The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-10
GORDON.
sioUewaIl No, . Makes n Gallant
stand III Congress.

Gordon, of Georgia, said ho did
not propose to reply to tho speech Of
tho senator (Wcs0; no was quito
willing that it should 60 to the
country aud make its own answer
but when the people, whom no
(Gordon) loved as his own life, whose
fortunes were his through veal or
woe, were called assassins and muir.
dorers, no could not and would not
remain silent and If his voice and
gestures were tremulous with emo
ton, it was not emotion Of anger,
but Of Indignation at the outrage
pcrpctrated upon his people. He
stood aghast at tho spectacle pre-.
sented in this senate yesterday-a
spectacle Of ono portion OF the
members seeking to ruin the fair
name and the honor Of the people
Of ono section of this country before
the civilized world. He was amazed,
utterly amazed, that there should be
found in the hearts of mon, with
whom he daily associated upon this
floor, 80 much hate. He was totally
unpreparod for il, and if he believed
to-day that the expressions which
no heard from senators lips yester-
day reflected the sentiments Of the
northern people, he would feel that
it was time for the southern people
to die. If he believed that these ex-
pressions foreshadowed the policy
Of the government towards the
south, then he would say let us have
done with tho farce of local self
government. He did not believe
such sentiments were entertained
by the northern people did not
believe that the brave men against
whom the people Of the south had
lately contended, entertained any
such sentiments. He believed tho
great majority of the American
people, of both north and south,
white and black, abhorred any such
spirit Of luminosity. He believed the
movement inauguratej in 1872 by
that largo. hearted and large-headed
man Of Now York to bring about
good feeling and harmony would
be successful. In the support which
he (Gordtnl gave the resolution, as
presented by tho senator from Ohio,
(ThurmaO he protested against any
construction which would make it
appear he was wanting in respect
to the president Of the United
States. Much had been said here
about tho president being command
erin chief of the army. He (Gor.
don was glad he was commanders
in-chief glad that the military was
subordinate to civil powers. He
did not propose to discuss the reso.
luton, but to reply to what he was
forced to conclude were gratuitons
insults offered to his people by some
of the senators on the other side of
the chamber 1t was charged that
murder prevailed throughout the
south and that these murders were
by the hands of the democratic
white mans party. His reply to
that was brief The charge was
false. 1t was true murders had
occurred, but no one deplored them
more than himself, nor more than
the people he represented His
people had always said that the class
of people committing these murders
were the worst enemy of the south.
If murders wore committed was
that any reason for branding the
whole southern people as a set of
assassins and barbarians? Wher-
ever in the southern states the peo-
pie of honesty and integrity had
control of public affairs, property,
life and liberty are as safe az they
are in any OF the northern states.
Applause in the galleries