New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-19

Committee Of Five Members On Condo |
tiOn Of Sonihern Statsrs-s0uthesn Out.
rage .Iessage-The CAamber ef Com-
merce Memorial on Fort st. Philip
Blackb,arn and Longslreet.
WASHINGTON. january lS.-The Commit
tee on Ways and Means reported "a bill
making .he tariff on imported spirits two
dollars.
Supervisor Emery hs.. suspended Collector
Hurst, Cf the sixth Tennessee district, for
alleged fraud and neglect OF daty.
Amuag the nominations to-day was Sue
b. Jo2.asoll, postlnistress. Huntsville, Ala
bam...
Commissioner pleasanton advocates
more liberal system for the export of spirits
and tobacco.
itorse-The amendment to increase the
appropriation for the Bureau of Education
from 81 1000 to $3.50 900 passed. The amend
Court Judges was adopted. and the bill
passed
A bill was introduced for the admission OF
Utah into the Union.
The House went into committee OF the
whole on postal appropriations.
The Brooks special committee report was
adopted.
Resoir.d, That il is the Judgment OF the
House, that by reason of the refusal of
Hugh Hastings to testify before the select
committee to the truth OF the accusations,
Hon. James Brooks is fully exOnerated from
the charges made by the said Hastings. and
that the committee be discharged from the
further consideration of the subject. .
Advices from Kingston, Jamaica, OF the
second instant, state that the Arcia, in
graphing for the broken Aspinwall cable in
i've hundred fathonls OF water, found sandy
bottom.
The st. Thomas great dock. sink by the
hurricane of 1867, was completely raised,
and towcd into shallow water
1t is understood there will be three re-
ports on the Georgia Senatorial question
The majority favor Hill and Miller. the mi
norit- F'arrow and Whitley. and another re-
port favors a new election.
.Sepu'c-n1r. Morton offered Il resolution
providing for the appointment Of "a commit
tee OF five members, to which shall be re-
ferred documents and papers recently laid
before the Senate in reference to the condi
ton of the Southern States. The committee
shall have power to employ Il clerk and
stcnographcr, and send for persons and
papers, administer Oaths, investigate mat
ters ref, rrcd to i'll documents aforesaid, and
ascertain the truth and falsity of the crimes
and outrages alleged to have been commit
ted in the Southern States.
A bitter debate Is progressing and will DO
continued tomorrow.
The question turns upon whether the
documents shall be referred to Il special or
judiciary committee. 1t is noticed that the
Senators whose terms expire On the fourth
Of March are particularly bitter.
The following is a specimen Mr.. Warren
said he hoped special committee would be
appointed. by whom some remedy would be
devised for the security of life and property,
and the wholesale denial OF the exercise Of
the rights Of citizenship.
He reminded the Sefate that upon the an
nouncement in the Senate. about u year and
a half before, OF the death of Dir. Kinds. Il
member Of Congress from Arkansas. who
was assassinated because Of his political
opinions, he tWarncr) had asserted that
while the government had shown its
power to crush rebellion, it had failed to
show its power to protect its citizens. He
defended himself from the charge of incon-
sstency From the day he put off the fed
eral uniform he had offered to the
Southern. people the olive branch Of
peace, aud said to them upon the
rostrum in Alabama, and here upon his
re A,onsibility as a Senator, that he willing
and anxious to forgive the past: that as
federal soldier he had fought only for the
Union and future peace of his country. He
could say to-day he had cherished no amin
osities on account OF the past, but was
ready now, as he had been since the war,
to rise above such considerations. and in
spirit of Christian stateSmanship do that
which would seem the best for the welfare
of his country and its future He would
vote with Senator Casserly, from Cali1or-
MIA, for amnesty for the rebellion. but he
would be sorry to propose that it should
carry with it amnesty for the rebellion and
murder oT to-day. While for amnesty, he
was also for the halter for murderers. His
answer to the insinuations of a representa-
tive of cOnnivance i'll Southern Outrayes
was. that if the Democratic party depended
for ascendancy upon the operations of Or
g;sized bands OF Ku-klux and assassins in
overriding the South, it was time the coun-
try knew it. He hoped it was not true, and
deprecated the drawing of party lines upon
a simple proposition to Investigate the truth
Of these allegations
If it was shown that the Democracy's
ascendancy i'll the South had been secured
through popular violence and intimidation,
he would expect his DemocraticI friends to
unite in applyin. a remedy for the evil, and
to retute the assertions. He read from
Democratic papers some comments upon the
refusal OF the Senate to restore the Arling-
ton estate to the widow Of General Lee
As an illustration of frequent ebullitions
of the political feclin. indicating
the lawless condition of society there,
he cited an incident within his
own experience OF an organized attempt
during Il late canvass to break up a Repuh-
lican meetin. at tho town of Eutaw, Ala
baln:l. which was attended with the most
serious consequences; fifty four of the par
ticipapts in the meeting were killed or
wounded, though in the interests OF the
Democracy, and intended by them as a
means Of carrying the county i'll which IT
occurred. There was no greater prOvOcatiOn
for it than there was now for him to fire Il
shot in the Senate Chamber. He had been
Informed that during the melee, several
shots were fired ut himself.
After charactcrizin. this as Il prcmedi-
tated attempt to intimi,late Republicans
from voting he held that it was impossible
to punish the offenders because they We're
| thorous shly organized, and had the control
OF the county.
The indications tavora weeks debate over
| reference to Southern outrage message.
| Tie communications as to the outrages in
| the Sonth to which Senators alluded in
| debate to-day, and which were received
| from military commanders antedate four or
| five years from this time.
| Few of them are OF a recent date; those
! from Generals Sicklcs and Meade when they
| commanded i'll the South. 1t may be stated
| that the more recent communications are
| from the Governor of Florida and Governor
| Holden, in which the latter mentions as
fact-which will surprise many who do no,
know to the cOntrarv-that Andrew JOhnso.
/ ~ "