Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-04-27
A SPICY DEBATE.

a SPICY DEBATE.
The following rich and rscy description of
the late discussion III Congress on the ''po-
litical use of government transportation, and
the charge against Judge Woodward Tespec-
ting the dividing line between the North
and South, Is from the Washington CORES
p0ndent of the .SuaIty DspJtch The VIZ
ter gives truthful picture ol the copper
head representatlyetrom LehIgh. \ Repub-
lican member from Pennsylvania says -
he hal not heard the speech Of the gen
teman from New \ ork, but he has heard
that Pennsylvania, and the city he has the
honor IN part 70 represent. have been I'M
pgicated He begS to say to that gentleman
that the Government seat no soldier and no
civilian home to vote at the public expense
The loyal people OF Philadelphia and Penn
sylrania knew the issue involved IN the G.
lectlon-knew that the armies in the field
We're either TO be sustained by patriots at
home, or overthrcwn by a willy foe IN the
rear and they did not mean that the re-
suit Of three years Of bloody war should be
lost for the lack OF few tens of thousands
OF dollars. They knew that the candidate
Of the Democratic party had expressed, while
on the Supreme Bench, his entire sympathy
with the South, by declaring that if a divis-
ion line were to be made, he wanteu il drawn
North Of Pennsylvania.
The words may be thus set down but no
words can give an idea of the vgof, the
magnetic force with which the statement Is
being hured upon the Dpposit ion. when a
thick, swarthy, red-whiskered member from
the farther extreme OF the Democratic side,
thinks he sees . chance To stem the tide, and
interrupts
In what portion Of the State Of Penn
sylvanja did the candidate Of the Democrat
ic party ever use that expression p Thus
said..Nr Stiles.
lie evidently thinks to catch his oppo-
Dent unprepared WIKI dates or witnesses. but
be has mistaken his man.
1t was IL the hearing OF the bar of Della
ware and Chester counties
Docs not my colleague know that the
-lander was refuted in the whole canvass 2,
No, si- - with the air Of q pusiist,
hurting defiance al his antagonist. 1t
was not even seriously denied to my knowl-
edge, through the contest.
1t was all over the Commonwealth, and
[ here pronounce it utterly untrue.
Judge Kelley looks - If he had Just tal-
len heir To some great fortune. as he sees
the square c0mmittal he has secured and
he starts forward from his seat with the
manner Of Il man about to leap on the oppo-
nent he has fairly thrown, while the House
and galleries look curously on to see wha5
becomes or this question Of vCTacity. Speak
ing with a suppressed intensity OF force but
slowly and measured.y. as IL he were Tecit-
iug the points OF an Indictment, and weigh
ing each word before he uttered it, he re-
piled
I call upon my colleague from the Dela-
ware and Chester district, TO say whether
he, and the Messrs. Daylington and two
other distinguished members Of that bardI
not hear the lion. Georgc IT, iFo0acarE
use the rcmngh hdrc dttrtbued n him, n,
the room! Of the Supreme Conrt o. ase
State = -
4 sharp, wiry-looking, nervous, restless
man, looking for all the world ike the att0s-
ney. TO dive into a disputed case, Is on MS
feet in Il moment, and speaking with lawyer
ike precision and readiness while every
body turns to him. 1t i Mr. Broomal,
the Representative referred to-
His colleague is little mistaken, land
the Democrats begin chukling-
", a it proves The declaration was not
made from the Bench and it was not dur
ing the trial Of any cause. 1t tcaS land the
Democrats quit smiling) before the session
commenced. He stated what he then heard,
everywhere on the stump, during the late
canvass, never heard II denied; never saw IL
denied, and didn believe it ever icoui8 be
denied in the State Of Rtpasylcania lt
was before the war had begun, and while a
division was being generally talked of.
.Judge Wood,eord, IL tie Supreme Cart
roam, IN the presence Of the bar Of tie Dis
trtcs, If not also Of some ot his te5to9c
.Jirlges, an public conversation, ,cithout any
preteace ofsecT4sy, said that Il dirtsion took
f,f,tro ke},feo0 tbe North and South HE
WANTED THE DIVIDING LINE TO co NORTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA He remembers the
circumstance with perfect distinctness, for
never before had he heard such words from
the lips of any Pennsylvania
There runs around the Hall, and up to
the galleries, that peculiar buzz which, for
lack of better name. the newspapers always
mark as sensation - and in sits. midst
Judge Kelley begins again, coming back on
the rash antagonist, who has called his word