The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-05-13
Mr.. WOOD. Mr.. Speaker--.--

Mr.. WOOD. Mr.. Speaker-------
The Speaker pro fempore. Does
the gentleman from Ohio yield TO the
gentleman from New York;
Mr.. SCHENCK. I cannot be in
terrupted, sir, but will continue as the
gentleman insisted on doing when
others sought to interrupt him.
Not that aUne, sir; the same May
or of New York, after rebellion vas
already rampant, when boxes hlled
with arms were stopped by the loyal
city authorities on the wharves OF
New York, and not permitted to go
South, that weapons might be put in
to the hands of those internal scoun.
drels who were seeking to overthrow
the Government and the country;
that same Mayor, on being telegraph
ed to, replied that he regretted he
had no power over the matter, or he
would gladly prevent any interference
with such transmission oil these mu-
nitions of war.
Mr.. WOOD. Mr.. Speaker--
Mr.. SCHENCK. Yes, know that
has been denied here, short time
ago, by that gentleman on this floor,
and without hearing him now, / give
him the benefit of that denial. But
he shall also have the benefit of the
positive proof produced and publish.
ed widely in the papers of New York,
mailing upon him the falsity of the
denial which he presented to this
House.
Mr.. WOOD. Mr.. Speaker
Mr.. SCHENCK. l am not to be
interrupted hy the member
Mr. WOOD. The gentleman
states what is false.
Mr., SCHENCK. l have met reb.
els before, when they had something
more than tongues with which to con.
tend, and / am not to be interrupted
or put down by the member from
New York. AS that gentleman en-
tartoinnh +l~ rr~.,-- - 49, .~''"'"S
Of some precious extracts. / propose
to send something to the Clerk desk
to be read. 1t is an extract from Il
paper recently published in his own
city.
The Clerk read as follows:
"Mr. Fernando Wood has the
effrontery to deny. in the House, that
while Mayor of New York he sent q
dispatch to Georgia regretting that
arms intended for that State had been
stopped in New York. He averred
that his dispatch related to merchan-
disc only. Here are the dispatches,
MILLEDaEvILLE Jan. "a, 1861.
TO his Honor Mayor Wood;
Is it true that any arms intended
for and consigned to the State of
Georgia have been seized by public
authorities in New York; Your an
swer is important to us and TO New
! York Aneunr ot onoc.
r. TOOMBS.
"To this the Mayor returned the
following rnswcr:
Hon. Robert Toombs.
In reply to your dispatch, regret
to say that arms intended for and con
signed to the State Of Georgia, have
been seized by the police Of this State
but that the city of New York should
in no way be made responsible for
the outrage.
AS Mayor have no authority over
the police. If / had the power /
should summarily punish the authors
of this illegal and uhjustifable seizure
OF private property.
FERNANDO WOOD.
"Now what excuse will Mr.. Wood
have to offer the Housef'
Mr. SCHENK. That will do.
/ will ask the question myself; ask it
/ too, under the light orthc further fac
f that six nays before that attempt tC
| give comfort 10 rebels in arms, Geor
{ gia had solemnly declared her seces
sion IRON the Union, and set herself
3 mp by that solemn act in open REBELLION
Y 1t was an "outrage" not to send arms
and he is no War Democrat! Sir, h'
, is a War Democrat, but what kind o
c q War Democrat? His "War Dem
8 ocracy" consists in an endorsement
of a war by his fellow rioters, led for
| ward under the influence ofhis teach
!. ings in New York, who foully an
+ cruelty murdered, among others, eve
o one Of the officers OF yournoble arm
c while wearing the national uniform!
!, Oh, no; probably he skunk away i
n the midst OF that riot Probably h
Il was not seen in the street, Prohabl
= he held no weapon in his hand an
). applied no torch to any dwelling
n But who does not know that it wa
e the uniform teachings of him and hi
- school that reused that angry, tn;
:, unreflecting, that ignorant populat
o into deeds OF violence, of ruin, of RAJ
IF inc, Of murder in which it INDUCED
3, And now he stands here tallSin
\, smoothly about peace, and about b
II ing no War Democrat!
III But, sir, l have another remini
'e ccncc for him. There was time wht
II he was q War Democrat-aye, a Va
le Democrat of the true stripe, too--n'
@ war against defenseless women m
er children in the streets of New Yor
After he had proposed the sccessiC
is of the city of New York, after he !
of GREETED that he could not help Geo
r. gia with arms, he became, about II
I'd 18th or Is Of April. 1861, alarmed !
re the reused Indignation and swellil
n. voices Of the then Whole, united 10y
ni peoplc, and met and addressed til