The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1866-02-14

ment to increase the number of acres
to 200 hundred, the House took re-
cess.
AFTERNOON PROCEEDINGS.
In the House Mr.. Banning moved
to amend the substitute for the resolu-
ton to give additional bounties to vol
unteers of 1861 and 1862, by adding
the following: Also one hundred and
sixty acres of land to be taken from
the confscated lands Of traitors in the
South
Mr.. Putnam, (Dem.) objected to the
amendment, because he did not believe
in confiscating the property of his
Southern brethren. He thought it
would not be constitutional to do so.
Mr.. Welch (Union) thought that if
the rebels got the right to live, it was
all they should claim. They should
be satisfied in having their miserable
existence continued for few years
longer.
Mr.. Moran, (Union) would oppose
the amendment on the ground that it
would be difficult to make an equitable
distribution Of the good and poor land
in the South. Some of the land there
is so poor that you must manure it in
order to make brick He was, how
ever, in favor Of taking the property of
all these Southern devils, sell it, and
then distribute the proceeds among our
soldiers.
Nh. Piatt thought the proposition
had proven bombshell thrown into
the midst Of the Copperheads, as it
would put to the test their pretended
love for the soldier. They could now
indicate fairly and squarely whether
they preferred him to their rebel broth
ers in the South. He spoke of Gen.
Butler, saying he would be one of the
greatest men in history.
Mr.. Hill, Dem. gloried in the name
Of Copperhead, and preferred to take
such men as Mcclellan and Morgan for
his guides than man like Butler
Mr.. Gaddis Union responded in one
Of the best speeches of the session.
lie said that, while he might be willing
to conciliate to some extent, yet he be-
lieyed that treason should be made obi
Gus, and he would advocate any meas
ure that would make it. SO. He felt
that to be the duty Of every loyal man
He was for coniscating every acre OF
land that belonged to the rebels and
giving it to those who had fought fol
the Union on the battle field He
should vote for the amendment.
Mr.. Putnam, (Dem.) in reply to
some remarks made by the preceding
gentleman, declared that he did moi
wish to be considered loyal, in the ac
ception of the term given to it by the
Union party. He charged that the OBJ
ject of that party was to break dowI
the fundamental principle Of the Gov
eminent, and to enfranchise the negro
He added that the term loyalty had be
come, nauseous to all patriots, in whicl
class he probably includes Copperheads
only. He also denounced the fnancia
measures Of the Government.
Mr.. Bloom (Deln. repudiated th'
insinuation that he was an enemy tx
his country. He was in favor of th'
original proposition, but not the amend
ment, as it seemed to him to confic
with the reconstruction policy of th
President. Turning to Mr.. Gaddis, h
asked him if the Bible did not teacl
, him to be conciliatory to his enemies.
Mr. Glover Union asked if the gen
: tleman had ever heard of conciliat
ing convention between God and Satan
which provoked much laughter at MI
7 Blooms expense.
Remarks were made by Messrs. Ban
ming Union and Follett Dem. }, whel
, Mr. Nixon, in demanding the previou
question, stated that straws sometime
indicted which way the wind blew, AM
, as straw, he would mention an Incl
! dent that occurred in Spencer, Hamil
| ton county, last year. Just after th
!. spring election, a prominent and bite
I Copperhead, and an honest man-fo
, he declared his true sentiments in th
; presence of some of his friends-re
{ marked, ''Well, we have lost Rich
> Inond, but we have carried Spence
: township."o I31a.- r-s ff
= The previous question was carried
' when the amendment was agreed to b
7 60 to 80. The resolution was the
> adopted by SO to 32-a party VOTE
Nothing else of consequence was dom