Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-02-05
The Whole Radical crew Recognize The
Portrait and Writhe In Shame
and Anger-A Passage
at Arms Results,
The Painter, Censured by the Speaker,
SustaIrs Himself with Credit aud
DigBiIy-What the Beast
Said for Himself.

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Ton Reputhcdn this mo ning, In which 4. wa,
alleged thut in the alteration yesterday be
tween Butler and n lean the latter haC
reached his hand behind aim 10 grasp a pis.
tol.
NJ. Bouut spoke against the bill as an en-.
/ tire annihilation OF States rights
{ Mr.. Sener defended his lsition as being the
! only Republican member who had Voted
/ against tue motion TO suspeL the rule - M
~ tsta ,,i, oiI, a new rule oy which the civil
[ Tlgh' = hill could be passed. He bRd stood by
has party In all other matters with all the abb I
ity ana power which he possessed, because he
Delieve1 IL was the only party that could give
10 the county solid and honest adTninistra-
! ton. He believed he was not disapDOIn.ei
IN that, when the passions OF the hour lad
! passed away ~ would bs accorded 70 him that
ne mad done his duty as he understood IT. He
! opposed the civil rights bill in accord dsnce
WIN ne views OF the people OF his district
! re had Deen de'est-d FOR congress 10 1874
aIthough be had received within ffty of the
1 Whole colored vote OF the district, and he was
~ d-feated because at the last moment n
FEHor was Circulated that under the spur
/ ana IA OF party GiSci pline he might yield
( ms 90 ct convictions and support the civil
s1Ehts blll. The Republican party, IN forcing
! thls biii, was attempting to do by legislation
/ what Eever had been done by legislation
that was 10 correct and cure prejudice. The
atfeHiiou OF the house was given in marked
drgree to Nr. EeneT's remarks
Z ME X hosf spoke IN IRvOr OF the bill said
ne Cld not be levo that Il toe bill passed into
I law lt wolld pro0uce any very great or
! lmIne late effect for good for evil in the
southern states, DuS he value OF the act va-
similar TO that Of the declaration OF inde-
Mr. Z. II Roberts insisted that the time had
! c me VIII n congress could say that law should
De 10 Ie -pecter OF psT-Ous.
| Mr.. stewart said that he would vote against
/ The DILL in all its details. because he did not
! believe IL TO be in the Interest of the coIored
people or OF the white people. he believed
! mat Il wOuld work inc8lculable damage. He
] DID not believe that a n sjOrlty of the think
/ ing, careful colOred peuple were in favor of ii
! sir. Cain said the cOiOred people controlled
] the whole school syst-m OF South Carolina
! and they had not mixed school in the sta Q
/ except ths State co lege
| Mr.. COBB [KaRsa>l asked him what he
! thought won Il be the euect OF the passage OF
| the bli on the school system of the south.
Mr.. Cain repliel that If The United. states
/ government pas ed the law and insisted on
! obedience TO II. there won d be no trouble at
/ all: lApplauSe on tho republican side
| MIR Hynes asked him 4 be did not believe
| II every southern ztate were control ed by the
| Democratic party tae whole common school
I - stem would he abolished rather than have
mixed schools
| Mr.. Cain replied that he did not know that;
ne could not judge the D. mOcTacy. Laugh
! teT.l He believed that the colored people
were willing 10 accspt an' thing necessary for
/ the welfare Of the country. secure TO us, he
stld, our noer.y; secure us peace; give us q
| chance 10 live; put 10 restrictions on as, and
We ask no more or the American people
Loud applause from the colorei crowd IN lie
| galleries and from the Republican members
SIR. Critic den opposed the bill.
MIR. White advocated his own substitute
| as against either the enate OF house bil and
sAld mat he occupied n middle ground be-
tween the friends aud enemies or the civil
sir Caldwell protested against the bill in
sny OF It's forms or phrases, and argued that
a cOIOTed man needed no additional pTotec.
ton
Mr.. EIdridge protested soIemnIy against
| the proposed leglalalion. This anu kindred
measures were only for The benefit OF unprID-
cipied carpetbaggeTs ana scallawag-, d q pot
| house politicians who would make meIchau-
disc Of all the rights OF the coiored race, and
OF their body aud souls II they could thereby
Keep themselves In the control OF place and
pow eT.
Mr. Brown Zy.l oppoaed the BILL although
be acknowledged that IL was n fOreSOne con-
clusion that tO-day's sun woulJ SET upon II as
the law of the land. en- on the Rrpubli an
side had been dTagOOned into its support: =
success had been IN a measure accomplished
Oy daring ana revolutionary lnVaslOns on
ume-houored rules OF the house. 1t had been
U1rn in malignity, would be passed in def
ance and VIC alton OF the constitution, and be
executed IN violence and blOodsned, lie
feared.
Mr.. Hale IN. " objected TO the last SEN
tence as un parliamentary, but IL having been
reduced to writing asd read from the lerk's
desk, the speaker ruled that II did not tran
scend the limits OF parliamentary debate.
