The Republican journal., 1872-08-29
Gen. FarnsWorth on Political Records

Gen. j. f. Farnsworth spoke to large audi
ence at st. Charles, H., Aug. 18th. The fol-
lowing are extracts from his speech:
1t is not the first time that have been de
nounced because | exercised the great, high
prero"ative of every American citizen, to think
and act tor myself, Some twenty-five wears
ago, was denounced because left an old Pro-
Slavery party, and united with title handful
an unpopular handful, of Ant-Slavery men. in
defence of the right. But, strange to saw the
denunciations of even the old Pro-Savery
party Of Twenty-Five years ago, We're not AS bit
ter or as personal, or its intolerance great as
those of the Grant party to-day. This comes
from personal Government. As, in a mon
archy, any refusal to support the king is trea-
son to the king and the State, so now refusal to
support the pretensOnS of Gen. Grant and his
adherents becomes treason to the Republican
party and to the State. When you 90 back to
records, they are ugly things, and cut both
WAYS. was in Congress in the spring of 1856 !;
went out OF Congress on the 4th of March
During that last session. when the Southern
States, one after another, We're seeding. com
mittee composed of 13 gentlemen, was raised in
the House of Representatives, called Committee
upon the State of the Union to devise some means
of maintaining the Union. That Committee.
through its Chairman, Mr.. Corwin of Ohio, re-
ported Il resolution amending the Constitution
of the United States. have it here, and want
to call your attention to that amendment and
the votes upon it. Let us see about these
records. This was. mark YOU in the Spring Of
1861, about the same time that they say Mr..
Lincoln was saying that it was impossible to
tell how we could c0erce States into the Union
if they We're disposed to STAY out of it, and there
We're good many speeches made in Congress
to that same purport. They proposed to amend
the Constitution by forever putting it out of the
power OF the people to amend so as to abolish
Slavery. thus fastening the chains upon the
blacks forever aud ever, hv a provision Of the
Constitution. What was the vote upon that in
the House of Representatives? win read the
names OF the men who voted for it and against
1t. OF those who voted for it, the first name |
notice of much prominence is that of SCHUYLER
ColfaX. Laughter.l Well, he is pretty good
Republican, is he not? Yet he was willing TO
tasten the chains Of Slavery forever upon The
slaves, in order to avoid war. Who else? John
A. Logan. A good Republican, and Grant
man sometimes. Mcpherson Of Pennsylvania,
the man who gets up The policai man
uils for the Republican party, and now Clerk
of the House of Representatives, and a Grant
man And then, too. there We're Morrill, Of
Vermont. good Grant man and Dan. SrkleS,
and Maynard Of Tennessee. and Windom-all
Grant men. They all voted for that, with IA
good many others. Who voted in he negative
in the llousel | VIII read few names There
is Ashley of ohio, a Greeley man to-day. APP
plali>e. There il Blair of MiSsour-Frank
Blair even voted against t-another Greeley
man. And, not to speak of him man of
any prominence, perhaps Von may be interest,"
ed little in knowing about the vote of Earns :
worth Of Illinois. Applause He voted against
it. And then Fenton OF New lork-Gov. Fen
ton, now Greeley man-yoted against it. Then
there was Sedgwrk Of New Iork-another
Greeley man-and Tappan of New Hampshire,
who was on the Committee, and made 4
| minority report; he voted against it, and he re-
| Gently come out for Greeley. Both Hickman
and Grow of Pennsylvania voted against if, and
they are both Greeley men to day. So much
for the record in the House of Representatives.
How was il in the Senate? Among the mem
hers Of the Senate who voted for it We're An
thov of Rhode Island, and Harlan of Iowa
good Grant men. There are not many Sena-
tors now who were in the Senate al that time.
Then those who voted against i; were Bingham
of Michigan, who is now dead; Doolitte of
Wisconsin, Sumner of Massachusetts lcheers,
and Trumbull of Illinois. Cheers. This is
the record made in those days, and now You
denounce Greeley because he was willing in
1864 to pay 100000 900 for the emancipateti
slaves, and stop the war. Wonld to God he
could have done it. We could have saved
Sl 900 900, 900, and 100000 precious lives.
Cheers.