The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-02-18
Letter From Washia ton.

Notwithstanding the action OF the Sen.
nate IN repudia,ing Fernando Woods
amendment 10 the whiSkey Tex Bill,
the willy New Yorker says the House
viii not rccede from its position on the
question, and that a thorough canvass of
the members shows that there is mu--
jority IN favor Of taxing the stock in the
hands Of spectators. This opinion.
however, is contrary to that entertained
by a prominent member Of the Ways ani
Means Committee, with whom ! huvs
conversed upon the subj'ct, aud who
states that the House will agree to the
bill as il came from the Senate, without
amendment.
PRANK BLAIR.
! Tho Democrats filabustcred fur two.
days, this week, for no other purpose
than to give Frank Blair an opportunity
to make speech against the Radicals,.
on the confscation question. Frank pre-
tends that he is defending the President;
but, if such were his real motives, would
Fernando Wood be likely to filabuster in
his bchalp This is not the first instance
in which the accomplished, eloquent, 10.
vial, good humored dcmag que from MIS-
souri,, has joinsd hands with the copper
heads.
II is difficult to tell whether he Is try.
ing ~ sell out TO the Democrats or
whether the Democrats want to sell out
to him. There is nothing Frank about
the gentleman but his name. At any
rate there seems to be desire for bar
gain somewhere in the premisis, and
would suggest that il would be well for
him to postpone the purchase or sale un-
I'll the Committee on elections decides
whether he IL himself entitled TO his seat,
or whether, as his contestant, Mr.. Knox
AYERS, he is not here through tho instru-
mentality Of the "vote early and vote of.
ten" principle.
There is enough Democracy In Mr.. B'sl
conduct and speeches to make him hail,
fellow, we'll met with the opposition {, :
ton, and just enough Republcanism to
keep him from being repudlatcd by the
! majority party in the House.
Another fact worth recording is, that
Frank, after speaking against the Rad;-
calls on the confscation measure, put
his tail between his lego, picked up his
hnt, and made bee line for the door, not
having the manliness to record hs vote
with the side he had defended to the best
Of his ability. His name will be looked
for in vain among the "ycas" and rays"
called on the occasion. .t,
GREEN CLAY SMITH,
kcpuDucun siur On lriv vv,ris0ctiou quvs-
tijn, was made by General Green Clay
Smith, yest rloy in reply to Frank Blair.
His effort was eloquent, logical, earnest
aud putriotic--worthy of the Oldest and
most gifted member of the House, though
coming from one of the youngest. and
debutante. His position was, that when
man becomes traitor TO his country,
and resorts 20 arms 20 overthrow the & "
crnment, he forfcits every thing, even
his lite. lie could see no propriety in
drawing distinction between different
kinds of property. A rebel had no right
to own any thing, and should not own
any thing, If he could help it. In the
course his remarks, he said, we have
u hold out tho oliye branch TO the rebe Is
i too long; we baye paudered to the South
u too long, and now we must whip back
: this wicked and helish rebellion, and ex-
terminate the people il necessary. He
o was the enemy of every man, North and
) South, who did not stand up in defense
>. of his country; and us for Compromise,
r iherc was no such word in his vocabu-
d larry - Commercial.