Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-01-30
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The dull proceedings Of the House, and
10 the Committee of the whole, Monday af
ternoon 25th inst. on an appropriation bill,
we're suddenly enlivened bya reply
from an unexpected,qusrter, to one of Mr.
Brooks usual speeches. Mr.. Brooks bed
wandered from some item Of appropriation
he was opposing, to q general attack on
the policy of emancipating and arming the
negroes, and he dwet with particular EN-
phasis on the declaration that artillery and
ordnance stores, and not proclamations,
must end the war.
General Clay Smith startled the house
by replying that the artillery and the ord
nance were used, aud that while these at.
tackled the rebels in front, it was needful
also to weaken their strength 10 the rear;
that every man knew that the rebellion
was sustained and fed aud kept in being
by the system Of African slavery aud that
the distraction Of the Que was u sure de-
feA, Of the other. That he said this as a
ksaiuekisa, ss a STAKEHOLDER, as a pro
slavery man, il they choose to so regard
bun. That, as such, he didn't mean to
hesitate as TO any right of getting posses.
sion of these slaves. That be believed in
taking them wherever the army came to
them, and that there would be no peace
till the system was utterly broken down.
The speech produced decided sensation
from the floor aud the galleries, mingled
with few Kisses from the Democratic
side
Mr., Mallory undertook to take his col
league TO task by denying that be repre-
sented Kentucky sentiment, and charged
him with violating the pledges on which
be had been elected, and quoted from his
Harrison county speech, his pledge, that If
elected, to vote for War Democrat for
Speaker.
Mr. Smith replied that he had made that
pledge; that when he came here he looked
around for War Democrat, and saw Sam.
Cox, person who had been stnmpng the
State OF Ohio, from one eud TO the other,
for Nalandigham, at u time when he,
Smith, was stumping against Vallandig-
ham, who was put up as n War democratic
candidate. That kind of War Democracy
did not suit him, and he went for Colfax
Mr.. Mallory interrupted and wanted to
know if he had gone to Democratic caucu.
ses to fnd out whom they were going to
nominate.
Mr.. Smith said he had not; that he
smet the atmosphere of the concern and re-
solved to keep out of it.
Mr. Mallory asked him if be had not
gone to the Republican caucuSeS.
Mr. ith replied that he had gone to
Union caucus. and that his constituents
endorsed him for doing it.
Mr.. WadSworih charged Mr., Smith with
violating The pledges made his constituents
that he, Smith, had come here and voted
for the revolutionist aud abolitionist Col(ax
for Speaker; that he, Wadsworth, did not
ot ject 10 his gOwing over to that side he OBJ
jec; ed to his having run as canadate Of the
Union Democratic party, when he intended
TO betrsy them.
Smith retorted that these gentlemen were
not so anxious to claim him as a Union
Democratic candidate during the canvass;
that the SO called Union Democratic paper
the Louisville journal, had done its best to
defeat him; that be was not supported by
single Union Democratic paper in his
State, and that the inhuenceof every one OF
these so called Union Democratic Congress
men had been openly or secretly given
against hin and for John w. Menzies, but
that now they were very anxious; though
they had denounced him as radical in his
district. to call him Union Democrat
here and so drag him into The support OF
their pclcy which his people has so em
phatically condemned at the polls. The
gentleman had arraigued him for voting for
Colfax lie could tell him that he accept,
ed be arrangment. lie took up the gaunl.
let they had thrown down and would try
The matter before the people OF his State
where he challenged them to meet him. He
had letters now from Shareholders in Ken
tucky, owning more slaves than the whole
Of the Unon Democrats here, heartily en-
dOrsing his course, and be had never yet
had q single letter of complaint from his
district concerning it.
By this time Brutus Clay was stirred up
III wanted 10 know whether when gentle
men dealt in these open attacks on his col
league for voting for Colfax, they meant
to Include him. Mallory and Wadsworih
were very prompt and courteous. declaring
that they had not meant to refer to him in
any way Mr. Clay went on saying that
he was glad they were so explicit. He
had been attacked for that vote aud he
wanted to see whether they meant 10 re-
peat ISLANDERS circulated in certain papers
that be had violated certain pledges in
casting it. He was under no pledges to
vote for a War Democrat; in fact, be was
rather pledged against Democsts. Ia his
Stale, Democratic leaders turned out rath,
er badly most of them werepn the rebel army
and he was little cautions in consequence
bout anything called by that name And
with this rather pungeut suggestion debate
closed; loyal Kentucky coming out of the
c.2telt decidedly uppermost.
Mr.. Kinney the new delegate from Utah,
rooda On ousi uoht on Fernando Mood