
mel member Of the House called Tor more sn usual
rravtv He was not in the House wlen nls Soileabuo
eS iongl made his remarks, but be (Mr cox was IN.
S,med bS members around him that tney w0wu l Ceal
,Se nter1retation put upon them. Lao ne MI 10y
been in his seat yesterday he snoua Inv norinS
m hahaT ~ the 6hio delegation, any remarks oosins
IN uvn" oonntion of the rebellion as crystailizea AZ
P,ohmond He did not know single inemoer n,% =, w
SpIo daiecation excepting his colleague tnr cn vn
- ,ras yilling TO recognize the Conieuerac nata
aO, He spoEe of this because OF the atsnPs1 ~ - Er
nsrslan capital by those on the otne' & ' snoke onlv
hsi;eved that his colleague at the time peosny
ser,iments and not those Of his ps1H neosh Es
ms omn was democratic State Conyeguon ~ Oao,
rresentiug l45 90 votes, and IN tass nttsred The
eptmcut like that Of his colleague tnr 10 racos
I - a, whose name was presentee, ~. nuror. 70
o md Who had circulated w ~ p,i y,
M aws received only two votes ~ m, snas wy . mSsr
a. delegate The loyal people y v aacaration ss tho
NV shnus or color In favor OF sup Tho Democratio
resouuon S,," rallied and sent their sons 70 tne
,honsS the people Of Ohio did not agree with mo
African PonS yRys Un n as IL in correction Of the
} ,or,,.man' suggested that he meant A'I'S'S'''
LSIeaCo, Cox replied that the gentleman fOn Illinois sMl
aso EIsAth Pase.