The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-02-11

/ ara, VINO was IN columbus Tor the
purpose 5fleeturisg before a society,
to visit the General Assembly, was
taken up and referred. On the 4th
Il was called up and the following
general debate was htd upon the
subject:
Mr.. Scott, Of Warren, called for the
taking up ofmessages from the Benz
ate. Voices, mot ngreed."1
Mr.. Scott said IL was the right Of
any member to have such messages
called up.
Mr.. Bail disserted, and after muob
wrangliog the Speaker decided that
he had = right TO order such messap.
es taken up, and ordered according-
ly.
[The object of Mr.. Scott was TO
get up the Senate joint resolution
inviting Major General Howard to
visit the Assembly, and Mr.. Ball,
aided by n few Of the more bitter
partisans among the Democrats (as
determined in their caucus this morn.
ing), was resolved If possible to pro.
vent It's consideration. Gen. How.
ard lectures bere this evening, and
will leave the city Tomorrow, 40 that
If the Senate resolution we're not
adopted by the House this afternoon,
the invitation would be imperative ]
Mr.. Ball wanted to appeal from
the decision of the Chair, but as he
didn't know exactly how to get at il,
he moved to adjourn. Lost, 16 to
40.
The message with the resolution
was read, aud Mr.. Hill, Of De6ance,
moved that IL be referred to the
Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr.. Scott, Of Warren, hoped the
motion to refer would not PREVAIL
Could we not for once rise above
party and honor ourselves by honor
ing a soldier, philunthrcpist and
Christian gentleman like Gen. How
ard2
HILL, or DEFIANCE.
Mr.. Hill admitted tho effect of his
motion would be to kill tho resolu-
tion. He believed the resolution was
lie from beginning to end. He
would toady to no General, no mat
ter to what army he belonged. Cen
eral Howard comes to this city as an
itinerant lecturer, and VIC would hon
or him no more than any other per-
son Of that class. If he Is n General
Of the United States army he ought
to be at his post, and not travelling
about the country for dollars aud
cents. He, for one, did not want
him to come here; did not want to
take him by the hand. Mr.. Scott
had said that n majority Of this
House (Dsmocrats) wanted to skull
this resolution. He ought not to
talk about skulking, for he himself
skulked behind pillar when the vote
was being taken the other day on
the mileage question.
Mr.. Scott explained that he did no
such thing.
Mr.. Hill repeated his assertion.
Mr.. Scott said that after making
his explanation, aud having the |
charge again thrown into his face by
the gentleman from Defiance, he
could no longer regard tho latter as a
gentleman.
Mr.. Hill repeated his assertion In
more modified form.
Mr., Hill then went on denouucing
General Howard for his conduct in
the war; for his connection with tho
Freedmen's Bureau, etc. He charg-
cd him with purloining the Demo-
cratic tickets that we're sent to the
soldiers during the war. lie called
upon his brother Democrats not to
vote to honor one of those military
satraps who had gained a little noto-
riety in an unfortunate civil war
Some time ago the Senate sent us q
set of resolutions in honor of David |
Tod that ought mover be adopted.
But Tod is dead aud he would say no
more about him; but he would never
consent to honor liuing tyrant, ei-
ther on this floor or elsewhere.
MIR. WOLF.
Mr.. Wolf took the floor to respond |
and made a thrilhngly patriotic
speech, defending the soldier, the ar.
my, the Freedman's Bureau and Gen.
Howard from tho assaults of Mr..
Hill. shall not attempt to report
even an abstract Of his speech, but
can not omit one point. Ho said the
Freedman's Bureau had saved from
starvation thousands of the gentle
mans party friends in the South, af-
ter they had reduced themselves to
poverty aud want by their own crimes.
You do no object, said Mr.. Wolf,
"to General Howard because you OBJ.
ject to the FreedmAns Bureau, aud
him as its head, but because he bore
a brave part in the war for our gov
erument aud Union, which Southern
Democratic traitors tried to destroy"
Mr.. Wolf told the Democratic party |
to vote down the resolution If they |
would. 1t would simply add one
more shade TO the blaokness Of trea.
son which already euvOloped them
would drive one more nail 10 the cof,
fin Of the Democratic party.
OTHER GENTLEMEN.
Mr., Kerr, Of Jefferson, said If to
fight against traitors at tho front and |
do a noble part in the preservation
Of our government was to constitute
man a tyrNnt, then Gen. Howard is
a tyrant, and the term has assumed a
new aud proud meaning, of which no |
one need be ashamed.
Mr.. Leete favored the reference of !
the resolution. He thought we had |
had enough of that sort of things
when We got Lucy Stone up here the |