Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-02-06

j. Ell skIENIsH BETWEEN SENATOR ST NEh
AND EDNUNDs.
On TUESDAY Of last week quite breeze
spraue up in tine Senate when the stately
Sumner. an q fine oratorical pronunciamen-
T.. brought Up hi- d" darling wish a. he
termed the bill supplementary to the civil
rights bin. and he went over has theme with
o ieryil. unique and rhetorical espousal.
closing his apO-trophe with az indignant
objection o. the reference of the bill 10 the
judiciary committee, who had already re
ported twice adversely L. il. Messrs. Ferry
of Connecticut, k1munds. Stewart FREEING
huvsen and Morrill,. OF Maine, siOutly adyo-
Gated the reference. and during the course Of
their remarks. which were quite animated,
they aroused Ny. Sumner from his
basking and easily reclining attitude into
the appearance OF a grand African lion.
shaking hi name iuriously and roaring
with the voice OF the king of the forest.
Mess-, Edmunds and Morrill,, of Maine,
superbly indicated themselves from the
charges made by NJ. Sumner. OF hostility
10 the bill. until NJ. Erelinghuysen poured
oil on the troubled waters by avowlng that
he mad always voted for civil rights, and II
LLt HA44 " a. lEtrA 4t- ~ AAAi ilAA-AeA- NAAA-
mittee. oi which he was q member. he
would guarantee II would be reported II
Two weeks az furthesj. and on this Ny.
Sumner quieted down and accepted the
proposition o. refer, with the understand
ing Ihu- given him 10y Mr.. frelInghuysen,
ana tie hul was accordingly referred. The
object ut thl~ l. 10 revise the ioIrth
srcIi1n $50 tnat Il VIII stand the test
10 matter pertaining 10 the empanel-
ling 90 Iarur- and be sustained by the courts
within tl, line Of strong constitutional
,aieruaui- Mr. Sumner with and the
stately Husius back OF his aspersions by
the plarEs Morrill, and the calm, deliberate
Edmund were much enjoyed by the Senate
anc galleries as a fine piece OF pa-llamen-
tary conflict. which was crowned when
Morrill, of Maine, going back IN his record,
said iauntiuEly that he antedated Mr..
Sumner Oh hls advocacy Of civil rights.
salisbury who objected 10 the whole pro-
position. was pOmmelled neatly by Ed
mund~. instancing slavery practices, IN res
ponse o. an appeal OF the former in behalf
OF rhe white slaves Of New England
Al Boqaeni Negro Takes Consres> BY Storm.
The lanss of another blatant .ex-rebel and
negro hater were neatly extracted by q col
ored member IN the House recently. The
offender was member from North Caro-
lima, named Robbins, who fought during
the whole war on the Confederate SIDE. He
Is a new member and full Of the old South
err views. which he poured ont in manner
that disguised even ms own side OF the
House He spoke of the colored men a.
''nirgers and said that II the civil rights
bill went through. the crow ought TO take
the place of the eagle a. the national bird.
He spoke Tor full hour. with tie tone and
manner OF plantation ovefseeT. his speech
being mucn more offensive than that of
Harris OF Virginia. which was 50 effectively
replied To by Elliott Of South Carolina
W hen Robbins finished, Mr. Cain Of South
Carolina. black member. VINO has not
before been heard from. took the floor lie
had taken nOteS Of Robbins TRADE, and
proceeded TO answer him, point by point. in
a style a. striking a. it was unexpected.
The effect on the House and galleries was
tremendous. Mr. Cain met the BLACKBOARD
assault Of the North Carolina member with
great wit. and turned all ms points against
against nm. He told MIN that the crow
might well be taken a. the emblematie
bird OF the Southern whites. for they
were always caN4l- II tHt DldCke
His peroratiOn was delivered with thrill
ling elOquenee, and his declaration Of
the patriotism OF ms race and their deter
minatiOn to stay on this continent and work
out their destiny. was one Of the finest
pieces of defamation which has been heard
in the House.
At the conclusion OF the speech. Mr.. Cain
was congratulated by almost the entire
body OF Republicans present, and business
was suspended for several minutes. Mr..
Ca n Is good speaker, and an educated
man As ms speech WAS extempOre and IN.
answ IT to his opponents points so prompt
and CO mplete, no one can charge him with
having delivered speech prepared by
others. His elOquence fairly astonished
sam Cox and others Of the Northern Demo
Gratis, ana several OF the more decent
Southern members expressed their disap
proval of Bob bins utterances.
1t il thought that the Overwhelming de-
feat in debate which the enemies Of the
colored men have suffered in the House viii
prevent the making of any more silly and
damaging speeches against civil rights by
the reconstructed Southern members,