Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-02-17

: 6pxEcn.-when the SCI
Ri1to Executive Session q
tus nas, it was for l9Apose
kAgst a Of Billings on fion
ID States Judge i kana.
7 knator West led Of in . keh 70 the
40 billings was esS> - e. the
prosperity q the Republican party in
lLouisiana. Mr.. Bruce, the colored
Senator from Mississippi, arose and
said he was sick Of hearing such claims
asserted in behalf of the prosperity Of
the Republican party in the Spufhy Ie
vas a lie. The interests II 'the; party
were not regarded in making Federal
appointments. He would no longer re-
main silent without entering his pro-
test. The carpet-bag element Of the
party was at the foundation of the troa-
bles in the Southern States, and he
should resist such preposterous claims
as had been put forth BY the Senator
from Louisiana. Negroes were being
slaughtered, killed in cold blood, be-
cause it helped to maintain the Repub-
kcau party in power in the North.
He appealed to the sympathy of those
Senators who were fond of parading
THEN record as old.time abolitionists,
but wAAe8 serious matter was being
discussed under the cover Of executive
session, they refused to. acknowledge
statements, substantiated as they were
by evidence which they were only too
willing to quote in speeches for cam
paign purposes. The negro bad ceased
to be slave, but he was still politi-
cal slave. He was good enough to
elect white men to Office. but be was
not good enough to hold Office with
white men. | 3" -.aE+ -
Look at the case of Pircbback. He
is TO be made InOuutebank until the
! National Republican Convention meets
or until asIirants for the Presidency
are satisfied that the Republican. nomi.
nee will be elected, then, l am told;
poor Pincbback can be admitted, but
that il would be hazardous TO take Il
vote now. II the Senator from Louisi.
ana Vest was disposed 10 play a dou.
BILE game, he was ready TO meet the is
sues and throw down the gauntlet. He
declared that the Administration was
INSCRIPTIONS and even relentless inlits
pretended support Of the colored people
of the South. His seat in the Senate,
which he was told would be vacated
with the assistance of Republicans and
the sohd vote Of Democrats, was paeu-
niarily of no Importance To him. He
could make SIS, 000a year BY personal
attention to his glsntatio and the pail
try sum of 5000 was no Involvement
to remain among old-time ahoht ionIsts
He could not sconscieutiduslyr hold his
seat as the representative of Repub-
lican constituency except upon the
terms of Justice and right. with full po-
litic,l equality before his brother Sena-
tors. Negroes were being killed all
over the South, and the bloody shirt
borne for political effect to serve the
interests Of the Republican PARTY i'm the
North. He should assert bis rights as
Senator, without regard to the social
standing Of Senators who attempted Ia
control this body. Hrs people were
treated only as aliens. soi"urners, in n
country where the Constitution declared
thew should be citizens. II they were
such in fact, it was time for them to
make terms with the whites for self-in-
terest. His experience was that blood
Was thicker than water. If the negro
is to have no political rights, he is in
duty bound TO regard his personal ad-
vantages. The white men owned the
land. the negro performed the labor;
At this point Mr.. Bruce took oceas-
ION to say that President Grant was
not only hyrocrite but liar, who had
made promises in words to break them
in his acts. If his assertions were not
agreeable while an important nominal
ton was pending in executive session,
he could state them more plainly in open
session. He had been led to look upon
the Republican leaders as the true friends
of the South, but he could freely say
that in his Judgment they were hypo-
critics. If Pinchback was not admitted,
and at the same time the Kellogg Gov
ernment was upheld, the Senate would
be acting Inconsistency. He did not
want to be member of o body that
would stultify itself in this manner, and
must resign his seat when this specta-
Gle of assinine conduct was presented to
the world. ..... ...-.