Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-01-22

Mr.. Cox, resuming, said the gentle
man was then one thing in committee
and something else in the house. He
agreed to that in committee which be
would not consent to in the House.
Mr.. Blaine said the gentleman made
no distinctions He agreed to the bill,
but thought JEFF Davis should be LETT
out. -
Mr.. Randall inquired whether the
gentleman offered any amendment ir
committee to exclu lie Davis.
Mr.. Blaine / did not. ~,
Mr.. Cox said, IF the gentleman from
Maine would not interrupt me quite SO
much he would feel good deal better.
He is like the little boy down in Mem
phis who undertook to take twist at
a mules tail, and his father said to him,
sYou do not look so well, but you have
learned something" Boisterous laugh
ter on the floor and in the galleries.
Mr.. Blaine-"Does the gentleman
from New York represent the mule in
that transaction Renewed laughter J
Mr.. Cox. did not hear the gentle
mans last remark, but suppose it was
one of his incisive and unansweraole
speeches. ........ l..'
Mr.. Blaine. Do you want me to re-
peatl .D
Mr.. Cox. Oh no. Never mind.
Renewed laughter.
Mr.. Cox, resu:ning, read further, that
after Mr.. Maynard read the bill DIR:
Lawrence, of Ohio, asked if that would
not make Jeff Davis eligible to any
oficei He (Mr. Cox remembered
that man Lawrance, from Ohio. When
he was speaking On amnesty on one
occasion, Mr.. Lawrence suggested that
there should be first-class funeralsin the
south i've years after the war That
was the lenient disposition CT the he
publican party. He regretted that the
gentleman T. Mr.. Blaine] would go back
on the record. But he was candidate
for President; and could do it without
fear. He called upon the gentlemen on
the other side who had voted for
third term to repudiate this proposition
of the Presidential candidate from
Maine, and to go with Gen. Grant, who
was in favor of amnesty. He was
soldier, and not politician. He fought
in the war, and he never proposed this
exceptional and partial legislation, but
he wanted amnesty, full and free.
Gentlemen on the other side have
taunted us with being the eI-Confeder-
ate Congress. And to create false senti-
ment they have sent broadcast over the
country a slander that no Union soldier
had been retained by the House. The
truth is that they have appointed more
in proportion than the Republican
House did.
The proof of this was ample. And
yet in spite of this and other matters
the gentleman from Maine, in this year
of jnbilee, makes an outrageous and
indicative speech. Aud that speech
will defeat him for the Presidency.
Laughter. ..... n. -,
Mr.. Cox closed with an eloquent ap-
peal for general amnesty and forgiven
ness in this Centennial year.
Mr.. Kelley; of Pennsylvania, said he
had voted for Mr.. RaDdalls bill, and
not to have done so would have been
to violate all his old and we1l-settled
convictions. He appealed TO the Re.
publicans TO vote for amnesty, general
and universal. [Applause on the Dem
ocratic sidc,1 His service was longer
than others. He was here during the
war, and while the war lasted ne voted
for the most extreme measures. After
the war he would have read with joy
that Jeff Davis had gone to sour apple
tree. He never thought him lovely
character, and did not speak for him.
The report that Mr. Blaine read was
made in 1867. Davis was then pris-
oner, and such men as Greeley went
his bail. Why did We not punish him
then? We had him. When Wirz was
hung the country knew of these char
ges against Davis, and yet he was not
touched. If We refuse him amnesty
now the world will say, why did you
let him run ten years and punish him
at this late dayi Foreigners will be-
lieve that he is SO powerful for evil that
we dare not amnesty him. We have
admitted the Vice President Of the
Confederacy, and are you going to An
nounce that jeff Davis is so much more
powerful tha; you dare not free him of
lis disabilities! General amnesty would
insure peace and order, aud make the
Centennial year noble one. Let US
make it year of jubilee, indeed, and
declare that no man stands defranchised
for Political crime. rg
AN INcIDESr.-Not many years ago,
certain miners working far under
ground, came upon the body of poor
fellow who had perished in the suffocat-
ing pit some forty years before. Some
chemical agent to which the body had
become subjected--an agent prepared
in the labratory of natnre-had effec.