Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1864-05-21

              MOUNT TEBJfrtiK 21 ,1864; VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 0. it gcmatralic gahntr IS rCBLISHKD 8TKBT 8ATURDAT MOmSIXS BY L. HARPER. . .... Cnee In Woodward Block, 3d Story. TERMS. Two Dollars per annum, payable in d- vne ; $2.50 witnm aix months; $3.00 after the expi ration of the year. - Lyon's Kathairon. Kathairon ia from the Greek word " Kattaro," or V Kathairo," signifying to cleanse, rejuvenate and re-Store. This article id what its name signifies. For "preserving, restoring and beautifying the human hair it is the most remarkable preparation in the world.'. It is again owned and put: up by the original proprietor, and is now mado with the same care, skill and attention which gave it a sale of over one Hellion bottles per annum. It is a moat delightful Hair Dressing. . It eradicates scurff and dandruff. . It keeps tho head cool and clean, . ; Jt makes the hair, soft and glossy. ' . It prevents the hair from falling off. It prevents the hair from turning grny. It restores hair upon bald beads. . Any lady or gentleman who values a beautiful bead of hair should use Lyon's Kathairon. It is known and usod throughout tho civilized world. Sold by all respectable dealers. . DE11AS S. BARNES k CO. New York. Mar. 2fi-ly, Ilagan's Magnolia Balm. This is tho most 'delightful and extraordinary arti-ticle ever discovered. It changes the sun burnt face and hands to. a pearly satin texture of ravish ing beiiu-. ty, imparting the marble purity of youth, and the tlimtinijue appearance so inviting in the city belle of fashion. It removes tun, freckles, pimples and roughness from the skin. leaving tho complexion freth, transparent and smooth. It contains no material injurious to the skin. Patronized by Actresses and Opera Singers. It is what every lady should have. Sold everywhere. Preparce by. W. E. II AG AX, Troy, X. Y. Address all orders to DEMA.S S. BARN l-:3 i CO. New York. Mar. 2(i-ly V HEIMSTREET'S Inimitable Hair Itoslornl 1 vc, AO 7 .1 DYE : Bui restores sray hiir to its original e-dor, by sup- plying tho ivtpillary tuhc with iiafaml sustenance; iiupairel by age or" df-'cie. . All irtt iHtmeout '" are composed of lumtr i-itnii:, .destroying fho vitality and beauty of the hair, and afford of .tliemselvca. no dressing. HVLinstretif.s lui uitV'ile : Coloring not only restores hair to it- natural coier by an easy process, but gives the hair a . Luxuriant Beauty, promotes its growth, prevents its Calling off. eradicates dxndrulf. and imparts health anil pleasantness to the head Jt has stood the test .of time, being the origiual Hair Coloring, nnd is constantly increasing 'in favor. Used by b'-th sienth-unitr and ladies. It is ld by all respectable dcalcri-, or can be procured bj hoin of the.commcr'-ial agents. - I). 6. IJAHNKS.t CO. 202 Broadway, New. York. Two sizes, 50 cents and $1. . " j '. .. Mar. 20-ly i : .Meilcau 3Iustaiig Liniment ! , The parties in St. Louis t ( iu lunitti, who have counterfeited the Mustang. Lihimeut under pretense "of proprietorship, have been thoroughly estoptd by the Courts. To guard against further imposition, I have procured from tho United States. Treasury, a private steel plate revenue stamp, -j which is placed over the top of each bottle. Each stamp bears the fnc tmile of my Signature, and without whit h the article is a Couiiterfeit. dangerous and worthless imitation. Examine every bottle. This Liniment ' has been in use and growing in favor for many years. There hardly exists a hamlet on the habitable Globe that does not contain evidence of its wonderful, effects. It is the best emolitnent in the world. With its present improved ingredients, its effects upon man nnd beast are perfectly remarkable. orcs aro healed, pains relieved, lives saved, valuable animals mads useful, and untold ills -assuaged." Eor cuts, brui-'cs, pprains, rheumatism, swellings, bites, cuts, caked breasts, strained horses, c, ii is a Sovereign Remedy that s hould never be dispensed with. It should be in every fami'y. " Sold by all Druggists. 1). S. BARXES, New York . Mar. 20-ly : S. T. 1SGO. X. Persons of sedentary habits trouoled "with, weitk ness, lassitude, palpitation of the heart, lack of ape tite, distress after eating, torpid liver, constipation. Ac, deserve to suffer it they will not try the - ceie bratcd 7.1 Plantation Bitters, which are now re nnmended by. tho highest medical authorities, and warranted to produce an iniutrilinte beneficial effect. -They are exceedingly agreeable, perfectly pure, and must supercede all other ton it-j where a healthy, gentle stimulant is required. Thoy purify, strengthen aud invigorate. Ihey create a healthy upctite. : They are an antidote to change of water and diet. They overcome effects of dissipation and late hours. They strengthen the system and enlived the mind. They Prevent miasinatic and intermittent fevers. . They purify the breath and acidity of the stomach. Tkcy cure Dyspepsia and Constipntion. They cure Diarrhea, and Cholera Morbus. They cure Liver Complaint and Nervous Headache. . They make the weak strong, the linguid brilliant, and are exhausted nature's great restorer. They are composed of the celebrated Calisaya. bark, winter- green, sassafras, roots and herbs, all preserved in per- fectly pure St. Croix rum. For particulars, see circulars and testimonials around each bottle. Beware of imposters. ' Examine every bottle. See -" that it has our private TJ. S. Stamp unmutilated over the eork, with plantation scene, aud our signature on A fine steel plate side label. See that our. bottle is not refilled with spurious andjleleterous stud".