New-York tribune., 1870-12-14
XLIsT CONGRESS-3D SESSION.

laid on the table.
THE GEORGIA SENATORS.
ON motion Of Mr. STEWART (Rep, Nevl, the creden-
ss OF Messrs Farrom and Whitley Senators elect from
the State of Georgia taken from the table and re-
ferred FER TO the judiciary Committee
Bills were introduced as follows; -,
Mr.. CARPENTER CRep. wis.)-Granting lands to the
State OF Wisconsin to aid In the construction 9 rSoSu
from Mi waukee &C. Lake Superior via Green Bay, WIS
Mr.. KELLOGG Rep, La.l-TO aid in the construction
OF railroad and telegraph line from Vermillionyllen L
10 Marshall, in the State Of Texas thence to cohhec'
with the Texas Pacific Railroad. a.,u,ro
Mr.. SPENCER Rep., Aa-Reyying and n'tnn c9hn,RiE RaiE
aland grant aid of the Selma, Rome aud Daiton i
road in the states Of Georgia and Alabama; Committee
The foregoing bills were all referred to 'he 0o'''
Mr. CARPENTER ep Wis., also introduced ana Tt
s@endGiGTEy Of the act to SSV% Reercd
THE ARIINGroN Id e. iesve 10 Introduce
resolution notice OF which he gave yesterday, o nf e
ing an investigation with view 70 INC phT ~ Iee tbe
An3h @ estate ye 70 Yards S on the premises and general
restitution for any inculnDfahce Pi"'o" ' " w
Mr EbMUNDs ep w hoped that leave % would ID mot
be granted The m 1sSt certain property might be
nyen hack 10 Rebel owners was to ms mlnd perscg
hiS friend Mr. McCreery he hoped the Senate would
M ywcCREERY then occupied 20 minutes upon the
subject tie referred the circumstances attending he
recent deceaSe of two OF the foremost Geneas on eeI
de in The late Thomas and Lee. He spoke of the
Sdlr e DtmacV existing between these Generals 10
RE bnaking out of TIE Rebellion, when Thomas followed
fail 5y The state that had given him birth; and of the
generl sorrow and respect which manifested iseH IN
either section succeeding the mOurnfu intelligence OF
tber decease lie proceeded 90 euogze Gen. Lee, re-
marking that the American people would never relln @
ne of tbe great Vlrginan lie then referred to the
principal historic features Of Lees campaigns to show
that With the at his command possibly no other
man could have accomplished results so vast.
Mr. EDMUNDs REP. Vt) said that instead OF belns %
welded 10 institutions and destnies OF virginia Cen
Lee was ward of the nations that the nation had ieI
clothed and educated MIN that ne r ed t n,eDS az tS I as
under which he had been born protected and honored
he deliberately turned his back upon ~ ana plahteu S ns
cannon against the capital ne ad swoih 70 PIoteu su h
defend But he (Elmunds) would not dgnlfy the
proposition by discussing it, Gen. lee was no" h GeS1,
minded men would have that Gen. Lee
patriotic manhood or that he had not died earlier
than ne did by the hand of the law which penalty "ouu
have atOued in some measure for his crime.
