Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-23
Mr.. Hnll., Of Md.-N0, sir, oanno. ,eld to .hse

gtess was solitary and alone. ccud say for some
time whether anybody sympaihzsd with me; felt ny.
self solitary and alone. Those WIN were here around
me we're War Democrats. They never it vited me to
their Those knew wcud never let me 60 into
their caucus, ard never intended to apply. would
starve amorg them. l em peace mao, a radical peace
man. and am for peace by recognition Of the South.
fer the recognition of the Southern Oonfederscy; and
for scquiescence in the doctrine Of secession Sen-
saiion and laughter Laugh as you may you have got
to come to it. thought was Alone beg IN to take
the advice of Cato to his con,
"When vice prevails and impious men bear sway,
The post Of honor is private station"
felt like giving up my seat and leaving this place
stood 90 .ary ard alone on this Aoo but now thank
God, there is another soul saved lLaugh;er.l fetl
that bapz my h,norat le from Ohio Mr.. L1ng)
aud am glad 60 have tu,h able aid. l shall not 20
home now When Gao gave that Twice he had fought
bis last battle and had yelled to the fortunes and am
bition Of julius Cear, great as he He was about
TO take victory over himself by Romans death be-
cause he saw his cause was hopeless Not so ours.
feel yet there lie hops in this House. i feel through
the rustlng Of the winds there is tornado coming that
will sweep away the present majority from power asd
give it into the hands OF men who will settle the
az airs of this counry-men who have something like
humanity-men who have regard for the principles oil
our forelaihers Ay, recolect how my blood curdled
when heard the discussion on the C0n6scation bill.
The gentleman from Ohio Mr. Garfeld) said, let them
be expalriaed Ike the tories OF the revolution Tho
tories Of the revolution had the mother country to
to-, and were protected there. But where would the
geni sman send those whom no would expatriate from
She South as gallant and seble race ever walked
upon the earth; noble in everything that constitutes
men of homo, a1d men OF pTincipie-gentlemenS Sir,
You would * prr ate those people, their wives and
children aud send them among strangers to starve =
Another member from OHIO, (Nr. Spalding,) was not
only for conh'cang their property in ee he, sir, went
through the catalogue. lie was for colfsclton, he
and ha WAS for Fmi m linn
Laughter. H. emphasized every syllable OF that
word and when he did TO- looked at his countenance,
and felt as II we're in den of hyenas. .,s
am not here for wa, and will not be here for war,
so long as Rave heart humane and Christian, when
war ia carried on upon such principles. No. sir,
never did and never will bling your Ueon together in
such a manner as 10 be worth one cert. / ara for
ueace & nd am for Union too l am az good Union
man ss any of you. Laughter am better Union
man than any of yop. Great Tau hter. am a Union
man. end have thrown up my head; no. have not lost
that yet rave throsn up my hat for the cau'e of the
Onion aud cheer az its success. Eel; Sous for
ita 81 cess as aoy upon this floor. look upon
War az dsunion i lock upon contiLu war as ctual
ly keeping off the Ulion 10 still | ter period, aud
Scarcely believe q peace would accomplish a Union.
Aud surely IL any hing will it Is that sweet angel Of
peace. she may unite the cords which have be sew
ertl by the hand OF war; and may tie them more tightly
together thsn ever before; hut If are 10 have $50
tutor in the OF God let US have it. Let Us have
it, and Instead of having one great consolidated Gov
err inert one impeicu3 Cover ment, splendid Gov
eminent let Us have this Continent two happy
Governments But, as SAID before, lock TO peace
the harbioger of the Union il there is any harbinger
for It. las o. 1914.
But sir, | am a slaveholder That is to say was
uoti Ben Butler sto'e my slayes all away. Laughter
Az an old Democrat used TO admire bin very much ;
DOT, of course, have not much admiration for him
now His course only Slows what he always was. l
am STAKEHOLDER, end have ia. htre patiently healir
you insult ne every day with your assertions that slave
~ was sin and the sun oil villain eI; for do not
consider that mal can parlc pate in the sum Of
al vilIAnies without himself being a villain. /
have borne all these thipgl and have looked upon
you as antic upon The subject have really compass
siona.ed you. Laughter. Now, sir, if sliyery is
sin, am willing to bear the reproach. But you
fer me to God Almighty for my tte can show that 1t
is sanctioned by His word You declare this institution
TO be crime; You declare IL to be the of all viii
lanies but tell you that whoever says my father
villain because he bald and he had slaves and
died Christian; whoever says that my constituents
whom rcpres M are Villains Because they hold tlives
Il know them to be honest and upright men, doing
their duty as Christians much anybody; whoevr
saws these things is a liar. will let tie such
an epitaph upo1 the tomb OF my father. will let
man say such tti TO me here Ia my psi with
out calling him TO responsibility. You may consider IL
sin as between you aud your God, but you shall not
use insulting language upon such subject that With
out being called to account,
Sir. the Union is dissolved and there Il q gulf of
blood lying be; ween the two sections; but upon my
honor upon my soul Irepsat that every drop in that
gulf is on tire us of the Northern people. do not
think that any eandd map who looks at the history OF
this sai. can cGaa 10 any other conclusion. From the
beginning OF the Government, from the time OF the
adoption of the Constitution down to the time Of the
election Of Abraham Lincoln, you have been ing
terms of insult aud (rns OF irritation, and you have
been doing every tb you could to bring about the
very result which Is now upon you Look at the his
tory Of this matt shall hot repeat it it ia too IA
mar aud has been too o ten repeated At first you
only cultivated the ground but when that old scoa al
auger the worst that ever lived in this country,
even not excepting Aaron BUR; when that old scold
and WrI ngler John ncy Adams, declared that by the
war DO yer you could emsncpe all the slaves and cell
the States which bad caves 10 foreign power, that
WAS the day wien Ytu commenced 10 exert ell your
powers excite Ills people TO rebellion Then it
YOU i'd you would not hive with thsm that the Govern
ment was compact with be l. aud that one of the most
agreeable things IN the world would be TO part with
the South and slavery.
That was The announcement Of your public men
everywhere ai they could not live with youin peace.
We'll, they separated from you, and asked to live on
terms of peace WITH you. What did you dor You
Immediately howled out "They are traitors We vii
hang them ~; md when we have hung them will
take III the epeIty and divide il among u.s." And,
sir ell ihiI vas be done according to your great
- gser l,s tie, William H. Seward, in the
of six y daysl No doubt the facility with which be
thought it could be done great incentive 10 begin
the work. especially there we're lands in the South
and many other benefits that they expected to get hold
OF very easily down there.
Well. great many Of the Republican leaders went
out to Bull Run in July, 1861, 20 witness the perfect
overthrow Of the poor Southerners. The lamented
gentleman from Illinois (hr. Loveioy) l think, went
out there and one member OF this House from Massa-
cbusstts went out, think, and one from New York.
They carried their pic mic with them-spdng chickens
and cham sgne. Laughter. They thought they we're
Champagne Coz ks amid the blood and gore of the
slaughter of the Sontherners 0ae OF them think
went to Richmond rather faster than he expected
Laughter 0ae OF them came back bowling for mercy,
having offered have heard, $500 10 be driven out of
the each of the black horse" of Virginia
You see, Sir, TIA! these things were all to have bsen
dome in very short Time but instead of that they have