Year: 1864

remark My colleague from Ohio, in the very speech


which is now declared to be obnoxious himself based BIZ


arguuef upon what he quoted from the speech Of thu


gentleman from Pennsylyana which he declared these


Southern States be independent nation for certain


the purposes of war and for the purposeso
| Mr. STEVENS. win excuse the gentleman from
| any thing further. .t


M Cox; hope the gentleman will permit me to


Mr. STEVENS I know perfectly well how easy it i,


for the devil to undertake to quote Scripture and perver


Laughter, hlsses applause, aud confusion both on


the floor and IN the galleries. s, .s.s a,ii.
| Mr. cox. have not msquoted the gentleman nor


perverted his remarks Il quoted him correctly. Shouts
OF order" from the Republican side The gentleman


have the right to interrupt him. now ask the gentleman
| from Pennsylvauia to yield TO me for moment
Mr. STEVENS. hope the gentleman will excuse me


have not said any thing about him, and do not intend
TO Ican easily undersand how it may been that


the gentleman from Ohio (Mr LoNG) took the positcp


shich asserted that the Confederate States bel


hgerent dc acto every body knows they but n.
stead Of following out what inferred from that that they
were begeren through crime and treason. deserving
be punished BY FIRE and sword aud e,ai,caton, all
traitors should be- understand bi b. have proposed that
they should be admitted power JHre that their In


dependence should be Acknowledged b., commission from


this Government. No honest could assimilate his
speech to my position 1t will bear such construction.


took then, as do now, certain attitude for the pur-
pose of ustyng the extreme exacton of laws of war
against those traitors and rebels who had assumed this
position.


Mr. FERNANDO WOOD, of New York, said that the
country would read with profound regret the
Of this House Saturday last At time when our ar
mics standing still in the face of powerful enemy
when our Treasury is empty, when it's legitimate receipts
are less than onetenth Of the expenditures when labor is
paralyzed and borne down by oppressive taxation aud
adequate compensation, when those who produce every
thing get nothing, and those who produce nothing get
every thng-or the House of Representatives in this
condition of the country to be trng with it's time on
man mhar
the exercise of constitutional right will be viewed with
profound regret For his opinions the gentleman (Mr
LONG, is responsible to his const tuents


regard the position of Speaker of this House to be the
highest civilian known to the country In England the


like office is recognized that held by the first gentleman
of England Now that the Speaker should descend from
this exalted position aud enter into this gadatora arena
OF partisan combat for the purpose Of arragning Repre-
sentative for exercriog the right hch God his con-
stltuents gave him is to be depored Sir have the
highest regard personally for the Speaker of this House
Differing do from him upon all the leading public
questions of the day. take this say that he
has discharged his responsible duties with ability with
impartiaty. regret that he should for the first time
have committed act which must materially affect his
usefulness hereafter in the discharge those dues He
has taken position in this proceeding which man can
sustain who recognises and individual rights
Leaving the Speakers char, he takes seat upon the


floor aud presents to the House aud country resolution
Of expulsion against gentleman representing the second
district of Ohio. la


Expulsion for what For the honest avowa of opinions
he entertained and for which lie responsible to no
other power authority than to that he represented in
this House, bis constituents He had declared that in
certain contingency which he stated he would prefer re-
cogntion As between annihition and recognition he
preferred the latter Is it criminal declare None
OF are in favor of taking human e and yet all of
prepared to do it sefdefence When such an altena
tive is presented either of wouli kill This s an ana
logous case The gentleman declared, substantially, he
in favor of recogn rather han see every man
woman and child the Southern Stat put to the sword
He thought every humane and christian man would endorse
this sentiment thus presented But the gentleman was
A Il =.


fort to the rebels If this the other side of the
House have right to complain The Republican party
have been feeding the flame Of rebellion since it's eI
istence


1t to be observed that in the resolution of expulsion
quotation is given of the offending language Sir is
the first time the history OF the Government that any
proceeding Of like character has been taken when the
language or the offence clearly and definitely expressed to
which exception takeD not quoted in the resolution
The not pretend to the language used
the member aragned does not any fair give the
substance OF that language stated Saturday what
the gentleman did say, He declared that the alternative
presented to the country whether we will subjugse
and annbiate the Southern people recognise them
independent Power Rather than extermuae destroy
rid Of existence, exDguish the men, women and children
Of the South he willing to recognise their indepen
dence In the exercise OF his constitutional right, in ca m
able satemanlke msnner he discussed the whoe aues
ton Of this After showing that even
the restoration of the Union (Which it is not it had
proved failure and If continued must end 10 annhlaton
he declared that choice Of evils be for peace by
recognition Sir the Speaker Of the House Of Commons
did not descend from his chair and arraQn Edmund Burke
when that patriot and statesmen used stronger IN
favor Of independence than this Nor did the Chan
cellor of England presiding the House of Lords
down from his high position and araign Lord Chat
ham for declarations in favor of recognition nation
at the time struggling for lberty


The Speaker said Saturday when his attention was
called TO the d-na languages used by the gentleman from
Ohio that for the character OF hs ote speech that
he sought to expel him. Sir he is esopped from taking


that position He arraigned the gen eman from Ohio


in the language of his resolution for the declaration


that he 10 favor Of the recognition of the Independence
If the South defy him any other gentleman to refer


any portion Of that speech that makes stronger alu


sion TO the question OF recognition than that TO which


refsrrd And far the resolution itself s con-
cerned propos.s to expe the member only because he
expressed himself in favor of recognition.


But told that the VI ole speech gives aid and
comfort the enemy If that be true whoe er else NAV
take exception to giving aid and comfort to the enemy
from the House. or from pente
who represent that party. Their whole political ca
since the commencement Of this war official and
otherwise, has given aid and comfort the enemy In SIX
onths from the firing Fort Sumter, under different
principles, this would have been closed with the ex
pendure Of half of the money and the loss of one
half Of the lives which has cost 1t has been the fana
tca and destructive pursued by the Amnisrs
and the utter disregard Of the principles of h
manty aud patrotsm it has been the declaration and
practical effort to carry fire and sword into every
of the South, and by confscaton emancipation and ami
haon leaving the South alternative but resistance or
DEATH that this has been prolonged and s likely to be
prolonged until the men who rule the country shall
have ceased old pultcs power This is the aid and
comic t. whichhss given the enemy, snd it came
from the who affect to be dgnant at the er
pressions of the gentleman from Ohio