The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-07-07

would not even hear us. When yo,
had few friends there we stood true tt
you and to the Government. All th'
denunciations of our enemies could no
drive us from the Government and it.
friends. We were denounced as Hes
slams, as Yankees, and Lincoln hire
lings. Why cannotyou have the in
dependence as your friends had there
to overcome party feeling and stanC
upon the principles of your own plat
form at the outset of the war?
ask the professed Union men o
this House why they have abandoned
us and the cause of the Union. 1t hal
been the constant habit here to mak(
fings at my native State. I have tolt
you what Massachusetts, has been.
do not abuse the masses of the States
As l said before, l would be ashamed
to hold them responsible for the acts
of their ancestors. I only ask tnat
they shall not, like Pharisees, insist
that they are better than all other men
or that their State is better than all
other States of the Union.
But again, Massachusetts was the
first State in this Union where treason
reared its ugly head. Holland, in his
history, already referred to, gives an
account of Shays' rebellion in Massa.
chuaetts. OF all the traitors in that re-
bellion but one man was punished, and
that by being forced to sit upon the
gallows with the rope about his neck
for one hour. Shays himself, being
pardoned by the Governor of Massa
chusctts, aftcrward drew pension
from the United States Government
for revolutionary services, till the day
of his death.
Such is Massachusetts,, who thanks
God that she is not like other States,
and such is Kentucky, who thanks God
that she is no worse than she is. 1t is
an easy thing to say hard words, to
abuse and denounce men and commu,
mites; but, sir, ofall the States in the
Union-I say it without fear OF contra,
diction-none has done so much, con-
sidering her means and resources, as
the State of Kentucky to put down the
late rebellion. In 1861, divided rs she
was, she took up arms and kept her
self in the Union. Missouri and Mary.
land remained because Kentucky re-
manned. and in my judgment by that
saved the Union.
know it is said by some Northern
non combatants, stay at-home patriots,
that they would have been glad if Ken.
lucky had seeded, so that they might
have whipped her back. l would like
to see these persons try it. Why, sir,
if you had changed the two hundred
and fifty thousand soldiers from the
loyal to the rebel side in the States Of
Maryland, Missouri, and Kentucky, do
you think you would have conquered
the rebellion? As it was, the best men
often doubted the result; and yet gen
tlemen who never whipped anybody
talk about whipping back Kentucky!
l might to-day denounce the leading
men who gave us all this trouble, the
persistant rebels, such as Wise and
Slidell, according to the feeling of re-
sentiment which I entertain For them, if
it had not already been done on this
floor to such an extent that l am
ashamed to add anything further.
We talk often about guarantees.
Guarantees for what? They are dis
armed, helpless, and PROSTATE, and un-
able, if they would, to trouble you any
more; and yet you demand guarantees.
Guarantees such as the lion might ask
from his victim crushed and overcome.
We are strong; We have all the arms
and munitions of war, all the armies
and all the resources we have sta rv-
ing, humiliated, dying people PROSTATE
before US, and yet we talk of guaran-
tees
Here the hammer fell.
After some discussion, and an evil
dent desire on the part Of the Radicals
that Mr. Rousseau should not proceed,
an extension Of time was permitted,
and he continued:
Mr.. Rousseau. am obliged to the
gentleman from Iowa, whether acting
as the agent of others, or acting for
and to the House for the cour-
tcsy extended to me.
l was saying that we constantly hear
talk here about guarantees. / ask,
what do we want with guarantees from
the insurrectionary States? What
right has the nation to ask guarantees
from portion Of the people A guar
antee, to be worth anything, and mean
ought to be binding on all
the people and all the States alike.
deny the right to demand of Massachu-
sets guarantees which are not demand
ed of South Carolina, and rice rersa. |
insist that guarantee, to be binding at
all, ought to be binding upon the whole
people of the United States. And, sir,
t is paltry excuse to talk about dan
ger from the Southern States. We
,ave conquered the people there. They
will never be in power again in our
lime, and perhaps never again as COM
)ared with the balance of the nation.
Mr. Speaker, the men who have put
lown this rebellion, the soldiers of the
var, have no fear of the rebels either
With or without arms, and, sir, strip
hem as they are now stripped, and who
an lay his hand upon his heart and
ay that he fears them9
said, sir, awhile ago, that filings
lad been constantly made at my ma
i've State, in my hearing upon this
loor; and last and least Of all things
md everybody, let US give moments
to the member from Iowa,
Mr.. Grinnell, who first assailed her
lerp. ShOrtlv after ConUrpaa aasem.