Mr.. Brown, continuing his remarks, said
he regarded the bill as a paGt Of the ma
cDineTy, to be set in motion Tor the cam psig
OF 1876. He believed tnat deliberate cOnspi-
raey had ueen formed for the overthrow OF
constl utionsl HOtrty. You men said that
thy who propose 10 pass this bill have beeu
z.
the Speaker informed Mr.. Brown that he
must address tas chair
Mr.. Brown-Hr speaker, your cond uct in
this ana other matters laughter at effect OF
BroWus obedience to lhe speaker reminds
me OF the y age IN Junius, wuere be de-
scrtbes bad tenant having received notice
10 quit bgean breaking the iurnitu e, putting
The 'ouSe In soId-r, ana doing all that he
could To veX the landlord. Mr. Speaker, the
south is broken. 1t lies in helpiessness and
despair, with homes d1lapidAted, villages
was ed, and its D ople b~uktupt Is there
nothing in that stuat on 10 touch you
with pity? II your maguacimity cannot
sense of Justice? By a conspiracy between
the attoIney-g-ne al, aud Kellogg aud
state was overthrOWn. That usurpa1on
has been peTpetusted since by OayOpets. But
Te entity one of your generals entered the leg
lattve halls as cromwell entered the Eu-
gli.h parliament with Colonel Pride, and
rIthlessly expelled the uccuPRnts Onward
anu onward ou 20 in defiance of the scnIi-
ment Of the country, without city and with
out justice, remorselessly determined, il
sec ms, 10 drive The southeI n people to des rue
ton, 10 give their 70 IFS 10 the flames ana their
hesh 10 the eagles. A Federal general
steps on the scene aud sends a dispatch to
the world that the people Of that state
are banaltu We have heard II echoed else
where thai they Were thieves and murderers
and ntght-riuers. The clergy of that State,
Jew and Gentle, have denied 1t. The bust
ness men and northern residents uave Uenied
II A committee OF your own house IN aIOT-
ity b-ing Repu OlicaDs have given IL q solemn
ana emp Ia &c co LTaulc Ion ana naf Led the
slH. der 10 he counter. now what should be
said II that accusation should come fiom one
II SPEAK not OF men, but OF language within
the ru o. Of this hOuse-if that accusation
against that people should come from one
Who ls outlawed in his own home from re-
sp ctabie = ciety, whose name IS synpny-
nous with falsehOOd, ~ no is the cham pion a.
who has been such on al Occasion-, OF fraud,
who is an apOlOgisI OF liars, who is such q
prodigy OF vice and mesnness that 10 de
scribe him Imagination would sicken, and
iuveCtlve would exhaust itself. In SEQ land,
wears a.O, there was "a man whose trade was
muTdeT, and he earned his living by selling
the dvHd bed es OF his wet nus n gold. He
linked his name 10 his crime, and to-day
throughout the world IL Is known as "BuTk-
ing"
spesker-Does the chair understand the
gentleman 10 be referring in this language TO
= member 4 the houseG
Mr. BrOwn-No, sir, / aTn describing a
cha acter who il in my minds eye.
Speaker-The chair understood the gentle
man TO refer - member of the house.
Mr. Brown-So, sir, cal no names. This
mans name wa. linked TO his crimes, and to-
day through the world IL l. known as Burk.
Ing. II was 10 descry 10 express all that
Was pusillanimous In war, inhumsn in
peace, o dding In morals, sud infamous IN
politics should call IL Butleriziug. eusa-
uJn.i
The speaker dnterrrptlng Mr. Browu)-Tbe
gentleman do not deal in goOd faith with
the cAaiF. re oid not answer II good faith
the questions addressed 10 him.
M Hale \. y iuslsted that Nr
Browne language be reduced 10 writing. and
TrstA from Lle eIh desk.
while The reporter was writing Il down the
excitement In The house was al white hCat
lLe speaker look occasion = remark fur
ther, that he nsd n { Oeeh paying clos, attea-
uOu TO WLal the gentlr man from keatuczy
had said, and had add ssed al inQuirv 10
him whlcl had be- q answered either denur-
riugly or evasiyely; the char could not lei
which. l. would have been iueGCusa bic IN
the chair to have permitted slCn language 10
be- used, and Als eXculpatICn rested ON Bu
eyasiye reply OF the gentleman from Ken
IN Ky.
The report o. Mr.. Browns Objectionable re-
marks having been read from the clerk s desk
hr. Ha.e y. y offered a resolution that IN
thai Language, iaa well as tle pfeyarics-tiO1,
b. which the gentleman was enabled 70 con-
Time the uit-rance Cf such LANGUAGE. the
enusman ITom Kentucky wa guilty or a
vocation o. the privileges OF she house. and
Eoerited The seFeresL ensure o. the house,
nad that hs b. no~ brought 70 the B.T OF tt.
house IN 0ust0dy o. the s-rgea Rl-at-arnns and
tusre be pubiicIy oeasured BY the GpeERer IN
the usme OF the hoU-s,h
Mr Dawes offered the following e. = Eubsti-
tuts for M. Hale's resOl luton:
Rssolt cd, That John Young Brown. a mem
Der OF the house from the state OF Kentucky,