The Portland daily press., 1871-03-21
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XLlId OONGRESs---First Session.
SENfTE,

sENfTE.
WASHINGTON, March 2O.-Mr. Hamilton of
Texas, took the oath of office.
Mr.. Sprague asked that the Committee on
Public Buildings arrange tor the proper recep-
ton and unvelllng OF the statute of Gen. Ma
lbanit Greene, given by the State of Rhode
Is aud tor the adornment of the old Hall of
REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr.. Morrill, of aiue, introduced bill to au-
thorze the establishment OF an ocean mail
steamship service be- weep the Uuitad States
and Mexico. Mr.. Morrill, said he introduced
the bill at request without committing him
self in its favor. Referred to the Committee
on Commerce
On motion of MIR Conklins, the Secretary of
the Interior was directed to communicate to
the Senate list of the names and residences
OF the enumeratorS and persons employed in
taBlog the 9th census, with the number of
days of actual service by and the amount paid
to each.
The Senate then took up Mr.. Anthony,s
resolution limiting the business to the legisia-
.tion of the south etc, when Mr.. Bayard, a
member of the COMMITTEE of Investigation ON
Southern Affairs replied at length to the
speech of Mr.. Shei man Saturday.
Mr.. Frelinghuysen introduced a revenue po-
lice bill, which was referred 10 Committee on
judiciary,
His arguments covered the points that the
sole and only support produced by Mr.. Sher-
man for his vague and wholesale charges
States were anonymous newspaper cuttings
and that as to ten OF these States there was not
particle of of testimony before the Senate as
to the Investigating Committees labors being
confined exclusively to North Carolina. Sena-
tor Sherman had been compelled to EXCEPT
Virginia, where a Democratic administration
had prevailed, and his only allegation in the
case OF Kentucky had been Immediately re
futed by The Senator from that State (SIeyen-
SOM The logic of this was that after six lou q
nf yoI ot,I
power Congress bad nothing left but to de-
nounce the work of its own hands and admit
its complete failure to maintain a Republican
government throughout eleven States. Was it
not commentary upon this that Dem ocra.ic
Virginia should he proclaimed by her Senators
here OF opposite politics to be entirely peaceful
and we'll ordered. The base and malicious
charge against Kentucky had breE SO effec-
tually disposed OF by her Senator (StevensoD)
that it would not be likely to be repealed even
by the Senator from Ohio. Notwithstanding
that Senator dSclaimed auy intention to Gre
ate sensation, his speech was the most out
raseous vllllhcaiion of a whole people ever ut
tered. The developments of testimony taken
10 the investigation, which was cOnfped to
North Carolina, showed that persons were ar
warrant by radical tools, KIRK and Bergen, and
most brutally treated. They were suspended
| from trees, pistols pointed at them and their
lives threatened TO make them cOnfass
| hlngs OF which they knew nothing. Not
single witness had charged the De,
| mocracy with encouraging these outrages but
on the contrary radical witnesses had assisted
| TO prove that the best friends of law and order
10 the State were to be found among the
| Democrats. He attributed the cause Of law
| lessness to the attempts of the radical Cover
nor Holden to control til Q politics of the state
| by force, and his appointment of unfit men &C
office, thus compelling counter organizations
by men of prope rly for felt protection and safe
The secret oath Of bopnd organizations lof thu
| State known as UniOu Leagues numbered SOO,
600 negroes. He held that the same Outrases
which when happening 10 North Carolina ex
| cited SO much attention, and that the stories o
disturbance here had Oeen grossly exagge aztec
| Government had no more justification for ex
ercis'D2 public public power in these case
| than in the case of the lynchng of the IudIap;
| express robbers, tht. Coal operators combina
| ton and various outrages of robbipg and muir
der in the States of Massachusetts and New
York and elsewhere. There was mere securi
~ for life and property 10 North Caaelina thai
in the city of Washington.
The testimony bad shown supreme contro
tn have bsen yielded by Gov Holden throus
the negro Uaioo Lese ne, and one witness ties
titled that in conversation with Holden, tn
later said that he had no doubt that Ger
Graut would continue himself in the Ffes
DENTAL chair.
Mr., Bayard occupied three hours and hal
in his argument.
MIR. Stewart, from the Committee on Privi