- Any person pretending to sell Plantation Bitters either by the gallon and Bulk, is an impostor. -Any person imitating this bottle, or selling any other material therein, whether called Plantation Bitters or Bot, is a criminal under the U. S. Law, aud will be so rosecuted by us. AYe already have our eye on sev-Peral parties re-fillng our bottles, &e , who will snc-ceai in getting themselves into close quarters. The demand for Drake's Plantation Bitters from ladies. "'clergymen, merchants, Ac., ia incredible. The sim-H trial of bottlo is the evidence wo present of their .worth and superiority. They are sold by all respectable druggists, grocers, physicians, hotels, saloons, steamboats and country stores. P, II. DRAKE & CO, Mar. 26-ly 202 Broadway. N. Y. Home Testimony. Ixoepkndrnci:, Richland Co. O. ' September 25, 1859. J Dr. C. AT. Robacc Dear Sir: Thin is to certify that I was severely afflicted with a disease of the Liver. I was recommended to try your Scandinavian Blood Pills and Poriler, and did. so. I nsed them with great success and ean recommend them to my friends to cure the diseases they are recommended for ; consequently their sales here, your Agent informs me, are altogether latufaetonr. WUhing yon great success, I am Your (sincere riend, '' Jonjr . Wabxhaw. See airertisemeat In taother oolamn. To XerTonj Sufferers efMth Sexes. A Reverend Oentleman haring beea restored o neaitb i a few-days, after ondergotng all the nsn-1 rontine and irregalar expesiv modas of treat meat Without o.eeeaaeeaaidAva it hia uAurmd dntw ta eoia. .pwaieate U hiaaOetod fallow ereatus the maaas f , 1 j11?!? rroeipt of aa : addiMMd Mrral-?P5 tlwUivMai (fn, py of the preeeriptim aaad. S11 r6 Jo M. DAQaALi, ISo FuItoB street, Brookl jn, New York. y,b 8-obi tr-n ATfTT.TrR'9 a VXDS. Sandusky and Newark Railroad. MT. VERNON TIME TABLE. i: COINO SOUTH Mail, arrives at Mt. Vernon ..10:27 A. Accommodation, arrives at Mt. V croon... i:ju I . COIXU XORTH. Accommodation, arrives at Mt. Vernon.,.. 9:27 A. Mail, arrives at Mt. Vernon ......... 3:10 P. Central Ohio Railroad NEWARK TIME TABLE. ooma east. No. 3 Express, arrives at Newark No. 4 Express " " ...... No. 5 Express . " " Accommodation " ; ' ; ....... 6OIX0 west. ." No. 6 Express, arrives at Newark g -- ....... Accommodation. " " " ....... .. 5:30 A: M. ..11.35 A. M. .. 4:30 P. M. 9:25 A. M. ...11:35 A. ....12:30 P. M. M. M. .,..11:50 A. - " . 4:45 P.M. Tbis train goes no futhcr on the the Central road than Newark. A. B. JACKSON, Agent. Pittsburgh, Colunibus Jfc Cin. R. R. ' GOINO EAST. - NEWARK TIME TABLE. No. 5 Mail, leaves Newark..................... 5:40 A. M. No. 6 Express. " " ............... 11:40 A. M. Accommodation" " ............. ...... 9:45 P.M. COMING WEST. No. 3 Mail arrives at Newark J,... ....11:30 A. M. No. 4 Express, " Accommodation, .......11:25 P. M. 5:45 P. M. B. JACKSON, Agent.' Pittsburgh and Chicago Railroad. MANSFIELD TIME TABLE. -TRAINS GOING EAST. . Express Passenger........... .......... Express Passenger U. S. Mail and Passenger........... Express Pasengcr Through Freight, . 6:42 T. M. , 7:30 A. M. . 8:11 A. M. .12:53 P. M. ..8:58 1. M. . 2:40 P. M. . 7:00 P. M. Local Freight...... - uoi.vc WEST, Express Passenger,.... , .... 9:56 P. M. .... 9:57 A. M. ....12:25 P. M. .... 4:45 P. M. Crestline Aecoih. Passenger L'. S. Mail aud Passenger.., Through Freight ........... 2:40 P. M. 7:3(1 A. M. 8:5S P. M." .......... 4:011 P. M. FRANK AVARD, Agent. Local 'Freight DEMOCRATIC U.ISXER fjaolt and f ob ? viutiug Woodward Block, Mount Vernon, Ohio. Ilaving jutt ... received' Iar, extensive.Supply of ' re additions to our former Book, Job and Card Type, From the well-known Founderv of L. Jonx'so A Co., ' Philadelphia, embracing some of t lie newest and most ! beautiful styles, tlie undersigned is better prepared ' than ever to execute BOOK AND PAMPHLET WORK, AX1 IX FACT E VLUY DESCRirTlON OF 3f o h ;mb Ihnq (Curb printing, For Lawyers. Justices. Banks. Railroads, and Business men. kept on buud, or printed to order, on the shortest notice. AVe solicit the patronage of our friends In this department of our business, assuring tbcm that all work executed at this office, will give entire satisfac tion as to style and prices. . I. IIARVEtt. Notice to Towuship Assessors. The township Assessors in Knox County for 18C1 are requested to meet at the County Auditors Office, in the Coiirt House, Mfunt A'ernou, on Saturday, ICth day of April, instant, at about 10 o'clock, A. M., to receive their blanks, and instruction from the State and County Auditors: and also to consult with each oilier and agree. upon general rules for the valuation of live stock, and other matters. - Auditor's Office, Mount Vernon, O.. Anril 7 1864. J. L. THOMPSON", . April 9-S t. County An.iitor, Disolntioit of Partnership. T j "HE partnership heretofore eqisting between Pan-JL icl C. Beach and Thoma-s Connor, under the firm ot Beaeh and Connor, iu the Clothing Business, was dissolved on the 30th of March ISti-l. The books of the concern are in- the bands of the subscriber to whom all persons indebted to the firm are requested to make pavment. April y :"; t. T.C0XX0R. Roatl Xotice. NOTICE is hereby-given that at the next regular session of the Commissioners of Knox Comity, a petition will be presented, asking them to va. u'v; so much of tua Mount Holly and Cavallo eouuiy road aa lies between the following points, to wit : commencing in Union Township, about 350 feet east of Squire John Butler's barn, in the centre of the Danville and Mohican road; thence South to the north line ofXathnn Parsons' land: thence east to the north-en st corner of said Nathan Parsons' land. And the location of the above road to he from the first point above described, 360 feet east of Squire John Butler's barn, in the centre of the Danville and Mohican road; thence east in the centre of said road until you eome within 100 feet of where said road crosses the east line of Squire John Rutler?s land: from thence south-east on the most eligible route to intersect the above east Hue; and from thence .due south on said east line to the . North-east corner of Nathan Parsons' land. SQUIRE JOHN BUTLER, April 16-4t And other Petitioners. 