Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-04-22


term as member Of Congress, in addition
to the usual oath of office, he, as well rs
all other members, before entering on their
duties. took and subscribed the following
do soemnlJ swear that will protect and de.
fend the Constitution and Government OF the
United states against all its enemies, domestic or
foreign, and that | will bear truc faith, nilegi
ancc and loyalty to the same. any ordinance,
resolution, or law y any State convention OF
legislature to the contrary notwithstanding; and,
further tina. do this with n full determination
pledge and purpose, without any mental reser'a-
ton or evasion whatsoever; and further, that
will well and faithfully perform all tho duties
which may be required Of me by law: so help
me God.
Nowwe find him. Long. making speech
in favor of making peace with rebels in
arms, of giving upa large part OF the
Union to its deadly enemies, of being will
ing to see jeff Davis succeed, OF being
willing to see the Union divided, &c. &c,
to the end Of the traitorous chapter. lie
might utter these sentiments and make
these declaration. of sympathy with the
rebels at the corners Of the streets. were
he a private individual. but is he n safe de-
pository of the interests of those who mean
to CONQUER the rebels and who mean to
maintain the integrity of the Union over
all its present boundaries, including every
roed of land now held by jeff Davis J Is
such man living up To the letter or the
81, IL l. Suph he
trusted to vote the men and money neces-
sary to preserve the life Of the nation :
Does such person possess sufficient moral
perceptions. and evidence sufficient moral
principle as to understand the nature OF
hi. oath Is there any recnnciIug his
spoken speech with his oath, and his duty
to his government which it calls for No
No. His oath of Office requires hlm.with
ont reservation or equivocation. to sustain
the United States against all enemies, for
cirn and domestic. With single hearted
men such an oath is supcrfluous aud nm
necessary. With true hearted patriots all
these added safeguards are useless; but
they were adopted to keep out of the Halls
Of Congress all men that will not support
and defend the integrity of the Union. 1t
seems il has not answered the purpose in
tended, for il let in oat man who declares,
in all holdntss, that he wants. under the
circumstances, the Union divided and let
in scores Of others worse in heart. than he,
who defend him, while hot possessing the
honesty to avow or endorse his sentiments
Now had not Congress the right 10 cxpcll
such member, and could it no, do it with
oui mourning the charge Of abrid-ng the
freedom Of debate suppose he had said
he would turn spy aud 70 and inform jeff
Davis OF all he knew of the plans of onr
Generals Ia conquer him. Would he not
and should h. not be turned oa, Of Con
src>s, even if he should be allowed To run
at large
! Divcs;cd Of the plausible excuses. and
/ the fallacious rca.oninss OF those defending
Long, and stripping the question of IL ex
traneous help Of lis being war ON the
+ freedom Of debate. there need be no diff
Guilty in arriving al corrcct conclusions n.
to what was the duty of the House 1t
had member that was not of them. and
/ therefore they did all they could To cas-,
him from them. They could not e1pell
him because it takes two-thirds vote to
do that, but they did the next best thing,
they declared him an "anrorthy member"
of the body. Mr. Giddings, when censnr-
ed, resigned and appealed TO the people
VIII NJ. Long We shall see.
We heard most Of the speeches from
Long TO Coliax, tveniy-six of them it il.
stated. According to our theromometrical
scale Henry Winter Davis made the Most
significant speech. General Schenck the
most eaustie onc.-he being the only man
that has ever sent an arm clear through
the thick hide of Fernando Wood; Green
CLAW Smith, the most determined, and fight
TO the bitter end ono, l.olliu. Of Missouri.
the best one on both sides, and Colfax the
faire>t and mos; aimahle one. In the
goodness Of his heart, he i apt to Weld to
the opposition members more than i. fair
to him or just tn his side.
OF the opposition, We were so Ear of it
was difficult TO make an estimate. Per
haps u. W. VOORHEES, took the lead. We
thought lac did not. as sporting men say.
come TO time. Harrington Of Indiana,
made the most demagogical one, Rodges OF
New Jersey the most reasonable ene Fer
nando Wood the most cool one. and Long
the most lachrymal one
We send the closing proceeding, and the
vote Of ccnsure
Want of space will compel Us to lay
the proceedings over until next week.
The Adjunt General has Issued the
following circular:
The State Treasurer, in settlement with