The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-07

uuence ana support OF tue CiasS oL meI
who committed these murders,
Mr.. Morton here had read the letter oi
Governor Chamberlain and the report q
the Attorney General OF South Carolint
in regard to the Hamburg difficulty, ant
said that a terrorism now existed il
South Carolina, and nearly every. othel
Southern State, which prevented the pun
ishment OF any man, for killing negro
He challenged the Senators on the other
side to name q single instance where &
white man had been punished in The
South for killing negro. '''
Mr.. Merrimon-1t is done repeatedly
in my State.i y y J J =
Mr.. Withers-So II is in mine. y
Mr.. Morton said II was possible that, il
a white Republican and negro got int
a fight, the. white Republican would bf
punished. .E[Cries OF "0h I Ohn on the
Democratic side.1 ,t.,
Continuing his remarks, lie said thai
with all that Governor Chamberlain
could do; the prosecution Of these muir
derers would come 10 nothing. II such
men o. .Tilden and Hendricks and the
leaders Of the Democratic party were to
come out and denodnce these things and
demand that the perpetrators of the
crimes be brought to justice, the murders
would be stopped. There was no use tc
deny that these murders were for politi.
cal purposes. His friend (Alr. Thurman
might as well try 10 conceal Mount Vesu.
vius by spreading his pocket handker'
chiefo the crater.
Mr.. Thurman said the Senator from
Indiana was so anxious TO make his lit
tie partisau speech that he could moi
wait to have resolution taken up, but
on this Indian Bill he saw III TO make
this stump speech. He entered the list
with his armor on, with that same old
ancient saber, to stir up The Northern
mind, and to make the people OF the
North hate the people Of the South. He
supposedthe Senator from Indiana could
not help it. This thing had become a
chronic disease with him, and nothing
seemed to afford him go much delight as
to find that a few colored people in the
South had been killed. When such a
thing did happen the Senator thanked
the Almighty for this aid to the Republi-
can party. He (Thurman) could hardly
help blushing for the Senator from Indi-
ana when he was guilty Of the small crit
icism that Tilden and Hendricks had not
noticed the Hamburg matter. They
would have made themselves the laugh.
ing stock Of the whole country if they did
any such thing. How came it that
Wheeler, Republican candidate for Vice
President, made no mention in his letter
ter Of these Southern troubles? Why
did not Governor Hayes in his
letter OF acceptance make liberal ex-
tracts from the speeches Of the Senator
from Indiana2 Why did not Governor
Hayes, q mild.mannered man and brave
soldier, hoist the bloody flag instead Of
speaking in language Of mildness and
kindness toward the South? II the state.
ments Of Governor Chamberlain and the
Attorney General OF South Carolina were
true in regard to the Hamburg difficulty,
then crime had been committed which
he could not find language to condemn.
II added brutality 10 cowardice-the
meanest and basest eowardice. The
shooting Of unarmed prisoners was q
crime too great 10 be described by words
No doubt there were indiscreet men in
the South, and they were the worst enc
mics Of that section. The active militia
OF South Carolina was composed Of col
ored men, and arms had been taken from
the white companies. The country was
told not long ago, by one high in station
"Iet us have peace;n but instead Of that
it seemed there was to be no end Of this
crusade OF hate towards the South. When
was the country to have peace, il this
thing went on?
MI. Morton, answered When the
murders ceased on account OF race, there
would be peace. The crime Of the Re-
publican party was in talking about this
thing. Let the killing be stopped, and
the Republicans will stop talking about
it. He read from the letter oi accept
.ance Of Hendricks, aud said that gentle
man did not condemn the bloodshed, but
condemned the party trying to make cap.
ital on account Of that bloodshed.
The report Of the conference commit.
tee on the bill to provide for, the sale ol
the OsSge ceded lands, &C., %as here
agreed to-yeas q, nay lS-and the dis
cassion OF the Morton resolution resumed
Mr.. Salisbury arguing against the adop.
|tion Of the resolution, and for the punish,
ment Of the perpetrators OF the Hamburg
crimes. a.tf. " go
Mr.. Mcmillan said in the South the re-
lations between the whites and negroes
in regard to labor were satisfactory, but
it was in regard to politics that the
trouble came In. .,.g,
.Messrs. Maxey and Harvey followed
briefly, when Mr.. McCrcery said tina. the
Senate had had very heated partisan
discussion, and he. thought that there
should be time to cool of. He knew oi
n bill for the relief Of poor old man
and he hoped now, as an act of justice, II
would be taken up and passed. Laugh
ter.
MIR. Edmunds said that he proposed e
do an act Of justice to good many old
men, and to the memoryof many who had
gone to their graves. through acts Of the
political associates of the Senator from
Kentucky. =. i''
Mr.. McCreery-I deny that.
Mr.. Edmunds resumed his speech, bu
before concluding the Senate went, into
executive session and adjourned.
Arbitration In stock TranSac.
tiOns-Nnti0naI Guard Encanip
ment. H.,
PHILADELPHIA, August 5.-on satur
day last, after the failure Of Bond, Moxe!
& Co., stock brokers; in consequence o
the disordered state Of affairs, the Clear
ing.house sheets we're all thrown out
requiring every transaction to beform
ally settled between the parties thereto
This action met with the disapproval o
some members OF the Board OF Brokers
and il was resolved to take test case
and have It decided by the Arbitration
Committee. The Board met this morn
ing to hear the report Of the Arbitration