Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-23
THE GEORGIA BILL.
Mass Meeting 10 Opposition 60 the
Bingham Amendmont - Speeches
hK nIsiInnnIahed Nenllemen.


by DIstIuguIshsd ueutlsmsn.
ia Friday last a meeting Of delegates from
the different wards OF the olties Of Washing
ton and deorgUtown and the county met At
wormIey's and appointed a eommlltce TO
make arrangements for q Republican mass
meeting, for the purpose Of glviaE encourage
ment and aid n the Republicans Of Teuues-
see, Georgia, Mississippi and Texas At present
In the city. Linc1ln Hall was engaged, and
last evening rs the lime aNed for holding the
Tho Mayor Of washington was Invited 10
preside, and Dol, John W, Forney to make the
address Of welcome.
The attendance was not large, the hail being
but a lItile more han half FULL, which WAS
probably owing TO an Impression which was
quite general that the meeting was gotten up
81 the rnti-ierfitutiAl city Hall clique for
their own ends. II such had been the lnten.
ton there was nothing 10 connection with the
meeting 10 indicate II. The delegates from
thr different States, numbering In all some
TSS" ne .a 90 ~ S H. % Tf dSS s%S
who called the meeting TO otder,and Annouhoed
the following list OF officers no having been
selected by the committees
Prcsidcnt-Say les !. Bowen.
Vice Prcsidenis-Gen, o o. Howard, A q.
RlchNris, Henry u. Cooke, John T, johnson,
ward Vice Prs,identS ward. James
Wotml y, IOhn A. Gray Second ward, A. q.
Riddle, Johu 5. Cfooketl rhirl ward, 5, Il.
Bond, I. q. Uonnulyi Fourth ward, byron
Sunderland, Wa, u. smith Finh ward, Z. J..
Meigs, Amluas HcrheTtJ Sixth ward, ]. s
Nenable, Henry Better Seventh ward, Henry
". Knight, Anthony Browa. Geotgetown
Wee Presidenta-llon. teo. z. Fisher, Col
los Crusoo aud WA. Otsserleln, County
Vice Presiicnta-DsYerc Bun and John NJ.
LNngsion.
4. Russell, Samuel williamS and Henry
johnson.
Very few Of the above were prsseat.
Mayor Bowen On taking the chair expressed
hla thanks Tor the honor conferred upon him
In calling upon him to preside over this meet.
log, which had Assemhled 10 prove to their
loyal friends 81 the South that they had the
sympathy o. the Union.loying people Of this
District. Those people had sent = committee
here to present. their elAims and to demNnd
protection from Congress. lie asked II he
was going too lar to pledge to them the sup.
port and sympathy OF every loyal citizen Of
Colonel John ". Forney was next INTRO.
duced and was received with applause, He
commenced By saying that he Did not know
Auy better orator for this occasion than the
chiye which had brought these men from
rescued and liberated people to ask protection
from Congress.
Here twas that emanclp ,tion had begun.
Here universal suffrage had begun, and here
they had trlumphed narvelously chiefly be.
ehuse they had lived under tho shadow Of the
Capitol, protected by the strong arm Of the
Government. lie said the worlds history
presented no such spectacle as the advance OF
tierdgm and fepublicanism 10 the South Tor
the past few yeArs.
There was Que great truth which had mar.
shrllei and marked this movement. Evory
strong movement by Congress had been idcnti.
lied ~ successful rehults, while all weak and
timid measures hNd failed He thought that
the history Of events In Maryland, Virginia,
and Tennessee verified the latter statement.
The fashion Of conservation he had hoped had
and he confessed that he felt amazed to sec
The American Congress had attempted this
experiment upon the patience OF the American
people, aud he was not SURPRISED that when
THIS attempt was made, aHd by men Ia Con.
gtess who did not know what 1t was to be
Republican 10 the South, that they should
send delegates here to demand what had 80
often been pledged to them.
Colonel forney paid a high compliment TO
GbVetuOra Scott, Of south Carolina, aud But
lock, OF deotgia, and claimed for the citizens
Of iheif states the rights they had won In the
lie had expected to sec Thousands present,
and II the people had understood the object
OF the meeting the Thousands would have
Mr. simeon ". Beard, one Of the Georgia
delegation, was next Introduced, and 10 he.
half OF GeorglA's sons returned thanks for the
sympathy, aid, and encouragement which was
extended TO them at this time
Hon. Horace Maynard wAs next introduced.
lie spoke against the idea Of legitlAtors max
log eNpcdicncy the rule Of action la public
lite. He aaid II yet remained to be seen
whether the UOyofumeut would protect lie
friends. He claimed that the South would not
be reconstructed uTtil II was As popular there
to be Radical as n was to have been = rebel
colder i've years ago. II the Apolnsists Of
these intTiguts would 60 down there, not As
the bail for treason, but 60 down there sud
stay six wC"ks and see Tor themselves, he
would be willing to leave II to them to say
what should be done.
