The New York herald., 1870-05-20
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that he lMr Bipghamj had never felt for Roman
Catholics any of that charity which was the divnest
u all Qlaces. Did thai gentleman propose 20 cor
stiuIe himself his father confessor? Did ne pre-
sune 10 TO himself the functions Peter and
t. shut the gates OF deliveranCe? He was not
aware thai The poor was ever turned from
saw before that he repellea ior himself and
these whom he represented the assertion that their
resisence 10 the amendment was on the gronnd Of
ally hostility 10 the utmost freedom 0f religion in
Ron elsewhere. 1t was with INN cOnv ctiJn
lrong as knowledge that rclaiou, belief OF wnat.
ever character ougut to be tolerated. He had said
wgat no gentleman on the other side had chosen TO
rep5 .to-that the syllabus Issued Dlt recently,
WIN che sanction and under the direction OF the
RoWe, struck ut freedom Of conscience, at
the lght 0. religion all tne freedom OF represen'a
establish and MAINTAIN their own forms OF COVE IL
men, in short all the advanced and accepted IDEAS
Ol the nlnete nth century, and ne dll not believe
that nny gentleman on the opposite side OF the House
wouq dare TINS day to republ.s .sh tIat syllabus aud
aiiy or politically
Mr.DAwRs. referring to Mr.. Brooks said he knew
that nc denied having ever been IN Know Nothing
lodge, bnl mat dl not alter the ,act ~ his having
been an advocate OF Know Nothing doctrines.
MT. BfooSs--iti IS not So lt is nos true tExcite-
Mr. ~ IVES pot noticing mo interruptions said ha;
Mr. llracks ma und, rtaken to derive all inc neht
from the Know Nothing orgnniza lon, while Keeping
his head, out Of tn matter. AS TO tn gentleman
IRON indiana tMr. Voorhees, aud his Ialk about the
bar ing o. Massachusetts converts and witches. he
would not he provoked into areply. Iha. Was an old
story, all Eorn out.
MI. VOORHEES,, IN reply to Mr.. Bingham, reminded
.hm that he M, Bingham) had charged the demo-
cratic side Of Tie House with ryng TO win votes by
their position on his subject and tnat in dcibera-
tive bodies wnen blows are struck they are ap
returned As 10 the i. marks Of The gentleman from
Massachusetts Nir. Dawes that The burning of
the Massa -hllsetts witches and converts was
an old story. lie sald tnat 1t was an
Old story. and mean story and ina,
representing communlt which had sgnalizcd
Iher higoiry IN that way came here TO put that
blgory mo practical action, he thoughtlt iar TO
remind them their previous history, AS Tor the
Syllabus he sad:--'.WnatC care Tor the Syllabus OF
ioliowersS It Is his right to do So it is their right
to believe and IT Is not my r'git To ss IN Judgment
on HIM.
Know NorlineIsnl, said that he had stated over and
over again in the House that lie never had been in
SKlOw Nothiug lodge, never bad belonged 10 The
Know Noibng party, never had advocated It's prtn
tcipes, never had believed in them and had been
}0urneying In foreign lands during large part OF
the time Of that unhappy agitation.
Mr.. ORTIZ, Gep.) OF md. called MS colleague tMr.
VoOrLees) account for MS statement his sneech
that in the State OF indiana it was said, ''Lct the
jsh go; let the Dutch go; we have got negroes IN
tier place He wanea M 10 Know VINO & said ,ma,'
able, man in out Of Congress.
Mr vooRHEEs-The gentl eman knows the autho-
riiy Just AS well as DO
Mr. ORTH--NO, Sir, do not
Mr.TCORHEEs-It Is in the current columns O. the
newspapers OF both parties in Indiana.
Mr.. URTH-I grant you 1t is in the current columns
OF class OF newspapers In that State but let my
N the State that has ever
utt cred. entertained or even advocated that doc
trIne.
Mr.. voeRHEEs-Undoubted they would deny it,
just as an old Knoy Nothing would deny his former
position on this floor.
Mr.. HoAR (rep.) OF Mass, declared the statement
as to The burning OF witches IN Massachusetts en-
tirely false. No human being had ever been burned
at the stake within The limits OF the Commonwealth
Mr.. VOORHEES, texcitedly)-That is not true.
