Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-04-10
THE sEaEHADE TO SENATOR MORT On
VICE PBEsIDENr COLFAX,
AND OTHERS.
An Enthusiastic Affair.


Senator Morton, Of Indiana, was serenaded
on Saturday night at the National Hotel by
citizens OF his State now ssiourning in Wash
ington. President Grant, Vice President Col
lax, with the republican members Of Congress
rom Indiana, occupied seats on the balcony.
large crowd was assembled in front OF the
MOTEL After q tune had been played by the
Marine Band, Gen. Shapks introduced Senator
Morton, who was received with long
cheering.
After expressing his thanks for the commit
ment, Senator Morton gave Q prospective vie "
OF the approaching presidential contest in
which the democratic party would make des-
perate struggle Tor power. Should they suc-
ceed, he said, IL would only be BY carving the
southern States, and this they could not do ex-
cept by areign OF terror which would intimi-
GATE republicans at the polls or drive them into
exile. After making some reference to the KIN
klux, he held that if the democrats got control
OF The central government thew would not make
appfopIiatlons TO pay pensions TO northern SOL
dlers, unless southern soldiers were also pro-
vided for; that they would not pay the puhli,
leOt, unless provision was made for the
.0,s OF slaves and property in the South;
tat TINS would aid fifteen hundred or two thou
sand millions to the public debt; and that the
coloIed men of the South would be disirs chisC q
within sixty days or reduced to slavery Or serf-
Oeln. This, he claimed, was supported ~ their
policy In not accepting the reconstruction acrs
as constitutional. He criticised the protested
policy OF the democrats on the question of tay-
u.
absurd. and on some POINTS mere pretenss. The
Senator paid a glowing tribute to President
6rant administration, which had funded the
dc ~ at lower rate OF interest than the old
bonds, paid OFF S4 900, 900 OF the pub delhi in
Twenty-Five months, erected a grand peace pOli-
cy with the Indians, and in a word every de-
Iartment had been managed with ability intey
Ti'y and success. Congress has also repealed
taxes 10 the extent OF <S3 600 OCO and IL the adj
mlnistTatiOn goes on with the same success As in
the past, he believed the income tax would be re-
naWf SslSS inn IIav fI,,t
0us victory for the republicans in 1872, when
Indiana, he knew, would not forget the services
OF our soldiers and their glorious leaders
and IN concluding made some reference TO Dis
trIet affairs. 1t was said III the Senate the other
day that We had shown our distrust OF selt-oov
eminent blythe bill that We had passed to estab-
word OF truth in it. The people of this Dis
tTict are now empowered to have local self
government, TO make their own laws to elect a
IN ne reg nn 10 oongFfss The democratic party
idea OF giving self governments to the peoole of
the District OF Columbia. That was the work
OF me republican party, and he hoped they would
not fail to remember it. What is the argument OF
the democratic candidates Of this Dist let . He
had been reading the papers from morning TO
morning, and he found that the last lingering
people against the coored people an attempt
10 raise prejudices against color. That arpu-
ment has been the meat and the drink OF the
democratic party for the last thirty years, but
he was told these rations are abouf exbamsted
Alter music, Vice President Colfax was in
uoduced. He endorsed Senator MOrton's tribnte
to the President, who, he belle we'd, would b.
honored with the public approval in 1872 as in
1905. he then proceeded to expatiate on the
great necessity existing in the South for protect
ing We lives, liberty and political rights of re-
hhpphsa.s, against me Hirkedest G9Dspiracie.
peace, and expressed assurance that the Presi-
dent would use the power placed in hands 70 this
end. Vice President Colfax closed his remarks
mo he Ia gs4arr
Teproach by the democrats, As a citizen of the
United States, who, having the right to 90 ami
i've wherever the starry banner foatei, had
emigrated from Northern States to the Soutb
and "scalawag" as a political MARTYR who
though living permanently in the South was
ialtniui to the government, and had dared
during the CIVIL strife the danger OF death, i'm
pIisonment and confscation, true among tie
false. loyal amid treason.
Speeches were also made By Representatives
Williams and Packard, OF Indiana. Senator
ClaN ton, OF Arkansas, and Col. John W. Forney.
In the course OF Col. FOrney's speech he sail:
Il Am lust home from PENNSYLVANIA Here on
a personal and official visit, 1 assure you that
the Few hours spent in the District Of Columbia
nave uPllited my heart. 4 lind, in the first
place, that the dissensiOns and divisions in the
republican party of this great District have at
great victory; that the District of Columbia a.
the coming election, is to be sealed to the IA.
uonal Admins TatioE, and through that TO the
republican party of the nation. For gentlemen
this District -, after all, the yestibue of the
South. Here it is that the great principle of
emancipation, logically succeeded by tia or, at
principle or universal suffrage, was first tried:
az d IL would be a shame, il would be a Disgrace
II, under The administration of the great Presi-
dent who rescued ii from the rebellion a sym-
l,aihizer with the rebellion should be semi To
the National Legislature. Tie vitalizing of the
republican party OF the District Is the
yitaizing OF the republican party OF the nation.
constantly IN session a national republican corn
mitfee, which will overlook the entire South
which will contribute to the energies and the
success OF the republican party in the entire
Norm, and We shall have at last what We shpuld
have had in the beginning IL our friends in The
DISTRICT OF Columbia had ignored personal CON-
siceratlors, and had been actuated by the dis
interested patriotism which has actuateJ the
luustrious citizen at my side. No party can
succeed where personal considerations are per
mifted TO interfere. We cannot succeed unless
we nave discipline, and now, in the forefront
OF me great republican party OF 1872, we must
learn from the enemy, who are united in the
wrong, the great lesson TO be united in the
right. Through all these long and bitter years.
from the perlod when my convictions and NV
conscience constrained me to separate from the
democratic party, have, In my poor way, tried
TO ImIress upon the republican Organization the
great idea that there can be no success without
discipline, without subordination and ahoye All
without manly and a patriotic sinking OF All
merely personal hatreds."
The speeches OF the evening were reeeived
with great applause and enthusiasm and at
their conclusion the gathering separated with
loud cheers for Senator Morton and Gen Chin
man.
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