The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-26
CONGRESS.
SENATE.
MAsHINaToN. LannnrY %.

| Secretary G0fhaM called the senate 4
order and read letter from Vice Presi
dent Wilson dated Saturday last, an
nOuncing that pressing engagement
would prevent his attendance at the open
ing Of the Senate to-day,
Mr.. Boutwell, submitted resolution
declaring Henry B, Anthony, Of RhodC
Island, President pro tempore Of tn
Senate, Agreed to.
The usual resolution, directing thu
Secretary to inform the President ant
House OF Representatives OF the election
Of Anthony, Agreed to,
Mr.. Morrill,, Of Maine, presented III,
credentials Of Hannibal Hamlin Us a Sen
ator for the term Of six years from AIarCl
4, 1875. Placed on the file.
The Chair laid before the Senate u let
ter from the Secretary Of War in answer
to resolution Of the Senate on the ! It'll
instant, transmitting copies OF corrGspon'
Ilence in relation to certain disorders IN
the State OF Louisiana. Ordered printed
and referred to the Committee on Privi.
leges and Elections,
Mr.. Robertson presented joint resOlu.
ton from the South Carolina Legislature,
asking for an appropriation Of SlOOO OOOOtO
deepen the harbor at Charleston. Re-
ferred.
Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont, introduced u
bill to establish an education fund and
apply portion OF the proceeds Of public
lands to public education, and to provide
for more complete endowment and sup
port Of national colleges for the advance
ment Of scientific and Industrial education.
Ordered printed and Ibid on the table,
A large number OF petitions were pre-
sented for the repeal Of M act Of 1872
relieving certain foreign products Of ten
per cent duty, and against the repeal for
the restoration Of duty on tea and coffee,
Referred.
After the mornings business tho Chm
mittee on Naval Affairs had the ilOOr for
the disposition Of bills on the calendar
reported by that Committee.
A bill for the relief OF the survivors Of
the Polaris was passed,
At the expiration Of the morning hour
tho Louisiana discussion was resumed
and johnson addressed the Senate.
Referring to the Presidents messnge
in answer to q resolution Of the Senate,
he said the President had not informed
the Senate, rs requested why officers Of
the army Of the United States had been
permitted to interfere IN the organization
Of the Louisiana Legislature. The Pres
ident hnd really told the armyi Go to
Louisiana; do what Kellogg IIsyou; and
the orders Of Kellogg were the orders Of
the President. The Republican. lRgis-
lature IN Louisiana had seated men in
place OF three or four elected by General
Detrobriand, The men seated in these
places had no right in the world to the
seats; why did not the President have
them put outH They were there in def
ance Of all'law.
lie next spoke Of troops being stationed
in the South, and said their presence
there was the cause Of the greaiest, dis
cord. The President, as commander.in.
chief OF the army, was bound to obey the
Constitution, and II was his duty 10 in.
struct his Generals to obey the law. II
they did not know, lie should teach them.
Tho President had declared In his mes-
Page that ii error had been committed
by the army II had been on the side Of
good order and maintenance Of law. Was
II to maintain law that the President
undertook to decide who were members
of the Louisiana LegisIatnrc2 Was Il to
maintain lawtha directions were given
that the army should obey the orders Of
Kellogg? II 20, where was the law. lie
denied that my Ku-Klux organization
existed In the South, and In conclusion
said all that the Southern people demand.
ed was the rightto govern themselves.
Mr.. Pease sent To the Clerks desk and
had read the resolutions Of the Mississippi
Legislature endorsing the action Of Gen.
Sheridan in Louisiana, and said the
President had been declared an usurper
and military dictator. lie had been ar
rnigncd on mere newspaper reports.
When the facts came out 1t was shown
that instead Of any attempt to overthrow
the government Of Louisiana the presi-
dent had only performed that which his
oath Of office compelled him to. The
President was bound to recognize Kel.
l0gg as Governor Of the Stnlc. Congress
has taken no action TO establish q govern.
ment and the President had no other
course than the recognition Kellogg left
him. lie said the net Of Wilt was part
Of a conspiracy on the part Of the Demo.
Gratis to overthrow tho government Of
Louisiana. Not one word Of Censlre had
come from the Democratic side Uf this
chamber towards Wiltz, who was a revO-
lutionist. lie was surprised that any
American Senator should stand in his
place and apologize for the Otltrngcs com.
mitLed In Louisiana In the last few years.
when 1t had been Showntha $500 persons
had been murdered there for political rea.
SONS since 1866. lie read from The report
Of SChurz pOn the condition Of the South,
made in 1865, and said he begged to as.
sure that Senator (Schtrz) that the con.
llitiOn he found then had been growing
worse every day since. This new move;
ment at the South meant revolution and
destruction of the Republic. Under The
political teachings Of the Senator from
Missouri (Schur1) his State had been
turned over to the Secession Democracy,
and lie would have the Republican pnriy
now turn over the South to the White
League banditti. The old Kn.Klnx or
gunizatinn aud the White League of to.
day we're the same. Yet these innrherurs
and asSassinS had their apolOgists on this
floor.
Mr.. Thurman said the Senator had ns.
serted that aSSassins anil mnrderGts had
apologisls on this door. lie demanded
that the Senator maine The apOlogisls.
Mr.. Pease said that perhaps he should
qualify that abatement. lie had not In
his place heard the Senator apologize for
murder and assassination. lIut when the
Senator's on the Republican side spoke of
these crimes, the Senator's on the other
side had treated them lightly, and snid.
at Is your Radical outrage mill. gotten
up for political purposes" When the
Senators from the South charged that the
Associated Press was in the hands Of The
White Leagtie, the other side paid no at.
tention.
Mr.. Thurman utterly denied that
there had been any member on the Demo.
cratic side who had said one word by way
Of apology for assassination, and there
was no foundation for making such a
charge. The Democratic Senator'S had
e&aggeratinn and falsehood,
When Il came to be question Of vefacity
betMeen the Senator from Mississinni nnl