New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-12
WHOLE NUMBER 2699.
B Y TELEGRAPH.
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CONGRESS.

CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, January 11.--Mr. Merrimou
introduced . bill to pay North Carolina cer-
By Mr.. Bogy-To establish branch mint
at st. Louis.
By Mr.. Dorsey-To bridge the Mississippi
river at Memphis. Also, to amend the sup
Elementary bill to the acts incorporating
the Texas Pacific railroad.
Meesrs. Cooper, Morton, McCreery, Pad
dock, Bogy, Jones, Bayard and Key spoke
in eulogy Of Andrew johnson, when appro-
pirate resolutions were passed.
Senate adjourned.
Mr.. Morrison, preparatory to the rcdemp-
ton of United States notes and the resump-
ton of specie payment. It proposes to re-
tain gold in the treasury to the amount of
thirty per cent of the outstanding legal
tenders. 1t requires national banks to re-
tain gold paid for their interest on bends
deposited to secure currency, till they have
thirty per cent Of the outstanding notes
and repeals that portion of the resumption
act compelling specie resumption in 1879.
A bill was introduced reducing the mum.
Der of clerks to committees from thirty-fvo
to- twenty five, reducing the pay in several
instances to 81 per day.
The House proceeded with the amnesty
bill.
Mr. Hill, of Georgia, spoke two hours
in tie most effective style. He was fre-
quentiy spplauded by the House and gall
leries. In opening he disclaimed all desire
on the part of himself or bis associates from
the South to reopen iu-fseling between the
eectisns; the country bad already suffered
enough from feuds. He and his associates
had come here with the patriotic idea to re-
the whole country, and turning their
backs upon all the horrors Of
the past to look with all earnest
ness to find glories for the future.
The gentleman (Blaine) who is the aO-
know1edged leader of the Republican par
ty in the House. and was the aspiring lead .
er of the Republican party of the co 1ntry
determined that the wounds which wero
healing should be re0pened. and that the
passions which were hushed should be 70
inflamed. He (Hill) wiehed the House
to understand that he and his associates
did not reciprOcate either the purpose or
the manifest desire of the gentlemaD, and
while they felt it their imperative duty to
vindicate the truth of history, as regards
their section, they did Lot intend to say
anything calculated to aid the gentleman
in that work of elimination and recrimina-
ton, and of keeping mp the war by politi-
clans, after brave men have said that the
war shall end. The gentleman from Maine
had made two points in bis speech-the
magnanimity and grace of the Republican
party and the brutality of those whom he
pleased to term rebels. As to the first ques-
tiOn-he did not propose to weary the House
to-day, because with the history of the last
| fifteen years yet fresh in the mind of the
world, it was useless to speak of the grace
and magnanimity of the Republican party.
With the master enslaved, with intelligence
| disfranchiesd, with society dis0rdered, With
| States subverted and with Legislatures dis
persed, the people could not afford to talk
| Of grace and magnanimity. If that were
| grace and magnanimity he prayed God to
| save the country in future from such virtues.
| The gentleman from Maine had made the
grave indictment against Mr.. Davis that he
| was guilty of the murders and crimes at
| Andersonville, and tho gentleman (Mr.
Blaine) stood before the country with his
very fame in peril If, after making such
charge. he failed to prove it. He (Hill)
would take up the gentieman's propositions
| in their order. He hoped that no one would
imagine that he was here to pass any eulogy
ON Mr.. Davis. The record on which his fame
panions and friends had remitted that
record to the only tribunal that would
give an impartial ;adgment-honest
posterity In the meantime no eulogy
Of his could help it; no censure
from the gentleman (Blaine) could dam
age it, and no act or resolution Of the
House could affect it. The charge against
willful, echeming murderer OF thousands
of his fellow citizens. Knowing the
high character and reputation Of the
| gentleman from Maine, he (Hill) had
supposed when he heard that charge
fall from his lips, that he had certainly
made q recent discovery and he
listened for the evidence; but what was it
Nothing but partial report Of Congress
iOnal committee. The testimony read was
exclusively ex-parte testimony taken while
the gentleman now on trial before the
| country was in prison, without hearing
and without the opportunity of hearing.
If there was any principle held sacred in
the Anglo Saxon mind it was that an Eng
lishman was not to be condemned until he
but the testimony was not only ex-parte
but was mutilated, palpably lnutilated,
most adroitly mutilated.
Extracts-"Eveu the day of his execution
Wirz had been offered q Communication of h,s
sentence if he would implicste Mr.. Davis,
but Wirz' answer to bis counsel was: Mr..
Sohade, you know that have always told
Jefferson Davis. He had no connection
with me as to what was done at Anderson
Vile. I would not become . traitor
against him or anybody else. even
to save my life." But, said Mr.. Hill, what
poor Wirz, within two hours of his execu-
tion, would not say for his life, the gentle
man from Maine says to the country for
the sake of jumping his party in power.
[Sensation.] Sir, Christianity is false
hood, humanity is lie. civilization is .
cheat, or the man who would not make q
false charge for his life was never guilty of
villful murder. NJ. Hill went on to argue
that on the logic Of Mr.. Blaine's speech hold
ing Mr.. Davis responsible fur the acts of Mr..
Winder, President Grant might be hold
responsible for the acts of Mcdonald and
Joyce, and he asked whether Mr.. Blaine
meant to establish . rule of construction
that would authorize the country to arraigu
President Grant for completely in the
whisky frauds. Was Mr.. Grant responsible,
he aeked, for the credit mobilierf for the
Sanborn contracts, or for the frauds in the
District of Columbial And yet Mr.. Grant
had absolutely sent to the Senate Of the
United States for confirmation for high
Office the name Of . man (slluding to Mr..
who stood charged before the country with
the grossest peculatioh and frauds ON this
district. After the charges had been made
and while they were pending he (Hill) vas
| neither the author nor tho disciple of such
political logic; but if the gentleman's
(Blaine) proposition with regard to Mr.,
Davis were true, then by the same logic
General Grant, instead Of being entitled to
} third term, was entitled to twenty terms
in twenty penitentiaries. daughter
Extract-Whatever horrors had existed