The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1870-12-22

tcdnsfderattoa Oi+tnc rights OF the WiuOW
fthe arch rebel of the most wicked
| rebellion 10 history.
Senator Scott said that the coupling
| together the names OF Thomas and Lee
recalled the utterance of Stephen A.
Douglas, made at the time those two
generals resolved to tread in opposite
paths. That at that time there were
bu, two classes in the nation-patriots
aid traitors. The patience with which
tho Senate of the United States had
today listened to eulosy upon the
chief conspira,or,in an astempt to tear
down the government, was but another
illustration of that unparalleled magnan:
unity and mercy which had characterized
tho treatment by the government OF
those engaged ia tho rebellion Had
the subject Of that culogy succeeded 10
his efFrt, where would thd American
Senate now be sitting? BY his triumph,
slavery would have cast its dark shadow
all over this land Of freedom, from
st. Lawrenc, to the Gull. To.iaythe
doctriae Of secession lay buried beneath
the bones of thousands who lell that
their blood might sihl the, cpuvennnt Of
the nation. Yet today, We behold the
spectacle ofa resurrcctiunist coming here
to drag the dead doctrine out FROM be-
meath the. boncs1of the nation MARTYRS.
l. Senatr Wiley characterized the
resolution as most insulting aud 8: ock.
fine to the. senses OF the Senate and tho
ebuntry, and as abhorrent to humanity
Thoogh personally tenacious OF the
! ffftiEGfs. Or individual neAbcr, he could
; not vote 10 receive it ~
1t Sepator Sawyer said thet tie Airing.
lon estate, like thousands If acres. Of
property in5 the South, had been
forfeited aud sold at public sale for the
non payment of taxes, and bought BY
the United Suites in the absence Of any
memorial from Mrs. Lee. He regarded
the contemplated inquiry as utterly
worthless, since the facts he had Stated
wcle we'll known and needed no vcri6ca.
tiou. 49,
Senator Salisbury disapproved Of
that part ,of The resolution looking to
the removal Of the graves. from Arling.
ton, but he could not see that the merits
of tho cause in which General Leo was
engaged, were at oil controversy. He
regarded the question as one simply Of
the ability Of the senator to exercise
his right to introduce business.
Senator Nye said the unscemly
haste in certain quarters to restore
trnitors to favor could result in no good.
| The verdict Of to-day aud Of pos'erity
II and will be that. General Lee was Is
traiiur. u:
Seiiaior Flanagan, in somc general
remarks, spoke OF General Lee rs the
=; great tr,i,nr "f The age, wh"se influence
! Ind carried into the rebellion the
flower Of Southern youth,
/ Senator LAWS remarked that the
othur great truilor till lived, aud II"
taic Tight of recent events it was not
unreasonable to expect an carly move tU
/ make him The President.
| Senator Sumner desired That p'rlia.
mentury luw should b. administered
upon the present OCCASION with the
u,,,ost > r;;GSor w;.b. n view 10 the most
summary disposition of the resolution.
1 liz had nothing TO sayof General Lee
except that his nams stno'i upon the
catalogue of those who had imbured
their hands in their tounrrys blood.
lie was content to hand him over to
the avcnging pen Of history: He re:
earded the resolution rs indicative Of
the sentiments of the political associates
of the senator Ffiem Kentucky, and as
prcfguring the policy ihey would es'
tablish, should they obtain power
policy>which was to- take the old re.
bellion by the hand, and 10 install It in
the high places Of power. Could he
make his voice hea.d from Massachusetts
to Louisiana, it would be TO warn his
fellow. countrymcn, especially Of the
South, against that combination which
now showed its hand in the proposition
of the Senator from Kentucky. HG
stated that no was present when Sec,
rotary Stanton gave the order for the
in,crment OF the dead budics o. the
Union soldiers at Arlington, and that
Stanton stated at the ,iinc thut his pur'
pose in selecting the place was 10 for
ever prohibit the reinstnln'cnt OF tho
Lee family there; that if they did come
| they might encounter the ghosts Of
their victims. lie quoted the epitaPt
above the grave Of Shakespeare, which
he now proposed to write above the
grave of every one of our patriot dead;
'"Good friend, for Jesun' sake forbear,
To dig the dust enclosed here,
Blessed be the man that spares these stones
=. And curst be he that moves my bones "
Senator McCrecry stated that the
resolution was in no sense an embodl.
ment of Democratic sentiment, but had
been submitted upon his individual
responsibility, without consultation with
his colleagues. lie theu'' asked leave
to withdraw tho resolution, which vas
refused. Finally permission to In
troduce it was also refused.