, 1875-01-29

| members desire an extra session,
CoNKLING ON LOUISIANA.
HIS SPEECH u THE sESATE YESTERDAY.
!sJ~e.af fi+11teA to The Chicago Tribune,
WASHINGTON. d, e.. Iau. 23.-'4 Tic prcpi.
dental campsig3 Of 1876 has been opened in the
Se1ato OF tho United Statce. 1t has been onenth
i'll the Senate Of the United StateB and ler;plu.
tion awaits" Scuator Conlling with ttes5
words, to-t]Hr commenced his 7cry abba Apc< c,,
upon Lonisi4na, aud Hnose for four hourB l.
Was compliment to tho speaker tllnt, uncn
hubjcct whifh lon: since became thrcodbnra ard
lackneycd, he could 30 long hold oao Of .la
lHrEeet Audiences that las assembled ia
thu Sena:e-Cua!nbcr this EesFiou Tho ra..
lcrios w,re tluol an huur before the
tisao. Cou;;lngs manner is inp1csri,a
n1l dignfled, !lis language ciloico and cultured,
his style, thoug, somewhat looHe clear aud forc-
lie. 11o is more careful in his speech than most
Of his lsaociatcs. and Ho1om fails to close eacl,
senteIee with q cadence WLicl il almost musical.
Ale WE Mt l,ia hest to-day. 1Io spoke from a
great vantage ground. Flo had had tho l,cueii: CT
caraini attention to all tho stcechea which have
r1ece1ed lin. ef which lie llaa taken copious
Hotes slis GtHeMn waa laraa md dis
t'ngaisEed. efnhinrinS The greater portion
nf tho lloGsc ut Representatives, who relieved
f''o h~oth4A ~ tH3 4EuilSG GrQCGquflEa
OF their own body by Visiting in tl.er 1eliet
biuntn tho Seiate-Chambcr. II Thurman lad
intended that tho Democratic arraign1ne,t ut tha
Administration should constituts
TIE INITIAL. ARGUMENT OF THE ropTucou1aa
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN,
Conkling oyileutly Ito less Intends that hia
speech shall ba un answer to tLas arrangement,
lle selected from tie numerous aEc4rtle5 Of the
!'enl:'cLats their most salient run:t. a;Nl showed
how ynllltrpbfe and unfar thai atraignment was,
lie h'llly lIarrH cit tho history OF tho origin autl
co!,:innaoca OF the Present ttobate. lie a!,owcd
ulon ho" slender n thread 1t Ind pro-
c"tdel. aud demonstrated that It waa
not begun to discover the truth aud remedy TIC
oElEs bnt to satisfy tho nnrrowest PARTISAN proi-
M!liccs und TO srrvu tho lowest partisan enla.
Thurman #aH for him shining mark. Thurman
WAS nl'hent during nsort OF the day, aud wouisl
have been moro comfortable l,aul ,s not entered
tho Stuatc Chamber for ntter he did he contiil-
ueti .estira AMI us!rasy. tic hnt OF Conhl1,.E's
rsculc. tha victim Of t'oukling's lor;c. This
Democrats hal. il their early rrecclles, left
themselves oren to Geyera attacks, az those
Speeches Tcro founded upu,s the early, bassiaAa
rnlaora from New Ur1eanr.
THE 1I-tuSf I:h1:nATE SENATORS.
although mt personally urraignod, might well
'iitt,o ut tue s;1tnxers invectlso, VIXEN ho 70.
buEei them for teit assaults 1lrop the Adininin.
tratiog, and characterized them ~ monuments Of
tho mercy aud lnasnaniMity OF tiIo American
people. Their thankie-H yoiccH, 1lo suid, woro
every roaty to criseise tlo action OF tho Goyern-
ment and to Itl.ior5lino in tho Southern pearle
their feuble respect fur tho constituted atit!loz-
ties Int they Ind no worl Of ratsuke for tho
kidnaprItEot legislators; for organized rebellion
Like tlas Ut tho 1Ith Of September; for tho
existence OF 4 general epIrlt VI ta cBsncss:
or for intimidation aud murder, a,, could char
actcrizc thu innst nnnstrouH atrocities simply as
!ion1lcltles, without authority nf law. Thurman,
lio Hast!, Is tue HAL to whom tho couutry LOOKS
moro than to Any other man to knuw and to
state, II not to origiate the ol1cy Of tho Demo-
crAtic party; bnt tho Senate itstclled to Mr..
Thurman for hours c'l t,aa oll'y learned that
tho policy Of tile Democratic party alollo conslasa
III tho abuHe Of It's EdycraarieH. 1t ID purely
icoEoclaAsic, it proposes 1su renloay. 1t proceeds
nllon tho assumption that whatever is is wrong,
mud naithcr detnes nor proposes what is right.
1tH WhtchworA has been
MAKE RECONSTRUCTION 4 3IIsCANntauE:
fhwArt 1t. ballo it, tlisturh fonseut revolution.
izo, AMI lie lime will como when tho country,
soru with conl'notion, vii! accept anything fur =
change"
liatraI to suffrage tnd equal rights is the war
Try uf tho l.uuF. II the mon who received tile
forgiveness ot the Union had accepted 1t in good
'aith tho henatu Chamber woult not ring with
.o din u Southern discussion. For no other
II ls5d Ind Thurman chosen the t'.a.
''acc!u' tangio OF fraud and forca
s.!s,, the election OF 1879 n Louisiana ~ tho
neat from thia rreniiae, was retinomons Of
oplihtry. TAurulan llatl layisIlod thu fruita Ut
lifei,no to involve the question is d mazo but
lad hot nlado tho trick respectable. Tho fra.h
II that election Of ls72, 1oeH not lie ut tho foot
II tho Republican purity.
IT MAS THE 'rs'aIE or YARMOUTH,
he cliaraotccr ~ thu granl cu:ubiuation OF
liberals und po1aoerats, WIN undertook
ileelsy and bourbon rule. That election
II 1871 ha,l fccu contested and In every form iu
sl,lr!l tho question had hoen tried it Ind bput.,
ecided against AlcEnesy: This was true Of ait