The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-12-14


these two Generals resolved to tread onno
site paths, "that there were but two
Eciasses in the AUTHORIZATIONS and trai
TORS. The patience with which the Sen;
Fate OF the United States had today listened
to eulogy upon the chief conspirator In
an attempt to tear down the Government
was but another illustration of that unna.
ralleled magnanimity and mercy which HAD
characterized the treatment by the Govern
ment OF those engaged in the rebellion.
Had the subject Of this eulogy succeeded
IN his efforts, where would the American
Senate be now sitting? By his triumph
slavery would have cast its dark shadow ali
over this land. from the st. Lawrence to
the Gulf. To-day the doctrine of secession
lay buried beneath the bones of Thousands
| who fell that their blood might seal the
covenant OF the nation. Yet TO-DAY we he.
held the spectacle Of a resurrectionist com.
ing here to drag the dead doctrine ont
from beneath the bones of the nations
martyrs. ....-.
| Mr.. Wiley, of West Virginia, charac.
ter1Zed the resolutions as most insulting
and shocking to the sense Of the Senate and
country, and as abhorent to humanity. AL
though personally tenacious of the rights
OF individual members, he could not vote
to receive it.
! MIR. Sawyer said that the Arlington es.
tate, like thousands of acres of propertv
in the South, had been forfeited and sold at
public sale for non-payment of taxes. and
bought by the United States. In the alb.
sence OF any memorial from Mrs. Lee, he
regarded the contemplated inquiry utterly
worthless, as the facts he had stated were
well known, and needed no yerifcatiou.
MIR. Salisbury, of Delaware, disapproved
OF that part Of the resolution looking to the
| removal nf fhp frp,r, Ill,
could not see that the merits of the cause
IN which General Lee was engaged were at
all in controversy. He regarded the ones.
ton simply as one of the ability of Sena.
tor to exercise his right to introduce busi.
| ness. ''''-
MIR. Nyc, of Nevada, said the unseem,v
haste III certain quarters to restore traitors
to favor could result in no good. The YER.
dict OF to-day and Of posterity il and will
be that General Lee was traitor.
Mr.. Flanagan, in some gen eral remarks.
spoke OF General Lee us the great traitor
OF the age. whose influence had carried into
the rebellion the flower of southern yol,th'
Davis, the other gr eat traitor, still lived.
and in the light of recent events It was not
unreasonable to expect an early move to
make him President.
Dir. Sumner desired that parliamentary
law should be administered upon the Dre.
sent occasion with the utmost ripor. with a
view to the most summary disposition of
the resolution. He had nothing to saw of
General Lee, except that his name stood
upon the catalogue of those who had i'm
| bued their hands in their country's blood.
He would hand him over to the aven ging pen
of history. He regarded the resolution as
indicative OF the sentiments of the political
associates of the Senator from Kefitucky.
and as pre-figurng the policy they would
establish should they obtain power-a
policy which was to take the old rebellion
by the hand, and to install it in the high
places of power. Could he make his voice
heard from Massachusetts to Louisiana, it
would be to warn his felow-countrymen
against that combination, which now
showed its hand in the proposition of the
Senator from Kentucky. He said that he
was present when Secretary Stanton gave
orders for the interment Of the dead bodies
of Union soldiers at Arlington, and that
Stanton stated at the time that his purpose
in selecting the place was to forever pro-
hibit the Reinstatement Of the Lee family
there, and that if they did come, they
might encounter the ghosts of their VIC
tins. lie quoted the epltaDh above the
grave of Shakespeare, and which he now
proposed to write above the grave of every
one of our patriot dead
| GOOD friend fer Jesus's cake, forbcrr
To dig the dust and close II ere:
| E;es ed &c The man that spa es these stones,
| Mr.. McCreery stated that the resolution
was in no sense an embodiment of Demo-
cratic sentiment, but had been submitted
upon his individual responsibility without
consultation with his colleague. lie then
asked permission to withdraw the rcsolll-
| ton, which was refused, though finally
permission to introduce it was also refused.
A Southern Republican Politicians
| - Opinion.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-Governor Bard,
| formerly Of Georgia, writes to the PreSi-
dent an eisht-page pamphlet. He says he
cannot follow the President into the SUP
port Of the extremists, and adds 4" could
not have known that Georgia was to be kept
IN state OF perpetual bondage, the prey of
| irres ponsible demagogues, the associate In
misery with South Carolina and Louisiana,
whose Governors, Scott and Yarmouth,
form, with Bullock, q triumvirate of I'M
mitigated political scoundrels without pre-
cedent since the latter days Of the Roman
empire, and who have cursed the States
over which they rule with plaques worse
than the frogs and lice of Egypt. This is a
truth, and truth is eternal"
Removal of Disabilities.
WAsHINGToN, Dec. 13.-The House passed
bills this morning removing the disabilities
of William NJ. McGruder, of Henrico, and
William Cardwell and Richard j. Goulding,
Of Charlotte county, Va.
General News.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-Admiral Boggs
relieves Commander Gibson in command of
the European fleet. Gibson will be re-
lieved. r-
The President has nominated General
Alfred Pleasonton, Of New York, for Com
sioner of Internal Revenue.
The Senate again discussed Admiral Por-
te1s nomination, but with no result.
| C. G. Bowen, member of Congress from
South Carolina, was indicted in the District
Court to-day for bigamy.
1t seems to be the purpose of the south
ern members OF the House to prevent any
land grants for railroads until some south
ern Pacific railroad bill is passed. The st.
CroiX and Lake Superior railroad bill was
postponed on motion of southern mem
Der to-day in carrying out this programme.
The Republicans caucussed tonight on
the amnesty question, but came to no def
mite conclusion, and meet again tomorrow
night.
The discussion indicated that the present
Congress will not pass clean amnesty bill.
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