Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-01-28

was assassinated because of his political
opinions, he Mr.. Warnerl had asserted
that while the Government had shown its
power to crush the rebellion, it has yet
failed 10 show its power to protect its citi-
zens. Il
The hour of one o'clock arrived, and the
bill rembursing the States for interest paid
on the principal borrowed for the Govern
ment came up rs unfinished business.
Mr.. MORTON moved TO postpone the bill
| to proceed with the pending motion. This
was agreed to and the discussion was con-
| tinued.
Mr.. MORRILL,, of Vermont, expressed
| his surprise to hear the speech Of the able
Senator from California Mr.. Casserlyl and
| others who had doubted the actual occur
rcnces of outrages. lie asked, was there
| a Southern Senator who had not borne tes-
| timOny TO the frequency OF these political
! murders. lie did not believe that the Re-
| publican party desired to make any capital
| by such means, but desire TO sec all such
outrages suppressed. They would be sup
pressed if the Democratic Senators would
| ignore them. We deplorc such state
OF things. Their frequency was due to the
| Democratic sympathy. When denounced
equally by all parties they would end.
Mr.. NYE had read portions Of the mes
, U
ma, containing sworn statements before a
! judicial tribunal showing the exercise of
! luwless and murderOus bands, and accounts
of violence inflicted by them upon coored
citizens, of North Carolina. lie charged
! the Democratic Senators with preventing,
! if possible, any investigation into these out
RACES, and argued that this violence was
very like the former Democratic operation
! in Kansas.
MIR. CHANDLER, replying TO Mr.. Casser-
! ", said that when the Republican party
| needed Democratic sympathy they would
let the Senator from California know the
fact. That Senator had charged Rcpubli-
can Senators with maligning the Dcmocra-
tic party, and he Mr.. Chandler had only
to say that the English language was inca
pablc Of that, and that the worst that need
be said of that party was TO tell the truth
about it, The first encounter between
these two parties in the Senate was upon
the question of saving our vast Territories
from the blighting curse OF slavery, when,
with only three Democratic recruits, the
Republicans conquered. The second great
act OF the Republican party was to put
down Il Democratic rebellion-DcmoCratic
in all its instincts. From the day Ielltr-
son Davis was made Secretary of War to
the BEGINNING of the war he plotted the ov.
crhrow of the Government Davis step
ped from the War Onice into the Senate,
and was made chairman of the Committee
on Military Affairs. He offered little
amendment toan appropriation bill, authO'
rizing the Secretary of War to dispose OF
the arms Of the Government at his disCrc-
, ton. This amendment was carried by the
votes OF every Democratic Senator, and i'm
= meliatcly the arscnals were stripped bare,
Howell Cobb, another leading Democrat
bought in our bonds Mt l25, until he had
: exhausted the Treasury, and then, when
in 1861, the Government needed little mo-
ncy, he advertised for it and could not gel
, it. He said the Union was broken up, ant
: went out and joined the rebellion. Every
Northern Democrat and every Southern
Democrat worked together for the over
throw Of the Union, and they were Demo
Gratis, every one of them, that pointed thei
guns at .hc American flag. ThaDk God
no Republican ever raised his gltr aGairs
his country. The Republicans put dowI
that Democratic rebellion. 1t was ca
work, all OF It. There were no more malg
nant rebels ON this floor than a Democratic
senator from California and ore from Ore
! gon, and they asserted that their State!
would 90 with the south, and it was feared
=, thcy would but the great railroad con
u Meeting the two ends Gf tho continCh
; was built, and Immediately there was !
change of sentiment at the extreme West.
Another great act was the homestead po
> Icy, throwing open our broad lands to met
of every cline Then the Democratic par
ty uuiyoraiiy' iy'Gdvocated population attc
the war aud wc are now paying of the na
liunul debt at a rate that makes their head
dizzy. We have accomplished rccoustruc
ton in spite Of the Democratic party, w
are not to be put ON The defensive. Bio
. ont oar record Never. The yoHuG mcl
! Of the country were watching these twt
, parties, and nine out of ten of them wrr
i Joining the Republican party, The da,
was long distant when the Dem0crac
would 9ut back into power The Senate
from Delaware Mr. Bayard would b
gray. and his children grow gray bcfor
that contingency arrived.
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