The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-03-16
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Speefai Dispatea 20 the Chicago Tribune
WAsHINaToH D. c.. Peb. 2e.-pheTe
was FOR half an hour in the House this
afternoon, repetition Of the scenes with
which the eainnesty debate had made the
public fatniliar. The South was again
pitted against the North The arbitrary
and unwarranted rulings Of an ex-Rebel
Chairman proteHpore, aud the prevalence
OF the fipe-rninutes rule, done Dreventeda
spectacle as astounding az the recent pass
ace at arms between Blaine and Tlill AS
t1yas, the South and New Rnaland again
met IN the person (as Ben Hill wouid pat
it) of the representative OF the Southern
chivalFy who went out of the Union hug
ging the Constitution, and foaght. four
years to- save it, and OF one of the most
enlightened opponents OF that higher law
fanatieism which compelled secession
Ben Hill, Of Georgia, and George u.
Hear. OF Massachusetts,.
CROSS SWORDS
The running debate which preceded this
passaee-at-aFms possessed ifelnatic ele-
bill Granting pensions ethe soldiers of
the war OF 1921 which last was so much
amended in the eSeathefninteTest Kassen
had argued that all the pensioners of the 4
Mexican war in the South wouIa be in
claded In the amended btll Haribus had
insisted that the bili proposed to give to
the enemies az the country that which
Lad been denied to It's defenders Mr.
Jasweil of Wisconsin,, had uFeea that the
bill would repeai from the statute beck
the last vestige of a law which made re-
bellien a crime Kassen had aeain arr
guea that the admission Of Deeple cen--
tended for by Southern speakers would
commit to government 60 the paglnent OF
ali iirebef claims Mr.. Williams, of Wis-
censin, had suggested thar the RepabEi-
cans should rebuke the Democracy for
their treatment Of Unien soldiers ia the
House byvotine for the biA
wfEE.s RFN HIIdI Resr
there was great anxiety upen the faces of
the Democratic leaders They feared
aiAs dangerous lips They gathered
round hiai, bas tee lace 10 restrain him
Hill rose N tell the Northera people ia
CONGRESS three thiness First thas the
Repnblicans IN CONGRESS- area bundle Of
Inconsistencies, and thas their cendeet il
exssperatiag to a patriot Second that
the soldiers oflei22were Union mes
Ben I'D himself wass a. Unfea man, and
had r. :. "a; a n,
csnvassiBe Geersia against the madness of
secession. Third, that secession did noe
originate in the South, but in New Eas-
land, and that Yankees in the Hartfera
Convention were plotting secession when
the soldiers of the warof Isl2lwere bat
ting ferthe Unien in New Orleans
This was
AN IspuDgNT REBpKE
aamenace which Republicans would not
bear in silence. Geersee Hear accepted
the challenge Hee had remained tool
long i, silence under the imnndent haran- |
cues of returned Rebeiss He theaght I
that aaclass of persons who IN any other
country would have been gihbeted and
hung In chains should be more modest !
The North was restise under Slaveeeraey.y
The Republicans believed that the Rebels
who had confessed that the Worth was
right in every case and that secession was
wreHgs who had come back TO share in
he glory Of Republicaa rule and ia eHiov8
the benefits Of Republican legislatioa,
should be more modest and discontinue
their old jargeu "A fer the Hartford
Convention ne begged 70 teaeh Ben Hill 81
lessenEia New England history, and ten
himthat the Hartford CeHventioa never
resissaaee by feree. and that
were in fact a. transcript !
of the Substance of the Virginia reselu-
tieHs Of i 19s
laccurse Of this philinpie the Demo-
Gratis Frequently attempted 10 choke Mr..
Hear down and Eth himself repeatedly
interrupted him The plrpese Of Hills |
INTERRUPTIONS was 10 attempt to