Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-04-16
~, ~. SPEECH OF
Hon. Samuel S. Cox.
Revolutionary Doctrines Of the Re
publican Leaders.
The Speaker Comes Down from the Chair and
t Gets Lashed
GARFIELD, JULIAN 9 co. ON THE RACK
THE CONSTITUTION THE BOND OF UNION.
The Ohio Democracy Erect
LFrom INC Globe Of Aprll 1l.l


becoming seriousness. The extraordinary
spectacle is presented of our Speaker de-
scending from the chair to make motion
to eXpel one of the members of this House
for words spoken in debate. The occasion
calls for more than the usual gravity of de-
liberation. / was not present when my col
league Mr.. Long] made the remarks which
have called out this resolution. am told
by members around me that his remarks do
not bear the Interpretation given to them by the
speech and resolution Of the honorable Speaker
Before resolution of this startling nature
was introduced we should have had the
official report of those remarks in The Globe.
If action be demanded for the expulsion of
a Representative of the people, for the ex-
ercise of his constitutional right of free de-
bate, we should have the most authentic
record of that debate. AS am informed,
the language of my colleague was so quail
fled as to make it far less Objectionable than
the statement of it in the resolution. Still,
sir, it may be obnoxious, and yet there may.
be no just ground for this proceeding of
expulsion.
Had been in my seat yesterday, with all
due respect t. my colleague, [ should have
promptly risen and disavowed, on behalf of
all the delegation from Ohio with whom |
have ,conyersed, any sentiments uttered by
milton Of the confederate government as an
Independent power. So far as can learn,
there is not member acting with this side
of the House, unless it be my colleague,
who is not opposed in every conceivable
view, directly or indirectly, to such recog-
milton.
speak earnestly and consciously of this,
because an attempt was made yesterday to
make partisan capital for the other side out
of the speech of my colleague. But it
should be borne in mind that he said that
he spoke only for himself, and not for his
party. He was frank, true and honest in
that avowal. He did not speak, nor pro-
pose to speak, for his party. He did not
speak for his Democratic colleagues.
Very recently we have had convention
of the Democratic people of Ohio, repre-
senting over one hundred and eighty-five
thousand voters. In that convention, sir,
no sentiments were uttered and none would
have been tolerated like those to which ex-
ception has been taken. On the contrary,
the only person whose name was presented
to that convention as delegate to the
Democratic national convention who avow-
ed sentiments looking toward the recog-
milton of the Confederate States, and who
printed a learned and able pamphlet to cir
culate among the members of the conven-
tion, in exposition of his views, received
but few votes among several hundred in
that convention; showing that the Demo-
Gratis of Ohio, for whom / speak, are not
prepared in any shape, however plausible,
to accept the disintegrating doctrine to
which this resolution refers. On the con-
trary, the Democratic people of that State,
when the war came, which they endeavor1d
but failed to avert, rallied to the defense of
this government They sustained it in
every emergency. We, the members upon
this side of the House, had and yet have
our brothers and our friends in the army
doing battle for the Republic, although
they do not agree with the peculiar African
policies pursued by this Administration.
Mr.. WASHBURNE, Of Illinois. Abys-
sinian. Laughter.]
of my friend over the way is nearly worn
out. 1t was very stale when it. was started
here by him, and it does not become the
gravity of this occasion, however much it
may accord with his instincts. 1t proceeds
rather from the brains which were located
by brother member in his knuckles, than
from any other brains which he has
Mr. wAsHBURNE, of Illinois. Better
have brains in your knuckles than no brains
at all. [Cries of "OrderlnJ 4sq.s h
Mr.. cox, / do not wish to be disturbed
any more by that gentleman. He has not
any sense OF decent debate, or he would not
interrupt me in this manner, without rising
or without my permission. ! doubt whether
he has any sense at all when he touches the
negro question, or he would not drag in his
old joke, SO unseemly under circumstances |
as grave as the present.
/ referred to the position of the Ohio De.
mOcracy with pride. because of the impllta- |