and will say, "As for two generations we
have boned and licked the dust before you,
so I pray you let your bumble slaves now
lick the dust, and consent to rule over us?"
Having incurred a debt of hundreds and
thousands of millions of dollars, having
buried in our soil hundreds of thousands of
patriots, and having sent the true men to the
war, will the gentleman say that it is meet
and fitting that all power should be given to
the opponents of the government and the
opponents of freedom?—to those who would
destroy our republican institutions" to those
who have remained at home and prevented
the voice of the soldier from being heard,
who have determined to go humbly down
and sue for peace upon any terms, who deems
the national flag lo be a thing to be flouted
and jeered for all coming generations in the
bistory of men, who have forsaken the God
of their fathers and gone back to worship at
the shrine of Baal and at that alone? For the
sake of the success of the peace, or democratic,
or copperhead, or secessionist party, call you
it what you will, they are willing to give
up everything that this war has brought us
of manliness, of devotion, of courage, of pa-
triotism, consenting willingly to the dishonor
of those thousands of unmarked graves, and
gladly uttering their conviction that the
dead buried there have vainly shed their blood
in a wicked and unholy cause. Forsaking even
the natural instincts of inhabitants of a
State, they haste to join the aggressor who
has been forced back from your BORDER=0s, and
wanders in the fields which the victorious
arms of the State and the country have laid
waste, rushing with eager steps for fear the
flying enemy should have gone so far that
they could not call him back, and humbly
falling before him they say: "despite we
have' whipped you, despite the verdict of civ-
ilization is against you, despile there is not
in all your principles, in all your govern-
ment or constitution one single thing with
which a free soul may hold concord, we have
come forth with quick steps to lie down be-
fore you and pray you do us the honor to
spit upon us."
It strikes me that is the result to be attained,
and that only. Why then not say just what
the result is? If men are willing to do work
like that, why not say it? If men are will-
ing to go back tor three years and forget that
record; if they are willing to count the
money, and agony, and suffering for naught;
if they are willing to say that the loyal por-
tion of this country has been under a delu-
sion to believe a lie, and that ignorance and
brutality and tyranny are better than free-
dom, that weakness is better than power, and
dishonor to be preferred to the highest record
of honor this earth has ever known, let them
say it clearly and distinctly. And however
we may reprobate the sentiments, we will do
credit at least to the candor that has an- |
nounced them. However we may regret
that humanity ever assumed a form willing
to utter such sentiments, we will at least say
there was one single spank original man-
hood which, believing and holding these sen-
timents lo be true, did not hesitate to advance
them and manfully combat for them.
But to come over apparently to the side of
those you oppose and take their ground, and
dress yourself in their clothing, and ilfling
their banner, stab them in the back. That is
not open warfare. That is not brave and
generous warfare. If the gentleman believes
republican government , to be so good a thing
under the form of our constitution which our
fathers made, we shall have him within a day
or two introducing into these halls a set of
resolutions of thanks to thus" brave soldiers
in the armies of the United States which will
make our hearts burn. and we shall find him
recorded upon the journal, and upon the
record of debates as having praised those
soldiers in terms of eulogium and commenda-
tion, and voting to put himself as the indor-
ser of the brave men of his native land.
Mr, DELLINGER called for the previous ques-
tion, and the call was sustained.
Mr. BERRY, of Prince George's, demanded
the yeas and nays on the adoption of the
amendment moved by Mr. SCOTT, and they
were ordered.
The question being taken, the result was
—yeas 44, nays 11—a? follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Goldsborough, President ;
Abbott, Annan. Audoun, Brooks, Cunningham,
Cushing, Daniel, Davis, of Washington,
Dellinger, Earle, Ecker, Farrow, Galloway,
Greene, Hatch, Hebb, Hoffman, Hopkins,
Hopper, King, Markey. Mayhugh, Mullikin,
Murray, Nyman, Parker, Pugh, Purnell,
Robinette", Russell, Scott, Smith, of Carroll,
Smith, of Worcester, Sneary, Stirling, Stockbridge,
Swope, Sykes, Thurston, Todd, Val-
liant, Wickard, Wooden—44.
Nays—Messrs Berry, of Prince George's,
Brown, Dail, Davis, of Charles. Edelen, Hol-
lyday, Lee, Mitchell, Miller, Morgan, Wilmer
—11.
When his name was called,
Mr. STIRLING said: As the previous ques-
tion has been called I shall vote for this prop-
osition, although I should have preferred it
changed somewhat. I vote "aye."
The amendment was accordingly adopted.
Mr, DANIEL asked and obtained leave of ab-
sence for this evening and to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. PURNELL,
The convention took a recess until 8 o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
The convention met at 8 o'clock, P. M.
The roll was called, and the following mem
bers answered to their names :
Messrs, Goldsborough, President; Abbott
Annan, Audoun, Cunningham, Cushing |
