American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-01-06
Fsom the New York Tribune.


that the House OF Representatives last
Thursday, on motion Of Mr.. Green Clay
Smith Of Kentucky, by 50 Yeas to 64
Nays,
Resolved, That, as our country, and
the very existence Of the best Government
ever instituted by man. is imperiled by
the most causeless and wicked Rebellion
that the world has ever seen, and believing
as We do that the only hope of saving the
country and preserving this Government
is by the power of the sword, we are for
the most vigorous prosecution of the war.
MaW the Constitution and the lars shall
be enforced and obeyed IN all pa14s-ef the
United States and to that end lce oppose
aay drn'ishcc, or iatergention, or media
ton, OF proposition for peace from any
quarter, so long az there be fond Rebel
an arms against the Government and we
ignore all party names, lines, and issues,
and recognize but two parties in this war,
patriots and traitors"
This resolve, it will be noted, is a di-
rect counterblast to one offered, few days
before, by Mr.. Fernando Wood of this
city, proposing that the President be re-
quested to send three Commissioners to
Richmond to sue for peace at the hands Of
JEFF. Davis & Co. The House laid the re-
solve on the table by substantially the
same vote as the forogoing--that is, those
who voted to pass Mr. Smiths resolve vo-
ted to lay Mr.. Woods on the table.
Some aspects Of these votes and their
impulses. deserve special attention
Mr.. Green Clay Smith has been a vol
untcer officer in the Union ranks, and was
nominated on what 7He Lcp,sUille Jor-
uql stigmatized as a Republican plat
form that is, one of unconditional f.
deity to the Union. he had two compct-
itors-J w Lcathera, who comes a. near
being a rebel as he can and miss it, and
j. w. Mensies, the late Member, who is
OF the Guthrie and Garret Davis school
Of Uni0nisjs--that is to say, Border
State man Of two years ago. The vote
Of the District Opposite Cinciunat)
stood, Smith $3.50; Lcathcr- 1870;
1Iansies 2,2S3; Smith over Joh compet-
itors 2,GS3. Such is the impulse that sent
Mr. Smith to Congress.
Now let us see hos the Border Slave
States voted ON his resolution above:
Yeas-Dci1lcdrc-Smithers-1. Harry
s7olul-Crosswell. Wntcr Davis. Ken
tachy-W. II. Randall GTaca Clay Smith
and Yeamau-3, Ua.5,qf--Blow. Boyd.
Loan, M'Curg-4. Total TO-
Nays-lGarg}aaF-B. G. Harris.
Kenh,cLy---Bardinr, GIider, Mallory,
Wad,worth-t, VIso,rj-Hail, James
s. Rollins, Scott-3. Total 8.
so that the Border Slave States give
decided majority in favor Of prosecuting
the war without compromise, armisticc, or
overture Of any kind, until the last Rebel
shall unconditionally submit tothe author
ity aad acknowledge the indiyisibil;ty of
the Union And, hadeycry Member been
present and voted, the majority would al
most certainly have been greater.
Now sec the figure that some other States
cut on this vote:
OHIo-Jcoa-Ashley, Ga,Rcld, Eek
ley, Schenck, Spaulding--5.
AaYs-Bliss, Cox, Finck, IIutchins,
VIM. johnson, Leblond, Long, NJ Kinney.
S. r. Morris, Noble, John O'Neill, Pen
dleton, C. A. White, j. ". White-14.
Here is vote of nearly three to one
from the great and free State Of Ohio
against the proposition of a Kontuckian
that the Union shall live though Slavery
should die to preservcit. And every one |
of these fourteen Nays is cast directly in
the teeth Of a recent vote Of the People
of their State-the largest ever cast in the |
State, af er the most earnest and thorough
canvass--rolling up over One Hundred
Thousand majority for the very PROPOSE
ton that the representatives of Ohio, every
one condemned by the authentic voice Of
his own District, thus seeks to defeat
Take another Border Free State:
ILLINOIS, Ieas-Amold, Farnsworh, !
Lovejoy, Norton, +. B. Washburne-5. !
Nays-J. C. Allen, WI. Allen, Eden.
c. NJ. Harris, Knapp, Morrison, Robin
sorssRoss, Stuart-9.
Here is another Free State voting. bv |
nearl y two to one, against a vital PROPOSE |
tion that her people have just indorsed by |
at least Thirty Thousand majority. Not |
five Of these members could be reelected |
tomorrow, on the platform on which they |
have just placed themselves.
But let us see how our olcn State APP
pears ON this record:
New YoRK.-l lcas-A. W. Clark, 7. /
T. Davis, Fenton, Frank, Hotchlliss c. |
T. Hulburd, 0. Kellogg, s. f Miller, D. |
Morris, 0dcll, Pomeroy, Van Valken-
burg-l2
Nays-Brooks, Chanler, Gaasoa, Girls
agoid HeTick, Herman, Nelson Radford.
j. B. Steele, Ward, Uiafeld. Fernando
Wood--12.
So that New York stands equally diyi-
ded on an issue just decided in the affirm
ative by her people, by an emphatic ma
jority OF Thirty Thousand. And among
those voting Nay are FIVE Gin italics above)
who at home pass for War Democrats
at least did so when they were in want
Of votes. Mr.. Griswod, for instance. was
elected in district which, as he well
knows, would give 1900 majority to-day
for Clay Smiths resolve, and sent him to
Congress because he was supposed to stand
on the War platform. Mr. Winfield made
War speeches throughout his district when
be was looking for a seat in Congress, and
he will have to ,,,ol olo H., .A,.1... - ! /.