The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-05-27

ing 50 / am perfectly sure that properly rep
resent the principles of the district in which
live.
According to the views of the Speaker, tn
people who sent him here are somewhat oil
fashioned in their ideas. They live in beau
titul country. They are settled in one of the
oldest and richest portions of our great State
The old men are familiar with Harrison ans
TayIor, who both fought Indians on the feriiI,
banks Of tie Wabash, and both died in tht
mansion of Presidents They have seen the
country prosper an1 become great under the olC
Constitution AMI principles of the fathers. They
do not think that AlraIlam Lincoln can make
better governments th5n the one which suited
George Washington They are content with
what they have. You think you can do better
Hem Jefferson, Hancock. Madison and Adams.
Ib9 people ! represent do not think you can.
Ii they are to choose between two forms OF
government they would take that Of Washing
tom instead Of that of Lincoln Sir, too hold,
AM shall 10 the last, to the Consition of my
fathers. is great principles sustain me while
stan .ms here III the face ot iyrlnnlcal insolent
majority, Ginning like mariner at sea with
hope almost tlsd, at times in despair for my
country, distracted with the darkness overhead
and the storm around, still clinging to and will
ing TO perish on that Constitution, unchanged
il letter naspirlt, believing that it will better
restore thi, Union, if duly administered, than
any other instrument which tile wisdom of man
can give this down-trodden people.
You cannot come to me with your charges
about the war / have done my duty. No
dollar Of money has been paid out to feed and
c,f fba In snI5iay.- NC1i0b I houa mt oil
unless detained 10y sickness from my seat. did
not want this war, it ought to have been avoid
ell. think to-day that peaceful remedies will
better restore the Union than the prosecution
of war un Ter the present Admuisl ration But
while we are in war / stand by the soldiers in
the field The domineering gentleman from the
third district of Ohio MIR. Schenck) cannot say
as much. | will now attend to him for few
moments.
Mr.. Speaker, | will send to the Clerks desk,
TO be read, curious paper which shows how
the gentleman from the Dayton district gave
aid and comfort to the enemy in time of war
ut Il former period Of eur history How vio-
lent was that gentleman while ago How un-
alarei upon tliis $HGBioHsj How iercely he
the power to wreak the wishes that were infam,
ins his soul he would have waged more dan
grrouS war upon us here than lie has ever been
able to wage upon the enemy in the field How
savageIy lie menaced this side of the House
Aid aud comfort to the enemy | will prove the
gentleman hims, If guilty Of that crime by his
own statement.
You say that speaking against war gives aid
and comfort to the enemy You say that vo-
ting against supplies gives aid and comfort tc
Al. | -, ~, fNlnrL'. J,ci- n
series of resolutions offered Ivy the gentleman
from Ohio in 1917, one month before the gIori
ous battle of Buena Vista was iought-one
month, Sir, Ito Mr.. Cra, ens,) before you and
other gallant gentlemen upon this floor charged
the enemy through a hail of death on that field
a haltIe-iied which gave President to the Re-
public.
Ii will be seen that whether or not the gen
teman from Ohio has Mexican face, he haC
Il MaXican heart at that time in his breast. He
was then on the side of The enemies of tia
country. lie offered resolutions to Withdraw
our army from Mexico, 20 be torn, harr~sse,
and scourged by the enemy hanging upon it
rear We were fighting Il foreign Power then
Are the Southern people worse than a foreign
people viii you wage more relentless war up
on them than upon foreigners Are MeXicar
better than the people OF Virginia, Tennessee
Louisiana, and the other Southern States? a
the expense Of being declared disloyal, | say
that would be willing to take them back int
my lraternal embrace under the terms of th
old Constitution. Aye, Sir, gladly and tondly
| wuuli rather make peace with them than witt
the filthy, broken, fragmentary, diluted race 4
Mexic;lns.
The clerk then read, at the request of Mr.
Voorhees, a long series of resolutions offered il
the House of Representatives by Mr.. Schencl
during the war between the United States am
the Republic of Mexico. These resolutions be
Ing too long for our space, we insert only por
tion of them, as follows:
''RrSolrelt BY tie Seadte and House of Re pTt
seattti,es Of tie United States Of An1el7ca IN Con
g,ess asyeA4Jled, That in order to terminate til
war unhappiy existing between the u. ). an
Mexico, with due regard to the rights and ma
iion;l existence and independence of the tw
Republics, and with a view to bring about a
honorable peace, the President Of the Unite
States he requested to withdraw all troops IN
military forces Of the United States now we:
0t the BIO GranJe III Mexico to the east side
the river.
That all volunteers now in the service
the United States be discharged, taking due cal
in the order Of discharge, that provision be mac
for the return of all such volunteers to their IT
spective homes, or to the States in which the
were mustered into the service OF the goyeri
ment.
''That the President be requested and advi
ed to keep all, or such portion as he may dee
necessary Tor that purpose, OF the regular arm
under his comm nd, along or near the we'
tern frontier OF the u. States, prceafed TO reb
or prevent any encroachment or depreiaii'
by Mexican citizens or soldiers on the territor
property, or people of this Union. while al