Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-09-02

SCHGACuOA CsliiuOt AHu IL III yOuI
hearts to grant their demands; if
they must leave the family mansion,
I would signalize their departure by
tokens Of love; I would bid them
farewell so tenderIy thatthey would
forever be touched by, the recollec-
ton of it; and if, in' the svicissi
tudes of their separate existence,
they should desire to come together
with us again in one common Gov
ernment, there sh ould be- no pride
to be humiliated, there should nlbe
no wound inflicted from my hand to
be healed. They should come and
be welcome to the place they nov
occupy. Fl f*1f7Af* '95h'*
, Gentlemen, to-day you Unjust
make your choice, O To-day lay
aside, all thoughts Of war, and cul.
jtivate the arts of peace. o-day
determine upon a course Of concil..
,ation and Compromise, If you dc
not; if you insist upon drawing the
sword and dipping it in your, broth
er's blood, if you insist upon this
and unholy war, prepare
toswage it to the last extremity
for 1 warn you that every wound
that you infiict upon the Southern
people, every defeat to which you
subject them. every degradation you
may have the power to make them
endure, will rankle in their breasts
until they wash out the last stain in
your blood and mine, or it may be-
in that Of our children.
The fitting commentary upon
such sentiments is found in the
votes given January IS, 1864, wher
Mr.. Smith, of Kentucky, submitted
preamble and resolution as fol
lows:
WHEREAS, A most desperate
wicked, and bloody rebellion exist:
within the jurisdiction of the Unitee
States, and the safety and security
of personal and national liberty de
pend upon it's utter and absolute
extinction; therefore,
Resolcea, That it is the political
civil, moral and sacred duty of th'
people to meet it, fight it, crush it
and forever destroy it.
Mr.. James C. Allen moved to la,
the preamble and resolution on tn
table, but it failed, though Mr.. Pen
dleton voted with him-yeas &c
nays 1O2. .
The resolutions were then adopt
ed-yeas liz, nays 16-Mr. Pendle
ton voting in the negative, will
Wood, VOORHEES,, Allen, Long, Har
ris, of Maryland, Ancona, and 9th
er Copperheads.
IH.-oPPosEs RAISING TROOPS.
At the session of Congress be
ginning in Decent er, 1862, he op
posed, in all its stages, the bill est,
raise additional soldiers for the ser
vice Of the Government"
He, with other copperheads, il
the House of Representatives, OF
the 2Sth of january, 1868. succeed
ed, by motions "to adjourn" to la,
on the table," for ''call of tn
House," Ito excuse members fo
not voting" DC, in preventing th,
House from coming to a vote OF
that bill, until, having sat all night
it adjourned at half past five on th'
morning of the Goth. The vote OF
the final passage of the bill wa
reached February End, 1868, whel
he voted against the bill.
At the same session he opposed
in all its stages, the bill "for en-
rolling and calling out the nrtiona
forces, and for other purposes" ant
voted against the bill on it's fina
passage, February 25, 1869.
In the first session of the Thir
tyeighth Congress he opposed, il
all it's stages, the bill to amend tn
act calling forth the militia to exc
cute the laws Of the Union, suppress
insurrection repel invasion, and pur
sued tht same course on all bills re
lating to the same subject.
January II, 1864, he vote agains
the following: '.
"WHERAs, The burden of Gov
ernment should be made to fall a
nearly equal as possible upon a.
parts of the country; and whereas
the Southern portion of the countr
has for several years contribute,
little, either in men or money, to
ward the support of the Govern
ment: and whereas, almost the onl
way to get men from that portion
to take black meu; and whereas
for every black man enlisted in th
South some man in the over burden
ed North may be exempted from tn
draft: .-.
..Itis therefore declared to be th
sence of this House that the Gov
ernment should use it's most strenu
Gus efforts to procure the voiuntar
enlistment of persons claimed a
slaves in the rebel territory by Civ
ing them the full bounty and pay Q
other soldiers, and by guaranteein
their freedom at once upon enlist
ment." t -. sS - s
During the same session, by NOR
than fifty other votes, he endeavore
to prevent the the filing up of ou
armies, and otherwise to embarras
the Government in suppressing tn
rebellion.
.,..ass s.5.ss5f E.sGE
Iv-OPPOSES SENDING SUPPLIES T
THE ARMY IN THE FIELD ,,,-
July 10, 1861, from the Commit