Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-30
Thelr --latest phase.


continues and the prospect of the total Grad
ication Of slavery, that sole bond which held
together the party styling itself the "Demo-
cratic or Conservative party becomes
imminent the opposition in Congress exhibit
more violence and more maIignity than ever
They evidently think that in a Republic
without slavery the occupation of politicians
like themselves would be gone, and their love
of party triumphs over their love of country.
They seem to think that if the Union were
broken up there might be an opportunity to
combine the fragments under slaveholding
rule, but they begin to despair Of preserving
both the Union and slavery.
AS an indication of their sentiments we
subjoin few utterances Of these "conserya-
tive" members of Congress. In a speech
made in the House Of Representatives on the
Sth inst, Mr.. ALEXANDER LONG of Ohio, said:
But, Mr.. Chairman, how do we stand in the
eyes of the civilized world to-day, in waging
a war of subjugaton and conquest against the
Confederate States which have seeded from
US and set up government of their own?
Are we not inconsistent with all our former
acts Have we not been early to admit this
proper with regard to others? There never
was people on the face of the earth that
demanded an independent government that
did not have the sympathy of the American
people, and ought we now to shrink from the
doctrine we have been so willing to apply to
others.
If the Democratic party were in power
to-day | have no idea and honesty COM
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the Union of thirty-four States. Ny mind
has undergone an entire change upon that SUBJ
iect, and now believe that there are but two
alternatives, and they are either an aeknool-
e,tgenet of tie independence of tie South as an
independent nation, or their complete Su6jagatioa
and Contamination as a people and of these alter
satiyes prefer Tie former.
On the 9th, in the same House, Mr.. HARRIS
Of Maryland, used this language-we quote
from the Congressional Globe:
~ am peace man, a radical peace man !;
and am for peace by recognition Of tie
South, for The recognition Of the Southern Con-
federacy and / am for tie GcguieSceace in tie
doctrine of secession. l feel through
the rustling of the winds there is a tornado
coming that will sweep away the present ma
iority from power and give it into the hands
country; men who have something like hui
manity men who have regard for the princi-
Piles of our forefathers. Ay, / recollect how
my blood curdled when / heard the discus
sion on the confscation bill. The gentleman
from Ohio Mr.. Garfield said, let them be
expatriated like the Tories of the Revolution.
The Tories of the Revolution had the mother
country to run to, and were protected there.
But where would the gentleman send those
whom he would expatriate from the South,
as gallant and noble a race as eUer caLked upon
tie earth; noble IN everything that constitutes
e', Of honor and men Of p,I'eip'e--gent'eaa'e''.
"Sir, the Union is dissolved and there is a
gulf of blood lying between the two sections;
but upon my honor, upon my soul, repeat
that every drop in that gulf is on the souls of
the Northern people.
"Mr. Speaker, in the early part of this Sc
cession movement there was resolution Of
fered pledging men and money to carry on
the war. Ny principles were then and are
now against the war. | stood solitary and
alone in voting against that resolution, and
whenever similar proposition is brought here
it will met with my opposition. Not one dol
lar nor one man, I saoear By tie Eternal, riH
Uote for this internal, this stupendous folly,
more stupendous than ever disgraced any civ
lized people on the face of Gods earth. If
that be treason make the most of it.
" 1t is the right of the cOmmoner of Eng
land to say that he will not intrust the money
to carry on a war to the king, who has the
entire war power | do not know that a
commoner of the American House of Repre-
sentatives ever lost that right. That ,propo
sition meets with my approval. If you will
not make peace in any other way, and If 1
hare the castiatg yOte here against furnishing tie
Sinners of car, goa shall not haze them.
1.-THE South asked you to let her go in
peace.l But no, you said you would bring
them into subjugation. That is not done yet,
and God Alnaiqhhl grant that IL Meier n.dv be-
I hope that you aciU neUer s,t6jngate tie Sosah-
If she is to be ever again in the Union hope
that it will be with her own consent; and /
hope that that consent will be obtained by
some other mode than by the sword. IfHtis
be treason, make tie most of IT,"
On the 18th inst. Mr.. Rogers, of New Jer-
sey, made a speech in which he uttered the
following sentiments:
"There were men here who would main
tain their rights. They were the representa-
tives, not of Old Abe Lincoln, but of the
free people who sent them hitheE You are
not content with slandering Valandighana and
other true PATROLS God bless the exile tie
prayed lie a1roU of HeaUen aco,ld pierce HeheasF
Of he despot, (meaning the President of the
United States). You are bringing soldiers
here to keep old abraham, King of Anaeriea,
from being encroached upon by Jefferson
Darts of the Southern Oontederdcy. This is no
longer country of republicanism, but mon
archy and despotism. go, he said, for a
dissolution of the Union in preference to a
war of determination.
tits true that other members of the oppo-
sition on the floor of Congress disavowed en-
tertaining such sentiments, but no one can
read the debates of Congress, or the leading
opposition journals of the day, without OBJ
serving a strong tendency, on the part of the
opposition leaders generally, to sympathize
with or extenuate these treasonous sentiments.
The Washington correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Gazette, in describing the scene while
HARRIS was promulgating his Infamous senti-
ments, says:
'The scene is curious one. This man is
standing in the House of Representatives of
the United States surrounded by the Demo
Gratis and border State men of what claims
to be loyal opposition. He is talking the
beldest treason; and get they hare clustered in
delighted circles around him almost eUe1.y mans
face wears a gratifed smile, and at every ex-
tremely extravagant declaration they burst
out into open laughter and applause. "a few
look gleomy--they are thinking of the record
all this is making-but the great mass are in
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