40 Acre Farm For Sale. fTAHE undersigned, as Administrators of the- estate 1 of Win. Bonar, late of Knox county, Ohio, by or der of the Probate Court, will offer for sale, on the premises, on 'the 6th day of May, between the hoars of It o'clock, A. M. and 1 o'clock, P. M. of said day, in Wayne township, Knox county, Ohio, to the high est biddor, a Farm, consisting of 402 Acres. It is the farm formerly owned by Byram Leonard, and lately by Joseph D. Rogers, and last by AVm. Boner, deceas ed. It U one of the best farms in the county, good both for raising Stock. and urain is in good order, has a good dwelling house, three barns, three orch ards, 4c, Ac, on the same. It ia situated one-half way between Eredericktown and Chesterville, on the West branch of Owl Creek, and is among the best land in that section or tbo county. . Terms of Sale One-tenth ia hand ; enough to make one-third oa the 1m of October aezt ; one-third in one year, and the balaaee ia two years from day of sale, with interest, secured by note and mortgage on the premise. P. S. If deemed advisable, said premises may be divided and sold ia two separate tracts, of about an equal amount sack. JACOB ST&VBLJ6, . MATHEAV BONER, April 9-w3$3 Administrators of William Boner. Exeentor's Notice. . TVTOTICB is herebT- riven that the nnderstrned XX have been duly appointed and qualified by the j-rooaie vouri, witnin and for Knox county, Ohio, as iszeontors or the estate of Elie Miller, late of Knox County dee'd. All persons indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate navment to the nn. dersigned, and all persons holding claims against saia eBuuearv igun o present laem legally proren loj seteMuaost wiuuavaijswpom tnis oat. x. KAVINQ 1CLLL8R, " - 7? J tf. ; OSOBQB B. WHJTK, Mareh 19 Executors. I UEEDOM OF DEBATE. S FEE GH - , - - " OF ' my. D. W. Y0ORHEES, OF INDIANA, In the Ilouse of Representatives on the Resolution of Mr. Colfax to Expel the Hon. Alex. Lang. Mr. Speaker : I had not the pleasure of hearing the gentleman from Ohio, nor have I yet read his speech. The position, therefore, which 1 assume today has no reference to the merits or demerits of his sentiments. I stand upon the naked right of an American rep-resentatiA'e in Congress to utter his own views. He is not there to utter your views. He is here to utter his own, responsible in a political sense alone to the people who Sent him here, and in a moral sense to the God before whom we all hasten. And when I find a man seeking to become the judge of his brother and in a matter of priA ate conscience, I find one who Avonld have burnt John Rogers at the stake and have piled the fagots around the shrieking victims at Smithfield. The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Schenck), who has just taken his seat, would have led the mob which pelted the Saviour for the freedom of his opinion. He Avould have stood among the scribes and Pharisees before the tribunal of Pilate,- crying. "Release, Barabas," but as to the Nazarene, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Free speech was as 'odious at that time on the hills of Judea as it is noAV in these halls, and had the . gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Schenck) lived then he would have been its enemy, as he is to-day. Mr. Speaker, this is an old; question. There is nothing ''new about it. The whole history of the world is written over in letters of blazing light Avith the cherished deeds of the champions of free speech.' The same great record contains the eternalithering, blasting infamy which forever clings to those who, as the champions of despotism, are to-day seeking to strike it down. I stop not to determine whether I endorse a man's opinions. I indorse his right to utter them here and elseAvhere. The man who will not do it is himself a coward, and deserves to be a slave. Sir such men are. fit instruments to crush out liberty, and in the hands of a ty-i rant to make slaves of the people Let me read from an authority before which the puny light of the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Schenck) pales like that of a rush candle held up to the sun at its fierce meridian. I read from Daniel Webster, whose great intellect is almost a full atonement to the country for all the faults of New England: "When this and the other House shall loose the freedom of speech and debate; when they shall surrender the right of publicly and freely can Amassing all important measures of the Execute ; when they shall not be allowed to maintain their OAvn authority and their own privileges by vote, declaration, or resolution, they will then be no longer free representatives of a free people, but slaves themselves and fit instruments to make slaves of others." . Sir. I take, my stand on this doctrine. I Avill defend it in behalf not only of an v man upon this side of the Ilouse but just as readily in behalf of a political opponent. In my opinion, I haA'e heard from the opposite side ot this chamber during my service in Congress much of treason. No, hot treason I withdraw the word; treason consists not in language, but in acts ; but I have heard much that Avas culculated to destroy and disrupt the goA-ernment ; much that was calculatea to AveaKien tne ties that bind us together as one people ; much that tended to the extinction of liberty and the oppression of the citi zen; much that 1 firmly believe is aimed at the destruction of the Constitu tion and the erection of an absolute des potism. 