The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-13
OUR TRENTON CORRESPONDENCE,

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Debate ON the Constitutional Amend
ment - Senatorial Sparrlng Between
scOVel and Winheld-Enthusiasm Over
the Amendments,
EVENING TELEGRAPH SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
TRENTON, n. j., September 12, 1885,
tuesday was great day for New Jersey-l had
almost said for the country The Democracy, once
regarding New Jersey their Gibraltar, had hoped
by dissenslon IN the Union ranks, that they would
succeed in gaming Two United States Senators, and
IN defeating she amendment at the baotbox in
November
Senator Soovel, seemed to be under a cloud on ac-
count of the failure to eltct Senator last winter
But his letter to Governor Ward IN regard TO the
Constitutional amendment, which was tho proxI.
mate cause OF convening the Legislature has set him
right again IN the hearts of the people
When the Democratic members began to gather
It was very evident that they felt the hopelessn ness
OF their cause They endeavored at once to break
the line of the Republican forces. Only one, weak
in the knees, could be found, a rollicking member
from Ranway, who in politics is neither fish, Aesh
nor fowl! His name is Lees, and he had gone clear
over to the policy OF the President, and his bac 3ha
nalian Secretary of State. With this single excep-
tiOn, the. Union: ranks in the Senate and House
formed a solid phalanx-Spartan III boldness and IN
strength.
The President Of the Senate proposed the Con.
stitutonal amendment in the Senate, and opened
the argument in a strong and carefully PIE
rared orauon in which he traced the trail OF the
Democratic serpent from the ear 1888 down to the
days OF Dred Scott, fancy, and Cornelius Wendell,
who was browsing IN "iresh fields and pastures
new" beside the still waters of the Treasury or the
public printing, Mir Scovel spoke three.quarters Of
an hour, and was followed bv Senator Winfield, a
short, squarebuilt youthful Democratic Senator,
who, like Mr. Scovel, was once Dougas Democrat,
but who. unlike the Senator from Camden, never
mad the 10 leave his party the sake OF his
country.
Mr.. Winfield was evidently put forward by the
Democratic minority to make a special assault
upon Scovel. The witucIsm INDUCED in by the
Camden Senator IN his speech in front of the
League House during the session of the Southern
Convention seemed specially to annoy the Demo-
cracY.
1t was this IS peakng of the Democratic party
and their inOelty to liberty, he saiu he could ap-
prOpriately apply what Charles ii said OF Prince
George of Denmark to the Democracy of the pre-
sent day. II have tried HIM druuk," said King
Charles, land have tried him sober. and drunk or
sober, there is nothing in him."
Winfield concluded hts speech by applying this
language to senator Scovel. democrats applauded,
OF course, but it was acSnowedged That 1t was a
coarse and uupars mentary attack.
Sc0vel replied at iengta. He sad the Sena-
tor from Hudson had compared him to the
Prodigal Son. He would retort by rejecting
the comparison, but If he was the Prodlgal son,
he (Mr. 5cove.) turning to the senator from
Hudson, before him the fItted calf! The ap-
plause wniob greeted this sally loud and long,
and Horner, OF Ocean, acting as President laughed
uproarously.
Mr.. Winfield had denied that Chief Justice raney
ever said that tue negro had no rights which the
white man was bound to respect"
The President of the Senate produced the
United States Report containing the Dred
Scott case, and read this identical language,
and explained with great force the decision
showing that fancy vas directly responsible
for this very language, and read further to show
that the late CHER Justice denied IN that very dec
sion that the Declaration of Independence could be
supposed TO include the black man IN the words call
men"
At Is minutes before o'clock the vote was taken,
eleven (RepuOlicaul Senators voting tor the amend
ment, and ten tDemocra AGAINST 1T.
An Inefieclua effort mad been made 10 postpone
the measure tor the session. 1t failed by the same
vote, Tie announcement by the President was re-
ceiyed with applause long and loud. New Jersey
rs redeemed fro the stain of ten years devotion to
slavery and pro-savery democracy.
On Tuesday, when Hon. A. u. Cattell ls MADE
United states Senator, you Will hear from me
AGAIN.