The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-03-10

which the administration might do. H
| (Gordon) did not propose to be draw
into passionate discussion by the Sena
tor from Indiana for purposes which h
(Morton) might have In his heart. Th
war was fought on account of difference
in opinion. When the South seeded
from the Union she placed the issue OIL
the arbitrament OF battle, and when tina
issue was decided by the fate Of battle
the South left the construction Of her con
stitution to be decided also, and to-day nj
one knows better than the Senator from
Indiana that hencefroth and forever the
question OF secession was settled not only
here, but in the mind Of every man il
the South. He Gordon thought it un
worthy Of the Senator from Indiana, who
was continually llinging in the faces o.
Southern Senators the statement that
they had been engaged in great crime
Il mattered not what Southern mar
brought up in the Senate, however earnest
he might be, no argument was 30 potent
with the Senator from Indiana as refer
ence to the action Of that man in the war
The Senator (Morton) had read from his
(Gordon's) speech at Atlanta, but he had
stopped before he reached the point
where he Gordon, referring TO a speech
OF Mr.. Toombs, asked those whom he was
addressing II the utterances Of Toombs
! reflected the sentiments Of single one in
that body, and there was q universal cry
OF "No," o,""No." Yet the Senator would
hold the utterances OF Toombs up as the
sentiments Of the people OF Georgia and
OF the South, when be (Gorden) had char.
acterized them as wild and showed that
the people Of Georgia did not endorse
them. Is it Just that the Senator Nor.
ton) should thus seek to prejudice the
people Of one section against another?
In conclusion he sent to the Clerks
dest and had read the resolutions Of the
Georgia Legislature acknowledging the
equal rights Of all citizens; the Constitn'
tional amendments, &c.
Mr.. Morton said the point he made
was that Toombs claimed that the Georgia
election had been carried by bribery and
intimidation, and nothing had been said
in response TO that.
Mr.. Gordon said he denied that the
election in Georgia was carried by bribery
and intimidation. He said that he knew
large bodies Of colored men who walked
to the polls and voted the Democratic
ticket, and the colored Democratic clubs
were organized all over the State. II
there had been bribery and intimidation
in Georgia why did not Senator Morton
show it.
MIR. Morton said he had shown it by
the statements Of Toombs, and he knew
he was the most popular Democrat in
Georgia. He did not intend to insnlt
Senator Gordon when he spoke Of. the
magnanimity Of the Republican party
He spoke simply Of the truth Of history,
He then read from the speech OF Senator
Gordon at Atlanta, where he referred tc
him (A1orton) in connection with the
Pinchback case, Southern Investigations
&C., and said the people Of the South had
to meet the world, the flesh and the Sena'
tor from Indiana. Laughter. Resum-
ing, Mr.. Morton said the Senator (Gor.
dom carefully excluded the devil, because
the people down there had no quarrel
with the devil. Laughter.l The devil
had done more 10 establish the party
there than any one else, and it would
never 90 down till he deserted it, which
would not be very soon.
MR.. wITHERs.
Mr.. Withers said he stood here the
peer OF any Senator, todefend the State oi
Virginia. That State was US much a part
OF the Union now, and entitled to just as
much protection, as il she had never seced.
ed, II was not the Democratic party, as
party, which had precipitated the war
on the country. That war was the result
OF teachings which were sectional. Ht
referred to the statements in regard &c
the magnanimity ofthe Republican party
and said that benefit conferred ceased
to be benefit when the beneficiary wat
taunted with it. If the Senators on tn,
Republican side desired the Southern
Senator'S respect as gentlemen, they
would talk less about the magnanimity o.
the Republican party. As to the case ol
General Floyd in 1860, that officer hac
always contended that he had n right tc
distribute to the Southern States their
quota OF arms. He did distribute tC
them such quota and nothing more.
Mr.. Sherman said he disnantled the
Northern armories and took all the guns
from Pittsburg and sent them 10 New Or.
leans for reasonable purposes.
Mr.. Withers resuming, said il struck
him as singular that the administration o.
johnson should be cited TO furnish Dem
ocratic parallel Of fraud to Republican
administration. 1t was the first time in
his life he had heard. that Johnsons adj
ministration was Democratic one. Hi
administration and his appointments
were not controlled by the Democrats
He regretted to have seen in tho Senate
when the Southern men announced theiI
fealty to the Union, what seemed to hin
a smile Of derision and scorn OH the faces
OF the Senators on the other side, and il
was that which prompted him to be silcn
on the subject to-day. He preferred tha
his deeds should speak louder than words
The Senators should frown down every
effort to array one section against an
other, and join hands to promote the in
terests OF our common country.
MR.. EDMuNDs.
Mr.. Edmunds said the honorable Sen
ators from Georgia and Virginia had dep
recated sectional strife and imputed tt
the Republicans desire to stir up such {
strife. The speech OF the Senator frou
Georgia made at Atlanta was calculated
to stir up such a strife. The place where
il was stirred up was not here, but where
men on the hustings resorted to style o
oratory that was applauded to the echo
In 1860, when the people Of the Nortt
declared that equal rights should be thu
law Of the land everywhere, and those il
the South insisted that the divine right o
slavery should be continued and that ;
man should carry his slave with him int
any State or territory, sectional stril,
was stirred up. When at at last, by tail
and Constitutional means Mr.. Llncoll
was elected President Of the Unitet
States, that was made the occasion fol
tremendous blood shed and disaste
brought on by the southern portion o
the United States. The people Of tn
North had resisted animosities and strife
and would resist them still. II had beer
charged that the Republican party wa,
tyranical. 1t had passed thirteen ant
fourteen amendments TO the Constitution
andthe civil rights bill making everything