1 do not, however, propose to expel members for uttering those out rageous sentiments. Ihey exercise an unquestionable right in giving them ex pression. And on the other hand I will allow no man to call in question my exercise of a similar right. I am alone responsible" to my constituents. Who is to be my judge ? Who is to be the arbitrator here? Who is to say when I shall speak and when Pshall be silent what I shall say and what I shall not say.' The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Schenck) little dreams of the conse quences if he expects to crack his whip as the satrap of this House, here or elsewhere. , There are a million and a half of Democratic voters in this land who will be convulsed with an agony of irrepressible rage, when it is proposed that their Representatives shall be silent at the bidding of an insolent party, bloated with unlawful power and steepH eu iu tue uiuou a.nu tears oi tne nation. Sir, I again ask who is to judge the principles held by a representative ? Who is to be the arbiter upon this great question ? . There can "be but one- bis constituents. He stands upon the Constitution. By it his freedom of opinion and .speech is made secure. : It cannot be. abridged or distubed. He . can defy the world, as we' here defyyou' . to lay the weight of your finger on this inherent and immortal, privilege. We yield to you your rights, and you Bnall yield to us ours, or it at once becomes a question of physical conflict. I tell you not for a moments to suppose that a gag can be placed upon the mouths of the free American people without blood running, "from the hilts of New England to the mouth of the Columbia all over the northern land. It is the last bulwark of liberty ; it is the hope of freedom. Give us free speech; give us a free ballot-box, and-we will stand all else, and respond to every call made upon us. Seek to strike these down, and the last hope of the country will go down in blood and darkness. Sir, I desire and intend to discuss this great question in a proper temper. I ha ?e laid down the reasons why I did not feel myself called upon to vote to expel any man from this House for the decorous expression of a political opinion. Neither will I vote to censure him for such an act. Let me state this is sue clearly and properly. I hold that the rules of the Ilouse protect its decorum; its personal relations, and, whether men or; gentlemen in whose presence they are and with whom they associate. I hold that a man observing those rules has a right, under the Constitution, to express his political sentiments with the utmost freedom. This is all I understand the gentleman from Ohio has done. You ask me to expel him. Is he my representative ? Am I responsible for Kim? Are you? Another people sent him here. With that people I leae him. He is their mouthpiece. What is this Government ? A representative Government means the voice of the people spoken through their representatives here, as the people of New York speak through you (to Mr. Wood), and the voice of tha constituents of my friend from Cincinnati speaks through' him. The people are here in their majesty speaking through their representatives. Ask. your people to make war upon the people of my district, arid Ave will meet you aj; the threshold. Let any representatives seek to silence the representatives whom my constituents send here, and it is their insult as well as mine. The srinciple of representation is immediately destroyed by siifch a course. A large portion of the jjamerican people, perhaps a maiority, ire at once disfran chised. Their voice as hushed in the halls of legislation, afij they are sim- plv allowed the toor vilege of paying taxed and fighting at tfi e bidding ot a master. '- ' . Sir, I do not expect totagree with every man's sentiments, but is that a cause for me to quarrel Avith those who do not in dorse my opinion ? Is that a cause for me to arraign men for the political scaffold ? Is that a cause for me to follow in the wake of a modern llobespierre on a small scale in intellect and on a large scale in venom the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Schenck) who says men should be shot tor their opinions I know nothing in the character, nothing in the military or civil career, inclu ding his movement on V ienna, which give him the right to assume superiori- tv over the members on this side of the House. I listened to his low talk about Copperheads creeping out of their holes. It Avas not language becoming the place Avhere he stands ; it was be coming the precincts rather ot a bar room political gathering." Indeed, to judge from his allusions to GulliA-er's travels, he would be more at home tliere than he is in the society of gentleman Sir, he volunteers this assault on this side of the House. We haAe not sought it. Every man who has served with me in Congress knows that I dislike and avoid personal controversy with my peers on this floor. But the tenor and tone of the remarks of the gentleman from Ohio seem to invite, to challenge, to provoke unpleasant controversy. - So far as I am concerned and those who sit around me, we respond with defia rice Mr. Speaker, the General principles which I have thrown out on the subject of freedom of debate apply to every person. I 51111 discussing now, not mere ly the right of a Democrat on this floor, I am discussing the right of every Republican on this floor. 