, 1864-01-29

A Kentucky Kafdcal Floors Secession
Droo1s* OF n. T., and Two Kentucky
CopEerilcnds.

Especial Diepatch to the Cincinnati Gaxette.l
WAsu1NaToa, Jan. 2, 1854.
INTERESTING rRocEDISGs N TUE HOUSE
TIE dull proceedings Of the House in Com
mittee Of the Whole this afternoon, on IN
appropriation bill, were suddenly c.-Gvencd
by reply from m unexpected quarter to one
OF Coppcrhead BrooEs' usual speeches.
Brooks Lad wandered from the question Of
appropriation he was opposing to genera!
uitsck on the policy Of cmanclpattng and
asming the negroes, aud dwelt with. parttcu-
lar emphasis on the declaration that Artll4ery
and ordnance stores, not proclamations, mnst
ind the war. Green C1ay Smith startled the
Housc by replying TINT artillery and ordnance
were well, but that while these attacked the
r. bcls In front, II scas net9}ul also to soedken
utir strength in tie rear; tut every man kssco
tat tie 4eixl0n aFdx sustained and Jed, and ket
in icing II tic system ef african Sld,e,y, and
tic *,tSer !: uat he said this as Kentuckian,
Us shareholder, as ro.Slagery m.n. Slay.
cry was the Me-bloo1 Of the rebellion, and
tlmt When this Was overthTowu our clorta
would be cdcttua1 It must be destroyed. II
they chose 80 to rcgnrl him; that as such he
didn't carc to hesitate as to any risal. Of get
1icvtd IN taking them wherever the army
cine to them, and that therc woull be no
peace until the system was utterly broken
duwu.
The speech produced decided sensation
on tic ucor aud In the galleries, mingled
with a few hieees from TIE coPperhsad SIDE,
Mallory undertook to take his colleague to
task; denied tAat he represented Kentucky
continent; charged him with violating pied
ecs On which he had beer elected and quoted
from his Harrison coucty speech, his pledge,
il elected, to vote for Nar Democrat Tor
Speaker.
that when he cnme here to look around Tor
War Democrat, and saw Sam. Cox, the per-
eon who Ind been stumping the State Of Ohio
f1cm one end to The other for Vallandigham,
at the time when he tSmith) was stumpinss,
agsnst sadsof vspdho t Ru ia p Us W. PSF p
mocsacy did not suit him. He therefor sup
ported the gentleman who now so ably fills
the chafr He was proud to stand BY him
because that gentleman Is for the Govern
mcnt~ the Constitution, and the Union, and
who never sustained any man opposed to the
war.
Mallory, Of Ky., interrupted, and wanted
10 know II he Ind gone to the Copperhead
caucus to find out whom they were going to
nominate?
mo" said Smith, II smelt the atmos.
pessre', :, Of the concern and decided to keep out
Mallory asked him if he had not gone to tie
Republican caucus.
Smith replied that he had gone to Union
cancue, and that Ills constituents indorsed hin
| for doing it.
| WadsSorth, Of By:, deemed 1t to his inter
h hsfs sonr tG @ pedges made na to eois s @
cnts; said be had come here and yoted fol
| the Reyo}utionist ind AboNtionist Colfaz
for Speaker; that he did not object to biz
going over to that side, but objected to his
Eavi1g run rs candidate Of the Union Dem
ocIatic party when he intended to betr'y
! them.
smith retorted, that these gentlemen Ind
not been 60 anxious to claim him Us Union
Democrat candidate during the canvass; that
the so-ca11ed Union Democrat pa1eI, the
Louisville Journal, 1lad done its best to defeat
Tim; that he WINS moi supported BY single
Democratic paper IN his State and l. that It IN the
influence Of every one Of those eo~called Dem
ocratic ConsresEmen Ind been long and open
ly or secretly given against him, and for John
II. Mcrzles; bat that now they were vcrJ
anxious, though they had denounced him as
Radical in his district, to call him . Union
Democrat here, and SO drag him into the sup:
port Of their policy, which his people had So
emphaiical1y condemned at the polls: The
rcntle1nan 1a.l ar1aigned him for voting fol
Eolfax. He could tell him that he accepted
the ar1aignment; he took up the gauntlet
they had thrown down md would tT tht
lie challenged them to meet him. He bat
| letters now from shareholders in Kentucky
| owning more slaves than the whole Of thoss
| Dcmocrats here, heartily endorsing hit
course, and he had never yet had single
| letter Of complaint from bis district concern
| Ing it.
py this time Brutus ClaJ was stirred mp, He
wanted to know whether, when the gentlemen
dealt in these lnsinuations Or opn attacks or
his col1easue for voting for Colfax, they
meant to include hims
Mcssre. Mallory and Wadsworth were very
rrompt and courteous, declaring that they
Endn't meant to refer to him in any way.
Mr. Clay went on, saying he was glad they
ye1e 30 explicit, He had been attacked fol
that voie, and he wanied 10 see Il they meant
to repeat the SANDER circulated in certain
rapefs, that he had violated pledges in cast.
| Ing It. He was under no pledges to vote fol
| Democrat. In fact he was r1thcx preiadiced
| gsinst Democrats. In his State Democrats
| hat turned out badly. -Nost cf them .eere il
| The rte! AZ my, and liz Was little cautious II
consequence, about any thing called by tha
name, and with this rather pnngcnt suyges
/ on the debate closed, loyal Kentucky com
jpe out Of the contest decidedly nppermost-
The debate attracted unusual attention
and kept the House in session till the lates
| hour Of any day yet this Congress-