Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-04-20
The Treas0n0Hs ttteranees i'm Congress
Speaker ColfaX's Resolutions and Remarks.

Our telegraphic summary of Congressional
proceedings has given general idea of the
ntterances of LoSG and HARRIS, and discus
sions upon the resolutions of expulsion and
censure subsequently introduced. A more
complete report, however, will give our read
ers clearer idea of the case, and we subjoin
the passage of LoNG's speech TO which espe-
cial exception is taken, together with Speak
er CoLFAx's resolution to expel him, and his
accompanying remarks, as well as the re-
marks of HARRIS, of Maryland
The following is the exact language used by
LONG of Ohio for which Mr.. CoLFAx proposed
his expulsion:
| do not share in the belief entertained by
| my political friends on this floor and else
where that any peace is attainabe upon the
| basis of Union and reconstruction If the
| Democratic party were in power, / have no
| idea and honesty eompels me to declare it,
| that they could restore the Union over thirty
four States. Nv mind has undergone an en-
| tire change upon that subject. | believe that
| there are but two alternatives, and these are
either an acknowledgment cfHe otdpendGace O
the South as an i,1depe7ltieist nation their
complete subiugation and determination a
people and Of these alternatives / prefer tie
| former.
On the morning following this speech, Mr..
CoLFAx called Mr.. ROLLINS, of \. H., to the
| Speakers chair, and rising to a question of
privilege, offered the following:
| WHEREAS, On the sth day Of April, 1884, when
| the House OF Representatives in Committee of
| the Whole on the State Of the Union, Alexander
! Long. a Representative in Congress from the lid
District OF Ohio declared himself in favor OF recog
MIXING the independent onality of the so-calIed
| Confederacy ow in arms against the Union And
| tUl.sreGS, The said so-called Confederacy thus
sought TO be recognized and established the
| ms of dissolved or destroyed Union has 5 its
chief GERS, civil and military, those who have
| added perjury their treason, and who seek to
OBTAIN success for their parricidal efforts by the
killing of the loyal soldiers the nation who
seeking to save it from destruction Ind lr4ereds
! The oath required OF all members, ana taken by
| the said Alexander Long ON the first day OF the
present Congress, declares that he has voluntarily
given no aid, countenance, counsel or encourage
ment persons engaged IN armed hostility 10 the
United States, thereby declaring that such conduct
is regarded ia Inconsistent With the mem berShjp
| IN the Congress Of the Unit ed states therefore
ReS0rsd, That Alexander Long, a Representative
from the ID District OF Ohio, having, the oth
| OF April 1851 declared himself IN favor o. recos
niziug the independence and nationality Of the
called Contederacy low IN arms against the Union,
/ and thereby giving and, countenance and encour-
aremeut TO persons engaged in armed hostility to
the United States is hereby expelled
Mr. CoIfax said he had poudered upon his
duty, and felt that he had a double obligation
resting upon him-one as the presiding Off
GER to administer the duties of the Chair
and the rules impartially, and the other as a
Representative from tie IXth District of In
diana, commissioned to speak, act, and vote
/ for ms constituents, many OF whom are in
/ the tented field and exposing their lives for
| the safety and perpetuiJy OF the country
| He owed IL to the women and children of his
| district, whose natural protectors were strick-
! en- down by the bloody hand of treassn, and
whose household has thus been berett. He
| had no personal unfriendIiness toward the
| gentleman from Ohio. Their relations had
always been pleasant He (Coltax) believed
| in the freedom of Speech" and nothing
would have prompted him to the present
/ course excepting the utterances of the gen
| tleman (Mr. Long that, in so many words, he
was in favor Of recognizing the so-Called Con
| federacy and its independence, and by such
recognition, admitting it as one Of the family
/ Of nations. And now, when the Confederate
/ flag was here boldly unfurled, and aid and
| comfort were given TO the enemy by the gen
tIeman Dir. Long,, notwithstanding his oath
/ of office, lie (iIr. Colfax) felt it his duty to
| offer this resolution, and called upon the
| House TO pass their Judgment upon 1t. he
offered the resolution. not as the result of
consultation. but on us own responsibility
He (Mr. ColiaX) said deliberately that his
] (Mr Longs avowal could not be passed over
/ in silence. II such remarks, giving " aid
! =
| 90 uurebuked, why ought we to ask our sol
| diers TO peril their lives for the Union >
1 When destruction is thus openly advocated
upon this floor, we should cease TO shoot de-
| serters. for they have not repudiated their
| obligations any more tlagrantly-certainly
! less i1tiuentially. Complain not if foreign
! Governments recognize the Rebel govern
| meut if YOU pass over this declaration Of the
| gentleman (Mr. Long, in silence
/ any Gentleman q the same UBIItICat DaF-
! tv as the gentleman from Giuo (Mr. Long)-a
! gentleman who had advocated the recOgni-
/ ton of the Confederate flag and government
| desired TO offer a resolution of this charac-
| ter, he OR. Colfax) would give way to him.
History is writing down on her enduring tab
/ lets the events of every passing hour. He
| Mr.. CoIIax doubted not that the gentlemans
| (Mr. Longs friends should have offered this
! resolution for their own good name. The
Senate of the United States, by a more than
| two-thirds vote had expelled Senator Bright
| for writing to the Rebel chief a letter of in
| PRODUCTION and after this, when the Legisla-
| ture Of Indiana came to elect Senators-one
| for a long term and one for short term
| they, respecting the solemn act Of the Senate,
| refused TO send him back again 70 that body,
| aud year ago a former member of Congress
| Or. Nallandigharn) was sent cut of the coun-
| try. His friends went before the people, and
! they, by a verdict of one hundred thousand
/ votes, rCafirmed the order of the Command
| ing General Major Gen. Burnside); and but
| the other day the Supreme Court refused &c
! reopen and review the judgment of that
| General. IL We pass over these utterances
of - aid and comfort 10 the enemy in silence,
/ those whose hands are stained with blood
may ask TO come here from the conclave Of
| the Confedegacy, saving, We have done no
! more IN Richmond than the gentleman from
/ Ohio has in this hail, and this he did IN your
/ presence unrebuked.
\ long and excited debate followed, in the
course of which
Mr. Harris Dem. Md said that he Endorsed
every word that the gentleman from Ohio
! (Mr Long had uttered, and would stand by
! him for veal or woe. You say that the gen
tcman Mr. Long, meant treason at the very
moment that you say he was sincere and hon
| est He was willing to 90 with dis friend
| [Nr. Long, anywhere on this issue. Could
not a man say when war vas carried on to
eNternjnate people that he would rather
have peace. thus saving lives on both sides !:
We were a ground down people. He (Mr.