Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-08-17


afterward helping to pass law con-
demning such election. There was
a difficulty about this in the States.
They conld not agree upon the man.
ner of elections in their joint meetings.
We have passed a law which provides
for this difficulty. This law, which
was drawn by my own hand, provides
for the manner of such elections.
[The Reporter would state that
during the delivery of the remarks
beginning: II recently read in the
Waterman, and ending with the law
above alluded to, there was so much
confusion near him that it was utterly
impossible to get down the exact words
of the Hon. gentleman. He does not
pretend that the above paragraph is a
verbatim report although it is the sub
stance of what was said" -
Mr.. E. P. Walton said in his paper
that Senator Poland had damned him
selfby voting that the election of Mr..
Stockton was legal and afterward vot-
ing for a law condemning such cleo
tions." The logic is this. A man
is apprehended for stealing, and is
brought before me. | find no statute
against such a crime and therefore do
not punish but discharge him. then
vote for a law providing certain de-
grees Of punishment for the crime of
theft and the law passes, "Ohr' says
Mr. Walton, ''you have damned your
self"
The question in Mr. Stockton's case
was not question Of politics at all.
| don't claim to be much of lawyer,
but | thought in my simplicity that
Mr.. Stockton was legally elected
whether he was a good sound Repub-
Iican or a real Copperhead, and it
seems he is a thorough out and out
Copperhead ofthe very worst stripe !!
| voted according to my ideas of what
the Law was-but it seems Mr. Wal
ton is better lawyer than | am
VOICE. Will Mr. Poland please
, explain his course in regard to the
admission of Mr.. Patterson Of Tenes-
see?
Mr.. POLAND. Thank YOU. gentle
, men. Tennessee having duly ratified
| the Constitutional amendment stood
! in a position to represent herself in
Congress. 1t was objected to the ad-
/ mission OF Mr.. Patterson that he could
l not take the "Iron clad" oath This
| oath is that man must swear that
:, he has not accepted or held any
| office under any authority hostile tC
+ the authority OF the United States
r At the time the war broke out Mr.
|. Patterson was a Circuit Judge il
# Eastern Tennessee. The State o
0 Tennessee seeded some time in 1861
: and the election of Mr. Patterson
e came off in the spring of 1852. The
o Eastern part of the state insisted tina
0 Tennessee was not out of the Union
" that she still belonged to the Union
e When the time for election for judy
d came round they insisted that Mr.
r Patterson should rum He did run
t, and ran against a Rebel, and wa
|. elected by great majority. At tina
II time he had an army right on the bon
ders Of East Tennessee. They be
d lieved thev would not come unde
1t Rebel rule at all and Judge PatteI
Ie son was elected on that ground. TIL
e. rebel troops came. they overflOwe
t. Eastern Tennessee and inflicted al
d sorts of cruelties and indignities upo
10 the people. Arrests were made up
1t on the most frivolous charges an
d with no Semblance of authority. TIL
N arrests were all Illegal. Judge Pa
n terson supposed when we was eIecte
e. that his commission would be sent hil
- by the Z. 5. Government, but instead
n. The Rebel troops having gained pc:
TO session, a commission was sent him b
lie the Rebel government with pereml
to tory orders to take the oath of til
TO Confederate" government. This oat
s. is about the same as ours save til
| words Confederate Government al
ne substituted for ~, s. Government.
ut He was prevailed upon to take thu
H. oath-though he did it under protcs
I'd and when taking it said i owe n
I allegiance to the Contederacy; | def
H. the Confederacy." He always a
| sisted the Union people and the Unio
40 troops. He assisted loyal people t
en- escape from the oppression while
a surrounded them.
er When the case of Mr.. Patterso
We came before the committee, whic
| stood five Republicans and two Den
IT. ocrats, we ali agreed that he had bee
he a loyal and true friend of the Unio
| during the whole war Judge Trul
20 bull said it would not do to excluC
ty that man from the halls of Congress
he We passed vote to excuse him fro
wv taking the oath and sent resolutic
to this effect over the House, B
he they would not tamper with the oat
to All this time Mr.. Patterson was n
?" only willing but anxious to take Il
he test oath. He did not regard hil
. telf as having ever yielded to the a
:" thority of any Government hostile
CD the United States. He took the GA
and a majority of the Republican Sc
ed otors voted with me in the admissiC
IN. Of Judge Patterson to a scat in t
M United States Senate. Is there al
he thing further ] can do for you?
on VOICE. Have you ever frank,
nv any documents of Senator Cowans
en- Mr.. POLAND. There's a prot
wo good joke attached to that matter.
ter will explain to you. At the hou
IRE where | boarded in Washington the
ed. also boarded one DR.. Burleigh, W
he was great radical and who laid il
all very large stock of Mr., Sumnel