The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-01-14


met, Franklin Pierce q Democratic
President, issued his proclamation COM
manding that body to disperse and JEFF
ferson Davis, then Secretary of War is
sued an order, placing the United States
Army under command of the Governor
of that State, Colonel Sumner, afterwards
a general, did disperse the Legislature.
That act was endorsed by the Democratic
party all over the country. But that same
party to-day denounce the Republicans
because Kellogg without an order Of the
President, used the army TO put out men
who were not members Of the Legisa-
ture. Mr. Logan then read an order
from General George B. Mcclellan to
General Banks directing the arrest Of the
MARYLAND Legislature; said order being
dated September ~ 1861. Though the
State of Maryland had not been declared
to be in secession when that order was
issued. The Democrats ran General
Mcclellan for the Presidency the first
time they got chance. They had de-
nounced General Sheridan in this
debate. He would remind them
that history sometimes repeated
itself. One man was made President for
making New Orleans behave itself, and
there might be Il second President from
the same cause. There were plenty of
men in the Southern States who were
ready to rise up and siezc and destroy the
government as was the case once before.
He sent 10 the clerks desk and had read
the resolutions introduced in the Virginia
I "a, Il Z y Z.
/ Governors of all the States to meet for
conference on the Louisiana outrage, and
! said such resolutions breathed spirit Of
! rebellion.
! Mr.. Dawes stated that the resolutions
never were passed.
The Senator from Delaware, Mr.. Bay
ard had said tnat Sheridan was not ut to
breath the air of Republic. If he
was not he, Logan, appealed to heaven to
name man in this world who was. II
Sheridan, who did as much us any man to
preserve the Republic, was not lit to
breath its air whom the name of heaven
was. Mr.. Logan said he could see in th"
canvass now passing before the Senate,
what would transprc when Democrats
should obtain control OF
the country. Sheridan would have
to 90 out then Grant
must pass away, and all the men who
helped to save the Republic would go
out, and the Democrats would bow them
selves before their Earlys, their Brock
inridgs and such men, VINO had tried to
destroy the nation. He thought it would
be long time before the little indiscrcct
remark in the dispatch, would cause the
: American people to forget the services OF
Sheridan and the gentleman who under
took to destroy his fair name by such
language as had been used here, else he
did not understand the hearts Of the
American people.
Bay ard Repeats.
Mr.. Bayard said his right here to COM
mcnt on the character ot an officer oi the
army of the United States were secured
to him by law, and he proposed t. use
! that right according to the dictates OF his
own conscience. " hat he said of that
officer was said calmly and deliberately
and he repeated it now, Sheridan had
drawn disgrace upon himself by his own
! hand. He (Bayard) asked the Senate,
asked the American people, to read the
| dispatch of Gen. Sheridan and then say
that he was fit to breath the air of II
republic. If the idea recommended by
| Sheridan be carried out he would be the
only man free and everybody else only
subject TO his will No matter what re-
spcct he.migkt have for military office he
professcd his superior admiration and re-
spect for the power OF the law, which
. the clories of the soldier should not be
made To surpaSS.
Mr.. Logan said that since the Senator
had repeated his attack upon Sheridan,
he Logan would say that the remark
of the Senator that Sheridan was not fit
to breathe the air OF the Republic, was
an invitation to the White League tn a>-
sassinate him. Ii he WAS not fit to
live in the Republic, he should die. The
Democrats in this chamber had d"nounc-
ed Sheridan more since he wrote that
dispatch than they ever denounced Jeti
Davis and the whole rebellion during the
four years that it was laundering at the
constitution of the country. He next re-
fcrr-d to the speech of the Senator from
North Carolina Mr.. Mcrriman rs
to the peace existing in that state,
and said the only reason why the fore"
existed there to-day, was becnus" tn"
government tried the Ku-k IuN and sent
them to prison. and President Grant told
the people of the State that they must
sop their outragcN or he would make
them and they had to stop through fear.
He next read from the testimony of
John b. Gordon. uf Georgia taken by tIe
committee Of the Senate to investigate
southern outrage, He Logan did not
know if it was the same John B. Gordon
now Senator. That gentleman could
answer for himself. Betor" that COM
miltec Gordon testified in reference to
the Ku-Klux having been spoken
of in the State and the
position Of chief of the order
offered him, but the organization never
was perfected, and he heard no NOR"
about. Mr.. Logan next sent to tn"
Clerks desk and had read letter signed
Jack Brown, claiming to be resident of
Georgia, in which he stated that no man
having any Republican procliyiti"- or
sentiments. could hold any social position
in that State and further complaining oi
the Democrat, -crcnading him with tin
pans when he accepted the nomination
for CONGRESS on the Grant ticket, calling
him hog. Ivc Before Logan concluded
his argument he yielded to Mr.. Boutwell,
for motion for An executive session.
After various bills were introduced and
acted upon, the Senate went INT" rNecu-
tive session and soon adjourned.