The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-01-06

whole story; and this could be don
by amending The resolution d 90 as t,
have tbe President send to the Senate am.
IinforBatfon he has IN regard to the evidenc.
Of armed organization in Louisiana hostif
to the government OF the State. Whit th,
President had done had been done for tit
preservation, of the public peaee. It hst
been done In view of the fact That murder
had been rampant in Louisiana.
BIZ. HOWE, OF Wisconsin,, supported the
amendment of the Senator from New Yorh
(Mr. ConkliugS he saw no objection tc
having the President furnish she Information
and bad no DOUBT that 1t would be furnished
It would promote me public interest Instead
Of psejudicing 1t. ..-,E, = Z. ssi!:3lfi
Mr. SALISBURY, OF Delaware, said there
had been Federal interference I'D Louisiana,
and be hoped the time had not come when
Cesar might clotbe himself in purple and
bid defiance to the America people. In the
elections last fall these very usurpations in the
southern States had much to downh casting
the ballot as it was against the, party power.
2 Mr. LOGAN, of Illinois, said when colored
men were murdered In Louisiana no voice
was raised on the Democratic side of this
chamber to challenge the wrong perpetrated.
L
mitted by Democrats. Had the Senator
! from Delaware become the Brutus Of this
day to tear the purple robes from Gear that
the country might applaud? He logan was
as much in favor Of having this informa-
ton before 1.-The Senate as any one
here, but he desired to warn his friends on
the other. side OF the chamber that they
must make their friends stop their murders.
If they did not they would be made to stop,
and the. armies Of the United States would
be used to stop them. Those who stood by
these murderers were no better than those
who committed the crime. laere there was
slight demonstration towards applause in
the gallery, but it was promptly checked by
the VIcE-PREsIDENr.]
Senator THURMAN, of Ohio, said he had
been asked to point out presidents where
the words suggested by the Senator from
New York (Copkling) were omitted from
resolutions OF inquiry, and quoted several,
among them one submitted by Mr.. Edmunds
in 1858 requesting the President to inform
the Senate whether he had established mill
tary departments, &c.
Mr.. EDMUNDs: Did any one raise the point
that the words eff not incompatible with
| the public interest" should be inserted2
| MIR. THURMAN: Nobody ever imagined
that the Senator from Vermont could offer a
resolution not in due form. Laughter
He next quoted from resolution submitted
by Mr.. Morrill,, of Maize, in 1874, in refer
ence to occupation of Indian territory, and
said be was not here to defend homicide,
but it would not do to attempt to defend
these violations OF the Constilu tion and law
By talking Of murders, assassinations, &c.
When the cause of these crimes came to be
known the American people would see that
there were two sides to the question.
Mr.. BoGY, OF Missouri, said he was not an
apologist for murder and disturbance, but
he did not see how the people Of Louisiana
could submit quietly to oil the outrages
heaped upon them. LApplause in the gale
ries, but promptly checked by the presiding
officer.] -.
Mr.. EDMUNDs said it was high time that
the people of this country-and by that ht
meant the whole people, those who have
become citizens under the recent amend
mepts to the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES know
whether they were to have liberty
or. to use western and Democratic
phrase, whether they are to be "frozeI
out" by assassination and murder, whicl
the Senator from Ohio gently calls homi
eide, he would tell the Senator that tn
Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth
amendments to the Constitution OF tn
United States were intended to be, and viii
be, Just as firmly planted in practice in TIL
country as they are now in theory. In
people of this country would not SCI
thousands and tens Of thousands OF citizen
made the victims of assassination merel.
because they wished to assert their constr
tntional rights. An honest and injured
man in any State should have the RICH
10 call upon his Government for pro
| lection, If it should turn out tina
these very men who we're being defended OIL
the opposite side of the chamber to-day wer'
the aggressors in the South he hoped al
these declarations about despoIism and Ca
sarism would be taken back. He here reat
the telegram from General Sheridan pub
lished in the mornings papers, and said tn
testimony of that officer was entitled Il
weight. Continuing his argument, he salt
he had always been taught that the protec
ton of human life and human liberty wa
the chief duty Of the Government.
Senator THURHAN did not see what kuklu1
outrsges had to do with the subject matte
before the Senate. Senator'S could denounc'
| the people Of the South IS assasslns, cal
them kuklux, and all such choice words from
! the Radical vocabulary, but he did not SET
what that had to do with the fact that tht
army of the United States had been used il
violation Of all lazy. Crime had been com
mitted in New England, people had beer
hung there without jury, but that did MOI
make all the people Of that section criminals
The army Of the United States bad beer
used in Louisiana without authority o.
law to determine who were members
of the Legislature and to organize It, not by
lawful means, but by the bayonet. II the
President OF the United States were to over
throw tomorrow any southern State gov
ernment he would be defended by the same
CRY of kuklux, white league, murder, etc
That would not do. The time had passed
when a plain violation Of the Constitution
and law could be thus abused. The doml
nant party tried that on last fall when 1t set ul
southern outrage mill, with the Attorney.
General as chief miller, but the people Of
the country rejected the product OF that mill
It was the duty of Congress to harmonizs
the people of the whole country, and moi
TO produce sectional hatred by constantly
preaching that the people OF one section are
assassins and murderers. What warrant sao
! the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Edmunds
| for charging that the people of Louisiana
were assassins and murderers because some
| lives were lost there? Did that fact MAKE
| the people of the whole State assasslraf
Mr.. MORTON said he welcomed this-resolu
ton, but he wanted 1t enlarged so.that tn
whole truth could be told. 1t woI3d atfor'
an opportunity to contradict the aaediot lia
from Louisiana. What evidence was thes
that the Conservatives had carried. the esee
tIon there except The word Of the Wat
Leaguerst
The Senate adjourned without action
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Several bills of local character werspasset
Mr. Rrr1Fp. of Massachusetts,, sl0yed .