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CONGEESS, U. S. 



these two unfortunate and dreadful results. 

 And, sir, I desire to say that if he is to be 

 expelled for the utterance of that sentiment, 

 you may include me in it, because I concur 

 fully in that sentiment." 



Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, rising to a priv- 

 ileged question, offered the following resolu- 

 tion : 



Whereas Hon. Benjamin G. Harris, a member of 

 the House of Kepresentatives of the United States 

 from the State of Maryland, has on this day used the 

 following language, to wit : " The South asked you 

 to let them go in peace. But, no ; you said you 

 would bring them into subjection. That is not done 

 yet, and God Almighty grant that it never maybe. I 

 hope that you may never subjugate the South." 

 And whereas such language is treasonable, and is a 

 gross disrespect of this House ; therefore, 



Be it resolved, That the said Benjamin G. Harris be 

 expelled from this House. 



The vote was taken, and it failed of a two- 

 thirds vote, as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Anderson, 

 Arnold, Ashley, Bailey, John U. Baldwin, Baxter, 

 Beaman, Elaine, Francis P. Blair, Boutwell, Boyd, 

 Broomall, William G. Brown, Ambrose W. Clark, 

 Freeman Clarke, Cobb, Cole, Henry Winter Davis, 

 Thomas T. Davis, Dixon, Donnelly, Driggs, Dumont, 

 Eckley, Eliot, Frank, Garfield, Gooch, Grinnell, 

 Hale, Higby, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hub- 

 bard, John H. Hubbard, Jenckes, Julian, Kasson, 

 Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Orlando Kellogg, Loan, 

 Marvin, McBride, McClurg, Mclndoe, Samuel F. 

 Miller, Morrill, Daniel Morris, Amos Myers, Leonard 

 Myers, Orth, Patterson, Pike, Pomeroy, Price, Wil- 

 liam II. Randall, Edward H. Rollins, Schenck, Sco- 

 field, Shannon, Smithers, Spalding, Starr, Thayer, 

 Thomas, Tracy, Upson, Van Valkenburgh, Elihu B. 

 Washburne, William B. Washburn, Webster, Wha- 

 ley, Williams, Wilder, Wilson, Windom, and Wood- 

 bridge 81. 



NATS Messrs. James C. Allen, Ancona, Augustus 



C. Baldwin, Bliss, James S. Brown, Chanler, Clay, 

 Cox, Cravens, Dawson, Dennison, Eden, Eldridge, 

 English, Finck, Ganson, Grider, Harding, Harring- 

 ton, Herrick, Holman, Hutchins, Philip Johnson, 

 William Johnson, Kernan, Law, Lazear, Le Blond, 

 Long, Mallory, Marcy, McAllister, McDowell, McKin- 

 ney, Middleton, Wm. H. Miller, James R. Morris, Mor- 

 rison, Nelson, Odell, Pendleton, Pruyn, Samuel J. 

 Randall, Robinson, Rogers, James S. Rollins, Ross, 

 Scott, John B. Steele, William G. Steele, Strouse, 

 Sweat, Voorhees, Ward, Chilton A. White, Joseph 

 W. White, Winfield, and Fernando Wood 58. 



Mr. Schenck, of Ohio, then offered the fol- 

 lowing : 



Resolved., That Benjamin G. Harris, a Representa- 

 tive from the fifth district of the State of Maryland, 

 having spoken words this day in debate, manifestly 

 tending and designed to encourage the existing rebel- 

 lion and the enemies of this Union, is declared to be 

 an unworthy member of this House, and is hereby 

 severely censured. 



It was adopted by the following vote : 

 YEAS Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Anderson, 

 Arnold, Ashley, Bailey, Augustus C. Baldwin, John 



D. Baldwin, Baxter, Beaman, Blaine, Francis P. 

 Blair, Boutwell, Boyd, Broomall, James S. Brown, 

 Ambrose W. Clark, Freeman Clarke, Cobb, Cole, 

 Cox, Henry Winter Davis, Thomas T. Davis, Dixon, 

 Donnelly, Driggs, Dumont, Eckley, Eliot, English, 

 Frank, Ganson, Garfield, Gooch, Grinnell, Hale, 

 Harrington, Higby, Holman, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. 

 Hubbard, JoHn H. Hubbard, Jenckes, Julian, Kas- 

 6on, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Orlando Kellogg, 



Kernan, Loan, Marvin, McAllister, McBride, McClurg 

 Mclndoe, Middleton, Samuel F. Miller, Morrill, Danie: 

 Morris, Amos Myers, Leonard Myers, Nelson. Odell, 

 Orth, Patterson, Pike, Pomeroy, Price, William H. 

 Randall, Edward H. Rollins, Schenck, Scofield, 

 Shannon, Smithers, Spalding, Starr, John B. Stee!e, 

 William G. Steele, Thayer, Thomas, Tracy, Upson, 

 Van Valkenburgh, Elihu B. Washburne, William B. 

 Washburn, Webster, Whaley, Williams, Wilder, 

 Wilson, Windom, and Winfield 93. 



NATS Messrs. James C. Allen, Ancona, Bliss, 

 Chanler, Dennison, Eden, Eldridge, Law, Le Blond, 

 William H. Miller, Morrison, Pendleton, Pruyn, 

 Samuel J. Randall, Ross, Strouse, Chilton A. White, 

 and Fernando Wood 18. 



The debate was continued on the resolutions 

 of Speaker Colfax. 



Mr. Wood, of New York, said : " I will not 

 vote to abridge the expression of sentiment in 

 this House. I am willing to accord to every 

 man, even to those on the other side of the 

 House, the large.st liberty of debate. But, sir, 

 I am not in favor of a dissolution of this Union. 

 I am not in favor of recognition. I am not in 

 favor of secession. But I am in favor of peace. 

 I am in favor of doing justice to the southern 

 people. I am in favor of making an effort, 

 through negotiation, for a final determination 

 and adjudication of this question in some way, 

 as the Government has always done under like 

 circumstances. 



" This war cannot restore the Union. I be- 

 lieve the Democratic party, as far as this im- 

 mediate question is concerned, cannot be an 

 abolition war party. There can be no such 

 thing as a war Democrat ; because when a 

 man is in favor of the war, he must be in favor 

 of the policies of the war as it is prosecuted by 

 the party in power, with its unavoidable ten- 

 dency to destroy the Constitution and the Union. 

 He cannot be a Democrat and be a disunionist 

 also. I do not want to see the Democratic 

 party brought into power under such policies 

 or on any such platform as that. If the war is 

 to go on, I want the Eepublican party to carry 

 it on. They caused it, and let them take the 

 responsibility. They get the plunder, let them 

 take the consequences. 



"Now, sir, can there be such a thing as a 

 conservative Eepublican ? No, sir, a man can- 

 not be a modern Eepublican and be conserva- 

 tive. Eepubjicanism, as now understood prac- 

 tically, is destructive, fanatical, and ruinous. 

 Conservatism is to protect and preserve life 

 and property. Therefore I say there can be no 

 such thing as a war Democrat or a conservative 

 Eepublican. Until the American people return 

 to the sober second thought, and realize the 

 inevitable tendency and conclusion of the war, 

 I believe that the disease will run its couise, 

 and that the Eepublican disunionisis in power 

 may carry out their doctrines to their bloody 

 and relentless results. 



" George Thompson was sent an emissary by 

 the British Government thirty years ago to sow 

 the seeds of dissolution in America. He now 

 returns as the guest of his fellow-disunionists, 

 the ruling party, to see the reaping o f the 



