The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-01-28

was the aspiring leader Of the Republican
party Of the country, has, however, wiled
otherwise. and seemed determined that the
wounds which were healing should
be- re-opened; that the passions which were
hushed should he reinfam a.. lie (Mr.
I HID wished the House To Understand thatif
be and his associates did not reciprOcate
either the purpose OF the manifest desire
Of the gentleman; and, while they felt II
their imperative duty 10 vindicate the truth
Of history, as regards their section, they did
not intend 10 say any thing calculated 10 aid
the gentlemen In that work Of elimination
and recriminstiOn, and 81 keeping up the
war hy politicians, after brave men had said
that the war shall end. The gentleman from
Maine had made two points In his speech-the
magnsnmity and grace of the Republican
party, and the brutality of those whom he
pleased 10 term rebels. A. 10 the first ques-
ton he did not propose 10 weary the House,
because, with the history 81 the last fifteen
wears vet fresh In the mind Of the world, IL
was useless 10 speak of the grace and mag
nanimity OF the Republican party. With
master enslayed, with intelligence disfran-
ehised. with society disordered, with States
suhverted, with Legislatures dispersed, the
people could not afford 10 talk Of grace and
magnznmity. II that were grace and mag
naDimiiy- he prayed God 10 save the country
IN the future from such virtues. The gem
flemsn from Maine had made the grave in
dicimcnt against Mr.. Davis that he was
guilty Of the murders and crimes az Ander-
sOnyille, and the gentleman (Blainel stood
before the country with his very fame la
peril II, after making such a charge. he
failed Ia prove il. lie (HilD would take up
the gentleman propositions in their order.
he hoped no one would imagine that he was
here ~ pass any eulogsy on Mr.. Davis. The
record on which his fame must rest had
been made up. and his companions and
friends had RENTED that record To the only
tribunal that would give an impartial judy
ment-honest pO-terity. In the mean time
no euloy OF his could help il; no censure
from the gentleman (Blaine) could damage
IL, and no act or resolution OF the House
could affect it.
The charge against Mr.. Davis was that he
was a deliberate. willful, scheming murder
er Of thousands Of his fellow -citizens.
knowing the high character and reputation
II the gentleman from Maine he (liill had
supposed. when he heard the charge fail
from his lip. that he had certainly made a
recent discovery and he listened for the evil
dsnce. But what was IL: Nothing but the
partial report ~ Congressional Committee.
The Testimony read was exclusively ex-parte
testimony taken while the gentleman now
on trial before the country was in prison
without hearing and without the OppOrtu-
tunity Of hearing. II there was any prin
cipsl held sacred in the AnglO->aNon mind,
il WAS that an Englishman was not 10 be
condemned until he should be confronted
with his witnesses. But the testimony WAS
not only eX parte. but Was mutilsted-in-
genCtisly mutilated, palpably mutilated.
most adroitly mutilated. In this connec-
ton Mr.. Hill referred 10 the statement ~
DIR. Jones, one OF the witnesses on the
Wrz trial. who had been sent by the Con-
federafe Government ~ make a report a. 10
the condition Of Ander-onyille. but whose
report had never reached the Confederate
authorities. That report had. in the hands
Of the Judge Advocate, been mutilated,
and DR.. Jones had called the attention u
the court 10 the fact. one Of the suppressed
statements being that hOmesickness and
disappointment among the prisoners had
been more destructive 81 life than any phys
zeal cause. During the whole three months
ofthe trial the Federal Government, with
all the means At it, disposal. had not pro-
duced a single witness 70 connect the name
ofMr. Davis with single atrocity.
Mr.. Hill then proceeded 20 show that the
only evidence connecting Mr.. Davis with
the Ander>0nyille horrors was the ex-parte
and mutilated testimony taken before a Con-
gressional Committee; and that Nirz. the
jailer, on the day ~ his execution had been
offered a communication Of hi- sentence II he
would implicate Mr.. Davis; but Wirz's an
swcr To his counsel was, ''Mr. Schade, YOU
know that have always told YOU that | do
not know any thing about Jefferson Davis.
lie had no connection with me a. To what
WIS uOnt NJ AnutI-blNlllt. Il NOulu nOt Ot-
come a traitor against him or any body else,
even 10 save my life. y
But. continued Dir. Hill, whatever hor-
rors had existed ut Ander-onyille, not one
Of them could be attributed 10 single or
der OF the Confederate Government. and
every one OF them grew out OF the necessity
Of the occasion, which necessity was fasten-
ed on the Confcderates by the conduct Of
the other side. lie challenged Mr.. Blaine
to meet him face 10 face and fact 10 fact in
the discussion Of the question, declaring that
the time was past when the country could
accept the impudence ~ assertion for force
OF argument. or the recklessness OF state
ment for truth Of history. He (Mr. HID
did not want To unfold the chapter on the
other side. lie was an American who hon
ored his country and his whole country. and
IL was not pleasant for him 20 bring forward
proof that any portion OF hiscountry bad been
guilty of willful crime or willful ill-treat-
ment OF poor manaclcd prisoners. Most Of
those horrors were insepsrable from state
of war. and he wanted the people TO recol-
lect that, so that hereafter they should not
be hurried into another war.
War il always terrible. War always brings
hardships, death, sorrow, ruin, deNa>ta-
tion, and he j. unworthy 10 be considered
statesman, looking 10 the pacihcstion of the
country. who will parade the horrors in>ep-
arabic from war for the purpose of keeping
up the strife which produced those horrors.
NY message TO the gentleman from Maine j.
this: There are no Confederstes in this
House. There are no Confederate ambitions,
desires. or purposes in this House; but the
south j. here. and here she intends TO re-
main. Enthusiastic demonstrations on the
Democratic side and in the galleries. Let
fanaticism do it, worst. Let IL pass its null
lifying acts, trample on the Constitution,
abnegate the pledges Of the fathers, incitc
raids on our people. multiply infdelities
until they shall be like the stars in Heaven
or the sands OF the seashore. without NUM-
Der; but for all your iniquiiies the South will
never again seek remedy Of the madness
CT another secession. Renewed applause.
We are here and are in our fathers house.
our brothers are our companions and we
are al home. thank God. Enthusiastic APP