The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-21
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The Habeas Corpus Suspension
Bill in the Senate.
The Tax and Tariff Bill Passed
by the House.
S44,OOO,OOO REDUCTION
Ben Butler and the Gre
Treaty"
What Humiliation and Confession are
We TO Be Spared?
The Sundry Civil Service Ap-
preparation Bill.
THE BUELL. COURT MARTIAL RECORDS.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May %, 1872

Bills were passed granting private pensions.
AT the expiration of the morning hour the Senate
resumed the consideration of the Habeas Corpus
Suspension bill.
The VICE PRESIDENT directed the Clerk to read
the order made by the Senate on Friday that this
bill should be taken up at twelve O'Clock to-day and
considered to the exclusion of all other business
until disposed of.
Mr.. TRuMDuLL dep) OF H., said that this order
Introduced into the Senate an arbitrary rule, In
violation OF its traditions and its history, and he
moved to reconsider the vote by which the order
was made.
Mr.. SCOTT, (rep.) of Pa, moved to lay the motion
to reconsider on the table. Agreed to.
Mr. mA,hIS, rep Of Me- offered resolution
porter from the Senate gallery because he had
written denial to the Boston Advertiser of the
making his reports.
Mr. srRAduE, rep) of r. l., objected, and the
resolution went over.
Tie Senate then resumed the consideration of
THE HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENSION BILL.
Mr. BLAIR, tdemJ Of Mo-, addressed the Senate
by ts act to give to the President or the United
States power to reelect himself by force. This was
country has been placed under the supervision OF
the federal authorities. The original act, passed
year ago, Which 1t was now sought to extend, had
been passsa as feeler to- try. the temper
of the people and how far 1t would be
safe to go in overthrowing the constitutional
safeguards OF the peoples rights aud liberties,
and now 1t was proposed to follow 1t no
by this BILL When the original bill was under dis.
cusson it had been clearly demonstrated that there
was no necessity excuse Tor it, ana he would not
go over that argument now; but he would call at
tentlon to certain points bearing on tie Presidents
exercise Of these extraordinary powers ana UPON
the pending bill 1t was significant fact that the
President did not respond to tile resolution or in
curry asking Tor the number and dates OF the Of
fences committed against the lu Klux laws in the
seven counties IN South Carolina in which he had
declared martial law. He had
IN NO INSTANCE GIVEN THE DATE
OF any alleged offence, and this omission has been
impression that the offences were committed at or
about the time martial law was Proclaimed when
tue TACT was that most OF them that were com
mitted at all were committed from nine to eighteen
months before that time.
Mr.. BLAIR here quoted from the testimony given
before the hu kluX committee to show that months
before the passage Of the ku kluX act South Caro-
una was IA an orderly and peaceable condition, and
he deiied Mr. Scott to point to the case of a single
person arrested who not arrested lor an offence
or an alleged offence, committed at least three
Mr.. SCOTT said he would call Mr.. Blar's attention
10 the case OF the men arrested in York county,
South Carolina, on suspicion OF burning a school
house about the time when martial law was de-
clared There were also other cases, but he would
not interrupt Mr. Blair to mention them now
Mr.. BLAIR s;;id that the Senator from Pennsyl-
vania tMr Scott could give only one case, and
that case in which the parties We're acquitted
III the President could put district under martial
law because OF the burning Of school house and
OF the country would be safe; and II he could base
his declaration OF martial law upon acts done a
year or more before, why might ne not base 1t |
years before
Mr.: SAWYER, rep.) of 8. c., said that the rank
and file of the republican party in South Carolina,
like the rank and file OF all parties, pure, and
that corruption had not been more marked among |
the republicans connected In the state government |
than among the democrats who had associated |
themselves with it,
Mir. BLAIR then spoke OF the great increase in the
debt OF the Southern states under the carpet-bag
governments, ana stated that the debt Of Arkansas
had been increased s15,O0oooo.
Mr.. CLAYTON, (rep.) of Ark said Mr. Blair was
mistaken. When the present government came
into power the debt was between four and five
millions. and it had since been increased by loans
to railroads and for levee purposes about seven
millions Of dollars making the aggregate eleven or
twelve millions.
MR.. BLAIR said that none of the officials in the
Southern States knew how much their Govern
ments owed. II had been found utterly impossible
to extract from the administration OF South
Carolina a statement OF their debt and 1t was so IN
the other States The statement he had made
about the debt OF Arkansas based upon inlor
nation obtained by other means, and he believed it
to be correct 1t was derived from the sworn
testimony OF the best men in Arkansas
Mr.. CLAYTON SAID he understood it was the testi-
mony of men who were not before the committee
and not subjected TO cross-examination.
Mr.. BLAIR said, in conclusion, that there was not
even plausible pretext for this BILL The attempt
of the President and his friends to force his reeec
ton would be failure. Already there were ind
cations that the people were aroused to a sense OF
the dangers surrounding them, and that they were
disposed to throw of the tramnels of sectionalsm
country
Mr.. SPENCER, (rep.) OF Ala, made a speech in re-
ply to Mr.. Bairs statements about the debt OF Ala
bama, and described number OF Ku KluX outrages
which, he said, made Ii necessary TO pass the mend
ing bill.
Mr., CAMERoN gave notice that he would ask the
senate 10 go into executive session at twelve
MIR. WILSON introduced a bill to authorize the
adoption OF system OF general regulations for the
army.
At half.past four the Ku Klux bill being still nm
ae ger considel alton the Senate took recess until
At the evening session the Habeas Corpus bill was
proceeded with