New-York tribune., 1872-05-21

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10 ,Tot too' The biil was defeated by the carpet
bag bag friends of Mr.. Ames eo9eseng 80 win ia,
an eTcne 70 take hack the state under the rule Of the
bayOnet. Many OF these cupel-DuEScls "oulI ehsi a
y,here their home was would say Ilino-, or oho, OF
some other Stale. The people Ol i,,tslpPI iel & o
for no other purpose but TO eat up their substance
Continuing review OF ahlrs il .lI, nc y syiu
sissnpi ever since the date Of reconstrue0n, and he
would now read from letter NnleR li NE had reeoyed @
ms very dav from the Governor or mississippi, that
peace reigns throughout that state; and for tn, t1e
benefit OF his Democratic iriehus ne e. y oIi WoYnd
read the concluding part Of the sentence: Greeley
has mo- 'e strcng in Mississippi outside Of the Democrats
lLaughterl Violence had existed In IN il1 ~ a.
Alcorn) had employed counsel 10 pIosJovmto m @ ne a1H
but their had Deen TanseiIGn ~ In Inc az
question OF Mr.. Pratt, he said there nau neen no hu-
Kux convictions under ms tbe T1Io Of fpr Se
Iavones IT, as he had shown, peace M GiIer eIgeu
throughout Mississippi was ne hGt & and liberties OF b
people of Mississippi being placed under .e tecI ol ae
baone hs % soqRe PsoPS So hs o the power paced
in his hands by Congress to deprive tn.em OF
sF ,Il5sD I9GgGs H Tn mT &me: a5s'd % nad "a
been sent down to Missis3ippi to str. sur up
Northern Mss,ssppi he NIr Alcorn) understood was
600 clerk in Washington and was SOM do~n 10 ssls
sinni as Chief Clerk OF the Collector OF II
iral ISeyenue who took all he collected Ihis internal
PcnIe Coecor had been appointed &C the instance Of
tSc tiy' senator from Mississippi Glr Amesl.
Mr. PRATT asked Mr. Acorn what stems had been
toI NV tbe brLer classes TO put a stop TO iSkux DIS
orders and whether there had been any puDlc meetings
Mr.. HTC0RT said that he, rs Governor had otered
reward OF 5000 Cor the arrest of any one concerned IN
I'm es: and further there had been meet
ing of planters Lee County VINO liu iOse
nIIirarts: and ex-senator Brown OF tnat STATE
IoJ written a letter denOuncng them in the
strongest terms The United states nad i,lCertaken
to tae ayav from the people Of MISSISSIPPI tLe enforce
,Oot of tb laws ana had assumed the responsibility.
What he Alcorn argued was tlat me peOpc Oh Msls-
pni shod he held responsible Tor the preservation OF
iaII nd ordor and if they showed temselyee incapable
OF maintaining peace and Ordel lAeh S0 'N0n oo Ie-
,1anGed IN the rllc Of the bayOuet.
~, u ~ nrofed from the testimony Of Gov Powers
Of Itsislpni. to the effect that in Lauderdlle and
WINSTON Counfies much KuKlux outrages prevailed aud
,b c'oreI erne were very much utlmidated ami kept
from gSirr 10 he polls and that many OF the colored
ienIIe , lad been compelled 10 1ee their homes.
