The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-05-08

the truth OF which every business and work
ingman can verify by consulting his own
experience.
gHh HEDLgY--cesAR's SERIAL.
81 came % bury Cesar. not 10 praise him.
IL SEsATE-THuRsDAr, April Is, 1859.
Mr.. Anshonv--{Nr. morrill, in the ebairl Mr..
President, before the Senate proceeds 70 che
regular business Of the day, desire 70 inter
pose an act Of justice. Il will be remembered
that, few days ago, certain perscns OF respec-
table standing, private citiz-ns, my constitu-
ents. were assailed In this Chamber in an ex-
traordinary manner considering thar the a.
sanlt vas made BY one OF their cwn Senators.
may say an unprecedented manner. ! spoke
some words 10 reply in vindication OF the insal-
ted honor Of Rhode Island, in defense OF the
sacred memory Of the dead, and Of It's reputa-
ton Of living men, among them those 20 whom
have referred. This assault was not confined
to those vague generalitiss which Il Is difficult
TO answer, because il 10 almost impossible 70 de-
fine. II contained At least one specific, posi-
tive, definite allegation that the persons ac-
cused had proposed to enter into conspiracy
for enriching themselves at the expense OF their
fellos-citizens, TO- arranging their business in
prosperity by breaking down the others engag
ed in the same business; charge which, al
though defining nothing prohibited by Law, ID 20
sbhorrent TO all sense of fairness, 90 damaging
to honest reputation, as not to be lightly made
and never To be credited, except on ample proof
or open confession.
A charge made in this Chamber has peeu-
liar significance and peculiar effect IL does
not die upon the air, with the breath that utters
il. II is placed upon record it is spread upon
the pages Of the Congressional Globe L passes
into history.
Ny heart 4 10 the coma there - oae.sE,
And must pause TIL IL come back 70 me-
"Tae Senate has high privileges; privileges
essential 70 it's dignity and it, inviolability
privileges that are guaranteed nv the Consttu-
tion, that are acknowledge and respected By
the people, and that are sometimes liable to
abuse upon this floor. And others, not euti-
tied to seats in this hamber have privileges
which, although not defined BY statute, nor
protected BY the fundamental law rest on the
enduring principles Of justice, which are the
unwritten law Of honorable men, And one of
these privileges is that, when mems names are
brought into this Chamber, and without offense
or agency or cause Of their OVID, and covered
With obloquy, they should have q hearing in
Tue HautC Bt CochCc anu tttAA Aptthec A4Ottu
JOY the same publicity AMI have the same per.
manent record
csskRs WILL.
"But here's pars bment with the seal Of Cesar;
I found II In his clo. q hts his will
Let but the commons hear this testament-
which. pardon me. l do not mean 70 read
And they would go and Kiss dead CRaars wounds
And dip their nsps ina 10 ais sacred blood
Yea, buy hair OF tin for memory,
And, dying, menu IL within lhslr Wills,
BeqwrAthing h as Legacy
Unto their Issue"
''You will compel me- then 20 READ The winfHl
81 ask ths Secretary 70 read the card
which ! send 10 the desk.
The Chief Clerk read the following.
Card-II il for the State Of Rhode Island 10
brand with lasting infamy the foul and aGroci
Gus calumnies with which the character OF the
people OF this state has been sspersed be fore
the world upon the floor OF the Senate Of the
United States, by one Of its members, placed
there by the STATE itself But il is incumbent
upon US publicly to notice d specific allegation
made in the speech Of Hon. William Sprague
on the Sth day Of this month, ia the Senate
Of tile United States and contained ii these
words
This great family came to me in 1885, and
made this proposition Let Us join our forces,
Prevent 4 suspension Of specie payment, break
down those who are our rivAls in business OF
otherwise and buy up their psoperty. Al that
time al no debts whatever pressing upon me
But dld | unite with them IN carrying iuto Of
feet this vicious aud perniciOus scheme Sir
did not. l repudeted and spuFned the pro
posals
This charge Il made II the presence Of ths
Senate, under The privileges u that ody, guar
snteed by these words Of the Constitution Of the
United States.
"And for any speech or debate IA either
House, they shall not be questioned in any
other places
But We, in The presence Of The great tribuna
Of public justice, AMI under the personal re
sponsbility Of our own names, hereby d-cAre
that this alieg alton IS totally false and malicl
Gus.
There are other imputations against "a n Tux
same speech. equally unfounded, bot a. tue,
are couched in vague and indefinite expressions
We do not deem il necessary TO notice them
further than to deny explicitly the charge made
Of our attempt 60 impair the mercantile standing
Of the Senator.
We are totally ignorant OF any occasion which
can Justify or explain the attack made unou u.
by Senator Sprague. BROWN & IVES,
BIZ JONI CARTER BRowS AND RoBKRT H. IvEs,
sole Partners
PR0vTDEFcE, April IL, 1889
Now let Il work. Mischief thou ART ahoat,
Take thou what course thou Fiif"l
"Mr Anthony-4y purpose has been accom-
phshed. ! have placed in the CONFESSIONS
Globe the denial BY the side Of the accusation
| have done this without the request or tbs
knowledge of the persons who have signed The
statement that has just been read. l would
under the same circumstances, have done IL FOL
the humbest of,my constituents. Indeed, to
generous mind, it is more pleasant TO defend the
poor and the lowly, who are not able 10 DE-
fend themselves, than The rich and powerful
who, in some way or another, can yindicate
4Iheir own wrongs. But to honest men, whath-
er rich or poor, there is one possession desrei
than any other, and thar is honor. No ri CHIT
minded man is indifferent TO the judgment 81
his fellow men and although the consciousness,
OF right will sustain a man under the imputs
ton of wrong, even that will not take the
sting from SANDER, nor make him careless d
unanswered calumny. / have 10 this SO
Rhode Island Senator, speaking "a defense d
Rhode Island men, uniustly assailed, on thi:
door where they mot speak for themselves
and where they and all others, in the constitu-
ency to which they belong. have a right to ex-
pect that should speak for them"
i''Remsmber March, the ides o. March remembes
Did not great julius bleed or justice -akef
What Villain toucn'd bis body, that did stab,
And not fer Justicsf Ahst, shall Of us.
That struck the foremost OF MI the world
Blu. for supporting robbers, shall we nov
Contamnate our nagers with base brlbesfTl
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