Wilmington journal., 1875-01-08

| We'll as states governed oy hepuDl
cans. He WAS sure that such was II
case IN the South. Since the war liz
i solitary arm had been raised in
Southern State against the power {
the Federal government, ard yet th
| southern people were charged da
after day With being disloyal toward
| the governments because there wer
| riots az election or riots at cross roads
| A band of misguided negroes VIII
marched at night with arms TO murde
| ana hearts to piunder could not be al
tackled by whites in self-defence.
| they were attacked, and copff:ct re
suited IN which q few were kiiie; tn
South was then charged with disloyal
ty and antagonism TO the Fedora
Government. COlored miitiamel
might Insult women. rob, pllIage ane
drag .nno"cnt men from their beds
and when the white men resisted
them the Southern people were hel(
up as murderers and assasslus. MeI
were sent down among them who haC
no common interest with them. Ihess
men made the laws, collected the tax
rs, and governed the Southern people
aud then maligned the same people
Ii the Sou: b asks 4 how New England
wou q like that, how the West would
iihe that, and strived by every Lawful
means to overthrow these men. her
people were charged with being mur-
derers aud assa@aIIs. How long are
We thus to be misunderstood III the
fuce OF every evidence we give OF our
readiness to meet the Northern people
upon equal grounds? But We are told
that we intimidate voters. 1t does not
matter what may be our minority,
though We may be rs one to many,
-tIil we intltutd,,te voters; it would
soon be found tnat there was intim;
da lou on the other side. He (Gor-
doT) then read from the Chicago In
fe1 Ocean certain testimony taken in
,ii2naIiaa to the effect that bacon for
the relief Of persons IN the oyeriiUwed
districts was distributed to persons
living cut OF these districts on the eve
of the election. Other cotored men
swore that they had been discharged
for voting the Republican ticket and
othe.a that they had been beaten and
turned out OF Charcl for so voting,
'fhst Senator from Indiana (Morton)
yesterday lad spoken Of the lies sent
out 10y tnr Southern Associated Press
AGENTS, He (G0rdou) thought that ii
iibei on the Aasocias,-,i Press of the
South, anI h- Thought ne knew as
much about II as The Senator from In
dana. He (GOrdQ-.j as a Senator ard
a man, recognizing his responsibility
to lis country and to his God, would
say these things are true. (Renewed
applause III the galleries Con-
finuing his arguments he said:
Liars are they, what does the Senator
10 with the reporters sent ont BY the
leading papers of the conntry from the
city oI New York, are they also liars,
+ So why d. d not tine Senator charge
{. They testified to the very same
lass IF facts, Why Mr.. President
ioes it find a place in the Senator's
leart 10 charge falsehood upon the
southern reporters, when If falsehoOd
xitod it also existed in the city of
New York No sir the Senotor COW
red beGore the power Of the Herald,
rribue and Times and he dare not
ay 1t, (kenewed applause il the
salieri-s.)
Chair-Sargent give notice that
I any iurther applause be made that
he rule y IL be enforced and the
galleries cleared.
Gordon res1ming said he WAS forced
. the conclusion that those on the
,ther side WHO claim t. bG lie friends
If law and order desiIo murder i'll the
Southern States, they knew when
'eace came, when people Of this
;0untry understand each other as The Y
re beginning thank God to understand
ach other now. Guod Government
would ensue. life, liberty and proper
Y would be safe, and there would be
70 place for these disturbing spirits.
lie was responsible only for his belief,
,Ut lie thought it true, and in time
history would write It down so. Not
vas armed There were not half so
many armed as before the war. There
we're not So many military companies
n the SOush as before the war. Even
he old fashioned double barrelcd
hot-gun has almost disappeared, aud
vas it all right for the Government to
.rm the black militia and disarm the
White n.en? Before the mea who had
% interest with the southern peorI
,xcept to arraigu the blacks against
hem came there, good feeling existed
1etWeen whites and blacks. There
we're churches and schooIhouses i'll
ne South for the blacks, and IN every
southern State mouey had been con-
by the whites for schoolhOus-
- and churches for the blacks. The
southern white people had contributed
more than any one else for those pur
poses. Only the other day resident
If Georgia in his last will and tcsta-
nent bequeathed one hundred thou
sand dollars to educate the colored
people. Did the Senator from Yer
mont (E,3Lnnnds) think these the acts
)f semi bar barism which he attributed
o the Southern people Ill his speech
yesterday?
Edmurds said the Senator did not
quote him correctly.
Gordon-Does the Senator say that
le did not say that before the war the
South Was in state of semi-barba-
rism
Edmupds-I DO.
Edmunds then requested the Sem
ator to read from the record what he
lid say.
Gordon-Never mind what may be
IN the record; the words are in my
memory and tciU not ont.
Edmunds-WeIi, the Senator has
the record, and If he can fish ont of it
anything Of that character, then lis,
Is equal to his audaci,!.-
Sensation.
Gordon--I took down the Senators
words as he said them, and am respon-
sible fer them.
Edmunds-Responsibility is a very
good thing.
Gurdon-The want of it sometimes
is a very good thing, too. Uaughter.)
He then read from the record OF yes
terday, Nj Edtnund's remarks when
he said When [ see Mr.. President,
as I have not yet seen, that the people
d they call themselves, the white
81 the white Democrats, or
the white Conslgvs4t YES, or whatever
they may be. if any ;Statein this Union
where they find that any of their as
sociates have committed assassinatiCn
or murder or wrong upon their fellow
C tizens for no cause but opinion sakt, :,
turn upon him as III this, they would
turn upon him or in Vermont without
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