Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-02-11

upon this dispatch, he said Gen. Sheridan, IN
a seething csldrOn Of corruption, feared
that rumors might cause his superiors here to
feel dstrust in him, and sent this dispatch
| to the Secretary 1t was then the Secretary
replied in haste, "All Of us approve your
course" Later in the day he sent him an.
other dispatch to the effect that the President
and Cabinet were firm in the belief that all
acts of his in New Orleans had been and
would be judicious.
Referring to the banditti dispatch, Mr.
Conkling said Sheridan did suggest impossi-
BILE and violent modes Of procedure. If Sher-
idan called the murderers banditti what code
had he offendedg He applied the term to the
notorious malefactors, those who robbed and
plundered, and such as he has offended OBJ
iected to It, The right of Sheridan has been
free airof the Republic, but should the day
come when q degenerate apostate would
Judge him unfit to breathe the free air of this
Republic then we had better burn the me-
MORALS of our forefathers, dance on the tomb
at Mount Vernon, and fling down the
obclisk on Bunker Hill. Sheridan's sword
was not the stained sword of an assassin. The
blood upon it was of those who tried to de-
stroy the fairest fabric of free government
that the world has ever seen. 1t was the
sword of soldier who had been fighting that
free government might not perish from the
earth He (Conkling) would gladly, in this
chamber, let bygones be bvgones, but when
the most ilustrious soldier was denounced,
the retrospect was forced upon him. Sweep
ing denunciations and disparagement of the
national authorities will not pacify the South.
They will not carry the next Presidential
election. When Gov. Kellogg is impeached
or indicted, when Gen. Emory or Gen. de
Trobrand is prosecuted by court-martial or
otherwise, then grave questions may arise.
The Senator from Ohio (Thurman) cried out
yesterday, What excuse has Emory? He
(Conkling) did not know. He did not appear
for Emory. He did not appear to vindicate
the President of the United States. He needed
no vindication. He was a stranger to the
whole proceedings. He did not appear to
champion the Republican party. The Re-
publican party was in no sense privy to the
record of the transactions in New Orleans.
The Senator said much had been done in
louisiana on both sides, which he could not
approve. He did not appear for Gov. KEEL
logg, but he spoke for common sense, for
common right. If there was defect in kel-
logg's title to the office of Governor, that had
nothing to do with this case He argued that
the laws of Louisiana required the Clerk of
the former House to call the roll of the sue
ceeding one, and that law was made for the
very purpose of avoiding such a s'ratagem
and conspiracy as was witnessed in the Legis-
lature on the 4th of January
Mr.. Conkling then argued that it was the
encouragement which the Democrats Of the
South received from those of the North that
caused them to commit outrages. The Sen
ator from Ohio had spoken of the butcheries
law. 1t was no way to deter strong headed
men from violence by telling them that they
were right in complaining of all their griev-
ances. If the Democrats wanted to deter vio-
lence in the South, they could not do it by de-
nouncing the laws of Congress. 1t had been
commended that the Governor of Louisiana
had no right to interfere in the organization
of the Legislature. No one said Gov
ernor could organize a Legislature. The
Governor Of State had nothing to do with
consecrating a Bishop or dcdicating church,
but if a tumult should arise at such consecra-
ton or dedication the civil magistrate had as
much right to suppress it as if it had broken
out at race-course, in playhouse or a
skating rink The civil authorities in Swift
zerland had nothing to do with baptizing chill
dren, but the other day, when such baptizlng
in Geneva was attended by disturbance, not
only the civil authorities but the military laid
strong hands upon the offenders.
He next referred to the recent disturbance
in the Penitentiary at Lincoln, Neb., and the
call of the Governor for Federal troops from
Omaha, which were Immediately sent.
Mr.. Thurman asked where was the law for
furnishing troops for quelling the disturbance
in the Penitentiary.
Mr. Conkling said he was glad that human
ity went so far that even the convicts in the
Penitentiary of Nebraska were not without
somebody to speak for them. Why was IL
that of all those who had supported the tenn
pie of liberty none had brought forward a res
olutiOn in regard to the use of troops at Lin
coin? There had rot even been u spasm Of
virtue here in regard to it.
The Senator continued In the presence Of
all the turbulence, disorder and din which
ruled the hour in the Louisiana Legislature
on Jan. 4, Senators said that everything was
peaceful, that the Governor and all others
should have remained silent spectators. The
Republican party, the President Of the United
States, and much of the residue of mankind
had been threatened with destruction because
those whom Gov. Kellogg summoned, and
who responded, were soldiers-soldiers Of the
United States-hrclings they were called by
the honorable Senator from Maryland Ham
ilton). He said they were hirelings, and
withered them by saying they received only
IS "A month. Hireling. But for such hire
lings there might not now be Senate cham
Der to reverberate with the eloquence of the
honorable Senator from Maryland; but for
these hirelings we might not now be permit
ted to breathe the air of the Republic but
for these hirelings it is certain we would not
be permitted to breathe the air Of a free Re-
public This remnant Of our army must re-
main somewhere, but if found south of
Mason Il Dixon's line somebody's no.
bilty was offended. The soldiers
Of the nation found in that
section were buried under the anathemas Of
the Democratic party, branded with the cpl
thets of carpet-bagger, scalawag, white mig
ger and the like. Their lot was hard one.
One political party never called soldiers hire
lings until they were summoned to trample
down arebellion which lifted its bloody hands
to stab the Republic to the heart 1t was not
always so. The Democratic party was once
the soldiers party and war party. 1t APP
for new wars for Cuba and for conquest; but