Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-06
EVENING STAR.
CONGRESSIONAL.


Il
| SENATE.-Aficr our report cIosNI de,,s T.,
on Mr. Thurmsn's Louisisn resolution was
| continued.
Mr.. Thurman ,iisSen,ei rrom tho ,,,eus q,
| MfJonkling as 10 the usage Of the senate In
| Time of peace he was not ready fo admit
| That The answer To our resolutions should ne
| President. He wanted 10 know who sllei
| for the use of troops i'm Louisiana. He dtd
| rot want this thing decided by talk about
| about n tumuituous spirit Great t,rsil there
| would he tumultuous spirit in New York
| IN plio, In Michigan, IL such things ~ this
| were attempted, IL the will OF military COM
| mander was Ia override the will of = state.
| Mr. Conkling read from Barclays Manual
| ahu from various presidents 10 prove that
| the usage oi the Senate had been e. leave 10
! Vie judgment of the President the pronrfety
of answering resolutions ADDRESSED - HIM
| Mr. Morton said Mr.. Thurman argued aS IL
| hiS wils q mandate 10 the President. a. In he
| hid right To compel the President 10 answer
| Ei> questions: hut the resolution ~ ne has
| drawn 10 leaves a. entirely IN the diScrrtip1
81 the Frr>idcu; Ia answer. a. IL rel-s,S hin,
| IL We are lo nave information on TINS sub
| jet, let uS have the whole story: t., tba
| whole facts - The country. This can d. done
| - .t"lin2 Ia the inquiry whether IA has in
formation IL Ia the pNi>tenc, o. arm Al bpii =
81 men iIU>til" Ia the government at fn.. state
| We know bow nUUier and ASSESS upfiul, has
run riut in Louisiana, and j; may o. that TIL
President hats actn; in fhr interest af hfsil!f-
~. He then aliUt,si 80 thu testimony ,f
General Ogden. the commander 90 tho Wuirr
League. - to- tnr objects and acts ot thar or
Y
tDushatt1 and Nick>hgr-, ami Irf ~ have
The whole story. In view al IN" fact thlt
murucr = rampant in Louisiana, that there
l. no security tor lllr and property Tor a large
portion of the peoplr al that state. these mon
covered with blood, are ready 10 commit
fresh murders, and plunge the stat" into
revolution. a. may turn out Du ihTT-~'ntafi.lu
pt tie whole facts than tn" President nav
nave acted To deserve the thanks at the CUIu-
Try.
Mr.. Howe stated that he would vote for the
amendment suggested 10y Ir Conkiins Ue
wanted Ia know All the facts iu the ease. lie
was satisfied that the army had been used
either To prevent the organization of The
legislature OF Louisiana. or Ia drive otlt a
hOwilng band OF miScre3atS who were TRYING
10 break up that legislature. He wanted u
know AL about it,
MIR. salisbury, I'm answer tn 2 Query OF Mr.
Howe, a. 10 - What will you do about it," in
case the President should decline 10 answer
the resolution, said that lac hoped "a hal nsl
come 10 this pass. thai amy Caesar could put
on the purple gown and defy the representa-
tlNt- of the people. Ii this was -, 1n1 the
House should not apply ia" remedy. the
American people would do a.. They would
lear the gown from the shoulders ot this
Caesar.
Mr.. Logan characterized the Language OF
Mr.. salisbury a. revolutionary, and said IL
reminded him ot the Language, used in this
chamber and the threats made Just prior TO
the war. He then commented ON the condi-
tlOn of affairs in Louisiana and other states
of the south, and said that today there WAS
in That section an Organization a. hostile a.
