The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-05-13


Iven's children and iryself were alone
lin the sitting-room; their mother
had gone to the sewing circle. Mr.
Haven came into the house, from the
other village; the children met him at
the door which opens from the sitting.
room into the hall; as he came in they
went out, and he gave each, MS they
met him, kiss--then, coming in,
gave mo one"
A painful silence followed Miss
Lawton's testimony. At length dea.
con johnson put the question:
"Did he close the door before he
came into the sitting roomp'
The answer was:
81 think he did" .........
Had pin fallen on the carpet, it
would have been heard in any part
of our large and beautiful sanctuary.
Then MIR. Haven rose up and said:
"MIiss Lawton, what did you do
with that kiss / gave you?'
:'Hcre it is" said Fanny, holding
up a specimen of that species of con-
l(ectionary sometimes called kiss.
Then there was another pause, and
silence that was oppressive. All were
too much amazed, and either gratificd
or mortified and disappointed, to
move. Most of those present held
their breath.
Fanny" said our blessed minister
H1i6 I pvnr liGa yon2D
"No, never. Ipcver said you did"
So ended our minister's trial.
SPEECH OF GEN. SCHENCK,
IN REPLY TO FERNANDO WOOD
In the House ofRepresentatives, on
the 18th ult., Fernando Wood made q
miraculousiy mean speech. saying he
did not indorse Mr.. Longs views, or
those of Mr.. Harris, of Maryland,
but he was for sending Commission
ers to Richmond, and making peace.
and yet he would not recognize the
Southern Conlederacy. General
Schenck made scathing reply as
fellows:
Mr.. SCHENCK Mr.. Speaker, a
student in natural history would have
much to learn upon this floor. Some
specimens of the snake family are So
slippery that it seems impossible to
classify them, or to hold them TO any
place.
find myself at great loss to under
stand what groudi is occupied by The
gentleman from New York, Mr.. Fer
nando Wood who has just taken his
seat. He avows that he dsagrees tC
the position taken by the member
from Maryland, I'M. Harris who wat
yesterday visited with the censure O.
the House; he dissents from the arou
ments ana propositions % say ooI
league, I Mr.. Longl whose case We
are now considering; and yet he says
to his fellow copperheads, those, i
any there he, who crawl with him
that there is no such thing rs q wal
Democrat, for creature Of that kind
is anomalous. Laughter / may
be pardoned, therefore, ifI have diff
Guilty in comprehcnding his own ma
ture, or knowing exactly where in tht
scale to place him.
But, ut the close of his remarks
the gentleman from New York seem
ed in some small degree to derelol
l,;a ,Noculior yiamc np nurnrcnO
He has laid down something like th,
same platform in resolutions which h,
early in the session, offered in thi
House. Being neither against tn
war nor for the war, he would sen,
Commissioners to Richmond to trea
with those arrayed in arms agains
the country, to offer them terms O
peace. He breaches "new gospC
of peace" Of which he is the grea
apostle.
How many others on his side Of tn
House may a9ree with him l kno'
not. But l do know this-wheneve
any such propositions of Norther
Democrats have appeared in publ
print, or their offers or suggestion
: of peace have been made in any form
they have invariably been receive
by the rebels at Richmond with scot
ing, and rcpclled with scorn. The
: rebel friends have not hcsitated
declare that such advances, and Il
emissaries who might convey ther
could only be entertained by thcl
with fingers holding their otfendC
e aristocratic noses. Laughter
That only is the way they would +
ceive the Democrats come to Off
< them peace. You must not icon
8 between the wind and their nobility
The gentleman and his friend
Q then, are willing, and propose
!, crawl on their bellies to the feet
Il the rebels and insurgents in arm
c and, looking up piteonsIy, say, 80
g our masters, notwithstanding all yo
q scolling and scorn, and though W
II may spurn us from Your presence, '
II implore you to say whether you W
not graciously agree to make soy
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