Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-11
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On Monday, June ll,h, in the United
States House of Representatives, General
Rousseau made a enter. hitting speech,
in the course Of which he said
N said awhile ago; Mr.. Speaker, that
the Lincoln johnson policy had been DE-
parted from. / wish to call the attention
of the House for one moment TO a single
instance In which that was done. In 1851
Mr.. Maynard, from East Tennessee. was
elected to Congress, came to this city. took
his seat, and filled out his term. BE was
elected in August, 1861, He was elected
after,the ordinance Of secession was adopt.
ed BY Tennessee, after the battle Of Bull
Run was fought, and in the midst Of a
mighty war, the end Of which no living
man could f~oresee. Re'came here repre-
senting a district in Tennessee, while his
colleagues were not able to get here, being
prevented by the rebels. But we were
then told that this war was prosecuted for
the preservation Of the Union, and for that
purpose only. Mr.. Maynard, after the
war is over, is again elected to Congress
from the same district, He comes to this
city to take his seat, but strange to relate
is refused admission. Why, sir I wish
any gentleman upon this floor would tell
me what difference there 10 between Mr..
Maynard Of to-day and Mr.. Maynard Of
1861. ! will yield To- any gentleman for
an answer. He is the same man. He
comes here representing the same constitu-
ency. The only difference, sir, is that
the war is now over, and we were then in
the midst Of it. ealA goo
Taylor comes here, His predecessor
elected in that year was also admitted.
Stokes comes here. His predecessor was
also admitted, not in that year, but after
ward. he could not get here for the
rebels.
Gentlemen say, however, they cannot
receive Representatives from isolated dis
tricts, but must receive the whole State.
Put your finger upon q disloyal man
claiming a seat here from that State. Pu,
your finger upon an illegally elected man
claiming a seat from that State.
Why should you reject Maynard to-day.
when you received him as a Representative
in 1852 You tell US that we are lick
spittles, and that We have deserted the
policy Of Mr.. Lincoln. Have we left the
Baltimore platform Of 1892 You tell us,
who remain true to that platform that you
made for US to stand upon, that we are
deserters from the Union party. again
ask some gentleman to tell me the differ
ence between the Maynard of 1851 and
the Maynard of to-day, and why he is no,
admitted now. The only answer of your
leader is, that q combination might be
formed between the Copperheads Of the
North and the rebels Of the South, and
that the Republican party might lose its
power. .,
Mr.. Speaker, I want to say a word abou,
that. II. / have had q wish on earth II
has been that the Union party Of this ma
ton should retain power. I think it has
a right to administer the Government thai
it saved. I deny the RICH, to those who
have been trying to break up this Govern
ment to come in now and administer it.
And let me say that a liberal and gener-
Gus policy by Congress would have given
a supremacy to the Union party North
and South which nothing could have
broken for thirty years. That party had
a prestige that none other ever had but
that prestige is now in danger Of being
lost. I tell you, sir. that you must come
back to the old Union ground, that this
war was prosecuted to ave the Govern.
ment. and not to place the power in the
hands Of a few men to destroy Il. And
you will come back. Even now you dare
not adjourn this Congress without admit.
ting the Tennessee members. You radical
gentlemen must come back to the old
Union doctrine Of Lincoln and johnson.
My prediction is, that Speaker Colfax,
who Is one Of your leaders, will tell you
that you must not 60 back to your con-
stituencies without doing it. You dare
not go back and tell your people that you
admitted Maynard in 1851 legally, and
could not do it The record. il
against you; the facts are against you
and in the admission Of these members is
involved the whole question between US.
II Is the Lincoln. Johnson policy to admit
them, and the radical policy to reject
them, -