1 go further I am discussing the right of the hum blest citizen of America, the right to escape the galling yoke of tyranny and oppression, the last right, at hat Mr Webster properly called a home-bred right, a nreside pnvelegc, on the ex treme boundary of which he declared he stood, and which should not be call edm question anywnere. itun your mind's eye back over the history of the world : The dark spirit of bigotry and intolerance once chained down Galileo fdr saying that the world moved, laid him on the damp floor of. a dungeon, as the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Schenck) wouia ao witu ui pimucai opponents. Opinion was divided. Some said that (ialileo was rignt, some said no was wrong. - ' v - . " ' So it will be as to the gentleman from Ohio, (Mr, Long.) But while he lay in his festerlKg irons on the 'floor of the dungeon, he exclaimed to himself, "The world still moves' Chaining his person did not chain his thought, could not control his opinion, nor contradict- the fact which he had discovered. , Thought is boundless, eternal and cannot be chained nor controlled. . You. are , ma- kipg a vain attempt. ' You'are commit ting a sacrilege against the' divinity of human nature. Yon invade the very holy of holies with unclean feet,, the inmost recesses of man's nobility, the to think for himself. 'You are actuated by the same fell spirit which a few years ago struck down men because they". worshiped God according to the dictates of their own consciences, because they worshiped Him with a crucifix of His Saviour in their hands. It is the same murderous and prescriptive spirit which in Puritan New England whipped, scourged, branded, and seared men and women of the Quaker persuasion. It is ths same infamous and damnable spirit which has stampted undying, condign, loathing, and abhorrence for all succeeding ages, on all the names that were ever connected with an attempt to crush the freedom of thought and the freedom of speech. . . But Sir, let me go a little fulther in this connection. I have a kind regard for the Speaker of the House Mr. Colfax. Nothing but personal kindness and acts of personal courtesy have ever passed between him and. me. I regret exceedingly, however, that he has placed himself in the attitude of public accuser on this occasion. I think on a. short review of the antecedents of his own political history he Avill come to the conclusion that I did when I heard he had fathered this prosecution, thi3 accusation. I thought that a little charity would Avell become him, a little of the kindness of his natural nature, if I may be alloAved to use a tautological expres- ion. I remember that at a time when. this country was all at peace, when it was moving on a happy, almost unruffled sea, a piratical craft was suddenly launched on the political waters by one Ilinton RoAvan Helper, who, if I am not mistaken, now holds oflice as Consul to Buenos Ayres under the Administration you so much love. His book of infa mous notoriety, recommended coAvardly slaughter, recommended that slavehold- ers be killed bv strvchhine administered by their slaves, recommended the torch to the root and the knife to the throat of men, Women and children, declared total, exterminating war against slaAe- holders in express terms. . If anybody disputes this I have the book here to convince them. I lamen ted, I bowed my head with grief, when that incendiary book appeared Avith some sixty-eight names of the Republican members of this House appended and the name of the present distinguished Speaker at the head of the entire list. It Avas recommended by these signers as a work of very great public merit, and approved for general circulation. But I Avould not expel him for that. No, except to differ with him as one mem ber may differ from another. I argue the question with him. I would would tell him that he gave him name in a time of profound peace for war.; that Avhen the smoke and carnage of battle were not ascending, when the sky Avas clear and the sun shining, ho gave his voice for strife and desolation for the Avar of John Brown of servile insurrection; riot an honorable Avar, not a civilized Avar, but a. war of murder, of barbarism,' of the slaughter of women and children in their beds. Such was the ve'ice of the present Speaker of the House of that time. - The same genileman now cannot tolerate the gentleman from! Ohio. His 'virtuous, pure, unstained patriotism is shocked ; and lie rush-ei from his Speaker's chair, springs to the floer, before any body else can get in a resolution, with the appearance of baying, I can; not be held, any longer ; this thing will ; not Jo." And yet this is the gentleman whose voice was . for dishonorable war When the country was in a condition of profound peace! The gentleman, I am eure, will not complain at this little episode in his political history. Those who are p wift to accuse should not complain if their own deeds make retort upon them.: I would be the last man to throw my colleague's record in his face but for the spirit he has shown here. Sir, let me compare faith and works upon the subject of the Union,' upon the subject of jeace, upon the