St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-01-21

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1862. the Judiciary Committee of the
Confederate Congress made Il report
and offered Il series of resolutions. and
thereupon Senator Hill of Georgia is
recorded us having offered the rc>olu-
tion which | have just read.
Mr.. Hill was Chairman of the Jul
dietary Committee in the Senate. and
very likely. like the Chairman on Rules
ut the last session. | may have consent
ed To that report. daughter ut the
expense of Blaine.)
Mr.. Blaine-DoeS the gentleman ad-
mt that he made that report
MIR. Hill do not know. but it is
very likely. (DeriSive laughter on the
Republican side.)
Mr.. Blainc-The copy which have
quoted from is entitled .'RepuhlicaniSm
III America" | wish to know whether
the gentleman WAS the author of that
resolution.
Mr.. Hill reply that do not rec"l-
lect. (Renewed laughter on the Re
publican sidc.)
Mr.. Blaine (persistently) The gen
tleman does not say that he was not the
author of it,
Mr.. Hill do not, but | think | was
not the author of it.
Mr.. Blaine thought that as the
Gcutlcman's effort was to show the hu-
name character of the Confederate Con
gresS this might aid him in remember
ing the facts.
MIR. BLAINE's REJoINDER.
The next day Mr.. Blaine got the tlooI
again, and replied To Gen. Hill. We
cannot give much of his reply. but only
an extract or two rs specimens
Mr.. Blaine are told that all the
allegations against jefferson Davis
should he forgiven, because they are of
/ the dead past
Mr.. Hill Tin his seat l am alive Z:
put me on trial.
Nh. Blaine We are told that we
should not revive them that there
should hr nothing in the world that
would he calculated to disturb the
peaceful serenity of the centennial wear.
that every allu>iom of llrIS kind i cal
"ulated to do hat very injurious thim"
The very last declaration that We have
from jefferson Davis autlcntically. in
the life which the gentleman read from.
the other day. a. his text book. i this ::
j" the remark of some person that the
clu>c OF that coutcdciacN WIS lost. Mr.
DAVIS sad 1T appears 81. hut the
principle toI which We contcndrd j.
bound To rc-a>>crt itself. though ii may
hc at another time and in another form.
| have here the Atlanta Constitution of
january -. $50. in which there i
reported Il speech made 10y Hon.
Benjamin ii. Hill. and the paper SAYS it
j. the %Iandc>t speech ne ever drliv-
cred.
Mr. Hill Gc>,iugly That is mis-
take.
Nh. Blaine know it i Il mistake
know that the gentleman has delivered
many grand speeches. hut the editor of
this paper SAYS it Was the grandr>t OF
of them all. Let me quote from it
''Fr.l"w citizens. | look To the contest
OF l-1G. not only I> the most important
that has even occurred in American his
tory. but H. the most important that
has occurred in the history OF the world.
F"r. if the people of this country can
not Ice aroused /" give IN unanimous
vote against the republican PATTY. il
VIII put Itself III power 10y precisely the
same means that the president has tax
en- IN Louisiana. and the people are
p"Wcllc>> /" prevent it unless they 90
I" war. u'reat applause. over the war;
II We fail with the ballot box in $50.
10y reason OF force. Il Startling prnp">I-
ton will present itself to the American
people. hope the northern people
have had Il sufficient subsistence of pl>-
SION T." settle this question fairly. but if
We must have wal" YOU see his voice
i still t"r wal
MI. Hill Never.
Mr.. Blair e continuing to quoted II .
We mast have war. if We cannot PIE
serve this constitutional government
through the ballot. if force, i to defeat
the ballot. and if war must come. cod
forbid that it shall come but if fnIh .
and wlckcdnc>> and the imordnatr love
OF power should decree that America
must save her constitution 10y blood.
let ii come. am ready"
Mr. Blaine If Jefferson Davis. the.
in"iIcnt that the crimes OF Anderson
vii" were brought Ia his attention.. had
alIaI%mcd the perpetrators of them at
once. issued an order that no guilty
man should escape. then there Would
he some little consistency III the gentle
man position. (ApplaII>,. on the re-
publican side and III the gillcric>.) Ii
Mas Ill conceived and in very bad ta>t,
Ion the gentleman from Georgia to in
tI"duce Gen. Grants name in this con
nrrtI"n. very bad taste indeed hut
may mention. on the authority nt Airn.
''lant. whom the gentleman from GroI-
ga Impugncd IN connection with the
'\"han%c of prisoners. that one trouble
III relation To the exchange of prisoners
"a> that the Davis government oh
served II" honor in the matter. Gen.
Grant states that the brigade of Carter
Stevenson. who wa> di>lod%cd at Chat
an""ga. WAS made up of parulrd pris- ,
IneI> taken at Nick>buIg. and that
stevenson himself was one of them.
Ihd he states that the parolc prisoners
Nh" were taken. one daN. and dis
'harged. were found. the next day. in y,
l"ni of his line. But in stating this ,,
zen Grant WIS careful to say that. as
"r Lee and the tw" .J"lIn>on> and Penn !;
IrIton and the great confederate ,rru- !.
rails. they had been honor itself. but
hat with the Davis executive govern
mcnt there WAS no homer whatever. As
" the number of prisoners who died +,
N each side. have been told hV an y
IrmN surgeon that there was Il large l.
number of deaths among rebel prison :,
Is. but that. during the latter part of -
he war. they came into our hands very J.
nuch exhausted. ill-rlad. lifted. dis ;,
a>cd. and they died of the diseases =
hey brought. One eminent surgeon ;,
aid t" me that the question was not. I,
hat was the condition of prisoners l.
hen they came To us, but what il WAS
hen they were sent back. Our men
we're taken in full health and strength :
hey came back MAstcd and Mnrn skrlr I