Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-22
ESTABLISHED MARCH 80, 1885.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

SENATE.
The amendment of the House to the
Senate concurrent resolution for joint
committee of investigation on the South,
was considered. GHF ~
Mr.. Anthony moved to restore the
clause stricken out by the House, author
izing the committee 10 print and publish
from time to time during the recess the
result of their investigation.
Mr.. Thurman protested against this as
an attempt to print partisan electioneer-
ing documents at the public expense.
allan G., Thurman VIndtcates the
South.
A debate followed, in the course of
which Mr.. Thurman said: Every disor-
der or so. called outrage in the South was
msgniied a hundred fold for party pur-
poses, and made an additional pretext for
putting the heel of military power upon
the necks of that PROSTATE people. They
know nothing of the riots of Baltimore
and Louisville, where the streets ran with
the blood of Democrats, and the persecu-
ton of religious women on account of
their faith, in other instances, were but
drops in the bucket in comparison with
the organized system of outrage and
plunder TO which the Southern people are
now subjected in the name of law and
order, that Radical politicians might
thrive. The financial ruin of the State
of North Carolina was the result of the
combination of few adventurers with
the illiterate negro population. Under
such provocation the white people were
avDaofad 70 ha Mild oyd ran4lo &c en- MANY
lambs. No people would be made order
ly by being trampled under heel.
Mr.-Wilson thought after the speech
just made Congress should walk up to
the verge of its extreme power TO protect
the people ofthe country.
BIOdgetL
Mr.. Hill presented memorial from
John c. Bryant, leading Republican edi-
tor of Georgia, protesting against the
admission Of Foster BlOdgett as Senator
from that State and making grave
charges affecting that geLtleman's per-
sonsl integrity. Ordered printed.
Mr.. Anthony's resolution specifying
the legislation for the present session was
taken up.
Results of Gen. Ames' Rule, as POr-
trayed by Himself
Gen. Ames in the course of remarks
denied that the army has been used to in
terfere with the free expression of the
popular will st the polls, except that sol
diers acting under the direction of white
men, had at times driven colored voters
from the polls. The most fearful out
RACES were of daily occurrence in Missis-
sippi. The Legislature had appropriated
$4,000 to aid in the arrest and convic- |
ton of Ku-Klux assassins. Gov. Alcorn |
had drawn every cent of this money.
Yet he (Ames) had not heard of one Ku- |
Klux being arrested. The telegraphic re-
port Of the riot at Meridian was untrue |
and the Judge who was shot was Re- |
publican, and it was preposterous TO say |
that colored men wanted to shoot their |
friends. Ames submitted letter from /
Republican member of the Legislature,
that the riot was the result of combina- |
tions by the Rebels to overthrow the Re-
publicans in that country. Many murders |
of colored men had been committed which
" ould never be discovered. The coloTed |
people had been disarmed by the Sheriff,
who promised to protect them, aud con-
demning the Governor for his failure TO
protect them. Within sixty days over
500 murders of Republicans occurred IN
Louisiana for which there were no con-
Fictions.
Mr.. Sawyer moved as an amendment
10 include the consideration at the pres
ent session of the general amnesty bill
stely reported from the Committee on
......
Having agreed to take a vote on the
resolution and amendments tomorrow
without further debate, the Senate ad-
iourned.