The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-04-21
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ed. It's Cyrus w. Fields scheme. 1t will
doubtless pass the House. Its consummation will
girdle the globe with the telegraph. The House
. is now considering cable from San Francisco
via the Sandwich Islands to China.
Senator Morton made labored address on
Georgia, blaming the Democratic party of the
/. North for the partial failure of reconstruction
He argued that the Ku Klux had really for
midabfe organization throughout the South, and
that if the election is held in Georgia this fall
it Will place the State In the hands of the Dem
;ocrats. Finally vote was reached on Will
liam's amendment providing that the next cleo
ton for members of the General Assembly shall
beiheld on the Tuesday after thesfrst Monday
in November, 1872, and the extension of the
official terms beyond the regular period named
in the State Constitution, and requiring the
consent Of the Legislature to this legislation
It was defeated by vote of "a to 25. Many
senators lodged the vote The Georgia extre-
mists were confident this morning of carrying
this amendment. Adjourned.
,s.ss WASHINGTON, April 10
In the House, the contest is progressing over
the deficiency for post Office buildings at New
York and Boston, as reported from the Com
mittee of Conference.
The Senate caucus adjourned, after referring
the difficulties between Senator Cole and Secre-
tary Gorham, and expressing the hope that the
committee would secure a reconciliation.
In the Senate, disabilities were removed from
several Texans whose names were accidentally
omitted from the last bill.
Cameron introduced bill authorizing the
city of Washingt ton to subscribe S5OO,00O tothe
Potomac and Baltimore raiload.
Sumner introduced bill abolishing. the
frankng privilege and fixing the postage at one
cent.
Bell introduced bill exempting census mar
shais from the iron-clad oath.
In the Senate, Sherman presented memori-
al from citizens of Maryland asking for re-
peal of the law forbidding compensation for
Slaves uniustly taken from them. Referred to
the Committee on Claims.
The Georgia bill was resumed. Pomeroy ad-
vocated his amendment making Georgia mil
ikary district, and directing an election next
fall, the present Assembly to cease December
13, 1870. Hamilton, of Texas, made an argu-
unent in favor of the views of Morton He said
war was going on in the South. The only per-
sons who had been disarmed in the dominion
of the rebellion were victims of rebel annimos-
ity. The adoption of the Bingham amend
raent, he held, would be the death knell of the
Republican party. in every Southern State, be-
cause, unless prudently curtailed, the rebel in
aueace would practically nullify the new State
constitutions, and set at naught the benefcent
measures of Congressional legislation. He ia
vored the amendment suggested by Drake to re-
quire military Intervention for the suppression
of secret organizations, and denounced the or
ganized system of outrage, arson and murder
now prevalent. In the late rebellious States.
This state of things showed the .futility of at
tempting to establish civil government there.
Ytfad been argued here that this organized re-.
sistance to the laws was owing to the stringency
of the reconstruction measures. His answer
was that like powers had been delegated to COM
nianders of all military departments through
ont the country, and that the condition of the
South was wholly exceptional. The Senator
from Massachusetts, (Wilson) had estimated
that the number OF. men murdered there since
Lees surrender exceeded the mortality list in
any eRgagement during the war. This estimate
is q very moderate. one. Hiseown belief was
that not less than 10000 loyal hearts in the
South had ceased: to beat simply because they
were loyal to the country. The trivial number
of arrests in comparison with the aggregate OF
crime would show the license for these outrages
in vicious and disloyal public sentiment. The
,Sractical operation of Bingham's amendment
would secure to the rebel element the remodel
ing of State constitutions, and the late rebel
States would in 1872 again be found rallying to
the national Democratic councils; but the Re
publican party vonld never outllve the odlum
Of the total abandonment of the colored race IN
the South when it was too late to reverse its
record In behalf of that people. Il not sup
ported fy the national arm the colored loyal
lists in the South would surely bite the dust.
Hescould not live there. He (Hamiltonl, for
one, if the principle of Bingham's amendment
prevailed, would not dare return to his own
community. He did not believe any active Re
publican would dare live there He knew the
people there; he was born and raised among
them had lived all his life, among them; and
they: were the most blood-thirsty set of cut
throats God had ever permitted on his footstool.
Governor Bullock. Of Georgia, and General
Clark, of Texas, shook hands with Hamilton
on his conclusion. 49,
Foreman and Pool spoke against the princi-
Piles of the amendment. Pool favored military
interventiona at the South. -, -
A. motion to adjourn was lost. 1t was agreed
to take final vote on Tuesday, at 6 o'clock.
The House adopted the conference report on
the deficiency bill.
District of Columbia matters were afterwards
considered, and several bills of local interest
passed. y 80
Seven appropriation bills are yet to be con-
sidered, and several members deplored an adj
journment to Monday. 70,
The Chief Engineer Of the army writes to
Logan, Chairman of the Military Committee,
suggesting $4,000, 600 for Notifications, inclu-
ding Fortress Monroe S750,000; San Francisco
harbor, and Fort Jefferson, Florida
The evidence in the Howard case shows that
$4,000 has been paid for Howard University
lands by warrants on the United States Treas
ury. The contractor for the building received
100000 from the same source; S1S9OO was
drawn from the United States Treasury on be-
half Of the Bureau fund for the Congregational
Church, for which bonds of the Church were
taken. The deeds to the land upon which the
Howard University and General Howard's
house stands, we're made to General O. o..
Howard. The evidence, however, as it tran
spires, isinot worthy of absolute credence.