The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-12-22

this morning by an amusinglY ineoilse-
quent recital, prepared by no one knows
whom aud from no one knows where,
of bloody deeds and midnight murders
quite after the fashion of the ku-klux
atrocities. The reading of this document,
whose import may be gathered from such
choice specimens as are herewith extract
ed, was listened to with derisive laugh
ter ON the part of the gallery, and a
large part of the floor Mr.. Morton
opened the discussion by laying before
the Senate large pile of documents,
which he said came from a highly re-
spectacle source, but afterwards destroy
ed his statement by asserting that the
gentleman who furnished them was
in official position. These documents he
reproduced in a brief resume, which
teemed with instances Aof intimidation,
which had prevailed at said election and
during the campaign proceeding, TO pre-
vent the Republicans of both races from
voting their sentiments. He produced the
usual and indispensable statistical state
ment, which showed great discrepancies
in the official vote of Mississippi at the
late election and the elections of several
years previous The immense gain of
40, 900 or more votes over the election in
1873, inconsistent with those of former
years, was, in the opinion of Mr.. Morton,
indisputable evidence that the most out
rageous and oppressive measures as we'll
as frauds had been used by the Democ-
racy to establish then banner in that
State. Cannons had been fired, he
plaintively asserted, at the public gather
ings of Republicans, while the speakers
were disseminating the Republican doe
trines to their hearers, thus breaking up
and dispensing the meeting. But one of
the most horrible acts Of violence com
mitted by persons belonging, of course,
to the Democratic ranks, denOminated
worse than outlaws, was the firing off of
a cannon in front of the Governors man
sion, breaking out several window lights.
The officer who permitted this and other
outrages is now being tried for his neg
lect of official duty. Small arms were
used in numerous cases for the purpose
of intimidation. Rows were raised at
public meetings, where cOlored men had
met to listen to Republican speeches,
and their assemblages broken up and dis
persed. The chairman of one of the
Republican executive committees was
mObbed and compelled to leave his
county. The mysterious document por-
trayed in the most terrible colors hope
less state of affairs existing, Mr. Morton
believes, in that God forsaken State
He mentioned a score of counties where
these outrages had been practiced, but
it was Yazoo that troubled his soul most,
and he appealed to the Senate to hear
the woes thereof He finally took his
seat, urging pathetically that his resolu-
ton providing for an investigation be
at once adopted, The paper read by the
Indianian had been listened to with in
credulous scorn, and the general impress
sion was that it would be allowed to
pass unnotioed, but
RAYARD, OF DELAWARE,
had word to say, and that word grew
into one of the most splendid excoria-
tons of Mortonism ever heard in the Sen
ate. His tall figure, rising slewly, fast
ened the attention of the galleries and
even sienced the buzzing and noisiness
of the Senators. He asked, in icy con-
tempt, looking at Morton while address
ing the chair, from what clause of the
Constitution of the United States he
obtained his authority for his proposed
action. Mr.. Morton gave no direct an
swer to the question, declining to enter
into any argument on that subject. He,
however, raised the cry of precedent and
gave Mr.. Bayard telling thrust regard
ing his (RaYard's) well-knOwn record in |
the investigation of the Louisiana diff
culties. Mr.. Bayard retorted by twt- |
ting MIR. Morton on his virtual refusal to
anwer his question, and hy explaining his |
record III the Louisiana investigations,
which he regarded as a horse of an ell
tirely different color. He then went into |
a long argument on the proposed resolu-
ton challenged Morton tn show where
any precedent exists; insisted that there
was remedy, if the people of Mississippi
have sustained yrQng, in the courts of
the United States that there were pen
alties of the highest aud most excessive
character against the perpetrators of such
frauds and OHtrages as has been alleged
by Mr.. Morton, and that the political
friends of Mr. Morton in Missouri, which
State is wholly and hopelessly in the
hands of that Senator'S personal friends,
had an equal chance before the law of
reaping the benefits of the remedy. He
thought it was a remarkable fact that
the President had said nothing on the
subject, but that the fuFore had come,
ne insisted, from the overAowing tide of
MoRFoE's OUTRAGE FANclEs
md not in the regular and legal manner.
Even though it had been Joint resolu-
ion requiring the cooperation of the
,ther house Of Congress, the rights of {
whose members it was proposed to inquire |
j. |
unconstitutional and EnYarrapted. He
denounced it as revolutionary PROPOSE
ion, one step in the march to the consol-
dation Of power, which the people must
oe, and If they know their own safety,
will stop. He argued that the result of 2
he recent election was owing to the over r
Fhelming change in pubic sentiment,
nd called the attention of Morton to the !,
act that similar change had taken d
'laos in his State. c
Mr., Morton. without arising from his Z
eat, replied that such change was ?
kelly to occur in his (Bayard's) State c
lso.
Bayard's retort was quick and to the
oint, that if the Republicans did carry
is State, he would not do as Morton now
} the Senate for relief This Vas II
A KILLING REBUKE.
[orton picked his nose, and the
alleries could not be restrained from ap-
auding Hayard.
The President called them to order,
I'D gave directions that if quiet could
1t be maintained, the sergeant,at-arms
oHld be called upon to clear the gal
Morton subsequently replied 70 btr.
ayard retort, by asserting that uni
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