Wilmington journal., 1876-01-14

| in the Senate. 1t do not know what
has '-come over the spirit of the
dream" of the Republican party, or
| the gentleman from Maine.
Blaine-The gentleman will not al,
| low me to state it.
Randall asked unanimous consent
| aud objection was made on that side.
do not know why the gentleman
| should wan TO change this biIi 10 any
particular from what il vas a year ago
when he was SPEAKER and the party
| majority under his conrrnl.
| Biaine--I want the opportunity to-
tell what has come over The spirit of
my dream.
Randall I ask unanimous consent
that you may have thirty minut S..
Blalne-I Go not want to talk except
for some practical purpose. ] wait o
talk to an issue. want TO talk in n
vor of an amendment aud I de-.
not want to be confronted with the
ststement that, that amendment cannot
ever have the poor privilege of being
| voted down as L suppose it would be
voted down. / ~ant it to go on the
| iourualtof tile HOUSE.
Randall have permsited the
amendment to go on the journal of the
| House. - -t.
Baine-Not at all. 'f H.
Randall-It is on the record of the
House.
Blaine But not in the journal.
Randall-The gentleman's object
already accompi he'd if he wants to go
hetore the country as an obstructionist
to amnesty,
Baine-The gentleman is obstruct-
ing amnesty, he is holding down every
man IN the South and keeping OF am
nesty because he will not allow US to
vote on excluding jeff Davis.
Bandall. Did you allow the minor
ity of the House to offer an amend
ment to the Civil Rights bili2 (Mur-
rnurs of moi no! nor the Force bill
either, from the Democratic side, and
calls for the regular order from both
Sides
The question was then taken and the
bill was rejected. Yeas 172, nays 81,
not the requisite two-thirds in the ma
jority.
Blaine. I now move to reconsider
the vote just taken, md desire to ad-
dress the House on the subject.
The House was soon restored to ors
der, aud Blaine proceeded at great
length.
MIR. Hill, of Georgia, had the floor.
and the motion to reconsider was still
pending, when the House adjourned.
Confirmations-Jas. Rernsy, minis
ter resident at Netherland. There are
no additional Southern nominations.
WASHINGTON. Jan. l1.--It has trans
pired through a leading De nocratic
Senator that Mr. Ferry will be retained
IN his place shOuld the Republicans
| persist In their efforts to make change,
Mr.. Ferry will no5 go into the caucus
and the Democrats will support him as
against my caucus nominee which,
with several Republican votes are as
sured, will secure HIM the succession
to the Presidency.
SENATE --Eu ogies on the life and
character Of Andrew johnson ore be-
ing pronounced.
Merrimon introduced bill to pay
North Carolina certain monies.
Bogy, to establish branch mint at
St Louis.
Dorsey, to bridge the Mississippi at
Memphis; also to amend supplement
ary to acts incorporating the Texas
Pacific road.
Messrs. Cooper, Morton, McCreery,
Paddock, Bogy, Jones, B4yard and
K y spoke q eulogy o. Andrew john
son. Appropriate resolutions were
passed and the Senate adjourned.
i HOUsE.--Introduce and referred by
| Morrison - Pre- paratory to the rcdeu2p-
tlon of United States note and The re-
sumption of specie payments it pro-
poses to retain gold in the Treasury
to the amount of 30 per cent. of the
outstanding legal tenders. requires ma
! tiOnal bonds to retain god paid for
their interest on bonds deposited, to
secure currnncy till they have 80 per
cent. of their outstanding notes and
repeals that portion of the resumption
act compelling specie resumption in
1879.
A bill reducing the clerks to COM
mittees from 35 to % and reducing pay
in several Instances to 81 per day.
The House proceeded with the Am
nesty bill.
Hill spoke two hours in the most
| effective style, frequently applauded
| by the House and gsIlt,rios. In open
ing he disclaiIned all desire on the part
of himself and his associates from the
South to reopen Ill feelings between
sections. The country had already
suffered enough from feuds. He and
his associates had come here with tn
patriotic IDEA to remem ber nothing but
the country and the whole country and
turning their backs upon all the honors
| of the past, to look with all earnest
pess to find glories for the future.
The gentleman (Blaine,) who was the
ackno wledged leader of the Republi-
can darty in the House, and was tie
aspiring leader of the Republican
party of the country had, however,
wiIled otherwise and seemrd deter
mined that the wounds which were
bealing should be reOpened. and that
the paDsions which were hushed should
be relnfiamed. He (HilD wished the
Hou> to understand that he and his
associates did not reciprocate either
the purpose or the manifest desire OF
the gentleman, and while they felt it
their imperative duty to vindicate the
truth of history as regards their Sec
ton, they did not intend to say any
thing calculated to aid the gentleman
in that work of elimination and re-
elimination aud of keeping up the war
by politicians after brave men have
said that the war shall end.
The gentleman from Maine had made
two point, III his speech, the magma
ninlity and grace of the Republican
party and the brutality of thnse whom
tie pleased to term rebels. AS to the
| first question he did not propose to
weary the House to-day, because with
the HISTORY Il tie last fifteen years
/ Yet fIo~ii il ii" mind of the world, it
was useless o speak of the grace and
l..agnanimity of the Republican party
with the master enslaved, with in
! t,liigeuce disfrarchised, with society
/ tisor .ercd, with States subverted and
with Legislatures dispersed, people
could not afford to talk of the grace
a'sd lnagnanimity. If that was grace
and magna' Unity he prayed God to
save the country in the future from
| such virtues.
| The gentleman from Maine bad made
the grave indictment against Mr.. Da-
Wis, that lie was guilty of the murders
t:.i "rn'rs n Audersorville and the.
! gentleman, (Blaine) stood before the
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