Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-02-03

and was greeted seFefai times Win applause
from the floor and galleries mingled with
few hisses from the democratic side.
Mr. Mallory undertook to take his col
league to task and denied that he represen-
rcd the Kentucky sentiment, and charged
him with violating the pledges on which he
had been elected, and quoted from ms Har-
rison county speech. His pledge If elected,
was to vote for war Democrat for speaker.
Smith replied that he had made that
pledge and that when he came here he looked
around for a War Democrat and saw Samuel
Cox. a person who had been stumplng the
State of Ohio from one end to the other Tor
VaIandigham, at the time when he, Smith,
was stumping against Vallandigham, put
up as a war democratic candidate. That KIND
of war democracy didn't suit him, and he
went for Colfax Mallory interrupted and
wanted to know if he had gone to the demo-
cratic caucus TO find out whom they were
going to nominate No, said Smith, smelt
the atmosphere Of the concern, and decided
to keep out of it. Mallory asked him if he
hadn't gone to the Republican caucus.
Smith replied chat he had gone to Union
caucus. and that his constituents endorsed
him for doing it. Wadsworth deemed it to
be his interest here TO mix in. He, too
charged Smith with violating pledges made
to his constituents, and said he had came
here and voted for the revolutionist and
aboltionist Colfax for Speaker, and that he
didn't object TO his going over to that side
of the House, but did object to his having
run as candidate of the Union Democratic
party, when he intended to betray them.
Smith retorted that these gentlemen hadn
been so anxious to claim hlm as the Union
Democratic candidate during the canvass.
That the so-called Union Democratic paper
I L. ha-t tfN
defeat him That he WASH t supported by a
single Union Democratic paper IN his State,
and that the influence of every one of these
so-calleG Union Democratic congressman
had been openly or secretly given against
him and for .Jno ". Menzies but that now
they were very anxious, though they had
denounced him as radical III has district,
to call him Il Union Democrat here, and 50
drag him into the support of their policy,
which his people had so emphaticalEy con-
demned at the polls The gentleman had
arraigned him for voting or<Colfax. lie
could tell him that If he accepted the arralgn-
ment he took up the gauntletthey had thrown
down. and would try the matter before the
people Of his State where he challenged
them to meet him. He had letters now
from slave holders in Kentucky, owning
more slaves than the whole Of these Union
Democrats here, heartily endorsing his
course and he had never yet had a single
letter of complaint from his distric concern
ing it.
By this time Brutus Clay was stirred up.
He wanted TO know whether, when the gen
tlemen dealt In these insinuations, or open
attacks on his colleague for voting. Tor Col
fax. they meant TO include him.
Messrs. Mallory and Wadsworth were
very prompt and courteous in declaring that
they hadn't meant to refer to him In any
way.
Mr. Clay went on saying he was glad they
were so explicit he had been attacked for
that vote, and he wanted to see whether
they meant to repeat the SANDER circulated
in certain papers, that he had violated pledg-
es in casting it; he was under no pledges to
vote for War Democrat; iii fact he was
rather prediudiced against Democrats In
his State, Democratic leaders had turned
out rather badly, most of them were in the
rebel army and he was a little cautious in
consequence about anything called by that
name.
With this rather pungent suggestion the
debate closed, loyal Kentucky coming out Of
the contest decidedly uppermost
The debate attracted unusual attention,
andkept the House in session till the latest
hour Of any day yet OF this Congress.