The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-01-07
houses aud; charohes for. the blacks.

houses and charches for the blacks.
The Southern white people had con-
tributed more than any one else. Only
the other day, 3 resident of Georgia,
In hls last will and testament, be-
queathed 100000 to eduoate oolored
people. Did the Senator from Yer
mont (Edmunds) think these acts of
semi barbarism, which he attributed to
the Southern people in his speech yes.
terday? Edmunds said the Senator
did not quote him correctly. Gordon
Docs the Senator say that he did not
say, before the war the South was in u
state OF semibarbarism? Edmunds-
l do. Edmunds then requested the
Senator to read from the Record what
he did soy Gordon-Never mind
what may be- In the Record. the words
are In my memory, and will not out.
Edmunds-Well. the Senator has the
Record, and if he can fish out
OF it anything of that charac.
ter, then his ingenuity is equal
to his audacity. Sensation. Cor
don-l took down the Senator's words
az ns sait iiiou and an responsible for
them. s-ResponsibiIity is u
very good thing. Gordon-The want
OF 1t sometimes il very good thing,
too. Laughter Gordon then read
from the Record of yesterday Mr.. Ed.
munds' remarks, where he eaid /:
"When see. MIR. President, as I have
not yet seen, that the people. as they
call themselves, the White Leaguers,
or the white Democrats. or white Con.
servatives. or whatever they may be,
OF any State in this Union when they
find that any of their associates have
com mittsd assassination or murder .r
wrong upon their fellow citizens, for
no cause but opinions sake. turn upon
him. I'D In Ohio, they would turn upou
him, or IN Vermont, without respect
OF party and bring him under the
heavy hand of justice, then I shall be-
gin to have some faith that our South
ern brotheTs, who, it seems, have
not yet forgotten the old man.
uers and ways of semi-barburian
times, have thought better of it." &c.
Sesum ming his argument. Gordon said,
where Is the audacity DOW in bringing
the Senator before the chamber, as
have done? He then referred to the
history of the Southern people in the
revolutionary war, and spoke of many
statesmen and soldiers from that seq
ton, and said if such men aud deeds
be evidence of standardization, he was
willing to accept before his country
and befare Heaven all the crime at
tached to it. But enough of this; he
came here with q heart full Of good
will towards every one, aud trusted
shs: nothing ho had said =ca!a DC e.
tributed to any feeling Of auimosity.
His faith was firm that right, justice
aud truth would triumph, and the
feeling of good will. already begun
between the North and Sosth.
would continue to unite and
build up our common country.
[Applause in the galleries. Edmunds
said the honorable Senator had mis-.
stated what he (Edmunds) said, aud
arraigned him before the Senate for
using certain language. Gordon said
the Senator (Edmunda) was mistaken
in his position. He (Gordon) did not
arraign him. hut simply repeiled the
arraienment Edmunds made of his
people. Edmunds said the Senator
bad repeated d phrnse which bordered
on semi-barbarism-th he was re-
sponsible for what he eaid. Was there
uny necessity for that? 1t reminded
him Of what the predecessors of the
honorable Senator used to say, when
they had Me- better argument, they
would fight it out by the duel. The
honorable Senator. in speaking of bis
people, had referred largely to the glo.
ries they attained in the interest of our
common country. So they did. aud
they deserved the gratitude of the
country for it: but, unfortunately,
there had been moro recent period,
when, by the conduct Of Davis, Lee,
TOombs, and others whom lie might
name. blood had been shed for the de-
struction of that same flag. There was
late period in the history of the
United States, which did not rebound
to the credit of the Southern people us
much AZ the carly history which the
Semntor had alluded to. Democrats
and Republicans in the Northern
States lived side by side; they had hotly
contested elections, but the ballot-box
settled all matters, and they mingled
together in society, good friends;
it did not become tho Senator, with
the fairness which characterized his
conduct. to impute to him (Edmunds)
any feeling of animosity or dislike for
the people of the Southern States. All
he desired WAS security for life and