The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-12-22

had been forfeited, and sold at public
sale for non payment Of taxes, and
bought by the United States. In the
absence Of any m-mOria! from Mrs.
I q he regarded the cOntem plated in
qgiry as utterly worthless, as the
facts he had stated were well known.
and needed no verificatiOn.
Messrs. Harlan, OF Iowa r., and
Patterson, of New Hampshire r. },
also opposed the resolution. The for
mer deprecated the day should ever
cOmC when equal sOlicitude shall BE-
shown by Congress for the welfare of
rebels and UuiOniSts alike, the latter
denouncing tile offer 70 rake up the
bones Of our valiant dead i'm order tu
prepare a home for one who fled from
it. even before her husband, as an in
suit to the country. He said General
Lee had spit upon the nation, and a
request is now made in behalf Of his
memory which would, if granted, be
an outrage upon deeency.
Mr.. SIulsbery, + D ! d., disap-
I proved of that portion of the resOlu-
I ti0n looking tO a removal OF the graves
from Arlington. He cOuldn'tsee that
the merits of the cause in which Cen
! eral Lee engaged were in controversy.
He regarded the question asOne simp-
/ " of the ability OF Senator tn eXer-
else his right to intro luce business.
1 Mr.. Thayer remin lei the Senator
he has predicted that If the Congress
siOnal policy was not rigidly carried
out in the Southern States the day
would come when the lea1ers Of the
rebellion would be hOnored in the
| United States Senate. In one sense
the dIy has come sooner than he had
expected.
Mr.. Nye, Of New. (R }, said the un-
seemly haste in certain quarters to re-
store traitors TO power would result in
10 good. The verdict to-day and of
DOsterity is and will be that General
Lee was a traitor. The Senator Mr..
McCreeTy) had declared him q hero.
So was Benedict Arnold, but what
/ would have been thought of the man
who could have proposed to restore
Benedict Arnold his propert! in Con-
necticut?
Mr.. Flanagan, of Texas (R.) J, in some
| general remarks, spoke of Davis as
the other great traitor, who still lived,
and i'm the light Of recent events it
was not unreasonable to expect an
early m I'VE to make him President.
Mr. Sumner desired that parlia-
menCary law should be administered
upon the present occasion with the
utmost rigOr, with the view to the
most summary disposition of the res
Olution. He had nothing tn say of
General Lee, except that his name
stood high on the catalogue Of those
who had imbued their hands in their
countrs'y blood. He was content to
leave him to the avenging pen Of his
tory. He regarded the resolution as
| Indicative of the sentiments of the
political associates of the Senator from
Kentucky, and as prefiguring the pol
/ lev they would establish should they
obtain pO yer, policy which was to
take hold of the rebellion by the hand
/ to install it in the high places of pow
er. Could he make his voice heard
/ from Massachusetts to Louisiana, it
would be to warn his fellow country
men, especially of the S Iuth, against
/ that combination which now shows
its hand in the proposition Of the
| Senator from Kentucky. He said he
was present when Secretary Stanton
gave the order for the interment Of
| the dead bodies of Union soldiers at
Arlington, ana that Secretary STAN
| ton stated at the time his purpose i'm
selecting the place, which was to for
ever prohibit the reinstatement Of the
/ Lee family there, and If they did come
Cley might encounter the ghosts of
/ their victims. The epitaph above the
grave of Shakespeare, which has for
two centuries and half guarded the
remains of England's greatest poet,
| he would write ab I'VE the grave Of ev-
cry one of our patriot dead:
"GoOd friend, for Jesus sake forbear
Todig the dust enclosed here;
PiGSsed be the man that spares these
stones
And curst behe that moves my bones"
After a slight applause in the gal
| lerieS, Mr.. McCreery replied that he
had introduced the resolution with
out consultation with his colleagues,
and for his own expressed sentiments,
j he was responsible to his constituents
and his God. At the instance Of his
colleagues, he now asked to withdraw
! the resolution.
Mr.. E lmunds raised the point that
/ the yeas and nays having been al
ready ordered. the resolution had be-
cDme the property Df the Senate, and
couldn't be Withdrawn.
The vi e President stated the ques-
/ ton II be upon the motion of Mr..
MeCreery for leave to introduce the
| resolution,
NJ. Davis, of Ky. ID. moved to
lay Mr.. McCreery's motion on the
/ table.
Mr.. Blyard, OfDel. (D). felt sat
isfied that no one of his constituents
would for a moment countenanee the
removal of thnse dead. He would new
] er cOnsent to such a proposition. In
regard to the resOlut on, he would
not vote for it because it was not with
in the scope of Congressional jurisdic-
tiOn, but belonged to the judiciary. He
regarded the attempt Of the Senator
from Massachusetts (Mr. Summer) TO
/ connect the Democracy with the res
OlutiOn, as most disingenuOus. That
Senator, in his desire to perpetuate a
feeling founded upon sectional hatred,
was willing to avail himself Of any
means To injure the Onlv national
party Of the country (the Democratic
party.
Mr.. Davis motion was then reject
ed. Aves, 9; nays, 49.
Mr.. McCreery's request for leave to
bring IN the resolution was then refus-
ed. Yeas, 4; nays, 81.
The yeas were Messrs. Fowler, Of
Tenn. (R.l, Hamilton, Of Md. (D.),
McCrePry, Of K. d., and Vickers, Of
Nd. (Dl.
Mr.. Trumbull, of III. (R.), declined
voting, believing the right belonged
to every Senator to bring in resolu-
tiOns