New-York tribune., 1871-03-24

herein Sc, rh a. his discretion proclamation declaring m
s o IN S q S "a S5 'fIss BE- 1Sod,d p e ard e1o
United Skates fnppress reals 20 h . .S,Dst The nl
ss a .ny I hs T.. 10 s .
Al persons and scn,. D1DS 1SS4s sa,psS
Se @ r' & an @ . IN such district. the time being reporting
q, tbe next en.ang se sd hut failed 70 oh
,I consent 10 introduce bill 70 secure to
all persons within the ursdGSa ass VI within the several
states giving the United states courts powet TO punsn @
now punishable by said Courts n committed In places
under tbe sole Jurisdiction OF the united Slaes ana h-
and the militia OF any state aud To suspend the writ OF
habeas corpus whenever the EXECUTION execution o o sS nm ~ 0
struced nv combinations too poweriu 10 ne suppressed
by ordinary judicial proeeedns ana IN Ia an S@ses %6sfG %
the constituted authorize 1i any tbeeof s ~ secure
al n,in oi Mr. WRIGHT Gep Iowa. TO proceed 10
the consideration OF private bill the question Of order
was raised that the Senate HAVING yes"Iuy, py Ito
iop td The Deficiency Appropriation bill and legislation
| on the South no other legislation vas IN ORDER -,
| The CHAIR Anthony) ruled that the motion could
only he entertained by unanimous ,onSen NJ ,,,o.o,
| Mr.. TIPToN ntop, Nebl objected. lie was di'poseo
| Mr. SUMNER Qep, Mass) contended that the resoll-
tions Of the senate. under [ung ot the VICE Fesiden
yesterday, were not excluded IRON c9nsiderlt9' ana
therefore asked leave to present resolution which he
Mr. CoSKIING Gsep N " objected the ground
thai all resolutions were Inhibited under the rule
| A general discussion ensued upon this point, during
which Mr. sUANER proceeded TO read the resolution he
had offered. He said 1t was resolution IN regard TO Inc
| nm %
Of sano Domingo during ne pendency OF hego-
tiaons for acquisition Of part OF tat Island: oho,
TO read the accompanying resolutions, when Mr. CONk-
LING addressed the Chair. Mr.. SUMNER continued to
read without giving way 10 the Interruption hut Mr..
COSKiNt; persisted in being heard and recognized by
! the Chair Nfr. Anthony and then inquired what Dad
become of the question OF order some '"e Snco SUI
MI Mr., sifMNTR1Let the Senator state II.
| Mr. CONKIING said that he was going 10 do II, as
soon as the voice of the Senator from massachusetts
ceased to oil the chamber to the OF every oc
N. tIopa ffpIt III.
not in order TO receive the resout0ns OF M sun
ner was equally in violation OF the rule for that Sen
| aor to read them at length.
The CHAIR replied that in The way the debate had
proceeded he would accord 10 the Senator IRON Massa
| chusetts the same license allowed 10 others ,,,
Mr.. SUMNER then hastily resumed the reading Oh DIS
Mr.. MORTON Rep.. Ind). interrupting Mt sumner,
denied right any senator 10 get before the senate
| luton, when there could be TO reply TO IT. -,.. .,
The CHAIR reiterated his opinion mar me rclnaThs o.
MIR sumner quite as much IN order as tho rest VI
Mr. sHrRMAN REP, Ohio) called attentouto the fact
| that the morning hour had expired, when the ChAih,
MAN stated that the pending subject would be provided
THE KU-KLUx oUrRAGEs.
