The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-27

The first affair of any Significance ip No
- since it's Democratic orsaniza'i "a ,,.s
weeks ago. 1t was the amnesty "e"r, IN,
;;e., :; ,,,,,r. WAYS than one. lhe o''' ""'
.,,,,..I ot poIiticnI Disabilities from an
-,:u r,t,rinr under them, because OF
:; The rebellion. Mr.. Blaine amend
-, I.F Davis from the operations of
:, ,.u a. Rl,iur by his superior tactics and
,.,,,,r,, tuowIealge, beat the whole Demo-
-, .id.. got in as many speeches as ho wish
.d and finally defeated the BILL
,rI,a frst fature If significance was, that it was
,,. first exhibition of the old plantation slave
drivers, Inanuers since the rebellion. 1t showed
the rebel spirit untamed and rampant. One
who had been in Congress eighteen or twenty
wears agu, and had then remained oblivious to
passing events to the present time, would, upon
witnessing it, have imagined that it was the
sarue old Congress. Ben. Hill, of Georgia, was
the rebel leader on this occasion. He eulogized
Gen Lee and JEFF. Davis as among the greatest
and purcst men that ever lived. He pictured
Andersonville as a very Eden, and asserted that
rebel prisoners held in Northern prisons were
worse treated than Union prisoners at Anderson
yille and that more of them, in proportion to
their numbers, died from exposure and bad treat
ton as being responsible for the privations of
Union soldiers in the South. He accused the
Republicans, who controlled the Government
during the rebellion, and saved it, as the conspi
rators and the enemies of the Constitution-that
the rebels had carried the Constitution with
them, and had brought it back, bngging it to
their bosOms, and would defend it, that they
were going to stay there, and rule the country
He even had the cheek to say that the rebels had
forgiven the Union people for the wrongs done
by them! Tucker, of Virginia, boasted that Re-
publican Congressman might be proud to con-
slider themselves the peers of men who violated
their oaths and went with the rebellion.
Another significant feature, was the Democratic
members from the North cringing to the crack
of the Southern whip, applandng their euloges
of leading rebels and sanctionDg their ISLANDERS
upon the Federal Government during the war.
They showed themselves to be as completely nm
der the lash as they before the war. Cox
and Randall were especially conspicuous, and
both made speeches, the object of which was to
show that the Government had committed all the
wrongs and atrocities, and that the rebels were
martyrs. Banks, of Massachusetts, showed him
self to be as plable doughface Cox and Ran
dali.
The third feature of this exhibition was the
most disgraceful of all. This amnesty bill was
forced forward TO he carried through the
strength of the Centennial. A bill was before
the House making an appropriation to the Cen
tennial. The Democratic members determined
that not dollar should go towards celebrating
the centennial of our national existence, unless
the man who, above all others, attempted to de-
struy the Government were returned to full citi-
zenship, aud entitled to hold the highest Office
in the gift Of the people. On the other hand,
Republican, like Judge Kelley, and other Penn
syivania RePublIcrns, were willing to honor the
rebel chief, in order TO paltry apprupri-
atiun to be expended in city of their State!
Blaine and Garfield pictured afresh the horrors
of the rebel prisOnsi they showed that jeff. Da-
Wis WAS directly responsible for them, whereby
he bad placed himself beyond the rnes of civil
lied warfare; they showed that Hill himself
had iiered black flag resolution in the Rebel Con-
gress they showed that Cox aud Randall hal
denounced the rebel treatment of Union prison.
ers more severely than any Republican had done; |
and they made rebels and their tools crnge and |
yelp at every stroke. If anything were needed |
to satisfy the country what Demucrrtic success
meaus this debate has had that effect. IL in
lures The next Congress and the next President
to the Republicans.