The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-27
SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1866.
Loyal Utterances of Southern Union
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LOYAL Utterances of a Southern UniOn-
ist-The Need of Such Representatives.
THERE was delivered yesterday in toe House
of Representatives speech which sounds
more pleasant to our ears than any Of the
flowery oratory or bitter invective which has
filed the Halls of Congress since the session
opened. 1t was the effort Of Hon. SAMUEL
MCKEE. member from the Ninth District of
Kentucky, who spoke with the true ring of
unmitigated, unaduterated loyalty, and re-
buked in no chosen words the treason and de-
ception continually practised by the Southern
members. Coming as he does from State
where the Rebel element is so dominant, as
to be endeavoring to secure the return and
reelection OF JOHN @. BREoKINRIDGE to the
United States Senate we must congratulate him
on his free outspoken utterances against trea-
son, slavery and all who sympathize with their
fate or followers. In the course of his re-
marks he was continually interrupted by bis
colleagues, and it was one continual battle
against all the influence of his State to utter
what he deemed right. The sentiments he
uttered had such a true ring of loyalty about
them that we quote from the despatch the
substance oil his remarks:--
"Nr. MCKEE held that as slavery had been wiped
out the Constitution needed amendment, but
this is denied by those who were opposed 10
levying war. and who said we had no right to
call out troops to crush treason. Those who we'e
in favor OF amending the Constitution were met
by those gentlemen with the cry OF usurpation.
because Representatives from rebellious States
were not now admitted to the floors but who sent
the Southern Representatives from this hall?
They departed of their own accord, gong out
one by ore and 3tate by State. They picked up
their hats and walked out in disgust. They
wanted no part in the Legislature OF the nat on,
and said they never would come back. He
thanked G d they were not now here. He did
not desire to see the day when traitor could
ask to come back and have the same rights as
those who upheld our banner in the deld. The
pending amendment did not go as tar as he de-
sired. He should like one saying that no man
who had raised his hand against the flag should
ever participate in our leeis'ation; but 1t was
not probable that in this he would be graf tied.
He wanted TO legislate for the "hole, and not a
part of the country. 1t did not appear to his
mind that the Southern people are in condition
to be Represented in large number"
In the old Biblical story Of the destruction
of Sodom, we are. told that the presence Of
ten righteous men would have saved the city.
So now in our modern times, if there be found
but ten such men as Mr.. MCKEE there is hope
OF Jn6 future reSuITSCIIOu VI luC SONIh' 1hO
need and absolute necessity OF such men is not
appreciated by the late Rebel population.
They are still tightly bound to their idols, and
ale asking us to let them alone. That we do
so is because there exists an element, and we
iondly hope powerful element of which Mr.
MCKEE is a good representative, fair type
Men who have been true to the Union, who
have worked for the Union, and perchance
have fought for our cause.
To desert such men would be the height Of
national baseuess. We therefore stand forth,
and again and again urge upon the Southern
masses the propriety Of exhibiting that spirit
of loyalty which alone can gain their read
mission into Congress. They must have been
convinced ere now of the utter tutility of
their hopes of being able to burst into the
halls Of legislation and repeat again the exhi-
bition so successfully enacted in 1860, to
secure by arrogance and insolence what they
could not cleim on the ground of merit. The
firm and unrelentIng attitude of gthe Union
party must have had the effect Of tearing the
scales from their eyes. We now again urge
them to listen to such sentiments as those of
Mr.. MCKEE, adopt them as their own, and
they will find that those who are to-day most
bitter against their readmission will be the
first to welcome them as brethren, repentant
and paTdoned,