The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-27
1881:

make mistaken ard iliusory statement 4
OF faults that did moi exist to fniure ONE
t,s osn u sitenis- ~ Iheir enemies had dOnr
THIS thing 10 world have been lmmedfRfeIy
answered, aud with more elect becans,
they should have had power rul aid on Id.
coiieaeue IN answer, but now they had at.
parent authority OF his great name oppo.
site 10 them, lhsy were Injured In me
House OF their friends
Dawes rose 70 reply, and as he c0mmene.
g 70 speak members from all parts Of tie
nal gathere5 olOse 70 him TO hear his Ie-
MalAts Ae s2idi / shall now move that
se we committee risei but before doing 50, /
use4te 20 say ihat when the f5ommiftee IL
agaan IN session, ! shall AJAX it's attention
wits 1 state the occasion that Il had for
iilsE4ns tAe 9peeoh TO which my colleague
nas re- IonueO 10, the truth OF that speech
anu al4 tue pfopfieiy 81 making the speech
hnu shall endeagor, az well Rs / am
49, 1ot', - conn myself TO these three
polnts. ana not 10 be diverted Erana fheha
by any remarks that have fafied from tiss
ka1t trs esite@ste, Ihls II not . ,,a,sc,,,-
ine n ~ ~. w not lose in discnss-
Lh4t haa fal.5n from any iins n "a ~
WIN IL Before / sit down. howeVer Ia.
hlbnt, may be allowed to say 10 my 'eol-
bsgei,ttIo aaittliongh y may be true that
Served here, it may, l. hope. be proper 10
say nave also little TO repent oil The
people OF Massachusetts, know nv ooi-
league ana myself very well. Theg "a Nj
heea Tor my colleague to tell theni wbaf I
anu. or ms % tell them what he is. They
the other dey, and therefore L propoee 10
answer thab question:, as being OF more i'm,
ppIlance 70 the country than any other.
n newspaper In this city, whose praise
ana censufe are alike made "a order and
for pay, and which never falls 10 IieR fhe
hRnd that leeds 1t, whether It's pay be ia
goia or the currency o. the country, has
notified me that am no longer wanted in
the Republtcan party. NV coileapue.
wnlle ne image OF Ahab is in his mfnd.
says % me that am unWogthy OF tue sun.
port Of the Republican party, but he Loves
lnS still Tor the time that / have served
mere: mere: de s 5osS back g the time when
tfOwnlng down the freedom OF debate
IN these hqils5-5eyond the time when.
VIII, Will I,es9lVers Ia their hands, It was ex.
preston An these halls. was here when
under the auspices Of the Republican par,
ty, the Thirteenth Amendment NJ x06fei,
my leolleague slRs alluded, was adouted /.
when the shacklea were EnocRed off fhres,
or foAr n 4iIifons af slaves, and when tbe5
VIZ ldlye1 ppt2 Place q manhood iapd
when, under the Fifteenth Amepdfnsn9'
tney are 70 be clothed with tile franchfec
OF eltizsn. The partially OF those an1one
whom was born, has pernitted me ~
pgntriDpte my little of iniiuence and now.
81, and my vote 70 all three ar these meas.
nelteF tltne for lne thnn now, 10 Feiira
rom my association with a narfx
which love so well, and whose prin-
MEASURE e.e OF 5SVe my aaq ab,nt2 70 The gtroost
tanned have .beeR here for fourteen
years ana Probably II may be hs well thatT
retire. now as az any other time bnt
would rather that some other people
should settle that question. / only crave
an Opportunity Of seeing the Republican
party hnish u 3 it's great work and aecom-
plish the mission whereuntO 40 Is sent, ana
4 crave an opportunity, III 1 may be per-
mitted 70 contribute my little. II may
have been that 4 have erred ia con-
dining my speech so exclusively
10 matters which the Honse has
entrusted TO me, and that / have not
every hody's business. But, sir, u want 10
see this party bring down the expehses ~
The Government from the plane OF war
TO that OF peace, and down from expeneee
triotisms and with the blood OF natrIotfsnn
for the salvation OF the country, 70 the ex-
penses OF tie time Of peace. Whether or
not am To labor longer with that
Ia that fourteen years OF retrospect,
MAKE no 0omparlson with any body
Wn1ie acknowledge frequent ahOrt-corn-
lngss aud have nothing to boast OF on
this floor, and have as little To repent tn
my acLlon here, as 4 should have had 4
followed other light and other feacFfnn. II
am ready, and 1 contemplate, volunfa-
Illyr myself 10 submit To the Judgment
or my c0nstituents whether I have
been faithfni, and 1 do not, however
ia view Of the duty OF the hour, which
Is 10 call attention to the eNpendfturee
propose 90 bs diverted from that Qravs
g NY ny oy @eY petty dsbate here. with any
question OF my own wisdom or fOlIy. i
irouble not myself about my record n
poslerliy viii take q look it viii vindicafe
~ ~ ~ does not, tt Will not make any
mittee rise.
The Committee thereupon rose. ana tha
House, at 4:30, adjourned.