New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-20

the Reconstruction Committee and wa
lnterrOgated as to the reason Of the wa,
induced the people TO follow them. He an
swered very candidiy. and stated that h,
was no politician; but, said he. NV opiI
ion is that if the masses had been let aluu
by the politicians North and South, ther,
never would have been any secession"
have no doubt about the truth OF that
Thousands and thousands of as good ne,
as blood ever ran through the vein of life il
the South to-day, and believe that seces
sion is right because it was incuIcated b,
these politicians. What is il that poll
ticians will not do 10 sacrifice
| government. What IS i in -he his
tory of nations that they have not done
Why during our rebellion you might II The
South get under The boughs OF beautiful
green-leaved tree. an orange tree. perhaps
lie down upon your couch. and take Jose
phuS and open anywhere in il and read
| and you could see the characters PORTRAYED
there that were 10 be seen all through the
rebellion. Here they are to-day as they
were thousands OF years ago, almost the
same thing, and just so they are yet. Il
We had held firm in the Republican party
carrying ont reconstruction in the manne,
| It was lnaugurated at very early period
everything would have been very happily
| adjusted. But now one end Of the string is
! loose, and l think the other is becoming so
| very rapidly. A rOpe-waIker could not
walk upon 1t now by any means. There is
nothing 10 rely upon. They are at sea-
| without compass or rudder. What will
| they drift upon ] think politically they
| are in maelstrom of destruction movin 9
on as fast as time will permit, and If Is on '
| matter OF time. | will tell YOU the diff.
culties that arise in the State of Louisiana.
Many good Senators are troubled about
them: | say good Senators" because there
is not one in this Senate that ! would not
call good. ! love them every one as indi-
Viduals and genial companions; but mind
you, you give the Democracy power by this
bill, whenever it comes to appointing regis
trars of election in Louisiana. If they have
the power, they will not be simple enough to
divide with you; they will put IN all Demo
Gratis; and think they will be right in do.
ing so.
What, sir! are we TO be told as we have
been today, rebHked and admonished, THAI
it will not do to have registrars who are all
Republlcans; that the day has arrived
when we must act honestly. thereby Geliv-
erlng ourselves up just as my dlstin guished
friend from Georgia is disposed TO do. and
surrendering everything? Said ne, LET
us give up and have peace, for meTcy's
sake 1t is poor idea, SO far as am con
cerned, to talk to Ine Of peace by surrender
lection OF the cOlored man that have heard
so much spoken of to-day, and very ingen-
lOuSly too, and about as sincerely. Il re-
minded me of = dialogue that occurred be-
tween Brother Jonathan and johnny Bul,
growing out of the war of A8l2. They came
together and had q little dialogue on that
subject, and Brother Jonathan told Johnny
that he did not like the political atmosphere;
he thought he was touching tim rather
TIGHTLY nv fhp Of IJnn-psSIpD HI m atc
stop, stop" says Johnny, Il am only Y strik
ing at Bonaparte, but ! do Eot wish to
strike yCu; but if do so, take it quietly
there is no bad intent in it. am only
after my enemy" "Ah," out says Jona-
than, that does not exactly suit me;
there is another little matter that do
not understand; l do not think It is So"
''Why,' says Johnny Bull. u assure
you, sir, that it is SO; have got the testi-
mony"-just such testimony as they have
arrayed here in this case: and what is that
Why, they are the friends of the colOred
man. How do they prove it, They have
said is y thousand times. and therefore il
must be so. They have said it, but they do
not do much TO show the fact; it is all in
declaration, i have said IL thousand
times. and therefore it is true beyond a
doubt" That is all you have here. That
will not answer. That logic will 10: 90.
Mr.. Morton-Will my friend give way for
motion 70 adjourn!
Mr.. Flanagan-On, YES. ! am ready At
any time for that.
Mr.. Morton lat 3:35 A. NJ. Friday)-Mr.
President, move that the Senate do now
adjourn.
The motion was not agreed 20.
Mr.. Morton-Mr. President. call for the
reading Of the testimony in this case.
Mr.. Davis-1 thought the Senator from
Texas had the floor
Mr. M0rton-Will the Senator Weld fer
that purpose!
Mr.. Flanagan-Yes, sir.
Mr. Edmunds-I object 20 the reading Of
the testimony.
Mr.. Morton-Does one objection pre-
ventit!
Mr.. Edmunds-The rules provide that
when paper of this character is 20 be read
the question shall be decided without de-
bate.
Mr.. Fianagan-I have not vet yielded the
floor.
The Presiding Officer (Mr. Ferry, of
Michigan. in the chair)- Chair will put
the question, which is not debatable; II is
whether the testimony shall be read.
The question was dec!eI il the mega
tive.
Mr.. Flanagan-Mr. President. was sug.
gestlng point, or trying to approximate to
one as close as | could that as soon as the
idea was received abroad through the coun-
try that the great Republican party was a
One here would come in the Demo
Gratis like pigeons. they would just pour IN
in large thousands and sweep everything
before them, all free and easy. That is
the very strongest lever they could possibly
have accommodated us with. Thus we
MY friend from Wisconsin sug-
gests that we are going to become honest. |
VbU Cod here W 10 for
honesty To the broken down Democracy! !
Surely not to that quarter; we should rather
90 for that quality vice versa. Are we |
to have general mingling of the waters of |
all parties, consonant and germane-a word !
that is frequently used here in our little |
word-struggle; but the bill of my distin-
guished friend which is presented to the |
American Congress on the present occasion |
is on the idea that you must look to all par |
ties that the Republican party can not rely |
upon her members, that she must go into
the Democratic ranks, just as it was pro-
posed to do and as they did before the last
presidential election. The great Demo
3ratic party then had no candidate, not one
hat was able to lead them to the political
ight and they had to come into the Repu0-
lean party; there they found iberality,
hey got Liberal Republican. but he
was not very literally lndorsed, and there
'ore the word "liberaF' to-day is almost like
he word conservatives" Where can you
ind the one or the other! Do you find any
political gentleman spoken of az Con-
ervative or as a Liberal Why, they are
III Democrats again, just as declared in
he Senate some months ago would be the
'esult.
What will they try next Anything to
peat the Republican party. That is what
hey will do. But if the Republican party
,hoOse to beat themselves, very well. Did
Senators listen to what was said by one of
he most distinguished Democrats we have
n the Senate, and not only IN the Senate,
,ut in the nation, and if there be Dem
Dcrat in the nation / would support, de.