New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-14

had not been declared to be IN secsssips
when that order was issued. The I,olnce
erats ran General Mcclellan for Presiciens
the first time they got the chance. T'hsys
had denounced Sheridan in this debate: is
would remind them history sometimes rss
peats itself. and there might be 3 secons.
President from the same cause, Tberts
were plenty OF men in the Southern
States who were ready to rise up, seiass
and destroy the gov ernment. as was tbs. G
case once before He sent to tho clerk.
desk and had read resolutions introduced iss
the Virginia Legislature few days ago.
requesting the Governors of all States te.
meet for conference upon the Louisiana o1as.
rage, and said such resolutions breathed a
spirit Of rebellion.
MIR. Davis. of West Virginia, stated th:
resolutions never were passed.
MIR. Logan said it was true, as il had beer.
said here, that Virginia had furnished, .
Washington, a Patrick Henry and Jetfer.
eOn, but the second brood did not equal the,
former. He had no hatred for the Southern:
people and would meet them friendly i:
they would obey the laws. The Senatos
from Delaware (Bayard) had said Sheridas
was not hit to breathe air of republic. L:
he was not he Logan) appealed to heaven
to name the man in this land wh.
was! 1t Sheridan, who did as much
as any man beneath the shining sun
NSSA' EcPuClS was hOb IS
to breathe its air, who in the.
name Of heaven was He LoganJ could
see on the canvass now passing before the.
Senate what would transpire when tho
Democrats should obtain control Cs the
country Sheridan would have to 60 out !:
then Grant must pass away; all men who
helped to save the republic would have to-
go out. and the Democrats would bow
themselves in-bOw in their Earlys, thsif
Breckeuridges and such men, who had triets
to destroy the nation. He thought it would
be long time in this country before a.
little indiscreet remark in a dispatch;
would cause the American people to forge.
the services of Phil Sheridan, and the gsn.
tlemen who undertook to destroy his fair
name by such language as had been ;lsetS
here did not understand the hearts q! the
American people.
Mr.. Bayard, of Delaware, said his rights
here to comment upon the character OF AZ.
officer of the army of the United States
were secured to him by the law. and pro.
dictates Of his own conscience. What Las
said Q this officer was said calmly and
deliberately, and he repeated it now. Sher,
idan had drawn the disgrace upon himeels
by his own hand. He (Bayard) asked the.
Senate-asked tho American people-so
read the dispatch Of Sheridan, and then say
that he was fit to breathe the air of the
Sheridan should be carried out, he woulSs
be the only man free, and everybody el-s
would rest subject to his will. No matte.
what respect he (Bayard) might have for .
military officer. he here professed his supe.
riOr admiration and respect for the YOwez
OF the law, which the glOries of the seldiSr
should not be made to surpass.
MIR. Logan said since the Senator had ~.
peated his attack upon Sheridan, ma
(Logan) would say that the remark OF thas
Senator. that Sheridan was not fit e.
breathe the air of the republic, was an ia.
vitation to the White League to assassinatU
him. If he was not tit to live in the SIS.
this Chamber had denounced Sherida:
more since he wrote this dispatch than thsy
ever denounced Jeff Davis ana the wh0las
rebellion during the four years it waa
laundering at the constitution of the cOur.
try. He next referred to the speech of thS
Senator from North Carolina (Merrimon
as to peace existing in that State, and said
the only reason why peace existed there
to-day was because the government ha&
tried the ku-Klux, and sent them to tho
penitentiary. Grant told the people
Of that State they must stop their
outrages, or he would make them, and
they had to stop through fear. He
would read from the testimony of John Il.
Gordon, Of Georgia, taken by COMMITTEES
RACES. He lLogan) did not know if it was
the same John B. Gordon, now Senator.
That gentleman could answer for himself.
Before that committee Mr. Gordon testified
in reference to Ku Klux having been spoken
OF in his State, and that the position of chief
OF the order was offered TO him, but the
organization never was perfected, and he
heard no more about it. Mr., Logan next sens
to the clerks desk and had read q letter
signed by Jack Brown, claiming to be a.
resident of Georgia, in which he stated that
no man having any Republican proclivitiea
or sentiments could hold any social position
in that State, and further complained OF
the Democrats serenading him with Cir.
pans when he accepted a nomination for
Congress on the Grant ticket, called him y
hog, etc.
Before Mr.. Logan concluded his a.eu.
ment he yielded to Mr.. Bout we'll far = 1nc>
ton for executive session.