Wilmington journal., 1872-01-05
Senator John Pool.

General LOGAN, Senator from Illinois, IN
the recent debate on the Amnesty Bill. He
administered a whitening but well Il served
rebuke to Pool of North Carolina and Saw
yer of South Carolina.
1t will be seen that there WAS persistent
and successful effort to defeat the passage
of the bill before the Christmas holidays by
delaying action on the part of the Senate
until the House of Representatives had ad-
ourncd. This was accomplished by offer
ing various amendments and consuming
time in discussing and voting upon them.
The only amendment that prevailed is i'll
the following words:
PrOcided, That this act shall not be coll
StIued to relate back to or validate the elec-
ton OF appointment of any person to the
position Of Senator or Representative in
Congress, or to any office, civil or military,
under the United States, which person was
at the date of such election or appointment
ineligible to the office or position to which
he may have been SO elected or appointed.
Mr.. Pool voted for this amendment it
being well understood, as appears from the
published debate, thlt its object was to
prevent Governor VANCE from taking his
seat.
Had Senator LOGAN known MI. Tool us
well as tine people of North Carolina know
him, he would not have been surprised at
any exhibition of dupicty OH his part.
Among the many amendments proposed
was one by Mr.. SUMNER, Of Massachusetts,,
to secure to the colored people a right un-
der the law to entertainment at hotels,
thc .tres churches. and in the cars i'll the
same apartments tlAt may be provided for
white people. Mr.. Pool voted against
this amendment, and it is the only one that
he did vote against. The honorable Sena-
tor has at last called II halt. Ills white
stomach turns at the Thought of social
equality. We had thought that Mr.. Pool
lad exhausted Qur capacity for surprise
We confess, however, to our mistake i'll
sup, osing that any thing could make HIM
20 back on the ''coIored man." Int we
ought not to have been surprised.
lie was Union man and went back On
the Union.
lie was Il Confederate man and went
back OH the Confederacy.
lie was a jeff. Davis elector and went
back4on ex-President DAVIS.
He sought to be aaBrigadier-GGneral and
went back on the war.
lie is white man aud went back OH his
race.
He was anamnesty man, but from the
evidence of General LOGAN, he goes back
upon amnesty.
And now he has gone back ON poor Cut
ty. Cuhyissa bully voter, but poor
table companion in Mr.. Pools estimation.
In fact there seems to be no depth to
which this man will not descend to strike
blow at his own people. Lost to every
dictate of honorable manhood, to every OBJ
Igation of official and personal RESPONSE
bity, he uses the functions OF his Office to
injure his own fellow-citizGns.
But we prefer to any opinion OF our own,
to show in what estimation he is held by
honorable m II Of his own party.
We quote from the debate OH tie AM
nesty Bill
Mr.. Logan: I renew the Amendments, and
do it merely for the purpose OF doing " nat
Others have done, making few remarks Ill
reference to it. L am very sorry to Lear
the remarks made by the Senator from
south Carolina Mr.. SawyerJ Ill reference
to waiting, after the desire that he exhibited
here to have this bill passed. l am free to
confess that my attempt to help pass tins
amnestv bill is the first one have ever
made. Since / have been i'll Congress
haye universally voted against suchSbllls.-
l have been induced to change my OPINION
by the statements of the gentleman from
South Carolina, and the gentleman from
North Carolina and other gentlemen from
the South representing Southern constltll-
enCies | came to suppose that L was
wrong in the opinion l had entertained
Time and again they have talked to me III
reference to this matter and given me re1-
SONS why an amnesty bill should be passed.
acceded to their views, and have per
sistently to-day voted against every amend
ment that has been offered here, tQr the
purpose of accommodating those gentfemen
and carrying out what they insisted was
the proper thing to be done III oruef 10
benefit them and the Republican party
They said it was good policy for the Gov
ernment L have also voted in accordance
with the message Of the President of the
United States, though not particularly 1o1
that reason so much as because these gen
tlemen had induced me TO believe that Ii
was right to do it.
But on this floor to-day The very gentle
men who have induced men sentertainine
the same opinion that L did entertain to
vote persistently against every amendment
have been partially the cause OF the defeat
of this bill. While we have voted persist
ly against amendments, some OF them h''Ve
voted for amendments, when those anlenG
ments were presented ior no purpose Gno
in their mind, but in my judgment,) tha!
to defeat this bill and until wheE Ontl
d certain thing shall transpire AMI Wha
is that, sir? 1t is until a committee shal
report on the right ola Senator to seat II
this body it has been for that purpose, IL
my Judgment, and none other. Gentlemen
have been seen around this Chamber put
ton-ho1ing members to get them to vote ioi
an amendment in order to postpone THIS
bill until certain things shall haYe&trah
i spired have witnessed it myself
Now, maintain that that question hiG
nothing to do with this. The question al
to the election of Senator who claims /;
seat here cannot be affected by this Oil
whether it passes without the amendment
of the Senator from Indiana or with t-t
amendment of the Senator from Indiana
When gentlemen rersistently will attempt
to amend such bill, so us to postpone it
for the DuFnOsa of StIik ing ono man and at