The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1876-02-05

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,tten,pt to commit murder upon
him. Sir, | trust the gentleman
from New York will allow me
not to make a reply 10 his jecr but
TO repeat to him the words Of Chss.
Sumner, as ii the spirit Of that
great philanthropist, that states
man, that sympathizer with human
rights and human sorrows were
here present in my place. Here, |
sir. is what Mr.. Sumner saii as TO
that:
"You entirely misanslcrstand me
when you INTRODUCES an incident Of
the past, and build ON 1t an argu-
mcnt why l should not support
Horace Greeley. What has Pres
ton Brooks to do with the fresi-
Dental clcctions"
And what, sir, has hc to DO with
this discussioAy
"Ncvcr while sufferer did any
ono hear me speak OF lhinll " un-
Kindness. And now. after the lapse
of more than half q generation !
win not unite with you IN dragging
him from the grave where he sleeps
10 aggravate the passions Of POLITE
cal conflict and arrest the longing
for concord. Aud here Is tho cs-
sential difference between Yum anu
inc at this iuncture. l seize the
opportunity to make the equal
rights Of all secure through peace
ard reconciliation. But this In
tlnitc boon You world postpone
Seven years have passed since we
laid aside oi,r arms, but umhappily.
during nll this pcrio'l, there hns
been q hostile spirit towau' each
other, while the rights OF onr c"lor-
cd fellow citizens have becn IN
perpetual question. Seven years
mark a natural period Of human
life. Should not the spirit b.
changed with thc body3 Cah we
not after seven years commence
new life. especially when those once
our foes repeat the saying sThy
people shall bc my people, and u!
God my God.'"
[Applausc.]
Mr.. Townsend, r0sc--
| Mr.. Lamar. win The gentleman
add to the grace and magnnnimlty y
which hc has hitherto extended u
ia. the further boon 0f allowing
INC to conclude my rclnarksf
Mr.. Townsend. Certainly.
Mr.. Lamar. / might advocsts
this schcnle simply because u
comes up in tho spirit which thi'
grcat man expressed, tho split q
peace aud Cancellation; and ! b.
licvc, sir, that 1t will pe carried
out. do not bellows that thi
measure will be defeated. 1t is, sir
something like an image ofthc feel
ings Of our people which. demand
that the alienation hitherto exist
Ing between the two Sc, tious o
tho Union shall no longer disturb
tho peace and tho happiness Of th
American Republic, nor obstrnc
their prosperity and greatness nm
glory. | say ''hitherto existing,
+ for | do not believe that this alicil
alton any longer exists, and | d
. believe that IL each Of the tw
sections could be brought to SC
and understand the inward feclin
: and aspiration Of the other, tn
/, real fact would be developed thu
|, at no period since tho inauguri
/, ton of Mr.. Jefferson have III
entire body OF tho America
! people been animated by such
. universal and common scntimel
. in favor of harmony and tratern
unison, or BY a purcr, Intense
i broader and more nnivers
4 patriotism.
nj know, sir, thai this scntimcil
i this aspiration has not found IL
!. expression aud development hel
in this Hall. 1t has been kc
under and stillcd BY the strong NJ
. work Of IN intolcrant polite
y organization, and Its voice III
y needed amid the clam0rs Of impd
It sioucd partisans. Butin the p
's litical as we'll as IN the nattil
II world the agencies which are 1
n most powerful are not the noisic
lc Violence. passion, fanaticism, al
/. animosity can always find voice a
!. rend the air with their IactiUus q
- nors, while deep and earnest co
s. yiction lies ilnspoken IN the hcs
II Of d people. The currents Of p
Of sion and Of feeling may flow hilll
Z and thither under extrnncous
= tlucnces and forces, Ike the da
So oud rnnr of wnyes lashcd 10 ttl
nc by tho storm, while tho great u
m the ,lnsounled depths off comm
:. hone, u common interest, III! Co
y. mon patriotism. lid voicelnss !
OF all mighty beneath. Much Z
IN ..lnurn