Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-02-05
The Ohio House Of Representn-
tives ON Democratic Congress


On Wednesday, February Sd, the COM
mittee on Federal Relations, to whom they
had been referred, reported back the resolu-
tions ofone VIM. H. FREE, (brother to the
Immortal N.''), censuring the Demo-
cratic members of Congress, for voting
against the perpetual war resolution OF
GREEN CLAY SMITH; and censuring Messrs.
LONG, PENDLEToN, and Chiffon A. WHITE,
more particularly, for not voting for the
second resolution of SMITH's series. The
majority of the committee, after making
slight notifications, recommended the
adoption of FREES resolutions.
Thereupon, a discussion sprung up,which,
in some respects, was the richest and raciest
we ever heard.
FREE made very mean, inflammatory
speech, stigmatizing all who do not go into
the military service as sneaking, whits-.lv-
cred towards, and denouncing Democratic
members as bald-headed traitors. 1t was
fierce, vindictive, bombastic, furious, rant
ing performance; and was most properly
and justly characterized and rebuked by
some of the speakers who followed him.
Mr.. DREsEL cut the fellow to the quick,
by remarking that he would not descend
from the dignity Of his position as Legis-
lator, to make reply; for it was really his
opinion, that the people of Perry county
had made a mistake and sent the young
man to the wrong place--intimating, as
Everybody understood, that they ought to
have sent him to the Lunatic Asylum. Mr..
DREsEL proposed an amendment to the res
olutions, the object of which was to do JUS
tice to the Democratic Members of Congress
who voted for one of MIR. SNuTiI's resolu-
tions, and to show why they were right in
not voting for all of them; but the majority
/ voted it down. g.ialqssdl, lt--si
Mr.. KIRBY, Republican member from
Hamilton county, made short and sensible
speech against the resolutions-and is now
being abused for it by, the Abolitionists
He said that Members of Congress are not
lamenable for their votes or their action to
the Legislatures of their States, but only
their constituents; and ridiculed the idea
censuring them in the way proposed by
these resolutions. 1Eoi 9aT f1
!. Mr.. WEST favored the resolutions, and
!, spoke much after the style of FREE.
n Mr.. BLOOM made pertinent and sensible
} speech against the resolutions, and was fol-
J lowed by Mr.. LIND, Republican Member
from Stark, who spoke on the same side
Mr.. GRIBBEN made some forcible and ex-
cellent remarks in opposition to the reso-
lutions, and was followed by DIR. FIELDING
whose speech we print elsewhere. FREE
having relieved himself of another of his
incohcrent and furious harangues, Mr..
MAYO took the floor and administered a
Iwcll-deseryed excoriation to the "Gentle-
man from Perry" overwhelming him with
most merciIess ridicule and sarcasm. Mr..
MAYo's speech, from beginning to end, was
able and eloquent, and was listened to with
the most marked attention. This, with the
cut that Mr.. DREsEL had given him, ..set-
tied FREE's hash" and he has not been
heard from since. - isrto q (
The resolutions were adopted; when Mr..
MAYO moved that the Speaker be directed
to telegraph the Democratic Members OF
Congress, that, they. had been censured,
crushed oia and aisiiilated, by the Ohio House
of Representatives. a4iN fi
Thus ended the farce of censuring Repre-
spntatiVps in ConpreSs in ope hra nch of a.