New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-06

ma, ,nesa very men who surrounded the Legslatur
We're covered with blood and ready to comm" "cs"
MT HOWE Rep ws supported the ameRS% .sM n %,
the Senator from wYork NV; C9n,b ths Infcrma
ton and had doubt that IL would DC iuI t
would promote the public Interest instead c' pe'"u'
Mr. SALISBURY Dem. DELI said there had been beer,
Federal interference in Louisiana ne ,p hsof IN
purple and hid defiance to the American people dn ,ne
Hast Fan these G yefS SsSps the ballot as Il was
"Sa,nst n 1us rep iii said that coorod
s, s unrGored I'm Louisiana voice raised the
Democratic side OF this chamber TO challenge the wrong
ncrCtrafed He charged that these murders com
mitted by Democrats Had the Senator from Delaware
iMr Salisbury become the Brutus OF this day 10 nr
applaudS He tMr Logan) was much IN favor OF
having tins inorma ion before the senate as , auy
side of the chamber that they make their friends
stop their murders n they did not tney wohi ne mso
used To- stop them Those stood by those murder
better than those who committed me crime
Hero there was slight demonstration toward appante
IN the galleries, but 1t was promptly checKeu py the
Wee Presldeni.J 49,, -, l.. ,. o.
Mr.. THURMAN said he had been asked to point out
prectdens where the words suggested by the Senator
from New York (Mr Conklingl were omitted from tne
resolutions If inquiry, and he quoted several among
them one submitted by Mr.. Edmunds IN 1863 requesting
the President 10 inform the senate whether he hau
Mr. EDMUNDS-Dd any one raise the point that the
words, II not compatible with the puohc interest
Mr. THURMAN-why, nobody imagined that the
one form ll.augnter.I He next quoted from res0u-
tior submitted by Mr. Morrill, OF Maine IN 1874, In refer
ence TO the occupation OF the Indian TERRITORY aud sad
he was not here 10 defend these violations OF the Con
sttutiOn and law by talking OF murders. assassnaons
&c. When the cause OF these crimes came to be- known
the American people would see that there were TWO
sides 90 the question: -. - o.,o,,
for murder disturbance but he did not see bow the
people Of Louisiana could submit quietly to all the out-
which promptly checked oy the presiding ofhcer
Mir. EDMUNDS said it wac high time that tle people
hrf hot hl
including those who have become czens nnder Tue re-
cent amendments to the CoustitutOn-shculd know
whether they were TO have liberty To use western
and a Democratic phrase, whether thew are TO be
frozen out" by assassination and murder winch tne
Senator from Ohio gently calls homicide he would
tell the The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and
Fteeuth ndments TO the Constitution Of the United
states were intended to he and will be just as firmly
planted in practice in this country as they are now
thonsauds ana tens of thousands of citizens made the
victims of assassination merely because tIey wshsd to
assert their constitutional rznts An honest and in
urcd man IN any should have the right to call
upon his Government for protection IL 1t shout turn
that these very men who were being defended on
the opposite side Of the House to-day the aggres
sOrs IN the South he hoped all these declarations about
dies potsm and would be taken back. He then
read the telegram from Gen sher published In the
morning papers and sand that the testimony OF that
officer entitled TO weight Continuing his argument
he said he had always been taught that the protection
OF human life and human liberty was the chief duty of
Mr THURMAN said he did not SEQ what Ku-Kux
outrages had do with the subject matter before the
Senate. Senators could den0unce ene people OF the
South a assassins call them Ku-klux and all suea
words Radical vocabulary, but he dd
not see do with the fact that the
United States had been used IN violation OF all
law. Crime had been committed In New England; peo-
ple mad there without jury, but that did not
make all the people OF that section criminals Tue army
of the United States had been used in Louisiana
without authority Of law to determine who were mem
beers OF Legislature aud TO organize IT, not by lawful
meaus but by the bayOnet. If the President OF the
United States were TO overthrow tomorrow any
Southern State Government he would be defended by
the same cry OF Ku-Kux, White League, murder etc.
That would not do. The time had passed when plain
violation of the Constitution and law could DO thus
cused The dominant party tried that on last Fall when
IL up Southern outrage mill with the AttorGey-Gen-
eral as chief miller but the people OF the country
rejected the product of that mill. IL was tho
duty Of Congress TO harmonic the people OF the whole
country, and produce sectional hatred by con-
santly preaching that the people OF one section are
assassins and murderers What warrant had the Sena
tor from Vermont (Mr Edmund) for charging that the
cause some lives lost there did that act make the
people OF whole State assassiDs 7
Mr.. MORTON said he welcomed this resolution, ont
he wanted enlarged the Whole truth could De told.
Ii would afford opportunity TO contra Ict the ten
thousand lies from louisiana What evidence there
that the Conservatives carried the election there except
the word OF the White Leaguersi
Pending discussion on the resolution, Mr.. SARGENT
Rep Call moved to reconsider the by which the
bill allowing gold note banks to issue 80 per cent of the
amount OF their security bonds was Indefinitely post
pOned, and that the same be placed on the calendar
Agreed TO.
Mr.. SHERMAN rep, Ohio) from the Finance Com
mittee, reported favOrably the dill removing the
limitation circulation National banks Issuing gold
NOES. Placed on the calendar.
Ghe Senate at 44O p. adjourned till O'Clock to-
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