subject of fraterhuv, u pon the subject of the preservation of the Government, with the gentleman from Ohio(Mr. Long), and he will have no ground to hurl the fifrt stone. The admonition of the Savior comes with peculiar force to indoreer of the Helper book, to an inciter of riot, blood, war and disunion. Let him that is without sin cat the first stone at the gentleman from Ohio for daring to express his sentiments upon this floor. If that injunction had been obeyed, my colleague would have etayed his hand and remained in the Speaker's chair. Rut let me inquire a little further in regard to the right of my colleague to deal harshly with the political frailties of hisfellow-mem-bere. This hall was, a few evenings ago, given to the great Abolitionist and Diauuioniet, George Thompson. I do not know whether the Speaker. presided on that occasion, as lie did upon a former occasion of a somewhat similar character, but i have no doubt he gave the light of his counteuance, his amiable and most beneficent countena ce. " Still he cannot endure that the gentlemen from Ohio and Maryland should have their, utterances upon this floor from their own seats, whatever they may be. Mv distinguished colleague, the Speaker, says they were for disunion". For the sake of the argument, suppose they were. Let us see what kind of company the gentleman himself keeps ; let us see. who it was to wbora he gave aid and encouragement in his work of destruction and career of infamy. I hold in my hand the resolutions of the American Anti-slavery Society, passed some time about the year 1850, and two'of tbem read as follows t Mmohed, That: while . we would -exprw nr deep crrmtitnde to all those earnest men and women who find time and strength amid their labors in behalf of British reform to study, un derstand and"protee against r American slave- rv. to nre ns their eympatnyau'I aid by ma nificent'Contributioos, and br holding oar Uo- 1 km up to the contempt Europe, we eel it would not be invidious t: mention William Mary Howitt, ; Ilenry Vincent and ' George Thompson, as those to whose uniting, advocacy our cause is especially indebted in this country, as well al for the hold it has gained on the hearts of the British people. " Resolved, That the discriminating sense of justice, the steadfast devotedness, the generous munificence, the untiring zeal, the industry, skill, taste and genius with which the British Abolitionists have co-operated with us for the extinction of slavery command our gratitude. From the "Abolitionists of -England, Scotland, and Ireland, we have received renewed and increasing assurances and proofs of their constant and enlightened zeal in behalf of American slave. Liberal gifts from those countries. falling behind none of the most bounteous of former years, helped to nil the scanty treasury of the slave." . . Cluster around him, you men of the latter day! Your love of the Union is a modern invention. It comes to you late in life. It is a thing intended to deceive. You many as well stand by your old disunion co.ors. Bally, I say, round this English standard-bearer of the American Abolitionists of the American Anti-Slavery Society, who holds up our Union to the contempt and derision of Europe, and receives public thanks lor It. Oh, how would the authority and power which these men now invoke roll back upon them if it were proposed, to punisli them for their disunion principles! But I would not punish them for even that expression of their sentiments. Not at. all. If you want a monarchy, you have the right to say so. If you want di" union, say so, and discuss it like men. Truth is never afraid when left free. Error is never a dangerous element when truth is left free to coml at. So I say to you here, what you have to say, say it, but do not enjoy your right thus to. speak your sentiments, and then meanly deny to others the same .right. The Speaker, however, is doubtless satisfied with the political company he keeps, and I have no right to complain. If George Thompson of Eiigland, or Wendell Phillips, of America, suit his tastes, he is only accountable for that fort of patriotism to those who sent him here. If be wishes to hug to his bosom those two unrighteous monsters of disunion and civil war, it is no coucern of miue. And indeed it may meet ..with warm approvol in Northern Indiana. It may be that he is correctly representing his constituents. 1 difi'er from him wideK-. and in doing so I am perfectly sure that I properly represent the principles of the district is which I live. V According to the views of the Speaker, the people who sent him here'are somewhat old fashioned in their ideas. They live in a beau tiful country. They are settled in. one of,the oldest and richest portions of our great State. The old men were familiar with Harrison and Taylor, who both fought Indians on the fertile banks of the Wabash, and both died in the mansion of Presidents. Thev have seen the country prosper and become great under the. old Constitution and principles oi tne latners. TLey do not think that Abraham Lincoln can make a better government than the one which suited George Washington They are content with what they have. You think you can do better than Jeflerson, Hancock, Madison and Adams. The people ! represent do not think vou can. If they are to choose between two forms of government they would take that of Washington instead of Lincoln. Sir, I too hold, and shall to the last, to the Constitution of my fathers. Its great principles sustain me while standing here in the face of a tyrannical, insolent majority, clinging, like a mariner at sea, with hope almost fled, at times in despair for my country, distracted with the darkness overhead, at the storm around, still clinging to and willing to peiieh on that Constitution, un changed :n letter nnd ppint, believing that it will better restore this Union, if duly administered, than any other instrument which the wisdom ot. man can give this down-trodden people. ' ;'-'".