The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-04-21
DEBATE ON THE EXPULSION
OF LONG.
specchet, Scenes. aud Incidents o. so,ting a
Tiap for a Woodcock - and Catching .
Skunk 4!

l The measures that startled the House
into its most excited debate on Saturday
the descent Of Mr.. Speaker Colfax from
the Chair, and his presentation Of q rcso-
luton for the expulsion Of Mr.. Alex.
Long, Cor the speech Of Friday evenings;
/ the fulturinp mud distraction IN the OPP
position ranks the movement produced;
the Subsequent effort TO brazcn it out
aud play the defiant role, have already
been mcosuraby spread before the coun-
Try by the Telegraph. But there may still
be facts aud aspects Of the cssc that will
warrant another survey Of the Gcd.
Aud first, it is well to look again at the
indictment uuder which The trial Of Mr..
Long is still proncssirgi
Whereas, On the sth day Of April,
1864, when The House OF Representa-
! ttycs WIS IN Committee ur the Whole on
the state Ur the Union Alexander Long,
II Representative IN Congress frrm the
/ Second District uf Ohio, declared himself
IN favor Of recognizing the independence
and nationality Ut the sU.cHllcd COnlCd-
crOcy, now in arms against the Union:
And whereas. The said so.calcj Com.
lcdrracy thus sought 10 be- r. coqnizcd
and established on the ruins of Il ssulv.
cd ur destroyed Union, has, as ils chief
olliccrs, civil aud military, those who
have added pcjrry to their treason, and
/ who seek 10 obtain surcrss for m, ir par.
ricidn efforts by the killing or the loyal
soldiers " the nation, who ere srt knu to
save II from destruction;
And whrrcus, the oath required Of all
members aud taken by the snid Al,xnn.
der Long, on the first day Of the prcacnt
Congress, declares "that have vomntu.
fily "iycn no aid, c,uni,n nance, counsel
or Encouragement To PERSONS engaged IN
IN orncd hostility Ia the United States"
thereby declaring that such conduct is
regarded ns incons istcut with member
ship IN tie Congress ui the Unittd States
therefore,
Rcsoicd. That Alexander Long, a
Representative from the Second District
OF Ohio, hnving, on the Sth of April, 1864,
dcClarcd llmsri IN favor Oi =, cogni2iur
the independence aud nationality of the
su-callrd tuuichcracy, now in urms
ugnlnst The the Union, ard thereby "p,y
ing aid, cCuutcnHncc aud encouragement
tu persons engaged In urn,d hostility to
the United Sutcs,' is hereby expelled.
The most absolutely bstunishrd niuu
IN the Hail. when this resolution was
read, was Mr.. AlN. long! lie entered
just M the Clerk was iinishlng the prcam-
hlr; aud the expression on his Il ajuros,
~ be- gathered the moaning of the muyc-
mcnt, was one OF simple umaz mcnt.--
IT. was ratlcr pleased at the reception
his speech had met the evening before.
and the str il had excited. Ills debut
had, in fact produced sensation, and
could not hut be proiilyinp; and hc had
no idca ol being called 10 account Tor ad. O..
vocutlng such sentiments here more lhun
II they had been safely uttered In the
cunpcnioi hunts b,yond Western Row.
Mr.. ColftN's speech, IN support Of his
resolution, was calm, dignilicd and
wciPhty. lie had not forgotten his du.
tics Ms the Representative Of the Ninth
District OF Indiana, in assuming the du
ties of the Chair. The gentleman, Ito
whom he certainly had no personal Ut
kindncss,) had given aid aud comfort to
/ the rebels by proposing the recognition
OF their treason Us a succ ~. llhcwcrc
10 80 unrunishtd r,r this act. then ceusc
to sh ot your dcscrtcrs, fer lhty have
only rcnudatcd similar obligations in II
less Influential way, II he 20 unrunish-
ed, then admit the bloudicst rebels from
the Richmond cOnclUvCs; for from their
side. they have only stfiv II lhrrc what
the gcnll, man from Ohio has strlrn hero
10 accomplish. Such was the essence cr
OF h,S remarks. How h,uvily il rcllup.
on the Opposition that the case had
seemed 81 grave us 10 warrant the Speak.
~ ia dcsvoudng Ir,m the chair to brine
IN such an indictment the debate soon
showed.
While Golf was speaking, there had
been hurried consultations on the Demo-
cratic side; hasty search Tor papers:
questions of what to dr. They nnrccd
10 put up Mr., Samuel Cox, (Roprcsenta-
tive from the Columbus, Ohio, Dis,rictN
who luck ~ had his old csmpalen scrnp.
books in his desk, to make husty {,
tense TIL they could guiu time 10 decide
upon their course.
TIVE AnyssiNIAN.
Mr. Cox is smart, ius, as we say n vii.
lugc attorney who s.ig's upon all the
pcitiiogging points by which he can
blind the poor "Sluirc's" eyes, is smart.
lie takes good caro- to fist disavow
Mr.. Longs sentiments, aud TO declare,
(with ,hc NuluLdighum record of last
tall before his cycs,) tia, nobody in the
Democratic party in Ohio cntcrtains
them. They do not however believe in
the African policy.
MIR. Washburnc rises d lltrcrtally,
aud hopes the gcnth men viii rive way
lor a correction. Mr.. Cox looks puzzled
tut is willing to be corrected. "Ti.c rcn. /
tlcman from Ohio cannot mean tho Airi. /
can policy. lie certainly means the |
AhyssiuiuA polcyr Rnuis OF lpu,htcr
greeted the Ollusiou to those sad youth-
lnl indiscrctCns with the Abyssiuian in
Rome, while the victim grows flushed in
The lace, Is Disconnected, aud finally helps
matters by getting angry, and believing
that that Is u worn-out Joke! Poor mani!
No wonder h. thinks ~, but he will be
apt To tind that it will stand mood deal
OF steady wear yet.
Floundcrng about, in his passion TO
get away from the unpleasant sui ,ct, he 7
slumblcs upon Marlin +. Conway's
speech, aycar ago ia the House, and
wants 10 know Why he wasn't expelled. .
From this Out, his course Is plain; and
drawing ON his campaign scrap books ,he
draws up old extracts To show that lead |
lug UnlouSts have AZ various times been
nearly as bad as Mr., Long Among 9TH
crs, he charges Mr.. Chase with having
favored the recognition ur the Southern
Conlederaoy, and gets hdty contradictcd
aud challenged To the proof Ills proof,
when produced, nmuunts To newspaper
clipping, saying that at a public meeting
IN baltimore, speaker said that Mr..
Chosc had said so. "And that" shouts
MIR. Cox, "has ncvnr hrcn denirJ nu