Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-09
Hamburg in tn Senate.

tlt TIeS.Q1Ht aLu atClluk dUSlUS UUCuuCn'' ~
refereuce 20 the recent trouble at Hamburg,
South Carolina,
ar. Eaton, Of Connecticut, ,sumcl his It,
marks lroul the point where bic suspended
Muotay. lie SAID tuerc was one tLlbg over
winch hc lett ri Diced, and that Was that 10
democratic Senator had yet found The OCCASION
f attacking the char vi either Ut the nonl.
iuees ui he republican party. lie rtcognzcu
those nJmInccs as gentlemen oi h ghIy Respect
ape character, and so ial ds hc kucW, hlgaiy
Respectable il pout Of I'd lily. The ca. dl1ate
OF tie Democratic party fur President stood
higr cfore The people, aud no wards OF his
(Mr. Eatua) cou elevate him ln inc ml.ds OF
he ueopie. II : had !. void 20 say, nUw4vcr,
in regaru 10 he democratic uomlnce TOR Wee
prysident because he had been the Object Of
abuse GU this f or. The honorable S;uator
FROM Vermont (Mr. b luunds) had attempted
10 con,iuce the So.-te and tn try, not
that there had been horrible outragc al Ham
burg, bu, hat The democratic caudlduto i"r
Vice President was DOT hOurst, and II elected
would not administer h: laws of tha Un.ttd
States That Was bold charge by the oena.i
TOT, who puuIcu 10 his DO X when he made II,
aud sad be quoted FROM 'hc record. bat:
rec I'D? TIE record OF the Votes OF al hon"st
ulan Ia this chamber. Were the Senators from
New York. Delaware and other SIa;eS to 60 ~
ths Senator FROM Vermont 10 hdd out W bat
Was constitutional doctrine III I'll the dis
tiuguished Senator led on auy papW lci1 makes
hun our &c Al ?'-Mr s. -tou- tkeF- s.+st-ee the
Clerk &c aod had rtad au Xr ct ir5m
speech OF Nj Merton, delivered at Rlchlnoad,
Iua., Sept. %, 1865, 10 the effect that there
should be a pcriYl OF probation and prepara-
| {, t.,tn
| brought to the exercise OF political power and
that hey were nul hi 70 Dc lmtpedlttol j. lifted
iuo political power, g., and re>umlug his ar
gum :ut said the honorable Senator had chang
ed Ills opinion slice thea. Dad auybouy blame
hun Tor the portion he q, Gu :led ten or eleven
wears ago? Certainly uot. NJ honest man
could. Did aoy houtst mau blame Mr. Heud-
rlcks tor the position lie occupied ten 0, Clever
| years agu2 Certainly not. Mr.. Hendricks,
when he voted against the constitutional
| amendments, md not believe the AtriCa4 race
was cupabiC OF selt-govcrnmen;; neither dlu tue
Senator from ludaua al that ,lm.. MIR. ticn-
bricks aud Mr.. Tiiden both s;.'d they accepted
the amendments to the Constitution. II" ar
gucd that the Democratic party 10 the North
| had always been true 10 the tUuStiiu'IOr. 1t
any Republican Senator could say the Rrpub-
| ican party was true to the Constitution fro!
| 1856 10 1866 !1t h!m say 50. The Senator from
Vermont sir. Edmuud- had dwell; upon ia.
word rebel. 1t seemed tu be sweet mor>eI
| for hlm TO r0i! uGler his tongue The tenn
rebel ought not 10 be howitd III this h>or ty
! auyhoIy. Ii was done ouly &c tauDt tnc ref
| resentallvt OF he Southern States here. IL
was to guay them into SOHO acton which mis hi
uoL DC pleasant to the people Of the North.
| Il then referred 20 the argument OF Mr.. Ed
i > nv
nr lis ConSllu ion, aud said The people Of u
State mad right 20 call new convection to
| frame u new constitution. Wheu the people OF
| Now 70 desired to change her Constitution,
her indcu, Seymour, Conkling, kernan, Morgan
aud other great lncr determined the matter aud
not the Senator from Vermont. The sovereign
State of L, xas saw fit TO rcisr her rlgh!, and
the convention was Gated by u ma Jrlty OF
50 900 # her people. The Honorable Seuator
from Vermont had argued that Texas promise
! to give oae forth Of all her taxes for education
! as condition upon whcn she should cure back
INTO the UDuG. Mr. Eatoo then asked 1t
Texas was ever Out OF the Union, he thought
| not. Wheu the Stare OF Texas thougnt proper
to change her constitution II did Dot become
| thu. Sea. tor from Frrmyut 10 talk about Il dem
ocratic mai ,rlly N lie State being r :organ'zed
| rebellion Mr. EatuD thea quoted iiG;u the
Washington Republican oil tbs date to show
| that the Democratic parry carried the election
| in Alabama yesterday by 50 UUO rDa jorIty, and
said lee the honorable Senator trum Vermont
weep. There was not single outrage. but a
trir, honest, yoJd election.
Mr. Spencer. Of Alabama, said those were
Associated Pres, dIspa chcs, ana that paper
did not hold Itself Responsible for them Ii was
true that 10 many counties OF Allbam. the ne.
groes, did not vote, on account OF Intimidation
Mr. E,top-lhc Associated Press is not un.
der coutgol OF tine democratic party pot by a
long deal
Mr. Patterson, OF South Caroliua-The As
sociated Press Is not under contro nj the detn-
ocratic party in the South, but every agent oil
the Associated Press iD The South is democrat.
Nh Euou-Welj, | suppose they could not
get any body else there who coull read aud
write. Great Taught on the h1or and 10 the
galleries | understand thai it's under charge
Of a mau named OrtoD, whom | have met, and
! | believe be is republican,.
Mr. Spencer, of A.abama-l believe the AS.
s1cated Press IS under cnutroI OF tlr. Simon.
ton, and Mr.. OtoD has bothlDg 10 60 with IT,.
| will ask my friend. the Senator fron CaIi!or-
MA Mr. Sargent ii an not correct.
Mr.. E ton-WcI, | believe he is repubi
can.
Mr.. Sargent, of CaIiforpia--My impression
is that Mr. SImoutou is republican,, | thuk
| he has that credit.
Mr. Eaton Il do not say it is discrcdt to
HIM by any manner or MEANS and when you
eau puiot to one to whom it is credit [ am
very happy to know II.
Mr.. SareeDt-l AN very glad the Senator
will admit SO much III favor OF any republican,
! Mr. EatOu-l know uauy good republicans
five hundred OF them IL my town v1ted for
me the last lime vas candidate. Renew
| I'd laughter.
Mr. Spencer said large runber of coored
people 10 Alabama were 81 iu,imdatcd yester
DAY that thry Gid DOT 20 to The polls aud vote.
| He believed ii Was true. }
| Mr.. Eaton-I will give the Senator the bene.
| Il, of bis belief. | dou't beli2v" any such
thing ILaughter.l Continuing tisarruueot,
he said the black mcu 10 the Suuin, al the in-
stigaion of bad white men, had banded TO-.