The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-08-18


Of this or any other century, will ncvcl
vote to take from them the last lega
mark Of disapprobaton OF their crime
Amnesty Of such men ! dcnounCe as
morally wicked and cruelty to mtur,
generations, cruelty to the children tha
are now growinr up. ! am not willing L
say that rebellion wGS uo crime an
not willing to Instruct pnatrrlty that this
rebellion was no CrimC-l mere p0litiCu
lil!crence-a mere question between poll
tics, by voting tO admit again 10 the Con
grt.7 NJ the United States, It may he even
To the Presidency, the very lncn who
made that rabclluaand wcIc the cause uJ
MI the suffering md surrOw Punish.
ment has gone by; nobody has been exc
Cuted, nobody has been imprisoned; and
now the last thing to mark treason as II
crime, even rs mishemcanOr, Is the
fourteenth amendment making these
men that spoke Of Ineligible to
office; and | say II We wcro to
turn around and admit them to the Con.
greSs Of tho United States aCain-and |
tell you they will come if you will re.
move the disabiliiy-if We were to admit
such men as Davis, Toombs, and BreclI.
inridge back, then We should stultily our
selves; we should say that after all there
was nothing wrong in the rebellion; we
should say 10 future generations, there Is
no crime in trying to overthrow this gov
CrnmCnt want to be understood on
the subject 0! amnesty. | will never vote
for universal amnesty lmaygo in for a
very general amnesty, but | will never
sit myself, and | will not ask other loyal
men 10 sit in tho Senate OF the United
States by the side Of JelI Davis, BreCk.
inridgc, and Toombs.
The Senator then discussed civil ser
vice reform. lie said President Grant
had recommended reform in this dlreC.
ton, and had under act OF Congress mp.
pointed commissioners TO examine tho
subject and report to him. Two Ofthese
gentlemen were prominent editors, who
hail written volumnously in favor Of this
reform; but when they were put upon
the commission aud asked to devise
something practicable, they met with diE.
liculties at the very threshOld-GvCn con,
stitutional difficulties. He hoped they
would present something practicable to
Congress. avs
ST, LOUIS, August II.
Senator Morton said, In speaking Of the
labor reform question: that one Of the
fundamental ideas Of the Republican
party istlIG dignity Of labor and tho purity
planted itscI upon tho idea that labor
should be free. Slavery degraded labor,
and that was ono reason why we arc
for tearing slavery up by the roots.
lie drew attention to the prosperity of
Missouri under Tree labor, saying that the
books Of the State Auditor showed that,
notwithstanding the misfortuncs Of the
war Ind to be overcome, Missouri had
since 1865, nearly doubled the value OF
her taxable property; her population had
been vastly swClcd and she had never
been so prosperous before and this took
place under Republican rule. Labor
shouldnOt only bn honorable and digni.
fed but it should be paid for in good
money. No class Of men are 50 robbed
and plunderCd by deprecated and lucLu.
ating currency rs the labOring men.
The merchant may hoard his mrrChan.
disc for high prices, and II land
owner can hold his land for high,
cr value, but you cannot hoard ub
labor for rise in prices. When there
comes u fall labor IL the first to feel It, but
when there Il IN expansion labor il the
last thing to feel it. Labor should dnlsO be
educated, and the children IT lAbOring
men in this respect placed on an equal
footing with those Of rich men. The
Republican partyis In favor Of educating
everybody that possesses the very spirit Of |
the free school system Of this land. While
the body OF the Democratic party nrG no |
doubt IN favor OF free schools, yet 50 far
as know Nil the enemies of the free
school system are in the Democratic party |
Ponder that well, and ltcll you that when
the assault upon the free schools comes,
aud come il will, some think that the
Democratic party, II then in existence, will
lead TINT assault. lie discussed tho Qucs.
tiOn of tariff and free trade 1T cOnsiiCra.
bic length, announcing himself in favor
Of revenue reform, hut desiring incidental
protection to our home manufactures,
and taking generally the same grOundshc
has OcCupiedln his speeches in tho Senate.
In regard TO taxation, lie said that
the Republican Congress at the session be.
fore the last, repealed $57 600, 600 Of inter.
nal tax, and about sci, ,00O 600 Of the tar.
ill., Now our Democratic friends are al.
ways clamoring about taxation, but when
they come to the passage Of that bill
which relieved the nation Of $95,000,0O0
of taxes at one blow, believe ii did not
receive single Democratic vote. They
are always In favor Of relieving the taxes
on articles that are not included in the
bill. They are in favor Of the other articles;
but when we put the other articles In the
bill, then they are in favor Of the other
articles, and they never can be got to
the point when they vote 10 reduce taxes
lie predicted that the next session OF Con.
gress would further reduce the taxation
from $40,000O00 to $j0,000000 Speak.
ing Of the recent riot in New York, he
said the leading Democratic paper of Tint
city justified Mayor Halls order, prohib.
iting The Orange procession, and such
was the leaning OF the Democratic
party. lie sRUtched the circumstances
which brought the Ku.Klux bill into
existence, and defended the bill in strong
terms, saying II Is one of the best meas.
urcs that has ever passed Congress. . The
moral effect of ii has already been won.
derlul. The mere poaGage Of that bill has
saved hundreds of lives and thousands of
men from tOriutcs and punshments II
is dangerous only 10 murderers, robbers,
and to that class Of Democratic politicians
who have been hoping TO be able 10 carry
all the Southern States for the Democratic
ticket by means of this very Ku.Klux
organization. lie had very little faith in
the New Democratic Departmental not
believe the party could sincerely change
their opinion ia so short n time. There Is
not one man in thousand among the
Democrats in Southern States that aC.
ccpts the amendments. There Is not one
man In niNu uVr,T,,.. Al. |