The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-03-11
CONGRESSIONAL.

to-day. was occupied by the debate on the
Georgia bill. Farnsworth resumed his
argument in opposition. lie asked, could
n provisional government rniify m amcnl-
mcnt TO the Constitution of the United
States, and what became Of The ratification
of the Fourtccnih Amendment if the
Legislature was only provisional and illc-
gal.
Lawrence replied that n provisional
| legislation was just and lawful, and bad
| tie same power within the scope Of
its authority as any other Legislation. IL
was not only provisional but legal, and the
logic, and bill, aud speech Of Butler yes
tcrday was that every act of that lesisla
tion, including the action Of the L. S.
Senators, was Illegal, therefore the pro-
visions Of ihe..bill to proIong the .ieure
of Office Of the present officials Of Georgia
was mons:rous, particularly in view of
the fact that the Government was charg-
cd by the State Treasurer with stealing
the bey of the State. The excuse for
the bill was that if il was no; passed the
Republican party would lose the next
election in Georgia, and he was nfrai they
would also lose the election 10 New York
In reply to n question By Stevenson ns to
chow he would save il" he said ironical-
ly, "why, Of course, pass the bill install
in: the Republican officers there, and
providing that their tenure Of Office shall
be for life. There is an easier way Of
maintaining our asccndcncy in the nation
that by holding elections, and that way is
by act Of congress" Referring to But
lcr's statements Of outragcs in the South,
he said, whenever he wanted TO pass one
Of his reconstruction bills he got up in
the House aud cried murder, murder, and
, by hue and cry Of that sort got the bill
passed. Whenever one OF these bills was
TO be passed, the Washington Chronicle
publishes an account of great outra:cs
aud Immediately the Reconstruction Com
mittec were called together aud the bill
, reported He relates an instance Of q
man who sold arms TO the people oi
Georgia in the winter of 1860 and 1861
with which to shoot Union sollicrs who
last winter went TO Georgia and with the
, assistance of Gov. Bullock cndeayorcd te
get the Legislature to pay for these arms
and was refused, whcrcupon he came tc
Washington full Of sorrow, tears and en-.
treaties for the terrible prosecutions oi
the negroes in Georgia, and was in favor
the reconstruction OF Georgia Immediately
Farnsworth declared the proposition
of the bill to continue Bullock in office
and putting the power of the State in his
hands, an internal outrage on the tax pay
, crs of tho State, and he believed the bill
was in the interest OF the people who
desired to perpetuatc their reign aud put
money in their cwn purses.
COLUMBUS. Feb. 2S.-In the House
today, the bill to submit the question o.
female suffrage to a vo'e OF the women o.
Ohio over q years of age, was rejected
Al to 80.
g New YORK, Feb 2S.-The latest for
cign mail brings details of the opening o.
the famous Mordaunt divorce case, il
which tho Prince Of Wales appeared or
the stand az witness. He was quite EN-
phatic as to the insanity Of the defendant
Tho most extraordinary evidence ever
given in court room was elected on The
. OCCASION Tho evidence of Sir Charlie.
I Mordant is interesting the general feeling
r with regard to the character OF the Prince
j, of Wales. Sir Charles testified that be
his marriage to Lady Mordant he knew o.
of her intimacy with the prince aud after
the marriage warned her against continuing
the acquaintance. He said he had heart
in various quarters certain circumstance!
: connected with his previous character
i that caused him to wish her to break OF
with him. Notwithstanding this wish
Lady Mordant continued to receive tn.
Prince without the knowledge of hcl
; husband, until the time she made vol
untary confession that criminal intimacy
had been existing between them.
NEW YORK, March ga Havan;
letter gives the details of the arrest ant
$ execution by the Spanish Of alleged mem
0 bers of the Cuban Junta, at Santiago
! The arrests numbered 40 to so, and Ii
! were executed, including two Americans
The victims were arraigncd before thu
. Comission and condemned, and then nd
mitted the existence of the association IL
which they belonged, but they denied it
being political Junta, and said it wal
only Masonic lodge, and that they me
' as Masons for Masonic purposes Thi
a defence appeared to have angercd insteat
Of satisfying the Spaniards. A Catalon
ian Priest, who has been noted for th,
! ultraism of his loyalty and his violen
denunciatiops Of Cubans, pronounced