Governor scott, OF South CarolIns, WAS
very warmly welcomed ~ the ueNt sneaker.
He spid II wAs impossible 10 give an adequate
deception OF the hostility which had EXISTED
since the cessation OF hOHtililiru, He said
the came horror hal not been expressed
At the Outrages upon the loyal people OF the
South that htd been mNniiebted for the Vie
tins OF the Indian atrocities or the whites
murdered by the natives In China. Even the
iroopa sent to protect them were In great
measure made up OF men who hsd served four
years IN the rebel army.
Ons Il The rebels Of The south could not Il
was well known, be convicted before AwhIte
iuTyj While negro, or seallAwAg, or carpet
bAggeT would be convicted on the slightest 10
fUrmstinn.
lie Asked with the gouilrman from Georgia,
Tor arms to dcierd themScIycs The UGly
safely the solnrrd men found Ia 1893 was to
tAy.tp the rebels, II YOU have the arms, we
have the torch, We are accustomed TO living
On three pounds Of hacuu, and eau go out on
the plaIua aud take our Ch tGge with you.
Governor Scott painted the condition Of the
south as anything hut pCaceA5lr, and earn
cstly urged The assistance Of the Government
Ia Organizing their mIliiiN. lie closed by ex.
pressing the hope that Congress would lot
then Hl'rc, rs the rebels had formerly asked
TO be let alone
GuvcInrr Bullock, of Georgia, was Intro
ducc and received with prolonged applause
aud cheers. He sad no had come there to lie
ten, and had not expected to have been called
on to speak. He spoke brieny IN opposition
to the Bingham amendment, and denied IN at
the Republican state government asked to be
perpetuatFd 10 O1ice, but simply that their
ter m OF oiiioe should not be abridged 10 the
interest Of the rebels,
= IA RnI ma hEW faI NJ
TeNAa Legislature, said Texas, ouee the land
Of the Bowie knifo and revolver, was now re.
deemed and liberated, and hoped soon to be
recognized 10 the national Legislature. They
had not come here especially for Texas, but tC
ask that the rights oil Georgia should be re
eogniEed.
and not 10 speak, lie WAS glad to be present
but It might have been better had some Of hi
associates been present TO hear. Those who
were we'll needed on physician. Congress hAt
been dsTellet 10 lis duty 10 the citizens Of III,
reconstructed States The duties OF the Gov.
efnmrnt were as sacred ~ those OF the eitl
zen.
Nearly i've y,arS have elapsed since he sur
rendered hts lrgions, and we were yet stIuE,
CLING with the febelliOui nearly ten thousand
loyal cliiIeus have been sacrificed since thai
time because they were lOyali aud now, five
years after, we are petty.foFgiAg 10 UOngFesl
| over Georgia, The House OF Representatives
| had put on an atrOclous amendment, known Al
| the Bingham amendment. That amendment
Il
| struggling with the rebellion there. He had
| been accustomed to hkirmlshing along lht
| line, aud he pTopheael that the Senate Woult
stamp upon that Bingham amendment. [Lout
| and prolonged applause Aad cheers Iu GeOr
| Git, Mississippi, aud North OAtoiInA insut
| reoiiOn htiIl existed, AMI to day II costs mat
his liie IN those States to be what our Arniel
fought for.
We had conquered the rebsls Ia the held
! but to day we did not protect our citizens II
| their life aud property. The Novernmen
! owed II to the civilization, the DhTiBtiAnttI
and the enlightenment Of the age to stop thesl
! oTImeB, these OutFages and these murders
Decisive action would be mercy to the rebels
while It would protect the peseeAble citizens
lit was not that Mr.. Bingham was irienI
OF his, aud = Representative from OSlO, hl
would say he was n pettfugger by faith, SlA
very had killed Daniel Webster, And no maj
had ever bTeathed the air OF this Capito
while slavery existed except the able ChaFle
sumner. Applause. He was the great law
yer and distinguished statesman OF the pres
ent time.
Mr.. Bingham was much afraid Mr.. Bullock
would he Governor for two yeara from HomI
date. Would 1t not be better to have MT Bul
lock there than to have rebel Governor
As an Ohio man he accepted the doctrine o
Judge Lawrence, aud repudlAted that Of Mr.
Bingham There was power higher thai
Congress which was emaneipNtiuE the ooloTeI
people Of the oOuntTy, which had written The
fourteenth AmeudmeNt, aud was now wTitlnI
the fifteenth. aud whISa had not sinee The iiFs
shot was hurled hgAlnAt Sumter stayed III
hand and the people OF the South had only Il