The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03
JOHN SHERMAN.
A Scathiug Rebuke by his Col.
league Judge Thurman.

Friday night last, pending the con
slderation of the northern Recon
s~truction bill. John Sherman, L. S
Senator from OHIO, made a speed
in which he charged that 9Th.
strength Of the Democratic pGrtg J0
years, during tie W0L and since, IA,
been IN the pest houses Of the cite
wheTe rice breedr." Having so deliv
cred himself, Sherman retired from
the senate chamber with the astroc
ious he upon his conscience. Judge
Thurman, as soon as he could oh.
tain the floor, administered the re.
buke which follows. We commend
ii to the careful perusal of our read.
ers:
Mr.. Thurman. Mr.. President,
regret that my colleague has left
thu senate tonight. wish TO say
a few words on a text Of his; l wish,
ed to say them in his presence; but
| cannot be deferred from noting
what he said by his voluntary Gb-
scence; ard although l shall refrain
from saying all taat l would say
were he present, yet ! am not to be
prevented from noticing what he
did say merely because ho secs II!
to absent himself. The senator
from California noticed the singu-
lar declaration he made, that If the
last Presidential election had de-
pended on the vote o. New York,
that is 10 say, that if with that
vote MIR. seymour would have been
elected, there would have bean war
and revolution, for that vas the sub.
stance, tho meaning Of the remark.
| let that pass with the remarks
that have been made upon it by the
senator from California. But my
colleague saw fit to go further, and
he saw fit to use tins language:
"The strength Of the Democratic
party for gears drriag the trar and
since has been in ahe pest, houses Of
the cities uhere Ulce breeds"
That is the language that a sena-
tor OF the United States uses OF
$3.50, 600 voters Ofthe United States.
VT the last presidential election
there were cast, exclusive of the
state of Nevrda, 5.G22 1913 popular
voteR' Of those Gen. Grant recc!v-
ed 2.976, SOL, and Mr. Seymour q
643. 312. The vote OF me state OF
Nevada, as [ am informed by her
senalo4. was about 13 900. and Gen.
Grants majority about 100. Ma,
king that addition, the IN ire vote
for Gen. Grant was 2,985,80l, and
for SIR. Seymour 2.649, 1862, aud Gen.
Grants majority was only about
336 200. And nnw ST, IN respect
to substantially n entire hall OF
the American voters, In respect 10
that purity which hell tho reIns of
government for nearly seventy
years, and under which this gov
ernment grew up from " poor feeble
body of thirteen states along the
Atlantic coast TO be one of the
greatest empires on the face OF the
earth in territory, in population, in
Intelligence rnd in wealth, my col
league says the strength OF THAI par
~ "lies in the p st houses Of the
cities where vice breeds"
Sir, | should scorn myself if j
were to go into any retutatlrn OF
such a charSe as that. ! have
heard the Democratic party de-
nounced again and agpin. 1t Is TOO
common TO do il. 1t is too com
mon to forget-seators even, too oft
Ell forgat- that when Ihoy denounc-
ed the Democratic party in this
way they are d%enOuncing Onh halt
of their own countrymen. When
they denounce che Democratic par
ty as traitors, as sympathizers with
treason, as disloyal mon, they say
10 the world that ono>half OF the
American people are enemies u
their own government. When =
Senator gets up:.here and sHys that
the strength of the Democratic par
ty, the strength OF on"~half the peo
pie Of the United States, Lies in the
pest-houses of the cities where vic,
baeeds," he holds up a picture Il
the world whIbh should appall man.
kind and repel every man from
our shores. SIr, it will not dR. L
Iris II mere figure OF speech, it is ;
figure of speech which a man shoe
be ashamed to utter. If it was in
tended in seriousness, then there il
no condemnation TOO strong for tat
~utterance of such a sentiment.
Why, Sir, my colleague lives In /;
country that gives a good soli'
Democratic majority; a county il
which there is no large elty; 4;
county Of farmers, Of men will
moderate forms, few beyond eighty
acres, very few, indeed; u county
which l will undertake to say hai
not its superior In the whole UnI'
ted States for the virtue Of it's in.
habitants and Tor their respectable
Ly. To the east of that Is dst sucl
another county, Democratic to th,
core. en- the west of it is still jus
another, still more Democratic
On the south Of it is still another
also Democratic. so that my col
league car hardly step ont Of his
door, he cannot take a days ride
withou: being surrounded by TIL,
Democratic farmers of his neigh
borhood. l want HIM to go home
and tell them, if he dares, the mel
who have seen him grow up from
boy; the men whose hands have
helped him in the struggle for life
the men who have given him sup
port and cherished him and helped
to make HIM what he is; let him q
home if he dares and tell those ole
men that the strength ofthat party
Lies in the pest-houses of the cities
wheac vice breeds"
SIR, l duuld not refrain form ma
king these remarks, because yor
are to vote tonight on this bill; TIT