The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-07-20
The ARM Bill. Lively Denate in
CONGRESS-.

| MOnuay, as lOliOWS-
The House at ? o'clock went into COM
mittee Of the whole Monroe Of Ohio in
the chair, on the bill to protect the Texas
frontier. The pending question was on
the amendment offered last Saturday BY
Smals Of s. g.. in connection with the
Hamburg trouble, that no troops shall be
Withdrawn from South Carolina Nh
Smalls advocated his amendment.
lie replied to Cox, who said the amend
ment had been offered for bad political
purposes. 1t was not so with him (AIr.
Smalls.) He agreed with that gentleman
| that the State OF South Carolina was rotten
to the core and it was for that reason he
wished the troops TO remain there in order
to lop Off that r0ttenness. If he (Smalls)
had given the name of the writer of the
letter he read last Saturday he would not
| give 10 cents for that mans life General
Butler, who was concerned in the matter,
would at once organize another band of
| hu-kuX and hunt him down.
Mir. Cox replied to Smalls, and qpoted
from book written by Pike, late Minister
| to Hague, entitled "a PROSTATE State.
| oOtlll SetIOllllit tiittl II NtOIO tONttn-
ment,n and in which the members Of the
Legislature are characterized us highway
men and pickpockets, who under the law
rob the poor and rich alike. lie spoke Of
the book as a Revelation Of the blaclness
Of darkness in robbery and rascality"
MIR. Smalls asked Mr.. Cox whether he
had gotta book of the history of the city of
New York. daughter on the Republican
sdc)
Mr.. Cox replied that he had belonged
to that portion Of the Democratic party
which had driven out the rascals IRON
New York, and asked why they had not
done the same in North Carolina. Gap |
plause on the Democratic side
Mr.. Townsend OF New York admitted
ironically that the city OF New York
was ''a land Of pure delight where saiuts
immortal DWELL and he went on to COM
pare the population and debt Of South |
Carolina and the city of New York He
spoke Of VIM. NJ. Tweed as the ruler of
the city for more than l. years, and said |
during that time when Tammany Hall |
was in its power and glory, under Tweed,
the gentleman from Ohio (Cox) brought
his little carpet bag into the city, set it
down in Tammany Hall and looked up |
slnilingly for the appreciation Of VIM, NJ
Tweed. daughter Oh the Republican
side)
He alluded to the other lights of Tam
many Hall, Richard B. Connolly, Peter
b. Sweeny, Al. Garvey, lngcrsoll, Fields,
Harry Genet, and spoke OF the various |
sums which each had stolen and referring |
to the escape OF Tweed said the Governor |
had not yet found time to investigate the
outrage of letting him escape and that
the Sheriff still held his Office
Mr.. Cox replied to Townsend and re-
minded him that it was because OF Gov
Illden's eminent service in driving out |
Tweed that he was now the Democratic
candidate for the Presidency.
Mr.. Garfield o.! Ohio, alluded to Cox as
trying to laugh the murder out Of the case
and compIimented Mir. Hartridge of Geor-
gia, for his manly and honorable speech
on Saturday last He wished to know
whether the Hamburg case was sporad-
lc Or Il symptomatic case, indicating a
general feeling that Black men shall not
be allowed the rights and privileges of
American citizens.
Lamar, Of Mississippi spoke of the Ham
burg affair us dlsgraceiul and terrible, but |
he denied the propriety Of Introducing the
topic in the House in debate In conclu-
sion he declared that the occurrence at
Hrmburg was Il modified element, not spo-
radio, but unnatural, and one that would |
disappear under good government
The debate was further continued by /
kasson, Uartrdge, Hale, and MackeY Of
$. G.
At the close of the debate Hancock, Of
Texas. moved u substitute or Smalls
amendment to the effect that no troops
shall be taken from any State or service
where the public interest requires their
continuance
MI smalIs accepted the substitute and
it WAS agreed to So to So.
The committee then proceeded to the
consideration OF the second section Of The
bill authorizing the President to order
troops to cross the Rio Grandc in hot pur-
suit Of robbers.
The South Carolina debate was reopen
ed by Hoge and continued by Cox, each
speaking Of the other rs Il arpet-bum@er
from Ohio, but iloge saying lie had car
pet ba@@ed with a lnapsack, to which
Cox reiterated with an intmation that
Iloge needed q llnapsac!s, to carry oil all
that he had packed up.
Foster OF Ohio, called upon the repre-
sentative from Georgia to stop those in
tcrnaI outragcs and to be active in hunt-
inc out the nhlunan tiends that crossed
the bridge from Augusta to Hamburg
Cook OF Ga, They never went from
my State.
MI Foster. They did
Mn Cook. No sir they did not
MI Foster. DO this, and thcn sing to
us a ranegyric ON the Nindication Of out
ragged law, instead of talking about your
noble blood-ayo, 4 nobility that murders
in cold blood = captured negro. II you
have not the ability to stop these ontrages !
you are not tit to be the representatives
of the people OF Georgia DO it, and we |
will say we'll done, and we will fall on |
your necks and rejoice. Checking laugh
ter on the Democratic side, and shouts Of
MOI
Mir. Cook-Iou have fallen on our
property, and we ito not want you to fail |
on our neo}s.
Lemoinc argued against the second see
ton Of the bill.
Mr.. Banks, Of Massachusetts, proposed
q substitute for the second section.
Mr.. Cox resumed the discussion Of the
South Carolina matter, ridiculed Mr. Eos
ter's expression about falling on the necks
of Southern men, and asked him why he
had not fallen on the necilS of Pratt, Var
yam, Dyer, Jewell and others. and sug
gcsted that he would rather fall on the
necks of Mckee, Mcdonald. Joyce. Bah
cock, Dclano and Avery, and would even
rather embrace a barrel OF crooked whis-
key. Loud laughter and much contu-
sion.] The Republican side of the House
had defended Grant and his administration
against all those men, and when the gen
tlemcn from New York (Iownsend)
talked 50 glibly Of Tweed and others with
whom he (CoN) had no association, he
wanted to know how it was with Babcock,
with Avery, with Williams, and the rest
of these men.
Mr.. Townsend-When did you dissolve
partnership with them?
Mr. CoX-I never had anv connection