Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-04-04

cent voters OF the State, and thus secure the
cor troll Of the State TO the democrats.
THk ADVOCATES OF THESE DEEDS OF VIOLENCE
II nh state and their apologisss on this noor
were all democrats, which was q suffi Gent eyi-
oence OF the political character Of their insti-
gators AND perpetrators. He WAS glad, how
ever, 70 bear testimony that all democrats did
LOT sanction these outrAses. He quoted G violence
taken from the report OF the Senate committee
70 olsproye the assertion OF Mr.. waddell IN q \
that the oper ations OF the kukluN were circurn-
scrloeo I'D their limits, and asserted that their
misceeds had not ceased, but were nos beng
peIpetrsted as vigorously as ever.
M,. Young Ga argued that the msguanimi-
render at AppomsttoS had not been maintained.
but that the people Of the South notvithstand.
ing the good faith which actusted them when
y, ,ney aid down Their arms, had been subjected
To continued acts OF aggression and oppression
through the reconstruction measures OF Con-
gress, and their appeals tor redress had been
met with the cry OF
"KUKLUx,"
AND by further oppression. He said that when
the President had sent troops into Georgia 10
lntlmldate her citizens il was all right, and
when he sent troops TO overawe the people OF
New York, Pennsylvania and MARYLAND In he
came more alarming TO the country. and he
btsought the House 10 pause before they placed
The power proposed to be placed in the hands OF
the President, under the pretence that A. wa IN
De used TO suppress mob of twenty men or so
In South Carolina or Georgia. He called special
attention to the provision In the bin in relation
TO place everything in the hands OF negro juries
q measure not calculated 10 promote harmony
OF inspire gratitude towards tn government.
lie urged the restoration of the natural AMI
political rights of the southern people As ths
best means Of restoring harmony
MI Price (Ga) complained OF the outrsges
wi, whiGn 9ae been perpeIated upon the South BY
the L. D soloiery and re venue officers
UNDER TIE RECONSTRUCTION ACTS,
Whne lu people were denied almost every right
OF clt.e nshlp; and he claimed that policy the
nm q -
benencial result. In this view he was sup
portee by such men as Judge Davis and the
best republicans of the South.
c MT Kelley (Pa) asked to have read by the
DISPATCH FROM CONNECTICUT,
which ne said was reply TO the one which Mr.
MMuhgSn, % ONO, had desired 10 have read from
New Hampshire few days ago.
OHes on the democratic side, Read IL!
The Clerk then read the following:
HARTFORD, April 4, 1S1I-He. W. ID. K,I-
ley: We have elected our Governor and three
Congressmen, and the democrat is, as Won
know, as strongly protective as you are" APP
plaufe on the republican side.
Mr.. Morgan ssid that Of the seven members
from New Hampshire and Connecticut the DEM
ocrats bad four. They were satisfied.
Mr.: Gsrneld (ohiol said thai he could not
understand how gentlemen could approach this
snJect without seeing difficulties in the way.
The gentleman who had introduced the bfil
(Mr. shellabereerl had himself said that they
AN USExPLoRED TERRITORY.
That territory was neutral ground of all hu-
man government, on which there woald be
antsgopistc ideas for all time. When either
OF there ideas gained full possession of this
ground the ruin OF a country follow ed-one side
was despOtsm and the other ANARCHY.
MI GARFIELD admitted that the powers OF the
people were abridged by the last three ameud.
lnents to the Constitution, and maintained their
wisdom, but he denied that the abridpement
extended TO the degree claimed by his co.,
league Mr. Bingham) in his speech the Other
day, and 70 sustain this position he REVERSED
the debate upon the adoption of the I4th amend
ment, under which Mr.. Bingham claimed 70
nnd his authority, and quoted Mr.. Stevens and
other prominent republicans. The question
before Congress now was 10 find a way 10 pro-
tect citizens without absorbing State govern
ments
Mr.. Butler Mass then took the floor and
proceeded TO review OF the cause OF the conn
try ana or the reconstruction measures and
attributed much OF the condition of things in
the South TO the mistaken haste of Congress in
passing the reconstruction measures. He then
proceeded to argue with regard to the existence
OF kukluS gangs in the States, and quoted from
the testimony taken by the Senate COMMITTEE.
when he came 10 the State of Kentucky he said
IL was unmistaksble that there were kuklux in
that State, and that the manifestations cropped
out in
PIPING VOICE
snd through dshonored old age on the Sonata
moor. After an elaborate review of kukIur
out ages in the States, MIR. Butler proceeded
10 argue that the general government had the
power 10 protect the lives and property OF its