The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-05

GAREIELD'S REPLY TO LAMAR.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY THE EVIL GENIUS OF
THE SOUTH.

THE SOUTH.
WAsuINGroS August 4, 1875
The House to-day, ut twenty minutes past two p. NJ
went into Committee OF the Whole Mr.. Eden, of
Illinois, IN The chair, aud addressed By Mr. Gar
field, trcp oil Ohio, on the subject OF General Poll
tics"
Mr.. GARFIELD expressed his regret that no had not
been able Mr. Lamars speech In the Record but
still had been clearly stated and logically
nected that he could scarcely In commenting IT,
The speech attempt to make progress in
the direction OF return 10 good feeling and in far
IL met his (ur. Garfeld's) earnest concurrence.
The gentleman had complained OF two great
evils and obstacles to reform First the generally
corrupt state Of the administration OF Affairs and
ond the seriously corrupt state of the civil service
He had contcndcd that that corrupt state of affairs
bu,trcsscd and consolidated by enormous army of
100 600 Office holders and 100, 600 expectants OF ofco
The deductions Of the speech were that tho republican
party incapable Of eneclng the great reform
needed and that therefore democratic party ought
TO TO brought into power in the coming election This
had been the main logic OF the speech. Mr. Garfield ad
mitted that some OF the premises Of the speech
correct With most OF Them he could not concur
but, admitting that all the premises werc correct he
denied that the conclusion was logical He Garheld)
should attempt to show that the good which he
tl.amar) sought not 10 be secured by the
dancy OF The democratic party at this tipc. He bad
noticed one striking omisso in the logic OF The speech
and that that II made no attempt to prove the
illness of the democracy TO accomplish needed
Oorm, and without that proof OF ftnoss the
argument mnst, Of course DO IN absolute failure
Was the gentleman (ir LAMAR correct In the state
ment that the party conquered in the late civil
war had adopted acquesced In the results of tho
war; He mr. Garneld went further and asked whether
tho results OF tho war had been adopted Great IDEAS
said, travel slowly and oftentmcs noiselessy, like
the footsteps of the gods whose icet shod with
WOOL II would not do 10 speak Of tho gigantic rcvolu
ton through which tho country had lately passed
thing to be bound up by nero change OF admnstra-
ton. II cyclical epocha century wde and to DO
looked at in it's broad and grand prospective
iaud or to condemn those who acted in it on
SIDE but he spoke OF 1t ns the logic Ut
events lie drcw an sketch the ,s two cen
turtles and OF freedom and slavery
culmna,ine in the war Of the rebellion The of tho
North and OF the south were equally honest IN their
convictions that subject but the question far
beyond them. In this connection he read extracts
from speech made by Mr.. Singleton. OF Mississippi,
that the Institution OF slavery must be sustained that
mancipaton would produce war OF races, and that If
for dssolvng the Union. Hc also referred TO Mr. Lin
coin ssayng that 1t was impossible for country to
main partly slave and partly free, and TO Mr. Stewards
dicturn about tho irrcprcssibc conflict and he quoted
from speech OF Mr.. Lamar, in which ho
stated he had heard Mr. Stewards speech the Senate,
and described Mr. Stewards eyes glowerng and
ylar,ng on southern members though tho fires of
hell burned IN his spirit He referred to hose
speeches or purpose than Indicate 10 what
height the between the sections had arisen
IN 1852 aud TO congratulate Mr.. Lamar and the coun
try the change that had been wrought since them
Lamar ana tho one he delivered the other day
vast that indicated progress worthy Of all praise
in the individual man who had undergone that change
Coming down 10 tho era of the reconstruction meas
ures, lie said that the conquering party had acted
the principle N".mns ior rovopge every,
and only revenge which the conquerng
nation took to compel the conquered to put into
national constitution provision that the national
debt should never be repudiatcd that the rebel debt
should be paid and that all men, without regard
TO race or color, should stand equal before the law
lad is oil of
Andrew Johnson--a bad adyiscr-and OF the Northern
democracv-a worse adviser-tcn OF the eleven rebel
States had tuousy rejected the plan OF
struction embraced in the fourteenth amendment 10
the constitution. They would have none OF 1t. They
we're invited by their Northern allies stand out and
assured that when The democratic party came into
power they would be permitted to come back without
lot hindrancc. The transformation seen IN Mr. La
had not come then.
