Year: 1862

word and every syllable that the Senato


invoked in favor of General Stone nigh


Lave been just as we'll, and with more


propriety and more strength, urged il


favor of JEFF. Davis to-day. He hae


played very important part in Mexico


he had held high Offices under youl


c. Institution; and all the arguments


that the gentleman resorted to to shield


General Stone would be indefinitely )


stronger ip the case of Jeff. Davis to.
day. Lueifer was once a bright angsI
in heaven; but he fell, and he has moi


been much honored in that quarter


since, Laughter.


Sir, Tam tired of hearing these argR
ments ia favor of traitors. be Gonsti


tuition takes their lives, their property


their all. Why shall we stop short2-


Are they not in quest Of ours? If there


is any stain on the present Administra-


ton, it is that that they have been


weak enough to deal too leniently with


these traitors. | know it spruug from


goodness of heart; it sprung from the


best of motives; but, sir, as method Of


putting down this rebellion, mercy to


traitors is cruelty to loyal men. look


into the seeded States, and see thou


sands of loyal men there coerced into


their armies to run the hazard Of their


lives, and placed in the damnable posi-


ton of peUured traitors by force of
arms. If there is a man there bold
enough to maintain his integrity in the


face of these Internal powers, do they
scruple to take his life, his property,


his all? Sir, by your merciful course
you have paid premium to treason,
and made it almost impossible that a
loyal man in the seeded States can
maintain himself at all. Those States
are overrun frequently by lawless bands
of rebels, who do not scruple one mo-
ment to take their property and their
lives, and treat them with every indig


nifty and every cruelty that perverse
ingenuity can invent; but on the other
hand, when our armies come along there,
they deal quite as leniently with the
traitor as with the loyal man. What
teaches human nature? 4 man having
solely regard to his self interest, liv-
living in one of those communities, will
undoubtedly reason thus: Il must
profess to be a traitor; l must co-ope-
rate with them, for if their lawless bands
overrun the country inhabit, If show
any Union sentiment, any love to the
old Constitution and the old flag, I shall
lose not only my life, but all | possess;
while, on the other hand, if the Fede-
raj forces overrun the country, they are
so lenient that, even professed traitor
as [ am, they will respect not only my
life, but my property and all have"
Sir, the rule is as impolitic as it is un-
just. You should carry the avenging
sword along with your armies, and
sspaite treasens aud put it dpWn, and
YisIu pr5Tacrr0n TO honest, Toyaf men.
Until you adopt that course, you will
war in vain. Mr.. President, for one, |
say let US go forward against treason
and traitors; let us put down this rebel
lion at all hazards. If, in doing SO,
your darling institu lion must go under,
| shall not regret it. If it must come
to this, that the Union and slavery can
not live together, let slavery die the
death, for the Constitution, the Union,
and the time honored old flag shall live
forever.


Sir, [ have been in the Senate for
some considerable time, and [ should
have been an exceedingly dull man if I
had not learned the course of defense
that is constantly set up here for those
who have assailed the institutions Of our
country. There is an unvarying course
of remark that they indulge in, so that
no man need be mistaken as to what
they intend. Those who assail the Ad-
call tyranny to mcn sympathizing with
traitors, never to my knowledge open
their mouths on this floor in condemna-
ton of the men who have risen in arms
and are endeayoring to murder your
Constitution and your Government.
Toward them they are as mild as sucking
doves. You will find one general ear
mark among them all, and that is to as
sail those who are opposed to traitors,
and endeavor to bring them to condign
punishment; but you will never hear
lisp from one Of their mouths in opposi-
ton to the men who are now, with arms
in their hands, assailing our Institutions
aad our Government. While the Sena-
tor, in his long and elaborate speech,
has accused every body else, have you
heard word from his mouth against the
men who are now in arms endeavoring
to overthrow your Government? Not
one syllable. Sir, you may know all
these men from this circumstance: they
are the men who cry peace, peace, when
they know there can be no honorable
peace. Since the Senator-if the pa
pers report him Alright, and I see no
contradiction of it-descended from his
honorable position on this floor and went
into secret conclave with those who sym
pathize with traitors for the avowed pur-
pose of reconstructing the Democratic
party, he and all those who cooperate
with him throughout the land have vi
o:ently assailed the administration of
the Government, and especially are they
opposed to the proceedings of the Sec
retary of War. There is premeditated
attack of the whole party upon the Ad-
ministration. Iu the first place, they
assail them as tyrants, as oppressors, as
Constitution breakers; and externally,
out of this circle, they are arraigning
those who have acted in the Admins
tration before your judicial tribunals.
Witness the late attack upon our late
Secretary of War, General Cameron.
II is but the commencement of proceed
ings we'll understood by that party in
order to assail and to intimidate the
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