The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-01-20


the committee and another object outside
the committee room, or some little po-
litiCal purpose, no doubt. [Sneeringly]
is that the craftsmanship which aspires
to the presidency Loud laughter all
over the house. That is to say, while
he was ready to acquiesce in reporting
the bill out of personal regard TO onr
present minister at Constantinople.
When he got outside the Committee
he seeks O colored member and tries to
get him to object, and yet, sir, he sits
here in the House of Representatives as
the guardian of honor and. honesty, and
when Mr.. Maynard said that he was au-
thorized to report the bill unanimously
the gentleman from Maine sat in the
Speakers chair as dumb as an oyster.
Loud laughter.
Mr.. Blaine-The gentleman confuses
distinctions, | was perfectly willing thai
the bill should come before he House.
Mr.. Randall-Did you offer any amend
ment in the Committee on Rules that ex.
cluded Jefferson DavisP
Mr., Cox-I want to give you some
more of this. Laughter. If the gen.
tleman from Maine would not interrupt
quite so much, he would feel good deal
better. He is like the little boy down in
Memphis who undertook to take twist
out of mules tail and his father said to
him; you do not look 80 well, but YOU
have learned something" [Boisterous
laughter on the floor and in the CALLER
les.
Mr.. Blaine-Does the gentleman from
New York represent the mule in that
transaction. Renewed laughter
Mr.. Cox-I did not hear that last re-
mark, but l suppose it was something in
the sweet and honeyed style of the gem
tleman from Maine Blaine.
Mr.. Blaine-Does the gentleman wish
me to repeat it?
Mr., Cox-No, sir, l do not. There
never was such an opportunity if l were
not amnestiCally inclined to run knife
into the gentleman from Maine, and to
turn it round, but this is an amnestical
occasion, and will not do so.
Mr.. Cox went on to read from the rec
ord the proceedings in regard to the am
nesty bill of last year, in the course of
which Mr.. Lawrence, of Ohio, appears
to have asked Mr., Maynard whether the
bill included Jefferson Davis; alluding
to which, Mr.. Cox said that he remem.
bered this same Mr.. Lawrence saying in
1868 or 1869 that what he demanded for
the South was first-Class funeral, and
this, said he, was five years after the war
and illustrates the benignity of the Re-
publican gentleman. He remembered,
when that amnesty bill was passed, the
aureole that shoMe around the row of
Kasson, the Centennial glow that beam
ed on the face of Kelley, and as to the
gentleman from Maine (Blaine) he re-
minded him of an apocalyptic angel of
the sun. He was so bright and beauti-
full that it was impossible to look upon
him. laughter Why was that gen.
tleman (Blaine) taking it all back now
1t was not in order to attribute motives
to the gentleman and he would not do it.
tie knew that the gentleman from Maine
was known to be candidate for the
presidency, but that was no reason why
he should be mean man. He was the
last man to whom he (Cox) would at
tribute any bad motive; but one thing
was very curious, and that was that he |
(Blaine) was antagonizing President
Grant on this subject. He Cox did not |
like the looks of that. laughter He
therefore called uu the Republican gen.
tlemen, especially on that little knot of
colored members who fight so nobly and |
who are now fighting for third term, to |
vote down this obnoxious objection pro-
posed by the gentleman from Maine.
Had not the President in his annual
message of December, 1873, renewed his
previous recommendation for general |
But Grant was soldier, not |
a scurvy politician. Laughter To be
sure. General Grant had made some lit
tie trouble down South, in Arkansas, |
Louisiana, and other States, but he had |
never proposed an exceptional partial
He wore the plume of SOL
der, and the plume of a soldier, as some |
poet had said, even in the din and fire |
of battle, could be swayed by breath |
Of zephyr" How could he contrast |
the conduct of the gentleman from
Maine with that of General Grant with
out giving his views on the presidential |
question laughter, and that he did not |
want to do? They had all come here to-
gether by the same tidal wave. Those
men from the South had been sitting |
there taking little contemplate insults |
from the other side about that organiza-
ton of the House, while the fact was
that more MANNED Union soldiers were
appointed to subordinate offices in the
House under Democratic officials than
had been appointed in the last House.
He commended the course of the gentle
man from Maine in raking up the EN-.
bers of hate, and he intimated that his
speech was a bad, mad, malicious, mis-
chievous speech, and one that never
would elect him to the presidency if he
lived for thousand years. Vociferous
laughter.
In conclusion he referred to the story
told by Livy of Roman General who,
having conquered Philip of Macedon,
had it announced unexpected by her.
aid to the people of Greece, that their
axes should remain forever abolished,
and that no more records should remain
Of the tyranny exercised by the Roman
over the Greek. That was the year Of
he Grecian jubilee. He, in this jubilee
year of 1875, would like to have herald
proclaim from the Capitol the delivery of
he South from Republican exactions and
rom bad rule, and the ushering in of
hat glorious, blessed light which cometh
rom above, and which will shine on the
lone and architecture of American free
lom. Loud applause.
Mr.. Kelley then took the floor and
made strongspeech against Mr.. Blaine's
and in favor of universal
Ind unqualified amnesty. He quoted
rom former speech made by him on
he same subject and appeared to his
party associates to make the centennial
| year of jubilee and to proclaim to the
world that no man stood disfranchised
or any political conduct or for any crime
or which he might have been tried ten
years ago, but was not; who had been al
owed to walk unchallenged in the in
erin.
Mr.. Hill of Georgia, obtained the floor
md the debate went over till tomorrow.
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