MI TRUMBULL rep, NJ, while disclaming any
sympathy with the apparent object OF the resolution
which was TO surrender and mutate the last resting
pace of thousands of tine Union dead, argued that 1t
would be, unprecedented at least unparamentary
duce any legislation in itself insulting TO the Senate
Mr. CARPENTER Rep., Wis., inquired whether MT
Trnmbull could state proposition more hagranty in
sutng to the Senate than that to the slaughtered
dead Of the Union army from ATngton for the purpose
Mr. TBUN1BULL replied that while the resolution was
without doubt repugnant TO the sense OF the naton'
Messrs. EDMUNDS and SUMNER cited two Instances
the case OF the proposed xaOn OF Texas and
The other the b for the repeal Of the Fugitive Slave act
when requests for leave to bring in bills was refused ana
the ViceIresdent enumerated five additional instances
Mr. MORTON tTep, IndJ protested against the con
sideration of the resolution. He had heard what he
ep Lee IN the Senate Of the United states and that
too sight of the graves Of the victims OF his Rebellion
Hampton and Sidney died, not for human slavery but
for liberty This man, Gen. Lee was Of all Others III the
Rebellion, sinner; he had siTned against light and
fealty an officer Of the United states his finished edu
cation and high abiitesall forbade him thus TO sin
the enOrnty OF his crime could not be concealed by
decorating his grave with flowers Of rhetoric. In word
1t proposed that the Senate should grayey con
slider proposition 10 degrade the memories of the pari
otto dead OF Arlington 10y removing their bones to less
haOwed ground in tender consideration OF the rights
Of the widow Of the arch Rebel OF the most wicked Re
Mr. SCOTT CRsp Penny said the coupling together of
the names OF Thomas and Lee recalled the uterance OF
stephen A. Douglas made at the time those two Gen
erals resolved 70 tread in opposite pah that at that
time there were but two classes in the natOnpatrOts
aud traitors The patience with which the Senate Of the
Chief consprator in an attempt to tear down the Gov
ernment was but another Illustration Of that unparal
In in he RebeoD Had the nHeet of tho
eulogy succeeded in his effort where would the Amer
eau Senate now be sitting by his triumph SLAYER
freedom, from the st Lawrence 70 the Gulf OF Me xie'
To-day the doctrine Of Secession Is buried beneath III
bones OF the thousands who fell that their blood mig
seal the covenant OF the nation; yet to-day we beho
the spectacle of TesurTectOut coming here to drag q
lead doctrine out from beneath the bones OF the nation
Mr. WILEY Rep w Val characterized the resoI
lion most insulting and shocking to the of tl
senate and OF the country, and as abhorrent " huma
Mr.. SAWYER Rep., S. c. said the Arlington estat
Ike thousands Of acres of property in the SOUTH Ia
xes and boughtby the United states in the absence
any memorial from Mrs. Lee. He regarded the conten
plated inquiry utterly worthless, the facts he Ia
stated were well known and needed no yerhcatlon
Messrs. HARLAN Rep, Iowa. and PATTERSON
aid Gen Lee had spit upon the nations flag and hurle
defiance in the face of the nation. and the request
made in behalf of his memory would, If granted, be a
outrage upon decency,
Nh. SALISBURY Dem, Dell disapproved of that par
II the resolution looking 10 the removal of graves frOI
Arlington. lie could not that the merits Of the
which Gen. Lee was engaged were at all in cOntrO
gersy. He regarded the question simply of tn
ability Of Senator to exercise his right to introduce
Mr.. THAYER Gsep, Neb) reminded the Senate that h,
had Preaeted tnt Una ~ & ine p0ncy oI Congress % was no
when the leaders Of the Rebellion would be honOreC
the L. ;. Senate. In one sense, the day has CONT
sooner than he expected. The Senator from Kentucky
1adprononnced glowing ulogiun upon the leaders o.
condemnation Of Lees treason. The question now
was, whether the graves of $4,000 loyal dead men, who
make way for the widow of traitor whose hands were
ed with loyal blood This would be sacrilege and as an
ne entered his solemn protest against It,
Mr.. NlE Rep, NevJ said the unseemly haste in GER
quarters To restore traitors to favor would result in
good The verdict OF to-day and Of pOsterty is and
vii be, tat Cen Lee was Traitor. The Senator Mr.
Arnold. But what would have been thought Of the man
@ho could have PROPOSED to restore 70 Benedict
BAD O sad ID thSt Gem H. Leo was chTstiaR. is
He CNr Nye) regretted that he nee) did not
snow 80 wei as he ought What constitutes Christian
ont II Lee was Christian, he Nye did not want be
,ne. Could the senate recognize as a Christian and
patriot the who had dTenched this land in blood
Possibly the aroma from tue patnJtc graves would be
offensive % the nOsTils Of the Rebel owners Of Airing
on BE that as IL may, be looked upon the resolution
an insult, and indicative OF disposition which, If not
ebuked, would soon lie premium upon treason.
Ny. FLANAGAN Csep., Texas, in some general re-
nsrs spoke Of Cen lie as "the great traitor OF the
age, whose Influence had carried into the RcbeOn the
lover of the Southern youth. jeff Davis, the other
great Traitor, still lived, and In the light OF recent
i. make him President.
Mr. SUMNER Qiep Mass) desired that parliamentary
sS should De administered on the present occasion with
DE utmost flgCr, with view the most summary dis
position Oi tie Revolution. He had nothiug To saV of
Ttu Le except thd his name stood iI upon the cata-
Ogte % those VINO had imbued their hands in their
5Ountry r blood. He content 10 hand hin, over
~ the ayeuging pen ot history He regarded the reso
t0u indicative u the sentiments of tho notcal asso
ate 0f The senator from Kentucky, aud as predgnrine
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