The regular order Of business was Mr sherman reso'
luton instructing the judiciary Committee To report
Mr.. SCOTT uiep.. PENN then addressed the senate
for several hours the testimony reporter III TIC
North Carolina kuKux investigation to show thar thS
organization m that state daitd lIo,h Ass,, i1D Y TO-,
acts aud disfranchse the negroes. AIter quoth1 ai
length from the testimony proof OF this he denied
the statement Of Mr. Bayard, that the ku-klux were
composed Of the class Of people, and maintained
that 1t ndi.puable that many OF ts ueiuoIis
were Of education wealth, and social position. io
objects were Identical win thos1 % o. ir @ who had
denounced kuX aud their own associates were
deserving of all credit but a large wing OF tne DenOc-
| racy we're included in that organization Ine minor
| ity of the Committee had come Ia ana declared
The proof of their upon the fact that scourng ana
murders had been produced by Democfatc in-ugatCr'
The real question not whether the Reconstlc lcloh
acts failure, hut whether this Domocraiic con-
spracy shall succeed He did not desire to parade here
t1sF nd 4n
that not 70 his liking; but ho would BRING t the mo-
quoted the testimony of various witnesses TO the
effect that they had been shot scOurged and Otherwise
| maltreated some because they voted the RepuDcan
ticket and others because they teaching cOlOrod
schools. Forty thousand Democrats were banded to-
gcther In North Carolina in this KuKluX conspiracy 10
overthrow the reconstruction legislation OF Congress-
and II carry out the principles proclaimed III hc Demo
cratic platform of 1863. This organized conSpiracy IS
said Dy one OF the witnesses; went plum thTo1gh
whole South, and Its design was TO pat az those
States under Democratic CONTROL ana 10 reian tc" "
In tSe course OF his remarks Mr. Scott was asked by
Mr. BLAIR whether disorders did rot pretai IN "tner
not been hanged in Indiana, and whether Ouy recently
eight not harged IN Kansas Dy a"les, Dahds,
and the same state OF affairs prevailed Ia Nevada .
| SCOTT said this true but thlt the Oi1ect was
not overthrow the Reconstruction laws that the law
| lessness not for . system or purpose ~,
| Mr. STEVENSON dem, Ky.)-That is the only re-
| decming thing about 10.
| MIR BLAIR dem. Mo.)-Congrcss is the original ku-
Mi sCoTT-Thst is just the language Of the minority
report. The Democratic party could stop this whole
Thing AT once II II only would III the leaders OF lat
| party would come out and denOunce II, the huhluN
| would speedily hide its bloody head
Mr. SCOTT then denied hat there was any truth III me
statement on the lenoefn'lS sS tn"t % un t ., @ & P ~
uar dsaaecton IN North 6arOlnt arose rom ,lie COZ
ruI administration Of the finances whereby the state
debt enormously Increased particularly III nt issue
of railroad bonds He said that although the most dam
aging charges had been made against COY Holden ~
the articles Of Impeachment contained any aluseh 10 ~
all referred 90 the proceedings ln Anance ah1 tas
well Counties, and IL was proved tat a. many Demo
crats as Republicans stole these bonds aud that was why
the Democrats were afraid bring the matter before
| fltl lfIiI.IN INlH
Mr. BLAIR dem, Mo- said the principal Democrat
implicated in this matter was now i prisoh Wilt ,i i'
pr ncpal Republican protected from thr IclurUo
of Governor Of North Carolina by the "carpetDdE
| Mr. SCOTT further added that the impeachment OF
Gov Holden solely due 20 his exertons to put down
the KuKlux and TO his Of the militia for that pnr
Mr. MORTON Gep, Tnd.), in reply to Mr.. Stevenson,
contrased that senator's denial OF organized disturb
ouces i'm Kentucky with tine OF that gentleman
10 the Legislature as Of that State in January
| last The message called attention To these us4tuels
and outrages, aud recommended most eNtraorulhiiy
measures for their suppression As illustrating the
present condition Of society in that stare Mr. M9ruoh
had copy Of the charge delivered by judge Bruee
10 the Grand Jury Of Shelby County Kentucky calling
their attention 10 the existence OF these
cations, adducing instances where unoneldlhH coloitd
people had been maltreaed by them ANA urging ta iof
| the credit of the State they he put down
| Mr. DAVIS Dem, Ky) remarked that the Judge re
ferred TO Rebel ohieer during me Rebellion .,,
| Mr.. MORTON Qscp., lnd0 thought that fact would
entitie ais statements 10 greater weight among tho
Democratic members. He quoted FROM The HOpknSrtHe
| Neto Era, a Democratic new spaper OF Kentucky ana
from other sources. TO show that the
justified, by subsequent riOtOus demonstrations, IN
stopping the maIl-seryce between Louisville and Lex
ngton. Confidential communications showing the pre-
yailing terrorism there were on file in the Post Onice
| Department, from various persons in Kentucky who
dared not tell the publicly of
A controversy here eDsued between Messrs. MORTON
and STEVENSON 10 whether the state or the Federal
Government was responsible for the failure 10 punish
the perpetrators Of the assault upon the negro Mail
| Agent, referred to I'm "a previous debate.
Mr.. STEVENSON remarked that II he could have
found offender and had power he would have hanged
| him.
Mir. MoRToN-You would have hanged him against
| the law.