Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-20
From The Phflaaelphls Pfsas.
Letter from Occasional.

WASHINGTON, April Ia, 1864
The speech of Alexander Long, the
Democratic membsr Of Congress from
the I'd, or Cincinnati district, ia the State
Of Ohio, is published at length this morn
ing ] have read il carefully, and Il is
now no hasty opinion that leads me to
characterize ii as a formal and elabo-
rate, and must add able gtea for the
dissolution u The American raioa
This speech, long prepared, e,Rd not
have been eoneoeted without the knOwl-
edge Of the Democratic leaders Of the
House Their efforts TO save Mr. Long
from expulsion, even in the midst Of
their dis4vowals OF his sentiments, lroves
this at least
Mr. Long, as viii he seen from The ex.
tracts send yon. does not place his de.
oision upon The alternative that We must
recognize the South and dissolve the
Union, if the said South is to be asabju.
gated" or "anuihilated."
He demands Il anyhow, and argues for
it as neither inconsistent With the dignity
nor the history OF the Union, as con
dition in which the north might be pros
perets and free; and, in short, rs the
hight Of magnanimity and liberalitY on
our partl We have from Mr.. Long a
frank argument to show that, quoting his
words, ace eristed as a RepHbiic tchen
The mouth Of The Mississippi lcas held
by a foreign pelssr toheH zoe Aad moth
ing rest Of that rirer; trhen Florida
loas held agaisst as; and zoe could erist
| again II, BY the ehastisemeHt Of Hearen
+ irs should Be eirtaiied Of our territorial
Dimensions That much better would
il have been for us. IN THE BEGIN
IgNlNG, 10 consent 10 dirision IF eur
magnificent empire, and eultirate amica-
+ bic relations ,eith our estraaged breth-
/ reR, &c.
These sentences, taken at random
from his speech, sufficiently prove that he
does not present pIsuSIoS as better al
tentative than the subjugation or ami
hailation of the South, but that he asks
for it as remedy that the Democratic
party should recommend as part of its
pledge OF peace, and that the nation
ought 10 concede as an act of magnani-
nifty and justice. Mr. Long is North
ern man, aud hislcsse is regarded as less
offensive to patriotism than that of the
only Secession member from MeFyland
Mr.. r. G. Harris, who was censured FOR
his outbreak on Saturday by very large
and decisive majority. What will be
done in the case OF Mr.. Long this after
noon, now that bis speech is out, tbs
telegraph report must inform you. | dc
not believe Mr. Harris has gone so far
in his uiteranes as Mr.. Long,
Win then, the Democrats assist TO ex
pei or eensure Ihe latter to day2 Oh
serve that the largest vote given from
any state against tae censure of Harril
oc Saturday was gwen from Pennsylva
MIA. There were Eve Democrats from
our good old State who refused to cen
sure Representative for declaring q
follows Tae South asked yos 20 le
them lire ia peace Bat no. Tou sal,
you ,conld 6fiag them into Subsection
That is MOI done yet, and God Almight
9raE1 that Il aerer may BE- hope tha
yop, sgiH Rerer ststiHgate fhs Soafh
/. The Pennsylvanians who refused I
yste - censure this language are Samue
J. Randall, of the LIST; s. e Aneona, c
the Sth; Charles DenniSon, OF the 18th
w. II. Miller, of the 18th; and Mye
Strouse, of the 10th District in the pre-,
, ent Congress
!. These men expect to be returned {
= the next Congress after this vote. The
!, rely upon the heavy usjorities they r.
s ceived at the last election for Congress
e How they win vote to-day upon the cas-
of Mr.. Long remains, as have said, |
be seen. Bailey and MeCalister lad
pendent Unionj voted for the eensur
while John L DawSes, Philip Johnso
- and Jesss Lazear, who yOted'against q
expulsion of Harris, we're not IN Il
- House when the question wss taken c
the censure. Mr. Stiles, (Opp,l N
}. Cofroth, (opp,l are cut Of towH, N
Ihaddeus Stevens, Mr.. j. K. Moorhes
aud Mr.. Charles 0'Neil, did not vot
ar the first being very i'll at his lodging
and the two latter being absent 1T the