Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-27
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| We have printed a Geographic notice of the
debate in the house Of representatives at Wash
ingtou, on the 22l inst, but our readers viii
like to see the verbatim report of Mr.. Hears
speech in reply 10 Mr.. S. S. Cox. This reply
was perfect in its way; but one should know
Cox, see his maneuvers in the house, and hear
his essays at witty blacksuardism, day after
day, to appreciate all its force. Fernando
Wood and Mr.. McNeely, both democrats assailed
| the freedmen's bureau, the deficiency bill being
before the house. Mr.. Hoar and Mr.. Shanks
replied to them. What Mr. Hear SAID, moved
| Mr. Cox TO think there was chance for him
| Accordingly, he attempted reply to the charge
that the democrats cherish naliEnant hatred Of
the freedmen. Not being successful In this, lie
broke away, and, after the manner of his tribe
made ferocious onslaught upon Massachusetts.
Speaking for Mr.. Hoar's special edi6cation, he
said:
"Now, sir, we have a TRADE here against the
democratic parry by the gentleman from Massa-
chusetts (Mr. Hoar). Why do you not take
care OF your own poor in Massachusetts? A
member on the other side of the house once said
that there were more people starving TO death in
the poor houses of your state than Were killed
in the Crimean war. fLaughterl Why do you
not take care of your own insan"P Why do you
not ind YOUR own business? lGrelt laughtcr.l
Why do you not keep your noses ont Of other
peoples business? [Laughter.l Why do you
not look 10 il that the federal government has
only those rights and powers which have been
granted to il under the constitution and which
are respected by the states, while 10 the states
are especially committed the cafe of the indi.
gent? Gentlemen have strange ideas in relation |
TO the dividing hne between the states and the |
federal government. know, Mr.. Speaker, that |
the insane asylum of Massachusetts is II dis |
grace to humanity. 1t cries aloud to God. |
Heaven is sick and earth is weary of the way in |
which these Pharisees of Massachusetts, are
taking care of their own insane and their own
poor. You in Massachusetts sell your U vn pau
pers You starve your criminals You are the
worst governed state in this country. lGreat
laughter Yet you read lectures to other peo-
pie putting on the garments of hypocrisy AMI
commencing ysur phylacteries to the nation"
And so on. Cox having exceeded his time
under the rule, MIR. Dawes reese intending to ask
the house to close debate; thereupon a brief col
loquy ensued, and Cox broke out in this way
"It Massachusetts is to be defended bv any,
body he Mr.. Dawes ought to be that man; but
Troy was defended by her hero, and yet Troy
fell. Massachusetts is oozing out in many ways,
and the gentleman seems to know it"
We copy from the Globe; and from the Globe,
also, we take the full report OF Mr.. Hoar's re-
ply, as follows:-
"MR. SPEAKER, Ihave frequently noticed that
when man has done or is about TO do some
thing sneaky, he accompanies it with curSing
Massachusetts. The democratic party, when
they were whipping women and selling little
Children the fruit of their own IONS, into slave
ry, in the southern states, always undertook to
cover themselves from public ate .tion by ours
ing Massachusetts. When the democratic
friends Of the gentleman from New York rose
aiTzf r11Nn md m
tabish one Of their own on the corner Stone of
slavery, all their papers and all their leaders
cursed Massachusetts. When they were resist
ing the enlranchsement, against which, so far
as know, every democrat in this country voted,
OF these four million slaves, they continued in
one chorus to curse Massachusetts. And now,
as they ride masked and disguised by night
tnrou III the south to the hut of the poor negro
and take him from his bed to be whipped and
murdered because he is loyal, and because he is
black, their friends on this floor seek to cover
up and TO divert attention, from those OutrageS
by cursinE Massachusetts.
"The gentleman from New York Mr.. CoXl
has SAID that like Troy, of old, Massachusetts
is not defended on this floor to-day by her abb st
representative. Let me say TO that gentleman
that Troy did not need to put forward Hector to
deftnd her against an attack which was led by
Thersites"
Mr. Speaker, the republican party in this
country have undertaken task new to the
craftsmanship OF world, the task of setting
free and putting on their feet four millions and
a half of slaves, the task of converting four
millions and half of chattels into men,
into Christians, into citizens, into sover-
egns; and they are not to be met b. this mar
row, petit ogging, country attorney style Of
carplng at the legality of their acts The COM
missioner of the freedmen's bureau was in
structed by congress to provide for those men
what would enable them as speedily az practI-
cable TO bee me self supporting citizens of the
United States, and by repeated acts congress iu-
structed him to use all instrumentalitieS needtu
for that nd; and especially to devot- to schools
and for asylums the balances which should be
left unexpeuded from other specific appropria-
tons. To this end it invested him with large
discretion, and placed in him the largest con-
fdence, which he has so fully justified. In tie
discharge Of his great and difficult office he has
planted new and undyin5 laurels on his own
brow and on that Of the American people,"