The Ouachita telegraph., 1870-12-17

the absence of any memorial from Mrs.
Lee, he regarded the contemplated in
quiry as utterly worthless, as the facts
ne had stated We're well known and
needed no verification.
salisbury disapproved of that part of
the resolution looking to the removal
of graves from Arlington. He could
not sec that the merits of the cause in
which Lee was engaged We're at all in
controversy. He regarded the question
as one simply of ability of Senator to
exercise his right to introduce business
Nye said the unseemly haste in cer-
tain qus .rters to restore traitors to favor
could result in no good. The verdict
of tod ~ and of posterity is and will be
that Lee was Il traitor.
Flanagan, in some general remarks,
spoke of Gen. Lee as the great traitor of
the age, whose influence had carried
! into rebellion the flower of Southern
! youth. Davis, the other great traitor,
still lived; and, with the light of recent
| events, it was not unreasonable to eX-
pect an early move to make him Presi-
dent.
Sumner desired that parliamentary
law should be administered upon the
present occasion with the utmost rigor,
with a view to the most summary dis
position of the resolution. He had
nothing to say of Gen. Lee, except that
his name stood upon the catalogue of
those who had imbrued their hands in
their country's blood. He was content
to hand him over to the avenging pen
of history. He regarded the resolution
as indicative of the sentiments of the
political associates of the Senator from
Kentucky, rs prefguring the policy
they would establish should they obtain
WI, Sx,1 30 <.,1-~ ~.
rebellion by the hand and to install it
in high places of power. Could he
make his voice heard from Massachu-
sets to Louisiana, it would be to warn
his fellow-countrymen especially of the
South, against that combination which
now showed its hand in the proposition
of the Senator from Kentucky. He
stated that he was present when Secrc-
| tary Stanton gave the order for the in
terment of the dead bodies OF Union
soldiers at Arlington, and that Stanton
stated at the time that his purpose in
selecting it was to forever prohibit the
that, if they did come, they might en-
counter the ghosts of their victims. He
quoted the epitaph above the grave of
Shakespeare, which he now proposed
to write above the grave Of every one
of our patriot dead: "Good friend, for
Jesus sake, forbcar to dig the dust en-
closed here; blessed be the man that
spares these stones, and cursed be he
that moves my bones.''
+ Mr. McCreery stated that the resoll,-
ton was In no sense an embodiment of
democratic sentiment, but had been
submitted upon his individual respon-
sibility, without consultation with his
colleagues. He then asked to withdraw
the resolution, which was refused, and
finally permission to introduce it, was
also refused.
Uouse.-The frlnking privilege is
abolished, but papers are allowed free
exchanges and circulation weekly and
scmi-wcckly within the county where
published. The vote stood 1O3 to 65.
The bill then passed the Ways and
Means committee, which directed to
inquire into the taxing ofmanlif,cturcd
tobacco uniformly 1G cents.
Butler presented n petition from 2OOO
New Englanders, asking non-intcr-
course with Canada for alleged fishery
OltraGcS.
Two Nirginians were relieved of dis
abilities.
The House caucusscs tonight on am
| nesty.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. I3.-GOV. Bard
| "flt'S tllc l'Et"SltcnU:l an S-l)lSc lGt1npllltt.
| Bard says he can't follow the President
| into the support of extremists. Bard
says: al could not have known that
Georgia was to be kept in Il state of
perpetual bondage, the prey of irrespon-
Siblc dcmaGOGucs and the associate in
misery of South Carolina and Louisiana,
whose Governors, Scott and Warmoth
form, with Bullock, Il triumviratc of
unmitigated political scoundrclism, with
out precedent since the latter days of
the Roman Empire, and have cursed
the States over which they rule with
plaques worse than the frogs and lice of
Egypt. This is truth and truth is
eternal ~
| NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-J. B. Meal
pins tobacco factory burned. Loss of
stock 100000; building $50, 900; fully
insured. Falling walls killed one man,
and hurt one
Steamers make daily trips between
Punta Rosa and Key West, between
which the gulf cable Is quiet.
BUFFALO, N. y, Dec. l3.-Thc Ma
tional Board OF Trade simply referred
the subject of the Pacific Railroad to tn,
! Executive Committee to report. NJ
other action taken. No subsidies asked
Cotton Manufacture In France.