Mr.. HoAR Went on to say thai two hundred and
HaWfu Nyh hnl
believed in witcbcraft on the authority OF ne books
OF the Old Testament, the courts OF M Massachusetts,
had condemned and executed some nineteen or
twenty persons OF both sexes. But It was also true
that first among men the people OF Massachusetts
ings.. 1t was her love Of liberty and her intel
lgence tsneering laughter on the democratic
Aoel that FIRST exposed the error and wicked
The ministers OF the Gospel, the Jurors and The
counsel mad formed almost o repent!nt PROFESSIONS
and had asked pardon Of God and their neighbors
for IL. More laughter the democratic side.l The
distingui he'd Cbief Justice sewell has stood up
IA ms place in church, hareheaded, and ac-
rary, SIR Mathew Hale, never saw the folly
and S m Of ina a % r me eo swe 81
was found opposite the record OF those trials the
Latin words OF sorrow, ''Vae~ gde, rae "Woe, Vice.
sets, the matter was simply this:-In 1888 rumor
had spread one evening through the streets Of Dos
boring town OF Charcstown on some young women
who had been placed there, and mob in the
DUSK or the even passed over the urldge, emu
some wicked men, such as are always found IN large
cities, had set fire to that convent. But what had
Massachusetts, done? She had arrested, tn d, SEN
fenced and punished the Criminals and the crime
was no more to be imputed to her than any crime
ever committed within the limits OF any civilized
community In conclusion he said that 1t did not
become the political friends OF che man who had
b. rned alive our soldiers at Fort Pillow or OF those
men who had burned orphan asylums at New York
ard had hung negroes on lamp posts to talk OF cruel
Heore en- Mr.. Hoar could finish his sentence Mr..
and " "
voci,erated 80 der order p'-arose, and Mr.. Voor
hees exclaimed at The top OF his voice and in highly
word he says IS false and he knowsit.'
Mr.. STEVENS, Tep.) Of \. H., demanded that the
offensive words be taken down and reported to tile
House.
Mr.. FARNswoRTH. rep.) OF H., In the hope of put
ting an end to tne CONTROVERSY moved That re eHnl.
ss' The ns ese, ,1s1y Mr inaerso aSpesiea to me
committee to be in order.
At this time many members were on their feet,
making excited gestures and motions OF various
kinds am winch nothing could be distinctly recog-
nized by the Chair. There was Mr.. Hoar, rlgdiy
ccool and serious, after having launched the
sssn. n Sssjss ssss1R& ns ny iss5ss ss3s
eVsns V ssa asmsnaees MT et m Efaa az @ sss
same demand in regard to Mr.. hoars offensive re-
mark, and Mr.. Randall challenging the taking
down Of everything that was said, and over all was
The Chairman, serenely and good-temperedly striv
ing to BRING peace and order out OF the nfevailing
upr0dr ana CHAOS.
incidents were these:-
Somebody asked Mr. voorhees, to withdraw the re.
mark.
Mr. vooRHEEs-I withdraw nothing. When the
gentleman from Massachusetts said that was the
political friend oil men who burned American clti-
zens at Fort Pillow and negro orphan asylums at
New York, Of course do not retract what said.
The CHAIRMAN appealed to the committee to keep
order so that the proceedings might be methodicl,
ii not logical. T4aughter.)
Mr.. voorhees, desire to say word.
4 anlu nrn
sense Of duty.
Mr. Cox-l ask that the offensive remarks Of the
gentleman from Massachusetts, be written out. l
assure the Cnair that in the French Chambers or tie
English Parliament such language would not be al
lowed. A..
MI JONES, tdem.) Of KY, made frutless efforts TO
obtain a hearing -
The words spoken by Mr.. voorhees, having been
written out by the Globe reporter and read Dy the
clerk decided by the Chair 10 be out OF order.
Then, Mr.. COX having persisted in having MI.
Hoars remark reported, and il also having been
read by the clelk, the Char decided III .ese
wOrls-
.The Chair makes this ruling. that the language
arlfa nj tnFVf