Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-09-26

opposed this bill in the Senate. 1t will be
remembered that Mr.. Breckenridge remain
ed for a while in the 37th Congress, TO aid the
rebellion, and when he found he could be of
more service at the South, he left his place
and became a General in the rebel army.
H EXPULSION OF JOHN B. CLARK OF No.
On the 18th of July, 1861, Mr.. Blair of
Missouri, now General Blair, introduced a
resolution for the expulsion of John B. Clark,
Tor the cause that he was in arms against the
Government. Mr.. Blair, on the introduce
ton of the resolution, stated that from his
personal knowledge Mr.. Clark was in the re-
bellion, and that he was at the battle of Boon
vile, Mo. Mr.. Vallandigham voted nay on
this resolution.
CBNsURE OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
On the 18th of July, 1861 Mr.. Vallandig-
ham introduced a series of resolutions, seven
in number, ce nsuring President Lincoln for
violating the Constitution in what he had
done prior to the assembling of Congress in
that session, to suppress the rebellion and
prevent the rebels from taking Washington
These resolutions, by an almost ~unapimous
vote, were laid upon the table. Mr.. Vallan-
digham demanded the yeas and nays on lay
ing on the table, but he could not muster
force enough, under the rules of the House,
to order the yeas and nays. See Congress
sional Globe, page $50. The acts for which
Mr.. Vallandigham proposed to censure Mr..
Lincoln, were approved by Congress, and
the loyal people of the country. Everything
in the opinion Of V~allandignam was censu-
rable that had for its object the suppression
of the rebellion. On the same day that Mr..
Vallandigham introduced his resolutions of
censure, Mr.. McClernand of ILL.,, introdu-
ced the following preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, A portion of the people of the United
States, in violation Of their constitutional obliga-
tiohs. have taken up arms against the National
Government. and are now striving by aggressive
and ubiquitous war. to overthrow and break up the
Union of these States, Therefore.
ResolDsd, That this House hereby pledges itself
for any amount of money and any number of men
which may be necessary, to ensure a speedy and ef-
fectual suppression of such rebellion, and the per-
manent restoration of the Federal authority every
where within the lin its and jurisdiction Of the Uni
leu Gl1lGo- z NOAks NAebCHP 0bN AoAs
Mr.. Burnett, of KY, (soon after in the
rebel Congress- wanted the yeas and nays on
that resolution, when Mr.. McClernand said:
"Certainly, we want to get you upon the rec
ord" and the vote stood, yeas 12l, nays 8,
viz: Burnett, of Ky Order, Norton, Reid
and Wood. Mr.. Vallandlgham did not vote
at all. He would not admit, as the pream-
BILE stated, that the rebels had taken up arms
in violation of their constitutional obliga-
tons, or that they were striving by aggres-
sive and ubiquitous war to overthrow the
Government and break up the Union" He
would not pledge himself to vote, as the res
olution did, for any amountof money or men
which might be necessary to ensure a speedy
and e~ffeetual suppression of the rebellion and
the restoration of the Federal authority in all
the States. A vote tor this resolution would
have contradietedh his whole Congressional re-
cord as we'll as his sayings out of Congress,
and, for once, his mouth was shut. Mr.. Val
landigham boosted in his speech at Warren,
that neither President Lincoln Gor General
Burnside had succeeded IN shutting his mouth
but McClernand's resolution accomplished
that efectually.
ARMY DEFICIENCY BILL.