The Evansville daily journal., 1870-12-17

BILLS REPORTED AND INTRO
DU0ED.
SPEECH OF SENATOR
uRAKF.

. AAA@ AaA+N"@+AAA
+ i resignation aa q member OF tie Senate, &C
take eject on the.9-n inst.
Mr.Sunner presn .ed g me n1ulial for " m
F. Wellss GeoEEe !. lhlgaaosFS 9 20 many o.
the most ern1nelt merchants Cf Boston
Mver1e NO the Nxr,oaeu nnneM l1ian or San
Domingo Aettine 1ctlA tnsAr D9llex tnel
country, leadiugp great frauds and cor
rupLion, and proAbly 10 war with the
french part oI ne iS.ano, ,ss 11len conia
/ chase OF that prt OF the government
which would 1nSdve n large annual ex-
1 penulture withot any com pensating re-
l suits, the effect " which would be the
wide spread belsf that the present war
tax on incomes vas kept for the pu chase
Of foreign tsrr4toy. Referred.
Il Mr.. sherman, fDu1 the Finance Commit
tee, reported baci adversely various bills
foElIhe aeolition Z shs l., income ,i taxi upon
Mr.coie. from lie COMMITTEES On Appro-
pristions. EePoE.d e the . Heuss a , 6iil
Ths fOliowIui bills we're introduced
Ar. Thay er, forhe rsliefof RearAd nirai
| Resolutions VICE adopted on motion OF
1 Mr.. scott, caIlngupon the Secretary of
! War for iuforntlon, in advance Of the
/ e1gfneer's report u the subject relative 70
| the Newport anC Cincinnati bridge; and
/ on motion OF ~. Cole concerning i'm
| proyements of ID harbors and ports OF
| Wilmington and an Diego, California.
A bill 70 islcorprate the Southern Ex-
press Company, bins before the 5enates
On the motion or n. Camer0ts. an 'ob3eD-l
ten was made byadr. Bayard 10 any Iur
fns5 saaEe5lhg g IS stricf pTriEatsf f cor COR
Mr. Cameron spoe Of the Iu uPortance OF
transpor. ~ S5t AEON @ OF 3 Bonds and money
4 and It's reliable eAracter. An amend
nent was susgeste 17 Mr.. AcrI III, Of Ver-
mont, which wss aopted, making the cor
porato ; fndividuaF liable f1r the dsotsof
Il the tconceru. The ~ wa E9n6raiIy dis.
cu sed until after he expiration Of the
Il morning hour. al amendment by Mr..
| Bayard Prevailed sbiscting the property
/ or the com pany. fnerever situated, TO
| taxation under the safe laws, and the oil
Mr. M doreon offsre1a rssGirtion reqasst-
| Ing the President tOOmmunicate 10 the
sion relative % the gan zsd lbodfes and
] disloyal and evil dis0sed persOns In the
stale q North Carens. whseh have an
| Lfon OF the laws Of % United tatee, or q
denial OF the right Othe United States to
exercise equal progillon q ths laws and
al-o what murdei and outragss, for
Il political purposes, I've been committed
by such erEanlzat1ol.~
Mr.. Pomeroy remdked that one hour a
day the senate wasor sgeneTnt amnesiys
Il and the next, the Se4tors were AFTER ireb-
4 eis for killing UnIolsts. The rasolution
AtI:20PsI. the seate resumed the con-
sideratlon OF EchnT9 reso4utioD, looking
TO q general amneg.
| Mr.. Drake was aVrded the floor for the
/ col esgae. So far athe tntToouction OF q
Senate Or the Unit states. his colleague
was entireIy responble. He said his mo-
| tiv.s In replying vs. not merely with a
noble q party IS ev held the destinies OF
| any State or u ME. The extraordinary
aud remarkable, ,slech OF his colleague
TO- -
not conceive why ie hosts led by his col
| league VINO had thr victory when they
1 traiIed the Hepublan b nner OF Missouri
In the dust shOuidOt have been content I
4 with tEeir tFiumpnpOn the soil of that
state, butthey seetO carry 1t before the
/ naTfon Crttfcisfnihe reference to hfu1-
/ Eeif safd thar thirtsa years before he had
/ Objected 10 tue Elarg Interest OF g pOlit-
| ieal Candidate IN IisBouri, ana he at
desire 70 hold him before the Repuo-
| lfcan Senate and ttHatiOn, Gs an object
OF condemnation al disfr1st. But sup
| posing ne had been pro-siavery man in
! 1857. did that cOnstite 3 Justification OF
his colleagues actil in 1902 and though
Cox 5ea T ysaIIa Ion h Rifssnk1 foF 15 lS Sin colleague
1 word or explanatiC
| fna that his c0liea mad over four yesrsa
OF his Senatorial ten rem aiming IN which
10 answer him. aft he had gone hence.