ever 10 inc ildNlfbldi dttihIl1Nr ana much
determined a. ever To get the political power
in the south. He then remarked that ha was
lao reNolutIonISt. lac believed in determining
accounting To law and the forms of Law
the result of elections. but he would saw To-
his friends On the other side of the chamber
that il their friends in the south did not Stpn
their murders and outrsts,.S they would he
made to do it; and he was in FAVOR of using
the army To stop them. He thought. further
that the men who approx Ell of their damna-
able crimes were rs bad as they. Applause
| in the galleries.l
MIR Thurman read from the Cb, yreSsi9tqI
Globe several resolutions OF inquiry addressed
Ia the President, simply requesting him TO
communicate Information without the gual-
iliCation ''if not Incompatible with the pub
lie interests" Among them was a resolution
/ Introduced Joy Henry Clay, ia 1888. calling on
President Jackson for n copy of a paper read
at n Cabinet meeting in reference 10 the re-
moyal of deposits; and also one introduce
by Mr. EdmundS, i'm lS66. calling on Prr>i-
dent Johnson as To- whether he had cStab-
llShed any new military department since
August, lHG7, and what were his reasons for
such crca ton.
die cases, and the point had not been made
that the resolutions should he drawn accord
ing to the usage of the Senate. He then read
from the Record various instances where The
point had been made. and Invariably The res
olution al inquiry had been modified 10 meet
1t. He (Mr. c. only wished the Usage Of the
Senate COnfOrincd to in this matter. lie
would say To the Senator from Ohio that he
Mr.. c. was just as anxious Tor all the facts
IN this matter io be presented as was that
senator, and lac wished further 10 assure that
Senator that when this whole subject was
fairly before the Senate those on this side oi
the chamber would not shrink from debate pI
the fullest character. and would not rcIma in
on the defensive.
Mr.. EdInunds said he had no doubt that
the President would communicate the infOr-
nation desired at the earliest moment il
could bee properly furnished. aDl il was only
matter of etiquette whether the resolution
should bee cOuched in the usual terms. The
Senator from Ohio. after eNhaustins all his
precedcnts, had failed 10 find single one
where, when this point was made. the usage
bad not been followed. The particular mat
ter OF importance at stake was whether the
amendments TO the Constitution were to be
enforced or whether they were, to use a favor.
lite western and democratic term. TO be
frozen out. So far as he was concerned, the
honorable Senators on the other side were
quite welcome to open an issue OF this kind.
Senators will find they cannot cover up the
dOingS of the White League because of any
Temporary triumph at the elections The
people who rallied around the flag fifteen
years ago are not all asleep. He could tell
The Senators that the thirteenth. the four
teenth and the fifteenth amendments would
Toe as firmly fixed in practice they were
BOW in theory. and that all the people OF
this country viii have the free exercise of
the lights secured TO them by those amend
ments. The trouble in those states has
been that the minority always ruled them
down 10 the close OF the war. and the trouble
il that they cannot continue TO rule them.
There had been great deal of talk ON this
floor about despotism. The real despOtism
was The deSpotism of the White Leaguers.
who wish 10 right things which they do not
like in their own way; not the despOtism Oi
the government. which has preserved peace
l and protected the rights OF all the citizens.
He wanted 10 know. in regard To the occur
| rences of yesterday, whether the White
| Leaguers had, in absolute defiance of the
| laws OF Louisiana, undertaken 10 usurp the
| control of the legislature. The laws of Lot
l isiana were something with which the fed
1 eral government had nothing TO do. Mr. f..
l then read the telegram of General Sheridan
| To the Secretary of War, setting forth the
| disregard OF law existing in Louisiana. Fur
Their, in commenting on affairs in Louisiana.
l he said that il grew out OF a spirit OF oppOSi-
ton to the theory and practice of the amend
ments 10 the constitution. Any man, north
| or south, who thinks that he can make these
| amendments obsolete is making great mis-
| take.
| Mr.. Thurman said i'm the five years ne had
| been in the Senate he had heard this speech
OF Mr.. Edmunds many times, and he had no
l doubt ii had been heard in every town and
hamlet in Vermont. Ii was the same invo-
cation of hate and revenge. Suppose there
had been murders and assassinations in the
south, what had that to do with this reSolu-
| ton, which merely asked whether, in defiance
| of the Constitution and the laws, the army of
| the United States has forcibly interfered with