Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-05
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE,

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WASHINGTON, April MIR. Sherman
resolution providing for bill to suppress
Ku-Klux was considered.
Conclusion of BIair,s Speech-HIs
Views on Negro Suffrage.
Mr.. Blair said that no remedy for the
| shameful condition of the South under
Radical rule could be of any avail until
the ability, intelligence and character OF
the South are allowed to have some con-
troll in its affairs. In regard to negro
suffrage he said if after trial it was found
necessary to abolish it as means of saw
| ing the free institutions of the country it
| would be done by constitutional means.
Congress had confessed that the exper-
iment of negro suffrage In the District of
Columbia was a failure, by providing a
territorial government in which the Pres
ident appointed the principal officers.
The property owners and responsible
men of the District had gladly hailed the
change as a rescue from the government of
rabble, largely made up of poor negroes.
He concluded by saying the reconstruc
ton acts were originated by the same
class of men who passed the alien and Sc
dition laws, and their power was rapidly
waning. F' tIJNFkE
Morton Makes a startling Pro
gramIne for the Democratic Party.
Mr.. Morton said it was indisputable
that the Democrats would deny the bal
lot to the negro whenever it got into
power. Mr.. Morton proceeded: The
Democratic party can only come into
power by carrying all the Southern States,
in which case the Southern Democrats
will constitute the majority of the party,
and be the controlling element. South
ern Democracy will refuse to vote for
taxes and appropriations for pensions,
except upon the condition that the Con-
federate soldiers, their widows and or
phans, are put upon equal terms with
those on the Union side. The Southern
Democracy will never vote taxes to pay
the national debt, unless they are paid
for their slaves. The Northern Democ-
racy will sustain them, because the pay
ment must come principally from the
North, and they are TO be much more
benefited by the payment for slaves than
by the exemption from debt.
Shall reconstruction be maintained
Shall the Constitutional amendments be
upheld2 Shall the colored people be pro-
tected in the enjoyment of equal rights
Shall Republicans in the Sou hern States
be prote cted in life, liberty and property?
Are these great issues to be settled in
1872 The questions of tariff, currency
and civil service reform will play a sub
part in view of the solemn fact
that everything is at stake for which we
have struggled and suffered through ten
years of war and storm. Let us bury all
personal grievances, and forget past diff
ferences and all selfish considerations, TO
unite again as a band Of brothers, and
with unbroken front move forward re-
solved to conquer for the right.
AVOte To-Day.
At this point it was agreed that vote |
be taken on the resolution tomorrow |
"wednesday at O'Clock.
Radical Testimony that 1 Ouisiana
Is Peaceful.
Mr.. West defended Louisiana from the |
IN Louisiana was peaceful and orderly, |
without the presence of or necessity for a
single bayonet. The Republicans had |
brought the State bonds up from 4Oc to
zoe Their financial and railroad policy |
mad been successful. He would if he |
could blot out the record of Louisiana's |
leeds of blood, but he now bore willing |
estimony that peace reigned within her
borders, and persecution for political
opinions had been in great degree modi-
led. His people would assent to any
legislation deemed necessary for protec-
ion in the South.
After an executive session the Senate
Adjourned,