The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-01-17
AMNESTY.
BEN. HILLS SPEECH.
THE ANSWER TO BLAINEs HAIR
ANGUE

NORTHERN PRISONs-A PATRIOTIC fEhOh-
ALTON.
On Monday Mr.. Blaine delivered his malignant
speech upon the amnesty bill. On Tuesday some
minor matters were disposed OF and the amnesty
bill discussed by Mr.. Hill, OF Ga. He dis
claimed all desire on the part of himself and
his associates of the South 10 reopen Ill feeling
between the sections. The country mad already
suffered enough from feuds- He and his associ-
ates had come here with the patriotic idea o re-
membering nothing but the country AID the
whole country, and turning their backs upon
the horrors of The past, to look with all earnest
ness to find glories for the future.
The gentleman (3laine) who was the acknOwl-
edged leader Of the republican parry IN the
House and was the aspiring leader OF the repuD-
ncan party of the country, has, however, wlled
wounds which we healing should be r-opened
and that the ssiOns which were hushed should
be reinh med. He (riiD wished the House TO
undersl and thai he and his associates did not
recipr0c ste either the purpose or the manifest
desire # the gentleman, and while they felt II
their imperative duty 10 vindtcate the ruth OF
history as regards the sect on did
not calcu ate to aid the gentleman ia
that WORK of elimination AMI OF recrimi-
nation and of keeping up the war by poll 1cla s
alter the brave men law said that the war shall
end. The gentle nan from Maine had made two
points in mis- soe ch, the mas nanimlty aad
grace of the republican party and the b. uta1ty
OF hose whom he was pleased 10 term rebels. AS
70 the lirst qu siion ne ala not propose 10 weary
the House to-day, because with the history OF
the last ID years yet fresh in the mino Of the
world, twas useless o S oeak of the grace and
magnaIlimiIy OF the republican party. With
the master enslaved with il telligence disfran-
chised, with society disordered, with
states subveI:ed, with legislatures dis
ford to taiK of srsce and magnanimitv If
that were grace and magnanimity, he prayed
God TO save the country in the future from such
virtues. The gentleman from Maine had made
the grave indictment against Mr.. Davis that he
was guilty OF the murders and crimes at Ander
sOnvilIe, and the gentleman (Blaine) stood be-
after making such a charge ne failed TO prove
II. H (Hil!) would take up the gentleman
propositions in their order he hoped that no
eulogy on MI. Davis. The record on
which his fame must rest had been
made up, and his companions and friends lad
remiiIed that record 20 the only tribunal that
would ha G an impair tal 1udgment-honest
posterity. n the meantime no eulogy h S
could help it, no eensure fir I'M the gentleman
(Baine) could DANA IL, AID no act or resolu-
ton of the Hoase could effect it.
THE CHARGE AGAINST MR.. DAVIS
was that he was deliberate willful scheming
murder>r OF thousands Of his fellow citizens.
Knowing the high character and reputation OF
the gentleman from Ma ne, he (HilD had sup
posed, when he heard the charge fall from his
lips, that he had certainly made
a recent discovery and he listened
for the evidences. But what was itq
Nothing but the partial report of a congress
Sional committee. The te timOny read was eX-
clusively ex parte testimony, taken while the
gentleman nOwton trial before the country was in
prison, without a hearing and without an oppOr-
tunity of hearin.. II there was any principle
held sacrs d in the Ang o-SRxon mind il was
thai an EngIIshman was no to be condemned
until he should be conf onted with his wit
nesses. But the testimony was not only eX
psrte, but was mutilaI ed, viciously mutilated,
palpaby mutilated, most adroitly mutilaied.
In this conneci ion Mr.. Hill referred 10 the
statement OF DIR. Jones, one of the witnesses
In the Wirz trial. who had been sent by the
confederate government TO make report as to
AF1ffl hnC
port had never reached the confederate au
thorities. That report had, in the hands of the
Judge advocate been " Initiated, and DIR. Jones
had called the atten of the court TO the tact,
one OF the suppressed statements being that
home-sicg ness and disappointments among the
prisoners had been more destructive OF life than
any physical cause. During the whole three
months of the Wirz trial the federal govern
ment. with all the me rs atits disposal, mad not
prOduc d a ingle witness to connect Mr.. Davi-
with single atrocity. Even on the
day of his execution, Wiz had been
offered a Communication of his sentence if he
would impiicate Mr.. Dat But Virus an
swer to his counsel was MIR. Schade you know
that have always to d you that do not know
anything against Jefferson LAWS He had no
connection with me as to what was done at An
derSOnville. / would not become a traitor
against him, or any body Else even to save my
life" But, said MIR. Hill, what poor Wirz within
his Ii e, the gentleman from Maine says to the
country for the sake of keeping
his party in power [Sensationl sir
CHRISTIANITY Is A FALsEHOOD,
nuindnlIy Is a he, CIVILIZATION Is cQ6dIs or the
man who would not make a false charge for hi:
life was never guilty of wilful murder. Mr.. Hill
went on to argue that by the logic of MIR
Blaine's speech, in holding Mr.. Davis RESPONSE.
BILE for the acts OF Winder, President Grant
might be held responsible for The acts Of
Mcdonald ana Joyce, and he asked whether
Mr.. Blaine meant 10 est 4blish ru of eonstruc
ton that would authorize The country in ar
raigning President Grant for comp icity in the
whisky frauds Was Mr. Grant responsible, ht
asked. for the Cred q Mobilier, for the SanbOrr
GoIuS 6a? Yet Nh cram had 9d e 90 %
to the Sena of the United states for The
Confirmation for high office of thu
X. Shepherd, 81 Washington, )who stood charged
before the country with the crosses populations
and FRAUDS on this district after the charges mao
been made and whie they pending. He
(HilD was neither the author nor disciple o
such poiiticel logic, bat If the gentIemant
(Baine) proposition with regard TO Mr.. Daviss
Were true, then by The same logic Gsneral Grant
term, was entitled to twenty terms
In twenty penttentiarles. daughter.
The argument was false. IT was libel on tho
American RI Is OF Law and was without prece
dent No precedent for IL could be found In anC
civilized county. He Hill acquitted Genera
Gran of cDmplicity in the whisky frauds any
revenue frauds, and Ihs facts acquitted Mr.
Davis of completely with any atrocity any
where. Mr. Hill proceeded to quote the law o
u confederate government on the sub
jeet o OF the treatment Of prisoner, in
prisoners OF war shall. be the same in quantity
and qulaity, as those furnished to the :enlisteC
men Ia the army Of the cOnfederacy- That la "
he said was passed by the confederate cong ess
was approved by Davis, and was, so far a.
DavS's agency was conc rned, executed. Tit
gentleman from Maine had gone far as to SAY
That Mr.. Davis had sent Gen. Winder to Ander
sOnviile for the purpose OF orEanizing den o
horrors The answer tn that was an order 10
eating the prison, which Hill proce ded q
read and which provided that IL should be in
healthy locality, with plenty of pure water,
running str am snd II possible, shade trees ant
in tneimmed ate neigh bOrhood of grist and saw
mills. That ne said, did not look like organizing
Den Of horrors. Mr.. Blaine had said that M
confederate Or sOneT In the hands of the fedora
9utho titles had suffered, but that they had
always been sllowed to buy whatever they
wanted. The only answer he would give u
that was that he himself had once had the homo
Of being
IN PRISON IN THE NORTH,
and. on the first day of his Imprisonment, tn