Year: 1864

Mr.. FKKSASDo WooD has the a.fronterv DENY,
in the House, that while Mayor of New York he
dispatch 1ee is rsciinr that arms intended for
that State had been slapped IN New York. He averre
that nus dispatch Related 10 merchandise only. Here
are the dispatches


AILLEpGEvItLE, Jsraaary 81, 1851
To his Honor Mayor WOOD


Is it true that arms INTENDED for ani consigned
u the State OF Crecrssa have been seized by public
authorities in New York Your answer is important
20 = . R. TooMBS.
"To this the Mayor returned the following answer
Hon. RoRKRr TooxBs, MiIledgeviIie. Georgia:
In reply 10 your dispatch regret TO that arms
intended for and consigned the State of Georgia have
been seIed by the police of this State but that the city
oil New iork should In no way be made responsible
for the outrage. r-


As Mayor have no authority over the police. II
had the power should summarily punish the authors
eriy. FERNANDO WOOD.
sNow what excuse will Mr.. Woop have to offer to
the House %


Mr.. Schenck. That will do, I will
ask the question myself; ask it, too, I'M
der the light of the further fact that six
days before that attempt to give comfort
to rebels in arms, Georgia had solemniy
declared her secession from the Union,
and set herself up by that solemn act in
open rebellion. 1t was an outrage"
not to send arms, and he is no W ar Demo
crat, Sir, he Is a War Democrat, but
what kind of a War Democrat ? His
Nv ar Democracy consists in an indorSe-
ment ola war by his fellow rioters. led
| forward under the influence of his teach
ings in New Y ork, who foully and cruelty
murdered, among others, even one of the
officers of your noble army while wearing
the national uniform


Oh, no probably he skunk away in the
midst of that riot. Probably he was not
seen in the street. Probably he held no
weapon in his hand and applied no torch
To any dwelling. But who does not
know that it was the uniform teachings
of him and his school that reused that
angry, that unretecting, that ignorant
populace into deeds of violence, of ruin,
of rapine, Of murder, in which it in
dulged


And now he stands here talking
smoothly about peace, and about being
no War Democrat!


But, sir, 1 have another reminiscence
for him There was time when he was
War Democrat-ay, War Democrat Of
the true stri pc, too-not 4 war against
defenseless women and children in the
streets Of New York. After he had pro
posed the secession of the city of New
York, after he regretted that he could
not help Georgia with arms, he became,
about the Eth or 18th of April, 1861,
alarmed by the reused Indignation and
swelling voices of the then whole, united
loyal people, and met and addressed that
people at their great meeting in Union
Square. And there he pledged himself
to assembled thousands that he was for
the war, and the Union / apprehend he
found it convenient to have it understood
then that he was War Democrat, just
like those whom he now denounees
around him.


Perhaps he will deny this too. Let
him. Happening to be present in New
Y York and invited / spoke on that oc-
casion-you may call it honor or dishonor,
as you will-from the same stand with
him to those assembled thousands. !
had no acquaintance with him, but /
stood near him while he was thus deliver
ing himself and making those loyal
pledges and avewals.


l say, therefore, that l do not know
what kind of a War Democrat he may be
hereafter. whether he will be against his
own people and the Government of the
United States, as he is now, or against
the insurgents, as he was then. His
present profession is to be neither, but to
crawl along on the border between the
two and try neutrality, which has never
yet been attempted by any State or peo-
pie that it has not proved their curse and
ruin But, sir, he would propose terms
of peace, and that peace he would offer
to those who scorn him. He would pro
pose terms ofpeace to those who will ex-
tend to him no hand of welcome at his
coming But still he will press upon his
southern friends his good offices, reluct-
ant as they may be.


Sir, he sings this siren song of peace
for the effect he hopes it may have at
home. I ask him again, what mode of
seeking peace is that, except to crawl
PROSTATE to the feet of insurgents in arms
and say to them. do with us as you will,
tear from the flag of our glorious Union
half its cleaning stripes, blot out as
many of those stars as you can reach and
extinguish, only join US again that you
might help US save the Democratic party,
so that we may hereafter, as heretofore,
enjoy power and the offices together.
For these we will so humble ourselves as
none of Gods creatures ever humbled
themselves before" Laughter.