The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-02-26
MoRroN.s REPLY TO rRumBuLL.

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20 down, and it will be the good fortune Of
some men who have allied themselves with
it if they do not go down too. He then
sent to the desk to be read speech of
Governor Brown, of Missouri, which he
said was proof that it was intended to nom
mate candidate at Cincinnati. Governor
Browns speech shows that he has some
idea of getting the nomination himself, but
if some man from some other State should
be preferrcd-meaning, of course, the Sen
ator from Illinois-he BROWN would cheer
fully support him. The Senator from Hi
nois, it was pretty well understood through
the country, would be a candidate before
that convention. The Senator had, in view
Of this, separated himself from the Repub-
lcan party, but he remained within easy
distance, SO that if necessary he could re-
turn. But his back was chalked all over with
"Barkis is willing" [Great laughter, in
which Mr.. Trumbull ioined.l The speech
of Governor Brown contained also deli
cate hint to the Democratic party that if it
would unite with the Liberal Republicans
it should have share of the spoils-of the
offices.
Mr.. Blair-The Democrats don't want
any Of the offices.
Mr.. Morton--It will do very well for a
Democratic Senator to say that. In refer
ence to the Missouri platform he mir. Nor
toni had meant the pivotal resolution. Of
course he did not mean all the resolutions.
There was no platform but had something
in it that would meet the approval of all
But this resolution to which he had referred
meant that all the laws passed to put down
the Ku-Klux were unconstitutional. There
was state of affairs in the South assuming
the magnitude of an insurrecton sufficient,
under the constitutional provision, to JUS
tify the suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus. He had been informed that in the
last four years the Ku-Klux had killed and
wounded more citizens than were killed
during our second war with Great Britain.
The Senator tA1r. TrumbulD says he is in
favor Of furnishing the ku-Klux, but for
two years he has not assisted to pass one
measure to bring them to justice. He
spoke against and voted against the Ku-
Klux bill.
The Senator says he was for death, de-
struction, and confscation during,the war,
but he has gotten bravely over it now. 1t
seemed to be the idea of some Senators
that the government of the United States
should protect the lives and liberties of
American citizens in every other country
but our own. lie (Mr. Morton) considered
it the duty of the government to protect
with all its power its citizens at home and
abroad. On the subject of amnesty he de-
MED that the President had ever declared
in favor of universal amnesty he did not
believe the President was in favor of it,
and he was not in favor of it. They had
an amnesty bill under consideration which
only made three exceptions. That bill
would have passed if the Senator (Mr.
TrumbulD and the Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Tipton) had voted for it. A change
of two votes would have passed the bill.
The Senator and those who voted with him
had assisted in retaining in the civil rights
amendment clause allowing naturaliza-
ton of Chinese, which was obnoxious to
the Pacific Coast Senators. That had lost
the bill four or five votes. Thus it could
be seen that the Senator was more respon-
sibe for the defeat of the amnesty bill
than any other Senator.
The Senator accuses us Of
CLINGING TO THE SKIRTS OF POWER.
How long is it since he chung to the skirts
of power?
MT. .lTuInDull-NeNeT.
Mr.. Morton-The Senator says never.
What does he mean by clinging to the
skirts of power? He means asking for of
fee. 1t is only about fifteen months since
the Senator ceased this. A tabular state
ment had been shown him (NIr. Morton)
this afternoon, showing that in the first fif-
teen months of this Administration the
Senator had made one hundred and three
recommendations for office.
Mr.. Trumbnll said he had no means of
ascertaining exactly how many recommen-
dations he had made, but he wasSsatlsiied
that in five years he had not made dozen
recommendations for office. This state
ment was utterly Incorrect. They were
not five men in office at his instance in five
years.
Mr.. Morton said the statement had been
shown to him, and it seemed to have been
carefully prepared, but he would let it 60
as the Senator denies it. lie (Mr. Morton)
had also been accused by the Senator of
being against investigation. He had voted
for every investigation that was proposed,
and would vote with the Senator to investi-
gate everything that showed any suspicion
of fraud. But the Senator wanted to revive
the Committee on Retrenchment-a COM
inittee which he had found, by actual
examination, to have accomplished less than
any other committee that had ever been
appointed. lie believed that there was
abuse in the New York custom-house, just
as there had been abuse in it for forty
years. But the abuses had never been
brought to light under the Democratic Ad-
ministrations. This Administration had
discovered them, and he believed this AID
ministration would lay the heavy hand on
abuse wherever it discovered it.
The Senator (Mr. Trumbull) had also ac-
cused; him with being party man. He
was party man, and because he believed
that his party was the only one which
would or could administer the government
on proper principles and preserve the liber-
ties of the people. But he asked when
was it since the Senator from Illinois
ceased to be party man. tits but short
time since he was the most decided party
man on this floor. The Senator had once,
twice, thrice been nominated for the Senate
by q Republican caucus, and if the Repub'
lican members of the Legislature had not
abided by the decision of the caucus the
Senator would not be here. The Republi.
can party had elevated the Senator to {
position second but to one in the gift Of the
people, and, as he said the other day, il
was not proper part for man who hat
ascended nearly to the top of his ambition
to kick from under him the ladder by
which he had assembled, because he was
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