The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-01-06

ueh were murdered In AoulsianR, no
voice was raised on the Democratic
side OF this chamber to challenge the
wrong perpettated. He charged that
these murders were committed by tho
Democrat Had the Senator from
Delaware (Saulsbory) become the
Brutus of this day-to tear the purple
robes from CnAar. that the country
might applaud? He Nogan) was as
much in favor Of having this informa.
ton before the Senate ns any one here.
but he desired to warn his friends on
the other side of the chamber, that
they must make their friends stop their
murders; If they did not, they would
be made to stop, and the armies of the
United States would be nsed to ston
them. Those who stood by these muir
derers were no better than those who
committed the crime. Here there was
a slight demonstration towards AID.
plause in the gallery. but it was
promptly checked by the Vioo .Prosi-
dent. Thurman said he had been
asked to point out the precedents where
the words suggested by the Senator
from New York (Oonkling) were omit
ted from resolutions OF inquiry, and
quoted several-among them one sub
mitted by Edmunds, in 1868. request.
ing the President to inform the Senate
whether he had established military
departments, &c. Edmunds said: Did
any one raise the point that the
words, ''if not incompatible with the
public interests" should be inserted?
Thurman: Why, nobody imagined
that the Senator from Vermont could
offer q resolution not in due form.
lLaughter.1 He next quoted from
resolution submitted by Morrill,, OF
Maine. in 1874, in reference to the 90.
cupation of the Indian Territory, and
said he was not here to defend homi.
eide, but it would not do to attempt to
defend these violations of the Consti.
tuition and law by talking of murders,
assassinations, Sc. When the cause of
these crimes come to be known, the
American people would see that there
were two sides to the question. Boay.
of Missouri, said he was not an apoio.
gist for murder and disturbances; but
he did not see how the people of Lou
Islam could submit quietly to ell the
outrages heaped upon them. lap.
plause in the gallery, but promptly
checked by the presiding officer. !
Edmunds said it was high time that
the people of this country-and by
that he meant the whole people, those
who have become citizens under the
recent amendments to the Constitu-
tlon-should know whether they were
to have liberty. or, to use o Western
and Democratic phrase. whether they
are to be "frozeE out" by assassins-
ton and murder, which the Senator
from Ohio gently calls homicide. He
would tell the Senator that tae 18th.
14th and 10Th amendments to the Con-
stitution of the United States were in.
tended to be. and will be. just as firm
ly planted in practice in this country
as they are now on the cry. The poo
pie OF this country would not see
thousands and tens of thousands of
citizens made the victims of assa ssipa-
ton, merely because they wished to
assert their constitutional rights. An
honest and injured man in any State
should have the right to call upon his
Government for protection. II it
should turn out that these very men,
who were being defended on the op-
posite side Of the chamber, today.
were the aggressors in the South, he
hoped all these declarations about des-
potisms and Cmsarisms would be taken
back. He then read the telegram from
Gen. Sheridan, published in the morn
ing papers, and said the testimony Of
that officer was entitled to weight.
Continuing his argument, he said he
had always been taught that the pro-
lection of human life and human
liberty Was the chief duty of the Go.
vernmept. Thurman said he did not
see what Ku Klux ontrages had to do
with the subject matter before the
Senate. Senators could denounce the
people of the South az aesaesins-cnll
them ku Klux and all such choice
words from the Radical vocabulary
bat he did not see what that had to
do with the fact, that the army Of the
United States had been used in viola.
ton of all law. Crime had been com.
mitted in New England, people bad
been hung there without jury, but that
did not make all the people of that
section criminals. The army OF the
United States had been used in Loui.
siana. without authority of Law, to de-
termine who were members OF the
Legislature, and to organize it, not by
lawful means, but by Che haycset. r
the President of the United States
were to overthrow, tomorrow, any