, 1870-04-30
SENATOR TRUMBULL'S SPEECH.

States; giving complete history Of this
Legislation in respect to Georgia, showing
how cach1equirement Of Congress has been
complied with by that State, proving, from
the official dispatches Of the military off,
cara, rs well as from the records Of Con-
gress, TINT these requirements had been
completely fal6lled, and reviewing SUCCESS
lively the opposing arguments Of Senators
Howard, Drake, Stewart, Thayer, Morton,
and Summer, among whom, il is not too
much to say, Ar Trumbu1l sailed Like an
ironclad Hisate in the midst of mesSre
assemblage of dug~outs.
a. Mr.. T1umbuu commences by udve1ting
to certain extraordinary movements which
took place in the city Of Washington short
" after the Bingham amendment WAS
adopted by the House Of Representatives
This amendment simply required that IN
election should be held in the State of |
Georgia FOR members of the Legislature,
ut the time fixed by ths Constitution of that |
State, its effect being merely to prevent !
the present Legislature from holding p!
over two years after their terms Of Office |
should expire. A public meeting was held
in Washington, and resolutions wera passed !
instructine the Congress Of the United |
States to strike out this Bingham amend |
me1t; and it was stated at this meeting
that the Senate had been reconnoitered SO
carefully that the speakers at this meeting !
were abIe to infom the audience that the
Bingham amendment would certainly be |
stricken out before the bill left that body. |
Shortly after the holding of this meeting, a |
su1noz got into tie newspapers, to the effect |
that the State Of Virginia was about to re-
scind its ratification of the Fifteenth |
Amendment Whereupon the State Of
Texas WIS very suddenly adj ,itted into
the Union; and it was found ST
tar her admission, that the two Tex !
AZ Senators were dead against the |
Bingham amendment, and that Virginia !
had had no intention OF. resembling her
ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment
and TINT the story had been made out Of |
whole cloth A1r T1aubul1 then shows
why the Bingham amendment Was ,neces-
sa1y. Under ordinary circumstances
thero would seem to be no occasion for IN
act Of Congress declaring that State Off +
GERS should not hold Office for longer Pc
riod than they had been elected but, IN |
he case Of Georgia, the Governor
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Ano"H LIS 1aeen''eu eiiu eA4as " his laesiou
IN Georgia, to continue IN Office after their |
official terms should have expired Under
the Constitution of Georgia, new Lesisla- |
.1o "ouiu 70 e''elea - 40 - -. ~ Ae1o-
tne %<.sn " &c, 'l'T ~ ons =. 'ue ae4a'o5
e1ee1ea t1o,n me esss9 OF oeosg'a *ouia
e.plis VI -ue o. a.s1,I ~ @ 1o.., -1.o ~,
soccess'ol ~oaiu oe e1esIea ~ tAe s,la Ls'su
tuie " 10 Iuoss,n ~ ~ .an u Io'o' ou.
1e eAs1 e4Atne 1.'a AAe nssu.Ai7o
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iot '"e oe1tosA P1it, - Pieseas n.e
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si s'hn'su4e % - eus salne e14ee =, sou4u ua'a
1AoJ p4os1eo D4'o1'..e1 ~" et'n "o3, :.
ea1'e nees7as1t, ~, l. u'. aesS' ns"E
e.pe.uso ~. Houe4ess ~ "1e .o0S a.
esecaoa saonla oe nelo az tne t1me n4eo "
the consstunon OF me oSate.
LIS Conslibutaon " 1eolEla osetates .nae
members o. LIE "snetM Assembly, '',.1n
be elected esety e"o seaf' ~ nae7 ens
Gay 1ot .ne Ais4 e.eeA: = ~ aoAu
tne Aet'as+a8ase ~ cniAtss u1e ll'uo u e.7s,
lion, ana says 1na' 'ne n'en'De1s eiIaa
ho!o untu tneH Successors "e e.'s'eo
mud 4uahheo. onaes 'n's pios'a'on,
Senator do'shros OF anc"gan' eou'enoe"
that 1t was competent 1of the Legislature
to simply postpone the election, ana thus
enable the present Legislature to continue
IN Office two years longer. Ihls absurd
proposition was completely oveltnfowh oy
Mr.. Ifumbuli, who showed that the au-
thonty OF the Leg1slature 70 enange 'hs
time Of election simply enabled them 10
change the day within the peflod named IN
the constitution; SO tnnt *nne me Gay
might be the hrst Monday IN NoFemoef, or
the tirs1 Mondoy IN December, OF the nfst
Monday IN august, II could moi poss'oly
opefate TO enable the Leelslatufe 70 eon-
t1ue IN Office longer than the peaod OF s~o
years. The argument OF Senator Stewart
OF Nevada. was then taken mp and dlssected
~ LIZ iluilio"' LIE oo!es.'on' u No9
Nevada senator 10 1se ontenan a.sleua
i'tn. seen ~ aS ~ NC wv s'''4o' ~ 'o
"o1.ny OF nouce
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,,, 1,an, a1,andnanf no being ain tho jnterest
- -a7,o1. a, .ar,v;no e17,1tation ia every
rehei IN the South"
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q Hlannee WHICH Noo'o nsA'e u4au0 -
eena'of iiom no,ana Tsfy aniappt u ~
Ai'o not ns'senteo n1'nsen atoi1 LUG oe11'.e
"nea II ea1ae !AE- l'unnulis to1n 70 1epy
TO MN among other things, NJ. Morton
paraded great number OF murders mud
outrages which be ssia had taken place
IN Geors'a, IN the year 1868. The
number Of these murders and as
sa11ts7 he set down at 35G, but
did not state how many OF them were 1nur-
murders had been committed in Texas. yet