The New York herald., 1870-03-17
NEW YORK HERALD THURSDAY, MARCH II, 1870.

security IN MIA pursuit Of liberty and happiness II
q certain class AZ the south had accepted In good
ta,tn the benevolent overture3 winch were offered
10 them with no nlggard mana, To-day woulJ not
nnd our land stll harassed with Ieads aud coa.
IromarScd, Mr.. President that rose TO plead for
protcction for the deienceess race wn0 now send
.neir delegation 70 me seat OF 70 sue or
anu here let me say urther tnat the people OF the
North owe to the colored race deep obligation
when 1t Is no easy matter TO fuln. Wnen the
federal armies wer5 tninned by dea and disuster
and somDre clouds overnung Ine length aqd breadth
oil the republic, ana The very air was PREGNANT wih
the rumors OF foreign lntererence-ln thoss dark
days oi defeat whose memories even yet haunt d5
as IN ugly dream, from what source did our nation
IN seeming death tnrOes gam additional anu new
found pOwerf IL WAS the sable SOUS oI Tue SOuh
that vallany rushed TO me rescue and but f,r lner
ntrepdlty aud ardent daring many Northern ire
side would miss to-day paternal counsel o.
brothers. love- SIR repeat tne act that ths colorel
race saved 70 the noble women OF New England and
the Middle States the men on whom they lean t. Gay
! Tor security and safety. Many Of my race The
sleep IN the countless graves OF the south II
those quiet resting places or our hon0red dead
rosnIna Of mighty WIND" Would Come up D from
those Sepulchral homes. Could we resist the el0-
quent peadngs OF their appeals AD, Sir. think
mat THIS question OF immediate anu ample proLcc-
ton Tor The loyal people or Georgia would lose Its
legal tecncatlcs aud we would cease 10 hesitate IN
our provisions Tor their instant re!le Agaln, re-
gret this delay ON other GROUNDS. ne taunt IL 1re-
quently nung al Us tnaL Nemesis terrible han
the Greek personatl0n or the anger or the gods
awaits her hour of dlrefu rctributiun. we are tol1
that ut no distant day great uprising OF the Amerl
Can people VIII demand that these reconstruction
Of Congress be und0ne and Dlotted from
the annals Vi legislative enactment. l inquire SIR,
II this delay In aording protection to the loyaists
OF the State OF Georgia does not lend an uncomlOr
Table signlhcancy TO thus DOdstlng Seer with wucn
we so often mcetl Delay Is perlous at best for
as true III legislation as IN pnyslc that the longe1 we
procrasnate TO apply the proper remedies the more
chrome becomes the malady tlaL we seek " heal.
The land wants Sucn
As dare with rigor execute the laws.
lies a bad SURGE that Tor pity spares
n e pr M be sopeSpss poay ee. M e sse spTs1a
Unto the bad 10 crue to the good.
Mr.. REyELs then reviewed the history Of affairs In
Georgia stating bnat at the e.ecton III November.
10y, ior members TO the state Convention, LnirLy
thousand white and eighty thousand colOred votes
We're polled and number or col0red delegates
elected constitution was framed anu ratified ana
Legislature elected under IL was convened. Alter
all tn.s supposng they had passed beyond Congress
slonal control the reoel element IN Inc Legislature
asserted ITSELF and many ol those whose disabilities
had been removed Uy tne state convention, whicn
comprised numDer OF coored menoers, joined IN
The declaration which was made Dy that Legislature
tnal a man having more tnan an eEntn Ot African
Diooa IN his VEINS was ineligible " Office These
very men, to whom the republican party eX-
tended all the rights IT'S ana privileges aY OF n GU.
selves, denied political equality to large
majority of their fellow cltlzcns TwentyeisnL
memDers were expelled on December ~, 1859. An
ace OF Congress WAS passed requiring the reassem.
bling OF the persons declared elected Oy the military
commander. the restoration OF the expelled MEN,
bers and rejection OF VINO were disquall-
ieo. All the conditions hac now Ueen compiled
with, and having raLiicd the fourteenth ana III
teenth constitutional amendments. Georgia pre-
sented herself for recognition. Ihe Bingham amend
ment proposed 10 egaze the oieanzatlon 0l 1868,
pointing the juage VINO had decided favor OF class
distinction III Tie state. AS means Of luture
protection Tor loyal Georgans he desired these
terms should commence tue date of the present
legislation He asked this IN the name OF one hun
dred thousand wnite and colored citizens OF tue
State, anu reminded the Senate tnat '.he VINO per-
miued oppression shared the crime"
Upon the CONCLUSION OF his remarks Mr.. Reves
received :he consratQeatlons OF many republican
Senators and others, and then the immense
dence IN the galleries, which included many per-
sons OF color, Slowly dispersed.