- ' You cannot come to me with your charees about the war. I have done my duty. No dollar of money has been paid out. to feed and clothe the soldiers for which I have not voted, unless detained by sickness from my seat. I did not want this war, it is true. I thought it might have been and ought to have been avoided, I think to-day that peaceful remedies will better restore the Unionhan the prosecution of war under our present Administration. But while we are in war I stand by the soldier in the field. The domineering gentleman from the third district of Ohio (Mr. Schenck) cannot eay as much. I will now attend to him for a few moments. . , Mr, Speaker, I will send to the Clerk's desk to be read, a curious paper, which shows how the gentleman from the Dayton district gave aid and comfort to the enemy in time of war at a former period of our history. How violent was that gentleman a while ago! How unsparing his denunciations ! How fiercely he glared upon this side of the Ilouse ! If he had the power to wreck the wishes that were inflaming his soul he would nave waged a more dangerous war upon us here than he has ever been. able to wage upon the enemy in the field. How savagely he menaced this side of the Ilouse ! Aid and comfort to the enemy! I will prove the gentleman himself guilty of that crime by his own statement. You say that speaking against war gives aid and comfort to the enemy, You say that va-tin; against supplies gives aid and comfort to the enemy. I shall send to the Clerk's desk a series of resolutions offered by the gentleman from Ohio in 1847, one month before the glorious battle of Buena.Vista was fought one month, Sir, (to Mr. Cravens), before you and other gallant gentlemen upon this floor charged the enemy through a hail of death on that field, a battle-field which gave a President to the Republic It will be seen that whether or not the gentleman from Ohio had a Mexican face, he pad a Mexican heart at that time in his breast. He was then on the side of the enemies of his country. He offered resolutions to withdraw our army from Mexico, -to be torn, harrassed and scourged by the enemy hanging upon the rear. We were fighting a foreign power then. Are the.Southern people worse than a foreign people? Will you wage more relentless war upon them than upon foreigner? Are Mexicans better than the people of Virginia, Tennessee Louisiana and other Southern States? At the expense of being declared disloyal, I say that I would be willing to take, them back into ray fraternal embrace under the forms of the Constitution. Aye, Sir, gladly and fondly I would rather make peace with them tha. with the filthy, broken, fragmentary, diluted race of Mexicans. ' ' " ' . The Clerk then read, at the request of Mr. Voorbees, a long seriea of resolutions offered in the House Representative by Mr. Schenck during the war between the United States and the Republic of Mexico. These' resolutions being loo long for oar space, we iusert only a portion' of tbem ail follows -'' v i. ?. ', " Reohted hy the Senate and House ot Bep-resentatives of the United State of America, in Congress - assembled,- That in-order V ter-.miaate the war unhappily existing between,! he . United States and Mexico, with due resrard to the rishts and natfontl existence and iadepen- dense oi ine i"u ncpuuirco, ana wun a view to bring about an honorable peace, the Presi dent of the United States be requested to withdraw all troops and military forces of ths Uni' ted Statee now west of tee Kiourande in ALex- ico to east ide of said river. " That all volunteers now in ths service of the United States be discharged, taking due care, in the order of discharge, that provision b made for the return of all such volunteers to their respective homes, or to the States in which they were mustered into the service of the Government. "That the President he requested and advised to keep all, or such portion as be may deem neceseary for that purpose, of the the regular army under his command, along or aear. the western frontier of the United States, pre-: pared to repel or prevent any encroachment or depredation by Merican citizens or soldiery ou the territory, property or people of this Union, while any question or controversy shall remain unsettled between the Governments of Mexico and the United5taiea. " That no further- increase of the present. Regular Army of the United States shall be made by enlistment or otherwise; but as fast; as the terms of eulislment of soldiers now ia the service may expire, the army shall be reduced until it is brought to the number .that was in the service on the first day of January, 1847. . . . "That it is ajrainst the policy and interest of this Government to wage war lor the con- ' quest of territory, and there should not be so-quired, by any treaty to be negotiated and concluded between the United States and Mexico, any territory whatever additional to the territory now lying legally and properly within the present limits of the United States, or within the boundary of any now existing State of this Union. "That no application of any money appropriated, or to be appropriated, by act of this.