Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-05
Forty-Second Congress First Session.
WASHINGTON, D. G., April 4, 1871.
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SENATE.
Mr. Blair completed his speech.
Mr.. Morton argued that Mr. Blair had, at
first, denied the occurrence of the outrages in
the south, and had subsequently admitted them
to help his argument as the result OF the mall
administration in the south. The whole of that
senator's arguments indicated that it was the
purpose of the democratic party that negro
suffrage shall be OvcrthrOWn. Mr.. Blair had
stated that the south was willing to give negro
suffrage a fair trial that is, they were willing to
give it fair trial under democratic auspices,
and deprive the negro of their votes whenever
they did not vote the democratic ticket. The
senator, Blair, had also enlarged upon the cor
ruptions of the southern legislatures. Let him
look at the democratic city ofNew York.
In reply to the alusion to the Tammany so
ciety, New York, as controlling the democratic
party of New York and of the country, Mr.. Cas-
serly rose and expressed surprise that such as
sertion should be seriously made, and denied its
correctness.
Mr.. Morton had understood the fact to be no.
torious that the democrats throughout the
country certainly always appealed to Tammany
when they were in trouble as in case of Counec-
tcut the other day. Laugbter) The southern
democracy will never vote taxes and appropria.
tons to pay the national debt, unless they are
paid for their slaves The northern democracy,
who are committed by endless resolutions and
years of defamation to the position thatksave-
ry was wrongfully and unconstitutionally abol-
ished, will sustain them.
1t is impossible to suppose that the southern
democracy, when placed in power, would voun-
tarily tax themselves to pay debt which had
been created for their suDjugation, while all
they had invested in the confederate debt was
lost, together with their slaves. That they will,
in that case, make payment for their slaves, a
condition upon which the national debt shall
be paid, no one can doubt. 1t may be said,
however, that the democratic party in the north
will cnrlff p 10 a.,
CW consent, wien they find they can hold pow
err on no other terms; besides, it will only be
consentng to practical application of what
they have advocated all the time. Shall recon-
struction be maintained? Shall the cOnstitu-
tOnal amendments be upheld? Shall colored
people be protected in the enjoyment of equal
rights? Shall republicans of southern states be
protected in life, liberty, and property? These
are the great issues to be settled in 1872. CUES
tions 0ltariff, currency, andicivl service reform
viii play subordinate part.
In view of the solemn fact that everything is
at stake for which we struggled and suffered
through ten years of war and storm, let us bury
all personal grievances, and forgetting past DIFF
ferences and all selfish considerations, unite
again as band of brothers, and with unbroken
front, move forward, resolved to conquer for the
right.
AT this point it was agreed that the vote be
taken on the pending resolution tomorrow.
Wednesday, at three O'Clock.
Mr.. west defended the republican adminiStra-
ton of Louisiana from what he called the I'M
warrantable charges and misstatements of Mr..
Blair.
The senate, at the conclusion of Mr.. Vests re-
marks, went into executive session, and soon af-
ter adjourned.
HOUSE.
Gen. Garfield madei.a powerful speech against
the kuklux bill in its present form, and es-
pecialy against the clauses allowing the presi-
dent to suspend the writ of habeas corpus and
declare martial law.
Gen. Butler took the floor at twenty-five min
utes past one. By this time members had come
in in large numbers, and gathered, as much as
possible, in the vicinity of Gen. Buffers seat to
hear his speech. In the course of his speech he
said: 81 admit fully that these are grave charges
at once against the democratic party and a Dor
ton of the people of the south, and, if. as is
claimed, these things arc mere 6gments Of the
imagination, if, as claimed here, in debate these
outrages are only sporadic and frowned down
and punished by the communities in which thew
occur, as rule, or as crime committed and pun
ished; to use the jeers and taunts of the gentle
men, in Massachusetts then we are open to all
the charges made against US by the democratic
advocates on this floor Of the maintenance of
present affairs in the south; that we are simply
endeavoring to get up cry for party purposes,
and we ought to be hurled from our seats BY the
deceived and indignant people"
After further remarks, he said: THUS have
shown you the disease upon the body polite,
and its causes. What, then, is the remedy? /
can suggest panacea for all this trouble, which,
| solemnly assert before God and the country,
In my Judgment would instantly and entirely,