New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-13
US. SENATE-SPECIAL SESSION

WASHINGTON, March 12.-TheVICE-PR PRESIDENT
laid before Senate petition and deposon' of the
he RS OF William n Sebastian late United states Sena
tor from the State OF Arkansas asking that tho reson
ton expeing him FROM the Senate July. 1861 DO re-
scaded. Referred to the Committee on Privileges ana
Elections.
He also presented to the Senate, in compliance with
rcsoutSon adopted time SINCE the report OF sur
eeon Frank W. Reilly OF the Marine Hospltai service ~
regard TO the yellowfever epidemic OF 1878 ordereu
Nj SARGENT Rep, CaiJ was appointed a director of
the Ccamoa Hospital ami Lyingin Asylum IN tue DIS
Mr.. ANTHONY rep. Il. ~ submitted resolution
providiug for dstrihGtion of the same numOer OF
copies OF the Revised Senators who were not
members OF the XLlIIi Congress a. were received oy
those who members OF that Congress
DEBATE ON The PINCHBACK RESOLUTION
The consideration OF TIE resolution Tor the admission
OF Mr.. Pinchbaok was then resumed
MI MCCREERY Dem. KyJ said this discussion had
Oaen continued long and the argument had been so
exhaustive IN its character that vanity itself
might despair at the prospect OF Offering any hing new
He would refer argument OF the from In
afMr Mortonl eut desired to he distinctly under
stood mat he wOu1 ma ke reference to the boodand
THUNDER pl ~ the argument OF that Senator. which he
he'd IA reserve and winch would be poured upon the
ecuSo t the conclusion of this discussion like melted
ISSa ne w 9cCreSr1 ~ nS pace Win on tte ro
fear successful contradiction. did not hesitate
10 declare that the Senator from Indiana (lr MortOn)
was the abest man on the subject OF ouirages now
living; and he made the remark for the beneht OF the
Senators. IL had bccn charged here thnt the Dem
ocratc Senators, by tlcr silence, encouraged Ourges
the South. Such not tue and ne would EN-
brace this opportunity declare hun elf the enemy OF
all criminals and ali crime. rom the low rum an with bis
Knife and 10 The belted knight with sword by
his SIDE who wake intO State House and orglnzed
Legislature according 90 his own or his masters Will.
He then read from the OF the President in re-
gard TO his sympathy with the people OF Louisiana in
their PROSTATE condition. and stating that ne would DO
all his power reoge them and said the people Of
louisiana might be Inclined thauk the President Tor
bis commseration bur they could not help asking the
question WHY his sympatbizng heaIt had never peen
able to suggest anything IN their Denau
Mr.. MCCbEERY then referred 10 Che action OF Judge
Darrell and sail the President was c0gn'Ztnt OF 10 all
the time. II there ANY doubt on that subject, II
ed BY the TACT that Capt Jackson at the same
hour OF Durel's order arrived with bls battery from
Florida to ol that order Hardly had the oath OF
office been admniseted when the pretended Governor.
the pretended legislature ana tue COLLECTOR OF customs
began TO cry cat 10 tn President " send us troops,
ganz ion OF the Kellogg Government, and asked II
could be true mat tIe hrst.born o; these devlllsh
iduse be presented cpINutate sl-heu uy lne man
who was chief in-t.EatOr In the whole matter
There rot intelligent man who did not know that
had II Tor the midnight order OF Judge Durell
the Kellogg Government would never have been IN
quietly inaDgurateG and acquiesced IN by the people
ne opposed 10 making Judge Durell t1e scapegoat
10 bear the sins n1ulties OF those who bese ged
him from morning till MINT ana at last sank him under
hon of the Pre- sifent be SAID II the Atorney
advised the pursued the President was very
good Attorney General would have advised the Presi
lent be quick with his troops, but 70 rise
above all party considerations ana deal out equal aud
exact justice TO all States and all persons"
He Nir. McCreery) deplOred tho fact that
out the length and breadth OF our coun-
try. aud those guilty OF the greatest crimes in many
RACES everywhere. Ali violations OF law were outrag
matter whether they were committed 0y XIX lux IN
the South, Molly Maedres 10 Pennsy wanna or Vigilance
Committees in California, Indiana, or elsewhere IL
was not long since In Indiana negroes were taken OUT.
tortured vii irons and then hung Prisoners
taken from jail aud hung upon strngers or bridges ln
iogue OF forgery and perjury committed by the Kellogg
Government in louisiana AS shown by testimony taken
by the Senate Committee, ana then say II they could
sanction 1t bv their votes.
