Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-04-22

that every humane and Christain man in
the land would endorse this sentiment thus
presented. Blu. the gentleman Mr.. Long,
was arraigned because it was said that his
speech gives laid and comfort to the reb-
els"
fthis were SO, the other side Of the
House have no right to complain, the r.
publican party having been feeding the
fame Of the rebellion ever since its exis-
tence. That party was conceived and
brought forth in disunion, and could. not
exist for forty eight hours az political Or
ganization but for this fell and wicked
spirit. That English vagabond (Mr
thompson was sent to this country. by
the British Government thirty years ago to
sow the seeds of dissolution, and be now
comes back as Che guest Of his friends and
fellow disuni6nists to witness the bloody
harvest. John Quincy Adams. and Joshua
r. Giddings presented petitions in the
year 1912 in favor. Of dissolution of the
Union.s- .Hanator Hale, Of New Hampshire,
presented memorials to the Senate in favor
Of disunion, and Mr.. Seward and Mr.. Chase
voted for their reception. The paesent
Secretary of<the Treasury Mr. Chase} adj
vooated recognition of the Southern Con
federacy in the Cabinet while the Confed-
crates had only q provisional Government at
Montgomery Mr. Summer, and indeed
the leaders of the party in power, were and
still are in favor Of eternal separation. -
How dare the leaders Of the Republican
party in this House, then, arraign mem
Der for doing that which they have been
doing all their politicallives7
Mr.. Ashley, of Ohio. denied that Mr..
Chase had expressed himself in favor Of rec
ognizing the Confederate States.
Mr.. Cox reiterated the charge.
Mr.. Fernando Wood rree--;alned, saying
that the Secretary Of the Treasury would
not deny tie . &C. and he was surprised that
any denial of it would be made here. He
pursued his remarks at some length. and
caused to be read from campaign docu-
ment views attributed to leading republic
cans. in favor of dissolution Of the Union.
Mr. Spaulding's-(rep of Ohio-name
being. mentioned in,connection with Others
that gentleman denied the statement sttri-
buted to him as false, come from what
quarter it might.
Mr.. Wood said he was not in favor OF
but advocated the sending com
missicners to Richmond, believing this
would open tbs way to peace on the basic
of tie old Union War, he contended.
cannot restore the Union. The Democratic
party cannot be var party. There could
not be such thing as var democrats, be-
cause war tended to the destruction Of the
Union and the Constitution. If the war
was TO be continued. lot it be carried CD
by the republican parry.
Mr.. Schenck STACKED Mr. Wood. refer
ring to bis course as . peace Democrzt.
Mr. voorhees,, Opp. of Iud, said thas
the gentleman from Ohio Mr.. Long, vse
sent here to utter his icvs and was re-
sponsible to his constituents for what be
said. The gentleman from Ohio Mr.
sohsuck] would have been among The men
who burnt John Rogers At tie stake and
piled the fagots round the victim at Smith
field. The gentleman Mr.. schenck know
that he Mr. Long, spoke the truth. The
gentleman Mr Schenck would have been
among the mob who cried out for the cru
cifixion Of our Saviour on the hills Of Judea.
He IMr. Voorhees, endorsed the right of
the gentleman from Ohio Mr.. Long to ex-
pres his opinions earneatly and honestly
The man who would not express bis opin-
ions, or feared Is do so, vas coward, and
deserved to be slave. Mr. voorhees, re-
ferred to the fact that in tho year 1847,
Mr. Schenck advocated the withdrawing Of
our troops from Mexico, while his colleague
in the Senate, Mr.. Corwin, acting in the
same spirit, said that-"were he q Mexican
be would welcome our troops with bloody
hands to hospitable graves" Were the
Mexicans a mongrel. miscegenated peoplel
any better than Southern menl
On the 18th. the subject was resumed. -
Mr.. Eldridge, Dem of Wisconsin, said
if this war was conducted on proper poll
cy, the seeded States may be broght back
~. ear.7: =. :. sc- suhincation. and you
never can accomplish your purposes You
accuse the DEMOCRATS ofsympathising with
the rebels, but you do rot believe it. The
charge is for wicked and party purposes. -
He said the Republican was the revolution
AIRY party in opinions and practice, for. in
overthrowing the Constitution. they over
throw the Union.
Mr. Smith. of Kentucky, earnestly con-
ended that we should whip down the rebel
lion If we cannot do that. let us ssrbja
gate-sHe South. and populate il with bets
ter people. IF gentlemen have sympathies
With the Southern rebellion, let them honest
~ define. the;s position.
Mr.. Harrington. Dem ] Of Indiana, in
the course of his remaks, said the people OF
New England had no stomach for fighting.
Massachusetts, had agents in Indiana re-
cruiting negroes to 6l up the quota Of the :
StatA : Indiana would have nothing to do
With negroes, she sent white men into the
field
While Mr. H. was speaking there va,
some kissing in the galleries.
Mr.. Eldridge. Dem. If Wisconsin,
said they had suffered enough from New
England men in the ga leries. and these
breaches Of order ought to be prevented
Mr. Grlnnell, Massachusetts Addition
list, remarked that hs would rather thou.
sand times. let the country be divided 1.-THE
South @ thair vay, all slavs, and the North
all free. rather than ia see the country ones
more under Democratic misrul