Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-01-28


bellion.
The Senator from Delaware (Bayard) had
said that Sheridan was not tit to breathe the
air of the Republic. He Uogan) appealed to
Heaven to name in this land who was, il
Sheridan, who did as much as any man be-
meath the shining sun to preserve the Repub-
lie, was not fit to breathe its air. He (Logan)
could see in the canvass now passing before
the Senate what would trapspire when the
Democrats should obtain possession of the
country. Sheridan would have to go out
then; Grant must pass away. All the good
men who helped to save the Republic would
have to go out and the Democrats would bow
themselves In, bow in their Earlys, their
Breckinridges, and such men, who had tried
to destroy the nation He thought it would
be long time, in this country, before that little
indiscreet remark in the diepatch would cause
the American people to forget the services of
Phil. Sheridan. The gentleman who under
took to destroy his fair name by such language
as has been used here did not understand the
hearts of the American people.
Mr.. Logan said that the remark that Sher-
dan was not fit to breathe the air of the Repub-
lie" was an invitation to the White League to
assassinate him. If he were not fit to live in
the Republic he should die The Democrats
in this chamber had denounced Sheridan
more since he wrote that dispatch than they
ever denounced jeff. Davis and the whole re-
belllon during the four years it was thunder
ing at the Constitution of the country. He
ne xt referred to the speech of the Senator
from North Carolina (Merriam) as to the
peace existing in that State, and said that the
only reason why peace was there to-day was
because the Government tried the Ku-
Klux and sent them to the penitentiary. Pres
| dent Grant told the people Of that State that
they must stop their outrages or he would
| make them, and they had to stop through
fear. He next read from the testimony of
| Gordon, Of Georgia. taken by the committee
| OF the Senate to investigate the Southern out
RACES He (Logan) did not know If it were
! the same j Ohm B. Gordon now i'm the Senate.
| That gentleman could answer for himself be-
fore that committee. Gordon testified in
reference to the ku-Klux having been spoken
Of in that State and that the position Of chief
Of that order was offered him, but the organ
| ization never was perfected and he heard
| nothing more about it,
| Senator Logan next sent to the Clerks
| desk and had read letter signed by Jack
| Brown, claiming to be a resident Of Georgia,
| In which he stated that no man having any
| Republican procliyities or sentiments could
/ hold any social position in that State, and
| further complained of Democrats who sere-
naded him with tin pans when he accepted
the nomination for Con gress on the Grant
ticket, calling him hog, etc,
He then read from the election returns Of
| Georgia, al d said that in the Fourth District
! there were but eighteen Republican votes out
| OF u population of $4,000. There was but
| one explanation for this fact, and that was
| that threats made toward the colored people
| made them afraid to exercise the rig hts given
them by the Constitution and laws of the
country. He then sent to the Clerks desk
and had read an editorial from paper pub
lished in Atlanta, Ga, commenting on the
toll Nf tdn,, In, ilt
leans and saying 1t was probable that, fool
like, Sheridan might ornament lamp-post
in that city, and further calling upon the
people of New Orleans to begin lighting, as
the time had come for them to strike.
Mr.. Logan said he had no doubt there were
many Democrats in the South who would
like To- see Sheridan hung to a lamp-post. He
cared not whether the editor OF the paper re-
Elected the sentiment OF the people Of Georgia
or not. Such language had its effect
upon the people Of Louisiana, who We're
easily excited. He next referred TO Alabama,
and had read a letter of Judge kies In ref
erence to the shooting Of his SON. He (Mr.
Logan admitted there were murders in
the North, but the Northern people punished
murderers. There had been several hanged in
that section within the past two or three
months, and others were in the penitentiary.
The difference was that In the North murder
ers were hung or sent to State prison, while
| in the South they were not even
indicted. Judge Kiels' son was muir
dered while in company with his father,
who was guarding the balot-box There
| We're no such murders as these In the
| North There might be fraud there, but men
were never murdered for political opinions.
| lie next read from an Alabama paper to the
elect that Robert Read (colored), member of
| the Legislature from Sumter County, was
| summoned TO Mobile As witness in case.
After he had testified he was set upon by three
| White Lcaguers and assaulted. Pistols were
| drawn by them, and he had 10 take refuge in
the Court House Tor safety He then spoke
of outrages in the South at some length, and
| SAID the stencil OF outrage, murder and pill
lage went up to heaven and cried for revenge
for those innocent victims. He sent to the
Clerks desk and had read the report of Gen.
| Sheridan 10 the Secretary OF War, dated Jan
| TO- 1878, stating that $500 persons had been
murdered in Louisiana since 1866, and argued
| that these murders were committed by men
banded together for this purpose, and they
| were handitu.
| Mr.. LoA An said the Democratic Senators ON
this floor had said to Republicans: With.
| draw your troops If you want peace. He
| tMr. Logan had heard it said once before
| Withdraw your troops from Fort Sumter il
YOU want peace. Democrats had control OF
this country once aud left it in bankruptcy
and with treason all over the land. The Re
| publican party had been accused Of being OPP
| press!,e. In what did its oppression consisty
Instead of leaving the Southern States AS
! Territories, where il could have had jurisdc.
| ton over them for the next twenty wears,
what did the party dos II reorganized them
As States, and adiuitted AS representatives on
| This floor men who had Numbered against the
| gates Of liberty. There was not man asking
! for paruon who did not get 1t. Was that OPP
/ pressious What VAS 10 be seen to-day? The
| Republican party had admitted to Congress
| men who took arms In their hands against
| the Governmental twenty. seven IN the other
/ branch of Congress and three in this The
! Vice President of the Southern Confederacy
| held seat IN the other house OF Congress nv
| the clemeney OF the Republicans; yet the Re