Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-01-29
CONGRESSIONAL.
COnkling Gets OF a Presidential
Campaign Speech In the
Senate.
All Night Session of the House,
and all Day FiIibUstering.
SENATE.

SENATE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-Mr. Morrill,, Of
Maine, from the Committee on Appropria-
tiOns, reported faVorably on the bill to pay
the interest due February 1, on the 3-65
bonds of the District Of Columbia. Passed.
Dir. Bogy submitted a resolution in
structing the diciary Committee to in
quire into the expediency Of repeating the
act Of June ], 1872, granting a subsidy to
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
Mr.. Sprsgue, Of Rhode Island, objected
to the present consideration Of the resolu-
tion, and it was referred to the judiciary
Committee.
After the presentation Of a large number
of petitions against the restoration of the
duty on tea and coffee, and for the repeal
Of the act Of 1872, relieving certain foreign
products of 10 per cent. duty, the business
on the calendar Was proceeded with.
House bin grating the right of way and
depot grounds TO the Oregon Central Pa
cific Railroad Company through the public
lands Of the United States, from Winnie
mocca, Nevada, to Columbia river, via
Portland, Oregon, was amended and passed.
The following bills were passed: Sen
ate bill providing for The appointment Of a
commissioner to ascertain the right of a
subject of Great Britain to lands in the
territory which was the subject of award by
the Emperor OfGermany under the treaties
Of 1916 and 1871 between the United
States and Great Britain, and Senate bill
amendatory of and supplementary to the
act Of March !, 1872, entitled, an act to
set apart a certain tract of land lying near
the head waters Of the Yellow Stone as a
public park.
The Senate then resumed the eonsidera-
ton of Mr.. Schurzs resolution in relation
to Louisiana.
Mr.. COnkling began by saying that the
drama which entertains the Senate must
have its run, and that the time had now
come when silence only serves to prOlOng
the wrangle. The Presidential contest for
1876, has been opened in the Senate. The
way in which my amendment was received
by the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Thurman)
told us instantly that we were to be charged
all along the line. Every administration
supporter was ready to vote for the resOlu-
tiOn if made courteous. The course Of the
President was p-ejudged. The opposition
had almost the entire newspaper press of
the land with them. After il had become
notorious that our action would be antici-
pated, if we longer delayed, the resolution
was passed. The plain, manly message came
and now lies upon our table. Then dis
cussion should have ended, but it did not.
The Senator from Missouri (Mr. Schurz)
came forward with his resolution, and so
the machine for grinding out political capi-
tai runs on. Senator Thurman occupied
the attention Of the Senate for four hours
Yesterday, and others are doubtless waiting
to take bis plaza tomorrow. He is the
recognized leader of the Democratic party,
but be did not tell us what to do with the
great Louisiana question. It was the
Senator from Ohio (Mr. Thurman) to
whom the nation looked, more than to any
other man, to originate the policy
of his party. The Honorable Sena-
tor CAIr. ThuTman) when commenting upon
Southern OutrageS, said, in effect, if such
was the condition of society il the South,
il was time that the party which had been
in power through the war ard since the
war should give way and let another party
come in. There was the clue which Un-
raveled this web. That had been the Cos
pel Of the Democrats since the beginning.
Make reconstruction a failure; make it a
miscarriage; keep up an agitation; disturb,
ferment and TevolUtiOniZe, and the time
will come when the country, wearied and
worn out with cOmmOtiOn, will accept any
thing for a change. The sole policy Of the
Democracy seems to be to oppose any meas
ure that originates with Republicans.
The honorable Senator from Ohio, in his
argument, went back to the election Of
1872, and made that period the back
ground for the events Of three weeks ago.
Who made the election in 1872 a fraud?
1t was WarmOtl, the leader of the opposition
in Louisiana, the champion Of Democracy,
who was to carry the State for Greely and
thus help 10 make him President. The
election of 1872 in Louisiana was an Or
eanized fraud. The testimony before the
Senate Committee showed that WarmOth's
control of the election machinery there was
equal to 10000 votes. In every form in
which this question had been tried decision
had been against McEnery. The courts,
both Houses Of Congress and President
have decided against him. Touching
the sending Of Sheridan TO Louisiana,
Mr.. Conkling said the President had
been compelled to listen TO tales of suffer-
ing to which no man could be deaf. They
did not concern the election, but they con-
cerned the lives, homes and property of
those who had never been false to their
country's flag, and under that flag were
hunted as if they were wild beasts. These
entreaties summoned the Chief Magistrate
to his feet. One of these entreaties had
reached him but three days before. II
came from one who for twenty years had
been a resident of Shreveport; a ju-
dicial officer, not appointed by the
President, but appointed by the
court. Mr.. COnkling then referred
to the seizure Of arms in New Orleans in
September last, by the White League, and
sad they had DeYer been given up. Al
though the President by his proclamation,
called upon the insurgents to lay down
their arms and repair peaceably to their
homes, vet after more than three months |
had elapsed, they stood defying the Federal |
Government. The arms not returned con-
sisted of two mountain bOWitzeTs, 624
Springfield breech-loading rifles, 321
Winchester, and 664 Enfield rifles, SO |
Spencer Carbints and ], ,594 bayOnets. These !
arms were carried by these men tO-day,and |
they were in rebellion against the prOcla- |
nation commanding them to lay them
down. The chief magistrate required no
defence for allowing soldiers Of the Union |
to remain in the State Of Louisiana after
the 18th Of September, when they had been |
summoned there 70 arrest a business so |
bloody.
Mr.. Conkling, after devOting considera- |
bic time to SenatoE SchUrZ, fell into the |
beaten track made by other Republican |
Senators in their defense of Grant, Sheri- |
dan and Kellogg, and rehashed what has |
been stated and restated so often in the |
Senate. Without concluding his speech,h |
gave way for al adjournment.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S, Z 4. M.-The /
House is still in session.
9 O'CLOCK l.. M.-There is no change in |