Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-02-13
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GIN. RDW Ard BALL,
Delivered I'm the House of ~epre-
sentaaives,. Eehruary Aah, 1853.
upon Mr.. Iewets's .Iolnt
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|. Mr.. SPEAKER up to this time the
great portion of this debate has been out
side Of the resolutions under considera-
tion. Gentlemen have taken occasion
to enter into discussion of the merits
and antecedents of the Democratic, Re-
publican and Whig parties. My opinion
is that it was neither judicious or polite
to lug in these old issues For my own
part, / would not have provoked the in
production of these old issues. I will,
however, endeavor to make some reply
to the gentlemen from Lorain, who inn
mediately preceded me. He asserts,
and in this particular he is not alone,
| that the Democratic party both 0efore
and since the rebellion was in sympathy
with the South in its effort to dissolve
| its csnnection with the Federal Union.
This charge he does not make in asweep-
| ing or general sense, for he has been
icareful enough to exclude members upon
the floor of this House-among them, my
friend from Adams, and my own col.
isague he exempts by name
and in an especial. manner
Our friends upon the opposite side of
the question complain most terribly that
we have charged them and their Con-
lgress with the enactment of unconstitu.
ftional measures, and have signally failed
to furnish the proofs of the indictments
against them. As to that we shall see.
The loyalty of the Democratic party is
seriously questioned by the gentleman
from Lorain. Sir, / wish to remind him
that when the first demand was made
upon the State of Ohio for troops to go
forth in defense of the Government, the
counties having Democratic majorities
wele the first to respond with alacrity.
The gentleman from Lorain certainly
knows that his own county was exceed
ingly tardy in the matter of sending
volunteers to the army in response to
the call of the President, while Demo
cratic counties poured out their sons by
thousands upon the first alarm. / was
in the city of Columbus at the dawning
of the rebellion, and l well remember
that this fact was a subject of general
and universal remark. Such was the
feeling, and SO apparent was this fact,
that the gentleman whorepresented that
county in this House, openly spoke OF
the conduct of his county, and when it
was told him that the Reserve, which
had contributed so much to bring on
that conflict, was slow to furnish its pro-
portion sof soldiers, he was chagrined
and mortified beyond measure. To my
certain knowledge, Prof. Marval left his
lseatl in this House and went home to
Ispeak and harrangue for recruits for the
army. and that, too, on Sunday. Yet
these are thee class of gentlemen who come
tup here and tell us that the Democratic
party was disloyal and acted in bad
faith toward the Government. They
held back to see whether the war was to
be war for the abolition of slavery o,
a war simply for the maintainance of the
Union. 'i'
| Mr.. DICKSON-No county in this
Estate in proportion to its population
lshows better record than Lorain.
| Mr.. BALL-It might have shown a
very favorable record before the close OF
| the war. after drafts had compelled tha,
which was not voluntary. but at the out.
set they were tardy in that region, and
| the fact was notorious. While such
counties as Monroe, Fairfield, Holmes
tMuskingum, Auglaize and others that j
might mention, were sending ont their
quotas, the good people of Lorain and
the entire Reserve were waiting to see
whether the war was to BE- one suited tu
their views and ideas.
| The. records in the Adjutant Generals
office will show that the Democratic and
Wing counties were prompt to respond,
while the Reserve did not. Gentlemen
have repeatedly made the unfounded
charge that the Democratic party did
not send her quota promptly to the field
Mr.. CRIST-How did they vote
when they got into the field?
| Mr.. BALI will not condescend to
answer question neither pertinent OF
relevant the matter under discussion
or query that no gentleman has rig6,
to PROFOUND to another upon this floor
The less my friends have to say about
that army vote, the better it will be fol
them.
H. When the Government made its re.
QUESTION for troops upon Gov. Andrew
of Massachusetts,, did he respond
promptly to the demand? No. He
told the President that if he would issue
his EmancipatioHP Proclamation and de-
clare the war to be waged for the aboli
ton of slavery, he would cause the
thoroughfares of New England to be
black with troops otherwise he couldn't
answer whether Massachusetts would
respond or not. The Democracy always
declared and proclaimed themselves il
1 favor of maintaining the army, and
never failed to do SO until the Republi
can party changed the policy Of the
rwar. eo.s,rass,..l .it-~ 81,
Mr.. EAMES-Did not the vote O
the army show that the majority wers
Republicans 81 .as,lp4i,sg6.1
Mr.. BALL-As I said before, tht
less said npon that subject the better
| [f,r the Republican party. Napoleon
when he announced himself as candi
date for Emperor. allowed a free vot'
|, upon the, question. but it was declarse
I that he who voted against the Empero
would be shot. This was pretty mucl
the case in our army election. !.
+ Mr., POND-It was not the case il
! my regiment. .oj ,7ao.s q sssl.ao3
II Mr.. BALL-That may be as regard