Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-02

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now voting on the other side was led
bcguiled, cheated, into joining us in
our ssfanaticism.s We fought the
fight ont "wickcdly,r ssnladly,. ina.
lici9usly," and we say we are guilty
of 1t. We have TO own it before God
! and man.
i But, Mr.. Chairman, 1t was the IA
naticism of those men over there and
here and their associates which saved
this country. But for that We should
have been in beautiful condition
now, split in two in the middle. and
God only knows in what condition
the inside would have appeared
/ Laughter.l But, secondly, | am
bound to make further confession TO
tho gentleman from Georgia. We
were guilty when we had two-thirds
of both Houses of Congress of doing
away, by q vote of two-thirds Of both
Houses, all the disabilities of every
member on this floor who participa-
ted in the confederacy. Being mad
Ily," "wickedly," malicionsly deter
mined to injure these men and not let
our hatred die ont, we let them in
here-these men, the sixty-one fine-
looking gentlemen who walked up
here together the other day, unable to
take the full oath. We were guilty of
letting them all back here and of not
/ saying and of never having said an
unkind word of them or to them since
they returned. We do not think quite
kindly of jefferson Davis, but he is
not here. This kindness to our sixty
one associates is piece of wickcdness
which ] know should not be forgiven
in this world or the next. know it
/ is unchristain. .,...35,.,
/ Why right here sits the gentlemen
from Massachusetts, Mr.. Scclye. al
I though he is not in his place just now.
He made beautiful speech here the
other day. But, Mr.. Chairman, what
long days Of summer have passed in
the old church in Troy, listening to
line upon line and precept upon pre-
cept, fom that gentleman telling me
that there could not and there should
not be any pardon except upon con-
fession and repentance. know we
have not lived up to that doctrine.
Laughter.l
The gentleman from New York
Mr.. Cox] quoted scripture here on
one of the first days Of the session,
and again we had the scripture
brought in here yesterday afternoon
the Old Testament both times. They
went back to the old dispensation to
Greece and Rome and the Old Testa-
mcnt; and Elijah, and the Lord
knows what. was taught to read
that book in my boyhood, and saw
then the terrible things narrated in
the Old Testament. remember that
the people Of God when in the will
derncss murmured against him, and
that he announced. the decree that, of
all who came out Of Egypt and muir
INJURED against Him, from twenty
years old and upward, no man should
ever enter the promised land but
Caleb. the son of Jephunneh, and
Joshua. the son of Nun. And it did
occur to me the other day when gem
tlemen were quoting scripture that it
would not have been injurious to the
gentleman from Georgia if he had
been left little longer in the wilder
ness [Great laughter.l But we let
them come out OF il. | own and con-
| fcss il before God and man and the
other side OF the House and the conn-
| try. IS
| Nor is that all the wiekedness we
have committed. We have done more
| What have we done to a portion of
these men of the South who went to
Brazil after the surrender at AppO-
mattoS! Those men said ''this is not
our country; We don't live in it: we
will go to Brazil, where in its jungles
we can enjoy the benefits of the sun-
broken constitution and the .princi-
pies of 9S.'" They went there. and
they had just as good time of it as
their friends have had here during
the nnplersanmess-Only for q little
! longer period. And now this miser-
able republican party and republican
administration have violated the Con-
stitution by sending ..maliciously and
fanatically" a ship of war to Brazil to
bring those fellows home at the ex-
pense of the Government. Laughter
And when j confess these things / do
not much wonder ut the feeling Of
horror and dctestation that seemed
to ill the bosom Of the gentleman
from Georgia the other day. 1t is al
most too much for poor hsaman nature
to bear, but T. hope he will live
through it.
There is another confession want
to make here. The dropping off Of
the muzzle of the OK that trcadeth out
the corn, the dropping of of the lRuz-
zle from the working population at
the South has rendered it possible for
seven cOlored men to occupy places
on this floor. They represent just
about a million of the forty millions
of the people of the United States.
Now lam bound to say that these
men during the time have sal here
have come into this Hall well dress
ed they assume the carriage of gen.
tlemen: they insult no man they en-
croach upon no man !: and in the few
instances when they have arisen to
address the House, it has been done
with an intelligence, q Difference, and
! consideration that might do credit to
any statesman in any land. But / ac-
knowledge for them, in response to
the jests thrown out against them by
the member from New York Mr..
Cox the other day, that their faces
are not quite so light as the brilliant
Saxon color of the gentleman from
New York. Laughter. They are
guilty Of that, and hope they will
not be punished for it. hope that
gentlemen on the other side of the
House will treat with Difference these
colored men just struggling into po-
litical existence, standing here, as they
do, as the representatives, not merely
of their direct constituencies, but of
four million people their kindred.
hope that no gentleman will again
while have seat upon this floor
pain me by alluding to the fact that
they are colored men. (Applause.l
Now, sir, have gone over this
matter and want to make another
point in reference to it. Iwant to beg
the gentleman from Georgia Mr.
Hill that if in future discussions be
finds me so wicked, to spare me.
am young and timid. Laughter
And when gentleman in the zeal ol
his advocacy tells me what has never
been told me before, that sshave yio-
lated every oath and been guilty oil
every crime and advances half step
toward me shaking at me his closed
hand, it frightens me. And in the
evening aud in the night ! do not see
the lovely countenance of the gentle
man from Georgia, but / dream oi
Preston Brooks and that terrible
bludgcon that he used to carry about
the Halls Of the Capitol. | hope that
in future the gentleman will confini
himself to debate and not 10 threats
and not go to war for thy next hall
century whatever else he may do.
i Laughfer.l
4 George Singer, of Moulton, a lively
youth of l0f years of age, has already
secured his ticket to the Centennial
and will start as soon "a the weather
settles. in the spring. He is in the cn
joymcnt Of perfect health, can see as
well as he could fifty years ago, and