Mr.. MORTON, III c0mphmenting Mr.. Reye!s on his
speech, expressed the opinion tlat In Lne exchange
which had peen made Dy which tnat gentleman oc.
cupied tue place Oi Jefferson DAVIS The Senate had
LOST nothing IN intelligence, wnie 1t had gained
much IN patriotism ana loyalty. lie proceeded to
argue that the government OF Georgia was provl-
slonal and would 50 continue until actually repre-
sented IN Congress; that the inference from the OD
poste theory was that The state mad been denied re-
presenat on when sue was entitled to 1t, and had
been treated badly by Congress. lie CLAIMED
that IN the reconstruction legislation Congress si.n-
ply exercised the power OF guaranteeing repahll-
can l0rln OF government DuL mad never assumed to
give particular construction To the constitution Of
state, rs did the Bingham amendment lii DEC arnX
the length Of the terms oi the present ate officers
He also argued tnat the substantial reason for the
report OF the judiciary ComlnLtee, IN 1885, against
the ADMISSION OF MT Hlll az senator from Georgia,
was that The organization OF the Legislature was
void from the beginning.
that event the action or the Legislature III Iatln9
the fourteenth amendment would mold good.
MIR. MORTON replied tnat lie concurred In the
OplniOn set forth former report OF the judiciary
Committee that that acton was not vald, because
the defects la the organization went 10 violation
or the fundamental law thai created the body. Mr..
Morton went Oh to review the wnOie questiOa ana
to controvert the POSITIONS assumed by Mr. fhlr-
man, particularly With reference TO the validity OF
the composition OF The Georgia LeglS AZURE. lie
quoted from the laws Of the state to snow That pro-
vision was expressly made Tor the admission VI
minority candidates Tor the Legislature wnen the
person receiving the highest number OF votes was
known To exist at the time OF TIE election,
and candidates were voted Tor simply ne
cause they were reoels. aud were excluded
| from office under the fourteenth ameldTent.
In regard 60 the tenure OF once showed taJ lL
was mol IN contemplation OF law snat these terms
should begin until the STATE TOOK her place III the
Union; tnaJ Bullock did not become Governor until
then and That the whole state government was now
Hsana ~ ers m s.,s was nf
ol exuitatlon 10 the extreme or southern wang OF
tne democrac party; and he opposed IL as viola
ton OF justice and nunln rights.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Mr.. HOWARD, (rep.) OF Mica, then took the noor,
Dut yielded 90 motion by Mr. Williams TO 80 mo
executive session, when after lnencCual effort
" Mr. lrunDuil TO pro0ng tne session 50 rs 10 uis
| pose OF the Diil, was agreed 10.
Iac senate Then, III lall- past three O'Clock, went
INTO executive session aud subsequently, adjourned.
AoUsE OF REPRESENTATIVE,
WASHINGTON, March 10, 1870.
GENERAL MoNTGoMERY's SWORD.
Mr.. PETERS, reD.) OF Me-, presented papers from
the state Department relative TO The sword Of
General Montgomery, now IN possession OF J. T.
Narrower, in the city OF Washington, VINO wiling
TO dispose OF It, Referred to the Committee ON the
Library.
THE ONEIDA DISASTER
Mr. BURR, dem. OF H., offered resolution cali
ing on tue Secretary of the Navy for information
lelatiye 10 the oneida and bombay collision.
Adopted.
The LOUISIANA CONTESTED ELECTION CASE.
Mr. STEVENSON, (rep.I "a ONO, from the Commit
tee On Elections, made report IN the Louisiana
contested election case ol Hunt against Sheldon, ue
caring sheldon enLlLled 10 the seat, and gave
that nc would call IL up next Wednesday
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