-Congress, for carrying on the existing war with Mexico, or for increasing, strengthening, or in any way supplying the military or naval defences of this governmerit shall be made, nor is any expenditure thereof authorized, except such application and expenditure be strictly in accordance with the declaration and provi sions of these resolutions." Mr. Voorbees continued : This House has heard the resolutions that I sent up to be read. I have simply to say in regard to tbem that if members upon this side of the Houne are trai-tsrs in consequence of their opinions antago nistic to the present war, the. eentleman from . Ohio was a traitor in January, 1847, when he introduced these resolutions. If there is aid and comfort to the rebels iu arms in position of any gentleman here, then there was aid and comfort thrice over to the Mexicans in the re solutions just read. Everv Mexican lancer that murdered bur wounded men hailed the name of the gentleman from ( hio as his friend. Every guerrilla that preyed upon our trains, struck down and murdered weak escorts, cut off supplies from our starving soldiers, bailed, ths gentleman from Ohio aa a co-worker with him in expelling the American army from Mexico. The - Mexicans were working to gt . our army out of their country, and the gentleman from Ohio was working to the same end. Sir, Ohio seems unfortunate. If thegentle--man whom you seek to expel (Mr. Long), be. unfaithful to his country in time of war, he has illustrious precedents in the former histery of his State. Her voice has been heard in the other branch of Congress in tones forever memorable: Aid and comfort to the enemy! Corwin stands very high with this Administration. He is very properly a Minister to Mex- , ico. He invoked the soldiers of Santa Anna . to murder our gallant troops, and lay tbem in hospitable graves in a foreign land. To ths best of their ability they obeyed his bloody in- ' structions. Such was the position of there distinguished friends of the Administration from Ohio during the war with a foreign foe-Mr. Corwin in the Senate, and the gentleman. . from the Dayton district (Mr. Schenck) lathe House. Ihey were co-operating together. By voice and vote they were encouraging the Mexicans to fight, and to fight on ; and while-our troops were met in front by Mexicans, they were assailed in the rear by these distinguished allies. . By the last resolution just read at the desk no monev was to be paid to our troops except in accordance with the provisions of those res- " olulions.. that is, upon condition that tbey should be withdrawn from the country. No pay was to be given tbem while they were there. The meanest vote that any man, :n . my judgment, ever gave, is a vote to stop the rations of the soldier. It matters not whether the war be right or wrong, the soldier must be paid. To starve him is no statesmanlike plan by which to stop an unjust war. Yet that was precisely the vote given by the gentleman from Ohio, who now delivers a lecture to the House upon the subject of American patriotism. Tliere it elands recorded. There is a Nemesis of politics which 'come back to a-. venge injustice and.iniquity. It comes now to torment and plague the gentleman from Ohio. It avenges the wrong and outrage which he seeks to inflict upon his colleague ; it comes now in heface of the soldiers of this war, and tells them that the gentleman from Ohio would leave them , to beggary and want if he should become dissatisfied with this war as he was with the war against Max ico. What man has done man will do again. Sir, I accept no lecture upon the subject of patriotism from such a source. But at the same time I freely admit that the gentleman from Ohio had the sight, the moral, legal, and political right to introduce the resolutions in regard to the Mexican war if they embraced his sentiments. I would have neither expelled nor censured him for his action. They were wrong in my judgment, but if they were right in his, then he was right in offering them. I am for toleration in all matters of opinion. ' We cannot all thinkalike. God did not make fis so. You remember the parable, sometime thought to be taken from Scripture, hat said to have been uttered by Herjam in Franklin, on this great question of freedom of opinion. Aram was sitting one evening at the door of his tent, when a wayfaring man came by. Aram invited him to go in and sup with him. The wayfarer did so. Aram asked him to bless before be broke bread. The wavfarer said no, that he was not of his way of think ing. Immediately Aram arose in wrath, took : bis stick and beat the stranger, wounding and bruising him, and driving him from lbs shelter of his roof.- . ' In the silent watches of the night, however, the voice of God came to Aram, asking kins, "Where is thestrangerr "Why."said Aram. "I asked him to bless and return thanks before he partook of bread, and be refused, so I drove him henee." " Bat," said the voice of the Almighty, "I have borne with that man. . I have known his opinions, I. have allowed him to live; I have never beaten him and sent him into the wilderness. Go, Aram, and find he victinr of yoor miserable coadaot, bring htm back, and poor oil in his wounds feed limi and lay him on yoor best bed, and taks care of him nntil he is well." Such is ,Ue eoice of divinity in favor of freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom ef private eon science. I implore gentlemen not to attempt to strike it down. Let the error, if error iv he, exist so long as truth is left, free to combat iC In the beginning of time these two principle ,w- made. They have walked oa the earth tor v