The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-22

ILL.,, on Tuesday last. The following
are extracts from his speech:
LII ls not the first time have been de-
nounced because I exercised the oreat.
high prerogative of every American oiti.
zen, to think and aot for myself. Some
twenty-five or six years ago, I was de.
nounced because left an old pro slavery
party, and united with little hand full.
an unpopular handful, of anti-siuyery
men, IN defence OF the right. But,
strange to say. the denunciations of even
the Old pro.slavery party OF twenty-five
years ago, were not as bitter, or as per-
sonal, or its intolerance 80 great, as those
OF the Grant party to-day. This comes
from personal Government As, in O
monarchy, any refusal to support the
King ID treason to the King and the
State, 80 now refusal to support the pre-
tensions OF General Grant nnd his adhe-
rents becomes treason to the Republican
party and to the State. When you go
back to records. they are ugly things,
ana cut both ways. was in Congress
III tho spring of 1861; went out of Con-
gress on the 4th of March. During that
last session, when the Southern States.
one after another, were seeding, q COM
mittee, composed Of thirteen gentlemen.
was raised in the House of Representa-
tlves, called Committee upon the State
of the Union, to devise some means of
maintaining the Union. That commit.
tee. through its Chairman, Mr.. Corwin,
OF Ohio, reported resolution amending
the Constitution of the United States,
have 1t here, and l want to call your
attention to that amendment and the
votes upon 1t. Let us sec about these
records. This was, mark you, in the
spring OF 1861, about the same time that
they say Mr.. Lincoln was saying that it
was impossible to tell how we could
coerce States into tho Union if they
were disposed to stay out Of it, and
there were good many speeches made
IN Congress to that same purport. They
proposed to amend the Constitution, by
forever putting it out OF the power of the
people to amend SO as to abolish slavery.
thus fastening the chains upon the
blacks forever and ever, by provision
OF the Constitution. What was the vote
upon that in the House OF Representa-
tives? will read the names of tie men
who voted for it and against it. OF those
who voted for it, the first name notice
OF much prominence is that OF SCHUYLER
Colfa1. Laughter Well, he is a
pretty good Republican, is he not? Yet
he was willing to fasten the chains of
slavery forever upon the slaves, in order
to avoid war. Who else? John A.
Logan. A good Republican, and Grant
man sometimes. Mcpherson, of Penn.
sylvania, the man who gets up the DO.
litical manuals for the Republican party,
and now Clerk OF the House OF Repre-
sentatlves, and Grant man. And then.
too. there we're Morrill,, of Vermont, a
good Grant man; and Dan. SickIes, and
Maynard. OF Tennessee, and Window
all Grant men. They all voted for that,
with good many others. WHO voted
IN the negative in the House? I will
read few names. There is Ashley, of
Ohio. Greeley man to day. Applause.
There is Blair, OF Missouri Frank Blair
even voted against it-another Greeley
man. And, not to speak of him as a
man OF any prominence. perhaps you
may be Interested little in knowing
about the vote OF Farnsworth, of Illinois.
Applause He voted against it. And
then Fenton, OF New York-Governor
tenton, now Greeley man-yoted
against it. Then there was Sedgwick, of
New York another Greeley man-and
Iappan, OF New Hampshire, who waa on
the committee. and made q minority re-
PSAO' 1o 'ctOu oSauSG ~, hnu uo recently
came out for Greeley. Both Hickman
and Grow, of Pennsylvania, voted
against it, and they are both Greeley
men to-day. So much for the record in
the HoussGbf Representatives. How
was it ip>Sfs4 Senate? Among the mem
bers OF tke Senate who voted for it we're
Anthony, OF Rhode Island. and Harlan,
OF Iowa-good Grant men. There are
not many Senators now who were in the
Senate at that time. Then of those who
voted against it were Bingham, of Miohi.
gan, who is now dead; Doolittle, of Wis.
consin, Sumner. of Massachusetts,,
lcheers, and Trumbull, of Illinois.
Cheers. That is the record made in
those days. and now you denounce
Greeley because he was willing in 1864
to pay $500, 900, 900 for the emancipated
slaves. and stop the war. Would to God
he could have done it. We could have
saved $1,000, 100000, and 100, 900 pre-.
cious lives. lCheers.
SENATOR SlALLs' DEFENcE.-Senator
Smalls is charged on the Treasury books
with drawing $500 from the armed force
fund. Like his rival, Gen. Whipper, he
promptly comes forward. and dan;ao