, 1865-02-05
a FENWV SPEECH.
Sam Cox on tho Proposition to Admit
IA btnct Officers to tho Floor Of Com
rFeN4.

The following is an extract from speech
Ct Sam Cox, on the :Gth nlt., on the resolu-
ton to admit Cabinet officers to the aoor Of
the House Of Representatives:
The Secretary Of War Is flanked By u:y MIL
itary colleagues, {aIcssrs. schenck and Gar-
tions! Rase diversion here. Mr. Speaker.
The record provided by the Clerk Is pro:
duced. NJ colleague, {Nr. 9chcnck,) or
rather my colleague (Air. Garfield } With that
sense Of military skill aud courage for witch
he Is SO distinguished is tho first to rise TO IN
embarrassment. The House Is breath1ess -
be asks--whate Whether tho blowing ont
OF the bulk k-head OF the Dutch Gap canal by
Butler has seriously affected the backbone Of
the rcbelliou* lLaughter.l If Ayo, how
many yertebrn are demolished and after con-
ference with the Naya} Committee, whether
the canal, in case Of q tempestuous sea, is
narigable for doEblc-enlezs: and whether
thcy cannot 20 either way therein without
turning round Laughter-1
4 gentleman from Illinois Mr.: Washbutnc>
would call up the head Of the Treasury and
ask whether It would be beat to tax the whis-
ky drank In the last century Clau:hter] and
IT. so, whrS amount should be levied on the
spirits Of '76s [Laughter.l Tho chairman Of
the Ways ana Means-cvet ready to defend
his positions--would inquire, with the g1avf-
ty or PIuto's iron countenancc, whother It
would not be wise to enact . law punistinE
putty Oh any other thAn gold basiA Laugh
teri i chorus of voice4 would inquire whcth-
er the Treasury could hot so interpret the
five per cent income tax rs to relieve men-
bers recently defeated from all tax upon thelr
mileage in the next Congress. Laughter.
would bc put to his catcchism. \ member
from Massachusetts would inquire what ef~
feet the payment Of Goldfish hountles, rs T.
nursery for our sca1ncu, would have upon the
navigation Of tic iron-clads. Laushtcr.I Z
might be tempted myself to ask Of the sauaa
Abyssinian was csed By C1eoPatsa IN her na-
raj service; IT SO, wereIthey at the battle Of
the Nile and "werc they there all the while-r y
Laughter:1 II SO, what Pompey thought Of
it. (Laushtcr.]
; But tie gentleman from Vermont, ever
alive to the interests Of New England INT
AforrilD, would inquire trinmphanuy Of Mr.
Fesseudeu whether tho tariT should not be-
60 amended as to increase the duty on dye
stuus aud paper, 50 that on future Issue OF
$17, ,00O, ,C0O,GO Of greenbacks, the tariF vii
be Psobibitory, theprices raised, and salts
factory deficiency be produced in our reve-
nues- Laughter. Or whether. bE. raialnE
gssenoacGs in the market might not be made
equal to the cost OF, their uanufacturcs
[Laughter,l But what q stunning blow
would be given bT Democratic member,
who, rising so1emnly, should inquire OF the
War Department what protection. ID ease OF
Forts Warren and Lafayette by their present
loyal force If 50, how many are there at this
time how lang have they been there, and
with whnt prospect Of relief, (Langhter.l
think my illend fiom Maryland tMr. Hafris)
would ask that question: Laughtsr
| CIR: Holman). the most useful member Of this
| House. ever faithful to the soldier, be omitted
| fiom the programme. What, with crushing
results, could he inquire of si-r- Stanton, what
| effect our Democratic efforts here to IN
es R seeas # is' Aoa sodff i
nots [Lanehter.l Perhaps this, too, inter
[ ests my colleague in front tMr. Pendleton).
who took some interest in soldiers pay ard
| the last election. fLaughter] Or, rising to
| the innocent sublime, the gentleman from
Iowa {Mr. GlinnelD should ask the Navy De-
~ Mr. t EDcEnros. WHAT gentleman from
Iowa does the gentleman mean.
1lr. Coz. Siy pastoral friend: tGreat
Mr. GmxxE1r. i simply wish to ask the
gentlemen from Ohio whether be proposes to to
| revive the church partnership movement IN
| the State Of Ohio:
Mr. coz. haye no donht tho question
put by The gentleman from Iowa Is very up.
propriate, and that 1t should have been aa.
| dressed to one Of the Cabinet ministers but
7 do not hear it. Laughter-]
Mr.. GR1sSE1. + I'm opposed 10 the ad'
mission Of Cabinet officers.
Mr.. Cox, know you arc opposcd to 1t
| but it they should come in you would proba-
| bly, like to ask q question about the sheep
business. Yon would natuFally, perhaps
ask the question Of the Secretary Of the Navy
| Mr. Welics, whether or not the ArTonautit
| expedition of Admiral Jason would have had
/ any elect, in case the Golden Fleece had beer
| captured ID Australia, either on the gold nlar
! ket or the price Of wool. Laughter.
| I present these iancitul questions as al
argumtntun1 ad e5sardmn- # such question;
were put By the veterans Of the, House, wha1
might We not expect from the awkward
squad: Haughtcr.l One thing only they ar
designed to show: that, ridicnioua as thsj
| Se1n, they arc not more ridiculous than tht
questions ofthe English pa1lianenta rtans
| which are invariably laushed at or avoided