Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-01-20
WARRINGTON.
The Close Of the Amnesty De.
bafe..-Mr. Blaine Master Of
the Situation.

bate.--Mr. Blaine Master OF
the Situation.
Special to Cincinnati Gazette.]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.
THE AMNESTY DEBATE.
The amnesty debate ended to day BY
a reference of the entire subject matter
to the Judiciary Committee. The res
olutions went there with instruction tt
report back In substance Blaine!
amendment, without his exemption o
JEFF. Davis.
THE EFFECTS OF THE DEBATE.
The weeks debate has had the eff
feet to convince, even the Confederates
that the American people will scarcely
forgive the arrogance of those who ask
for unconditional amnesty of the former
officers of the United States who took
the oath of fealty to hostile govern
ment while that oath Is still fresh upon
their lips, and not abjured.
Mr.. BLAINE's SPEECH
Was an appropriate conclusion Of the
terrific arraignme he has made of the
record and intentions of the Confeder.
ate party. There are at least two men
in the House who regret tonight that
politicians have yesterday. They are
Ben. Hill and Sunset Cox. Blaine's
speech was mainly devoted to re-
view of the record of Ben. Hill, who
has come back from the rebellion hug
ging the Constitution to pstronize
4 y. IN l..
cans to obey and reverence the law.
An incident in the debate were the
statements of Barney Caulheld and
Carter Harris, on q challenge by Blaine
to defend the monstrOus allegations of
Ben. Hill as to the inhumanity of the
North to rebel prisoners. They could
no longer keep silence, but paid re-
Iuctant and enforced tribute to the hu-
manity and honor of the people they
represent. Caalfield acknowledged that
there could be no charge of ill-treat-
ment or cruelty made against Camp
Douglas for which government could
be held responsible, and admitted that
Camp Douglas had been founded for
Union soldiers. Carter Harrison knew
that there had been no cruelty there
but thought the buildings had been
changed. He was put down in confu-
sion by the statement of Gen. Hender-
son that they had indeed been changed,
but changed to give the rebels more
room and better quarters than the
Union soldiers hsd. Blaine thus con-
fronted by Democratic members of
Congress In the very districts in which
the prisons were located, the false and
atrocious charge OF Ben. Hill against
the North.
SUNSET cox
yesterday did not hesitate to say ~
have killed Jim Blaine," and to-day he
pronounced Blaine on the floor Of the
House, "The Hyena from Maine,i but
it will require harder words than these
from Sam Cox to undo this days work.
He has written himself down q politr
ical hypocrite before the American peo-
pie. He has become the typical dough-
face of modern times. Cox followed
Ben. Hill with his canting wit, and
was jealous to give aid AID comfort to
the staggering slavedrivers in their
trucuIent threatening to the loyal
North. Cox came to their aid in eulogy
of Jefferson Davis, to sneer at the
North, and to pronounce the atrocities
of Andersonville the heated imaginings
of 'humbug committee In 1864
Sam. Cox had other thoughts. Those
thoughts were spoken in open Congress
upon resolution referring to the suf-
ferings of these very prisoners. Then
he indorsed the authenticity of the ter
rible story, and warned the Union gov
not to retaliate by similar
treatment. Then Cox was Repre-
sentative from Ohio, and per force a
Union man. To-day he has proved
himself to be the most servile dough-
lace of the North, eager to stu tify his
own record, to aid Ben. Hill in arraign-
ing the administration of Abraham
In placing obloquy and slander
upon the grave of Edwin M. Stanton
70 do honor 20 Jefferson Davis.
BEN. HILL,
100, was confronted with . record which
Ihould give Northern men something
70 think about. One sentence of q
speech iu 1868 was: 81 would rather
have my name on the lists of the Geor-
yia Penitentiary than among those
v no apply to have their disabilities re-
Hill has changed his mind.
Blaine also made citations from Hill's
Atlanta speech last year, in which he
openly admitted the possibility of war
"a the event Of q Republican victory
IN 1876. Ben. Hills allusion to Grant
was an Improbable one. Blaine was
to state by Grant that the
reason why he recommended that no
more paroles be given was because the
rebels constantly forfeited their paroles
by entire brigades, and were recsp.
tured.