Si 6ICOR he suned ard after continuing his review
Of Hsissipp affairs said GOV. Powers VINO tc lhc, as
Mr. Pratt read. in november last Mfl'eS u tnc u"te may
Mr PRATT read further nom inc testnony ei Gov
Powers that the passage Of the k1hlu4 iaT 1a had
most santary effect; that the huhuA stood N 40 awe
Whatever of the state courts. -
Mn MORTON REP, Ind.), asked Mr. Pratt whether II
had been shown before the Committee that the cOnyC
ton OF KuKlux for the murder o. pach nan oI he
NJ PI, HISrCNot single instance whaoyer
Mr. PRATT continued to read from the testimony OF |
Gov. Powers, that no man would De sals %ho TOOK
ground against the Kulnx that meneTs OF me Grand
Jury were frequently members OF the hu-hll1 Ordef
MIR. ALCOM said Gov. Powers must certainly have
been Speaking OF Winston County, fer, as TO nineteen
twcnteths of the State Courts no man VINO yed 10 Mis-
sissippi would make such an assertion nc AIG0m was
moi hfre 10 defend tie Kux, or TO deny that kukluy
had existed in Mississippi. To-day the condition or |
things In Mississippi peaceful The people OF Mississippi
cIajm thot tbey shall be treated the as the |
people OF other states They did not want President
Who was candidate for reelection, 70 hold mp 10 them
continual menace OF their liberties for the purpose OF
affecting their sufrages He Ar AIeOr 0ld nor believe
this power would be Of any hencft 70 tue FcsGet nor
did he believe the President wanted any such power.
Mr.. ALCORN concluded with an earnest appeal |
against any further suspension of the writ OF habeas
corpus and indicated belief that II the bill was passed
the state would Dc lost 70 tie Republican party .
Mr. AME5 sqid when his cSeasuc vbSn was n0s 6s
was not talking OF his plantation, when
he was not 5entns M i, W ~ r S Sne., M az
Tho very carpei-baggcrs OF whom his colleague spoke
tcvereIy elected his colleague at the same time they
,ar Deifer OF ms wouid have been here My colleague
& wa, iC1 -, siYi bcfcre dd iie was one of The
chiyarOus spirits, but am only from Yankee land, ana
fought my way down TO Mississippi with my 0@n Isb
hand. His colleague bucKled on his arm0r and went
into the war on the side OF the sontH lie
did not remain ia the army more th9n three
which he speak 50 much II we had only slch men as
Mr. Anes) said he had fought his way down Misss-
sipD over many bloody battlefield; he Lada rglt 10
stay there, even II he had not plantation.
MIR. ALCOIN interrupted to say tnat lac had served
eighteen months in tAe Confederate army, instead OF
M AbEs said he would allude to another msrepre-
sentatOn OF his colleague Wien the Civil Rights Dl
was under discussion here his colleague stood u ld
sOte his heart and declared that the people OF Mlss
sippi did not want Civil Rights bil they
had one of their own. \ CIyi Rights bli d had
not passed. and the Legislature adiopcd co or 20
Republican members had signed memorial asking Con
gfCss TO pass Mr Summers Civil Rights bill and az tEe
Republican Convention recently held in MISSISSIPPI,
which elected delegates to the Philadelphia COnvenlOn
resolutions were passed asking the passage of C4'l
Rights bill. 90, 81
Mr. ALCORN said he had been informed that TINS
resolution passed the Convention when great confusion
prevailed IN the closing hours OF the Convention, ana
when not dozen people knew what it was about. ,
MI AMES said he was not prepared 10 DeHeNe thIs
statement Of his colleague.
Mr. AMES then went on and read numerous tele,
grams and statements setting for the prevalence OF
great violence and disorder in Mississippi and the neces-
sity for q Kp-AluS law. He said, tufther,
that Mr.. AeOin had put many Democrats III
Office, and, q result, the State came near
being lost to the Republicans last Fail; that ne aa
removed hr Fanery, Republican editor OF lsslssppl
from the Office OF Brgader-GeneTal OF the state militia
because he had styled Gen. Lee a traitor lie (hr,
Ames) denied that such this had any rght 10
assume TO represent the Republicans OF MlSsls
sppi. The Republican party nominated nm
in doubt. Many had never heard him utter
Republican sentiment, and he (Alr. Ames had never
heard him to TINS day utter His colleague Was
elected for the term commencing March lSil Dut Y
saw proper to hold Governor and so dssusteu
the Republican legislature that an attempt was lue "
into another election for United States senator,
which would have succeeded but for the iacI
that his colleague, by the OF his patronage, con
trOled enough Of the State Senators 10 prevent IL.
Speaking for the Republican party Of Mississippi, ne
(ir. Ames) claimed that they did want the ku-hlux
law and that they did want the passage Of the present
bill.
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