Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-09
Senator Eaton Continues His Able De.
Tense Of the White People Of the
South, and Successfully An.
sWers Morton & Co.
Hale, ofMaine, Makes Political Stump
Speech in the House, and Is An.
sWered by Cox, Of New York
The School Amend.
ihent.
SENATE.

cation from the secretary OF war, in
el1sipg q letter from the chief Of the
engineer corps, demonstrating against
the proposed amendment to the river
and harbor appropriation bill limiting
the availability of the appropriation for
the improvement of the Southwest Pass
OF the mouth Of the Mississippi river.
He expresses the opinion that If the
amendment should be finally adopted il
will stop the work of dredging and in
terfere with the commerce of New Or
leans. Ordered to be printed and lie on
the table.
Senator Hitchcock called up the SEN
ate bill to establish the Territory Of Penn
bina and to provide a temporary govern
ment therefor. The proposed new Terri
tory consists of the northern portion of
the Territory of Dakota. After q brief
discussion, Senator Edmunds moved to
postpone its further consideration until
the first Monday in December next.
Rejected-yeas go, nays %; the bill was
then passed-yeas 81, nays 10.
Senatortor Edmunds called up the re-
ports of the majority and minority of
the committee which Investigated the
circumstances attending the late cleo.
ton in Mississippi, and it was ordered
they I've printed in the Record and lie on
the table.
Senator Logan, from the committee
on military affairs, reported adversely
on the house bill to pardon deser tiers
from the army, and it was indefinitely
postponed.
Senator Bogy entered a motion to re-
consider the vote by which the bill to
establish the Territory of Pembina was
passed, and gave notice that he would
move to change the name to Algonquin.
The senate then considered the subjects
on the calendar not objected to.
The senate then resumed the consid,
Grafton of the resolution OF Senator Nor
ton to print ten thousand copies of the
message of the President and accompa-
nying documents in reference to the re-
cent troubles at Hamburg, South Caro-
lima, and Senator Eaton continued his
remarks from the point where he sus-
pended them yesterday. He saw one
thing over which he felt rejoiced, and
that was, that no Democratic senator
had yet found an occasion of attacking
the character Of either of the nominees
Of the Republican party. He recognized
these nominees as gentlemen Of highly
respectable character, aud, SO far as he
knew, highly respectable in point Of abil-
ity. The candidate of the Democratic
party for President stood high before the
people, and 10 words OF his Eaton !
could elevate him in the minds of the
people. He had a word to say, however
In regard 20 the Democratic nominee for
Vice. Pre- sident, because he had been an
object of abuse on this floor. The honor
able senator from Vermont CEdmunds1
had attempted not to convince the senate
and the country that there had been a
horrible outrage at Hamburg, but that
the Democratic candidate for the Vice.
Presidency was not honest, and, il elect
ed, would not administer the laws of the
United States. That was bold charge
by the senator, who pointed to his books
when lie made it, and said ne quoted
from the record. What record? The
record of the votes OF an honest man in
this chamber. Were the senators from
New York, Delaware and other States
to go to the senator from Vermont to find
out what was constitutional doctrine?
Had the senator fed on anything which
makes him our Ca 5ar? Senator Eaton
then sent to the clerks desk, and had
read, an extract from a speech of Sena-
tor Morton, delivered at Richmond, IN
diana, September 20, 1865, to the effect
that there should be a period OF proba-
ton ard preparation for the freed slaves
before they were brought to the exercise
of political power; that they were not
fit to be immediately lifted
into political power, ETC., and resuming
his argument, said that the honorable
senator had changed his opinion since
then. Did anybody blame him for it?
Did anybody blame him for the position
he occupied ten or eleven years ago?
c. rtainly not. Governor Hendricks,
when he voted against the constitution
al amendments, did not believe the AfTi-
can race was capable of self-govern-
ment. Neither did the senator from In
diana at that time. Hendricks and Til
den both said they accepted the amend
ments to the constitution. He argued
that the Democratic party in the north
had always been true to the constitu.
ton. II any Republican senator could
say that the Republican party was true
to the constitution from 1866 to 1876, let
him say SO. The senator from Vermont
Edmunds1 had dwelt upon the word
''rebel.n 1t seemed to be q sweet NOR
sci for him to roll under his ton que.
The term "rebel" ought not to be
howled on this floor by anybo W; it
was done only to taunt the representa-.
tives OF the southern States here; it was
to gosd them into some action which
might not be pleasant to the people of
the north. He then referred to the ar
gument of Senator Edmunds in regard
TO the State of Texas changing its con.
stitution, and said the people Of a State
had right to call new convention to
frame a new constitution. When the
people of New York desired to change
her constitution, her Tilden, Seymour,
Herman, Morgan and other
great men determined the matter, and
not the senator from Vermont. The
sovereign State of Texas saw fit to exer-
else her right, and a convention was
called by majority of fifty thousand of
her people. The honorable senator from
Vermont had argued that Texas prom.
ised to give one.fourth of sll her taxes
for education as 8 consideration upon
which she should come back into the
UniCp. Senator Eaton then asked if
Texas was ever out of the Union. He
thought not When the State Of Texas
thought proper to change her constitu-
ton, it did not become the senator from
Vermont to talk about a Democratic
majority in the State being in organized
rebellion. Senator Eaton then quoted
from the Washington Republican of
this date to show that tie Democratic
party carried the election in Alabama
yesterday by thirty thousand majority,
and said let the honorable senator from
Vermont weep. There was not q single
outrage, but fair, honest, good election.
Senator Spencer said be heard that a
large number of colored people in Ala.
bama were so intimidated yesterday
that they did not go to the polls and vote.
He believed it was true.
Senator Eaton-I will give the senator
the benefit of his belief / don't believe
any such thing. Laughter.] Contin-
uipg his argument, he said the black
men in the south, at the instigatIon of
bad white men, had banded together to
prevent any Of their own color from vot-
ing the Democratic ticket, but that
time was passing by, and the election
in Alabama yesterday showed it.
Senator Patterson reviewed the mes
sage OF the President, ana accompany
ing documents, and sai. Govern ~
Cham barlaiu WAS All M. ~ tucn and