Mr. Scnurz-l msiy want 70 tell my
colleague thai fOive him. Laughter +
Mr. Drake exPresd his appreciation OF
his colleagues uHpeeted outburst OF
Glen. ency, adding lat, in his opinion, it 4
/ was better 10 be g. w Republican and q
| faithful one than iold and treacherous
one. Applause inie galleries, which the
Vice fsresIdent pI optly euppressed.l He
did not consider II the litte 70 slay the
- party In c0id hIoccoufd be derived from
| longevity within ie ranks. II it could,
then be was thankI that before he could
/ attain mis- cOiieagI PERIOD Gf longevity.
at which men leabd auch wicked and
1 would
: | beyond the reach those ipGueEces into
/. / a more hesltntulphero of action. he
I did not wonder tealls colleague had at
s tempted 10 Findiee himself before his
Republican colleues in the Senate,
whose heaIts wei cow toncned. by his
Q the attempt 9 vindlcaLion had
: sDceeeded would apPsar by the
g follow the discussi. His colleague, be
= ! fore he Is two yeaTraTm in his seat, had
i struck at those whent him TO the Sem
d which the possessfcof power could en-
q able men to shed line Household Of his
: friends, feeli g, perps, that he did bold
; the destiny of the cat Republican party
;. IN his hands, TO doth it as ne would
u He (Schufz3 had ce 10 the senate tc-
y sow those seeds of sSension which were
TO rlpen by splittluthe party in twain
from one end of the nd tofhe other; that
the purpose hit lleague entertained
would Iatl here sndts W0uid be. The fate
OF him Of old VnQOuld Iend the oak,
a and think not Q thooughs.
2 Mr.. Drake the eDgized the history Of
= the Radical Unon artg IN MISSOURI our
z ing the item ear its 1nstFunaentality,
| with the ard OF be disfranchisement
rs measures, In ssyiEs the ssass 70 tne
N | necessity CT moving DISABILITIES when
"A | warranted bylfe puDlle safety and credit
| which was TIalriyusurpeu by The new
;. liberal moYeent. 10 these measures the
= loyal men opalssoyrt were 1nesp go tol
ia that protecta = hIe1 vas aenisa % tns
C see. 6is deaSnes victory, therefore
N had besn ate expense Of the loyal men
= Of MIssouEi1 whom be oTsd his eleY~
TO fion TO ihslshest office be could evel
9a hcDe to attn, und-r the Constitution o
tbs United.aIes His mode OF thanking
he OstIer iusttafi0n- than he had yet at
tempied H 3nscessaty, else u would hay'
been bsttea0F him, politically, had h'
= Repu ubllcaState ConYentions and the. so
= called l1b=3 movement. were referred Il
Z; by Mr.. Drte as features OF a pre-deter
y Democratshe ostensible cause OF the con
r. Lroversy asing from the determination o
q the mi0orf 10 JaEe the eDffanchisemen
; apart fronhe platfOn in advance of an!
- expressfODf the popular sentiment, eth
q er for orlgainst the proposition; IN,
7 being tho before the people, for indie
pendent stion, the minority, led BY. hi
1t Colleague. .efusefl 10 submit 20 the win o
,e the msjdty, ana not only separated
against 81. Grants administration
lel 5nt igro.ng 10 their Plstiorm: ant
ar nattery. te l2uguage OF The resolution
- on The subect Nyas adopted by the con
.ns Fention. lis colleagues attempt to de
snd ais corse upon the high ground tina
ne prtnclpe was answered by the fac
at he hadmade the single point OF th
nfs 4icy q preext for strikng q blow at "a
1ldamentl party pr1nciples mat IN
" OF the majority should rule. Inde
,rv Pdence thought and action were we
- ea1gh In t1elr place. but q OF as mean
's2 Olarty destruction Quoting from tn
the Sspalgn speeches q the Liberal cand
~ ~ for Governor Gratz Browns TO sho
tns nl ntipathy to the Republican caus
IeDt ltnpeaker dismissed the subject wit
,oIf Insmark He has gone TO the Demo-
go r4etud may the Lord have mercy O
ella htsti.7'1 Laughter.1 In answer 10 the a
her s1aon that the party faith was pledge
- 70 eanchisemenb, he said that the geI
jew, era1 nesty RESOLUTION OF tns Nation
Iors Hepacan Convection, OF 1865, was mer
aao. ~ tn4L pres. ion OF an opinion that u
olsan IS should be removed al
on e happening 70 be CO.
tlngei to-WIt, when they were no long
HeIS reqeA by the pubic necessityi tn
J. e. sucn exp preston could only ha'
, .oF natle hearing and was OF no ene
IN IN, M l,S aIatlon Of the l1tern pc
MISS "a. Among the probable cons
Quence-nis coMeEkue's course was Il
elsctoa q Democrat to succeed ri
lDr4kel4 possibiy. q hepU5Iican defe
IN the y Presla entail election. by q
ex- loss OF Electoral vote Of Missouri.
- Regard 70 Presidents Interference
5GS mlssouI. sics, he Mr.. Drake) cheerfI
10 OF ly accepss5 responsibility ior his 9
vor, vice 70 tntsident IN the matter. Tn
he belieEeA man had right TO pO
fiZed ton unde1 trfy while warning again
labie IL. upon nueBtiOu OF the new par
80 be unoefstthis colleagues position
iNSAS BE- lnat WA..he Republican party "
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