PRANK pLArR's NOMINATION.
1t had not IN 1868, when Frank Blair received
the democratic nomination fer the Vice Presidency,
because he had written letter saying that thcro
hut restore the government OF the consti-
tuition that tor tho President elect declare
all those null and void aud TO drive out the usnrp-
ing State governments Had the transformation
Cured in is,2 when the dreadful scenes OF Ku Klux
ism occurrcd-sccncs dreadful that Rcverdy John
son, man who was tdc,ie prrnceps among the de-
mocracy OF the savehoding States. and who went to
North Carolina TO defend the criminals, held M hs
hands in horror ut tho speaking barbaritics
OF his centsf lie referred to this only
conspiracy against the negro race, and 10 show that
the reform had not come in the days of the Ku K!ux
Had IL come in 1857 He extract from a
speech made by clergyman IN Charlotte, \. e., de-
caring that the South would have slavery back, and
that at distant day the 'stars ana Bars' would be
proudly floating over The sunny south.
Mr.. YEArEs. (dcm.) of y. c., said he had
statement, tlfe signature OF the gentleman
ierrcd TO. denying IN toto every word Of the quotation
Mr. GARrIgiD went on say that the election OF last
fall IN Missssipp had been carried by violence and
lmidation lie also referred To tho Hamburg massacre.
and asked, HAS the Transformation occurred yctyn
Oh. II hal occurred long ago IN the pnosophc aud
patriotic heart aud mind OF tho gentleman IRON
Mississippi, bus had IT occurred in tho MINDS OF tho
majority oil the llcoU0 900 people who had Joined with
him In the early days to defend the lost causet He
quot an from u speech Toombs, OF
Georgia, that the man who accepted negro suffrage
should be accurscd Alter all these facts was he not
warranted In entertaining grave doubts whether
the transformation hal occurred at all except IN some
philosophical mndy Light struck first on the noun
tain peaks while The shadows and darkness fingered in
tho valleys, and 80 II INTO the valley OF
those IN Tue rebellion that the light OF inns beautiful
philosophy which he honorcd had not yet penetrated.
xvii GENIUS og THE
Was IT, therefore, sale 10 trust all the precious
OF the Republic 10 Their support? He went on 10
say ha, the democratic party had been the evil
OF the South IN an It's recent years and he tainted
| Tor the last sixteen years. He did not misrcpre-
sent that party when he declared that within
| Que great national idea that not today
exploded and as dead Julius C.rsar Secession
dead, slavery was dead squattcr sovereignty was dead
the doctrine of The failure OF the dead, and
were the representatives OF the South glad that
these we're all dead II they had tear shed
them they should shed IL In the graveyard, not in
these halls o. living IT. then. ibcy were glad Of
the great defeats they had sustained the last six
teen years, would they not DO equally glad when they
suffered another defeat in next Novembcry tAppiausc
tho republican side and IN the gallcrcs.) lie asked
pardon tor That remark, as he was talking philosophy
| not personalities.
| Mr. WILLIS, Und) of ~ YOU may take Vt back.
Mr GARfiNLp went on to speak Of Mr.. Lamars point
| the other day, as to the facilities OF changes In the
English admir- siration spoke OF Oliver Cromwell MS
the rranes, IN English history, OF tho fatal action
%! letting his sccpe pass back into the hands OF the
Siuarts how England did not get over mat ,nisiakc
until 1852 when the Prince OF Orange came and wiped
| tho ~tuaris out, how the magnificent Blood OF the
Angc-Saxon race Kept the Brunswicks on tue throne
spite 81 wars Scotland Ireland aud ON the coast
ana how of the House of Brunswick ruled today.
! The deduction from this hisioricd sketch was that
English people did not change thor rulers as soon as
the battle II the same after The War III
the Revolution. when tories not invited back.