Mr. ROSS. It is only part of the legislation which has been pushed through this Congress by the gentleman's entire party. I appeal to members that we shall act as wise men. ask why, having the vast responsibility imposed upon their shoulders to Preserve the liberties of the country, the other side will continue to strike them down? Why do you want to destroy the Government? Why do you want to create confusion? ofYtohue U.S. i.ll imWpheaatchhtahse hPeresdidoennet? Some gentlemen intimated to me the other day that the President would be impeached, to which I replied that it seemed to me a man who left so many disunionists in office throughout the land when he had the power to remove them deserved impeachment. He has held in office men who contend that the Government is dissevered, and that I think is the strongest objection I have ever heard urged against An drew Johnson. He has not turned out one tithe of the men who were turned out by Abra Lincoln. Why should we attempt to make this kind of example. I trust it will not be done; that we will not create such commotion and discord and establish such a precedent. We do not set precedents for ourselves alone; we may reasonably expect they will be followed by others. Gentlemen, let us now harmonize; let us act like wise men. Do you expect these southern men to love us any better by abusing them? They will not do so. They have got to live in this country. Do you want an Ireland, a Hun gary, a Poland in your midst? I confess I do not. I want the American people to revere and venerate the Government under which we live. I want to see a people who will rally at the call of the Government to protect and defend it against all its enemiesunder all circumstances. In my own judgment a lenient policy, such as has been recommended by GenlGrant, GenlSherman , and the POTUS, and such as Mr. Lincoln would have adopted in all probability, would be the best, would give peace, harmony, and perpetuity to this Government. We want this. to live, to endure as long as water runs and grass grows. Let us act like wise men in so shaping our legislation as to attain this very desirable end. Mr. Speaker, I have occupied about as much time as I had intended. have thrown out brief and disconnected remarks on the spur of the occasion. If they are worthy of consideration I hope they will be considered. I have an anxious and ardent desire that this country should be restored to harmony and peace, that we should go on in the highway of national greatness for years and centuries to come, that it should continue to be the asylum for the down trodden of the nations of Europe, where they may come and seek protection and share with us the benefits of a great, glorious, and free Government.