Mr. MORTON rep. Ind) said the Senator Oir.
McCreer,) referred TO che murder of negroes ia
Indiana That rather an unfortunate reference.
some negroes murdered N that State. but 1t
ia "a Democratic county. aud it generally under
stood tho murders were committed Dy Democrats not
SSgaSet Of bis friend Mr. McGreerSJ il was sU an Old
story and he had heard 1t before Hs friend no doubt
poetry. The argument when he INF MOrton) made
had been answered and 1t could not be. He dill not
propose to 60 the question now, other Sena
might desire to speak, bui at the close Of the debate
be would have something more 10 say.
Mr.. SALISBURY Dem, DrlD denied that Mr.. Kellogg
Governor OF Louisiana by virtue OF election by
people and said this floor believed he
Mr. HOWE (Rep., WisJ said lac was Que Senator who
believed il rs much no believed tue senator from
Delaware was now speaking. He believed 1t from cir
cumstantial evinence before the Senate
MI SALISBURY. res1mng his arGnment' said the
IN favor OF tbe Democratic party IL was accepted as
such by the country and the popular heart throbbed
with joy that tLe condition Of affairs Louisiana
TO De Detter Dut the came treason ngaust Ihe state
and usuIpIon took the place of the legal Government.
in refusing allow the OF the army IN Pennsylvania
during. his administration when there trouble
tho Legislature Of that State and said he wished Presl
dent Grant followed the example OF his predecessor
He hoped this Senate would not with hands ruth
,tituIion ana every buwark Of liberty.
Mr.. ALCOKN (Rep., MissJ submitted resolution to
print 5000 copies of the report OF the Commission of
Engineers appointed to investigate aud report upon
permanent plan for tue reclamation OF the aIluvIal
basin OF the Mississippi Referred TO the Committee
Printing.
A REMARKABLE SPEECH BY SENATOR CHRIsTIANCY.
MIR. CHRlsTlANCY rep, Mch) said he had not
been in the habit Of oral discussion for tho last years
he had reduced he had say writing and with
the permission the Senate would read it. He then
read as follows:
The question have before upon the admission OF
Mr. Pinohback. has already been we'd remarked, is
not partisan political. but legal and c0nsti
tuti0Da question depending however as al legal ques-
tons do upon tue facts to which the law is 10 DO APP
Legislature by whose votes he claims
TO been elected, and the Governor whose certih-
ber 1872 Tle Senator from Indiana who has argued
this question with bis usual and acknowledged ability
and adroitness aud who has placed the right OF Mr.
PIncbback upon the grounds upon which IL must stand
1t stand AT all, IN one, ana as tDinK the most
important branch OF his argument claims that the only
to the question the certncate ID que form
Kellogg, pnrporung 10 be tue Governor OF Louis,
aua the seal, purpOrtng to be the seal OF
that State, Of Nj Pnchbacks election as Senator; that
Iicant 70 admission as a member Of this body and to
he sworn in. and that If the body purporng to be the
Legislature, who elected him. or Kellogg, who signed
bis certificate. legally elected and the election
did nor make the legislature nor the other Gov
ernor facts can be only SHOWN alter
admission here for the purpose fexpeing him. Where
the legal existence Of the legislature, purporung 10
make the election is conceded or not seriously cues
tIoDed aud point of contest is whether they nave
nrocee,ed regularly, by sufficient vote or wnetner
tbe ner,Op elected is eligible TO tho office. concur fully
in this rule that the certificate IN due form entities tne
in whose favor il is Issued TO his seat SUBJECT 10
81 eYnelIed upon subsequent inquiry into the facts;
and NJ is 70 cases OF this Knd that the precedents estaD
nsbng the rule maiuly and almost exclusively relate
Rut when there il a serious doubt whether the Douy
purportng 10 DO the Legislature making the eiecuon
and the Governor certifying II had any existence or
power 10 act, the question stands upon somewhat az
fereDt principle and much more analogous 10 question
M OF tho And III such