The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-04-05

South the result of the investigation
should he published as soon as possible,
because the IT ports that are made are
prejudicial to the South, prevent i'm
migration, and delay the achievement
of lhe prosperity for which sA seeks
believe, TOO, that perfectly falr and
complete investigation, made under no
bias to state results for partisan pur-
poses, viii besa benefit to the South,
and that the sooner the true state of
facts shall be known the better it will
be, not only for the South, bat for the
whole United States. l believe that
as firmly as anybody. not that 1 sup
prse it possible that this committee
will not bring forth a mass of testi
mony showing that outrages have been
committed here and there. Appoint
; a rowing commission to go over the
Northern States, with power to find
and inquire whether person and prop
erty are safe, whether outrages are
committed or not, and what body of
testimony could such committee &C.
cumulate f.....
But when it comes to the North.
nothing is said; there is no clamor
whatever. Eight men can be taken
as they were, not ten days ago. out of
q prison in one of the Western States,
State preeminently loyal, tour of
them shot and the remainder hung up
by the heels until they were dead, and
it creates no word of comment In the
Senate of the United States. There
is no claInor for investigation there
Nhere is no committee appointed to
investigate any such thing as that
Sixty or seventy men in the Senator'S,
own State of Indiana can take citi-
zens out OF Jail and hang them up by
the neck until they are dead, and not
one of them even arrested for the Of
fense, and there is no commotion over
the North, there is no motion no either
branch of Congress, there is no in
quiry into it, but all is as placid here as
in the sky that is over over our heads.
When, however, it comes to the South,
when it is necessary to make out that
the South is still in rebellion, when it
is necessary to carry elections by di
verting the attention Of the people
from the subjects which ought to en-
gage their attention, when it is neces-
sary make them TO rget the burden
of taxation under which they labor,
when it is necessary to make them for
get the revenue reform which they de-
mand, when it is necessary to make
them shut their eyes to the abuses oil
Government, when that is the case,
then it is the custom to once more
sound the trumpet of war against the
South. That, we have seen, and seen
too much Of.
The Senator from Indiana says that
this investigation has been opposed by
the Democracy at every step, Why,
sir, was there ever a more uIffounded
assertion? What Democrat IN this
Senate voted against investigation?
Mr.. Morton. ask the Senator,
when l o!!ered the resolution to ap-
point that committee, if it was no op
posed, 1 will not say tierceIy. because
that would tie hardly parliamentary
but was it not opposed bitterly during
discussion of halt day here, which
was suddenly terminated the next day,
Tor some reason, did not know why
1t was opposed i'm bitter speeches, and
was even assaulted, almost personal
ly assailed, for having offered the reso-
lvtion.
Mr.. Thurman. I must deny that
it was opposed. Of course it gave rise
to remark of course it gave rise to
comment; but that there was any dis
position to oppose the investigation !
deny, and challenge the Senator to
point to any single Democrat who vo
ted agaiIist the investigation. There
WIS none. And SO in regard to the
resolution that We sent to the House
of Representatives for joint commit
tee. l believe that not one man on
this side OF this chamber voted against
it. certainly would have voted
against it if had discovered that this
clause was in it. 1 certainly would
have voted and spoken against il it |
bad known that; but that escaped my
observation, and /, with every other
Democra: ON this floor believe, voted
tor the resolution. There has been no
attempt TO check 1T. There is no
member OF the Senate who has more
strongly denounced, to the best of his
done-not To-day, not yesterday. but
from the very first time took seat
in this chamber. l want order and
peace. know very well that every
outrage that is committed there is
magnifeu a hundred-iold for party
purposes, and THAI every such Outrage
that is committed there serves rs a
pretext to put the heel of military pow
or upon that PROSTATE people anu to
crush out anything like freedom of
election. know it; and know that
these people stand in their own light.
l know that they are doing what their
adversaries can not do: they are en-
dangering themselves and endanger-
ing their people and endangering
their country by these outrages that
are committed. But l do deny that
the persons that commit those outra- |
ges are representative people of the |
Southern States. I challenge any
man on this floor from the Southern
States to say whether the truth is. or
is not, that the great mas of the peo-
pie, the education, the wealth, the So :
ci Il standing of the South. is just as :,
much opposed to these Ku Klux out
RACES as any man that treads the
earth!
Why, sir, it rs rot year ago since
we had a speech from the Senator
from North Carolina Mr. POOL
And what did he tell us! Did he tell
Us that the education, the wealth. the
social standing Of his State gave coun
senance to these outSxees If my rec.