Year: 1862

administration for vgor; ask them turn out from
What will they sayf sGo back and turn out FROM tho
Senate the men who write letters TO Jef. Davis" Sir,


you had hsre little page who was guilty Of any such
page and father both yet proposed to retain the
Senator from Indiana SE, outraged people, in my


the Senator and his friends. They demand that this
beon shall be crushed and they will be tried with
by any such pretence that such letter the Senator
gave was thing OF coEse and only DONE
Toaow arms TO BIO used against the pro-
pose TO do So s thing atr0cios that would have
excited the Indignation Of the Senator from Indiana,
he had been loyal man, and would have made him
denounce Lincoln az mercenary traitor, instead OF
sending him. as trustworthy man, to the chief rebel
This s the charge l make, upon these facts, against
tho Senator from Indiana, that he aided intended to
aid, those two rebels, Lincoln and Davs-knowingly
AIDED them In the prosecution OF their schemes of tr


son. And hore take issue with the from New
Jersey Mr Ten Eyck) who alleged that II does not
pear that Lincoln ever visited Davis do not care whe
ther he did or not The Senator from Indiana when he
gave him tho letter completed his offence That the
bellion existed and was in the Senator knew. He
knew that Davis was its leader and that they wanted
arms for the Southern troops seizng and stealing
all the arms they could get and he knew that Lincoln had
arms to SELL Khese two rebels did not know each other
Inc Senator fom Indiana knew tho purpose Of
sell arms and the purpose of the other overthrow
the government, by force il necessary, and yet with
that guilty knowledge, he deliberately commended
this traitor to go and sell this improved hrearm to
the rebel chief. But in all this the committee think
there nothing to justify US in expclng the Senator
Sir We owe 1t to ourselves TO drive him from this high
place. Will we receive him Into our counses to permit
him TO take part in the legislation which preserve
the country man who aided who would aid to arm
the rebellion against that countryY We owe it to the
country to expe him, and above ALL we owe II to tho
patriotic State Of Indiana Even now tho telegraph


flashes the news that her Tenth regiment has boon nearly
decimated Her sons lie dead upon the ground slain in
defence Of their country, and shall retain here
arms that are to kill and destroy her
citizensS Almost every day the government
ssizes ss % some persons in correspondence with
ron. would deal moro summarily with such men
II had the power. would bring them up before mar
tal law and if found guilty would hang shoot them
and would say to all persons hereafter In like offences
such shall be your due Some tmo last July a lettor
was found in the Post Office Of this ctya letter directed
to the Richmond Enquirer-inquirng whether the Con-
federate government wished to purchase any improved
cannon. That letter was from my own State and my
used its writer could not be found If could have
found him he would have gone rorth execrated wan
derer and an oucast no severer punshmcnts had bo
fallen him. There mon in the free States wh0a
so unpatioc thuy would coin money OF the drop
OF blood Of the government They have shown it by
their acts or would not believe it, bear no unknd-
ness sir, toward the Senator from Indiana but I am
greved that one so 0rg in tho service Of his country
and SO much honore should descend 10 do her this
injury. only know what are the facts; and IL it
my own brother should feel 1t my duty to do tho same
would exclaim, Thypeople shall be my people The
theo and me-" The 1st day Of March, 1851 event
full day. On that day tho Secretary Of War struck the
name of General Twiggs, who had surrendered tho
army in Texas from tho roll Of the army. On that
same day the gallant Anderson wrote that he
could not hold out much longer. and on that samo
day the Senator from Indiana wrote letter
TO JEFF Davis. telling him that Mr.. Lincoln
had an important Improvement in firearms to
SELL Senators, look at tho pictured Tho Senator from
Indiana deliberately furnishes aids furnish an i'm
portant Improvements in firearms to the rebel chief.
Over tho doors CT the old Hall OF there
stands the finest design Of art, In my Judgment to be
found about the Captoit 10 that of History riding in
tho Car OF Time, making her record as she goes Oh.
what record she made on that LIST day Of March, 1ssi
have sometimes fanciod that could veil Of sad
mesa over her for the misery of the nation
We can only make atonemcnt by completing the record
and bidding her make IT, that when knew Of the act
OF tho Senator from Indiana, drove him from tho
Sonato and eHpeed him from this floor.


The Senate went into executive session. aud afterwards
adjourned till Monday.