The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-12

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"'''"'' congress.
SENATE.

WAsuINGToN, Jan. II.
"'' .ayton presented q PETITION of the
W" ems of New York asking congress to
pass law prohibiting the appropriation of
money or property Of the United States for
any religious sect or society. Referred to
committee on judiciary.
After the expiration of the morning hour
Mr.. Cooper, of Tennessee, announced the
death of his late colleague, Andrew John
son, and delivered an eulogium upon his
character.
After MIR. Cooper, Mr.. Morton, of In
diana, spoke of the life and character of
MI Johnson, and declared that he was
brave and honest man. He referred to the
vote for his impeachment, which he gave,
and said for that he had no apology to
make. lie believed that Mr.. johnson had
violated the law, but he was willing to let
the memory of what he regarded as his
faults be buried with him, and remember
only his services to his country. He (Mr.
Morton) asked for him the same charity he
would ask for himself in the inevitable
hour. He reviewed at some length the life
of Mr.. johnson, and said his services
should always be remembered.
Appropriate eulogistic remarks were
made by senators McCreary, Merrimon,
Paddock, Bogy, Jones of Florida, Bayard
of Delaware, and Key of Tennessee.
Senator McCreary, In prefacing his re-
marks, said he was the only senator present
who voted for the acquittal Of vice presi-
dent Johnson at the impeachment trial, and
like the senator from Indiana, Mr. Morton,
he had no apology to make for that vote.
At the conclusion of the eulogies, at 3
o'clock, the senate, as further mark of
respect to the memory of the deceased, adj
1ourned until tomorrow.
HOUSE.
Bills introduced: BY Mr.. Morrison, of
Illinois, preparatory to the redemption of
United States notes and the resumption of
specie payments. 1t proposes to retain
gold in the treasury to the amount of 30
per cent of outstanding legal tenders, re-
qures national banks to retain the gold
paid for their interest on bonds deposited
to secure currency till they have so per
cent of their outstanding notes, and repeats
that portion of the resumption act COM
polling specie resumption in 1879.
Mr.. Hamilton, Of New Jersey, from the
appropriation committee, reported the
military academy appropriation bill. 1t
was made a special order for Thursday
next. 1t appropriates 1921, PAL,
BEN HILLS SPEECH.
Ben. II. Hill of Georgia, was evidently
speaking In reply to Mr.. Blaine, but the
telegraph fails to give the commencement
of his remarks and we begin as they come
to ue.
The gentleman, Mr.. Blaine, who was
the acknowledged leader If the republican
party in the house and was aspiring to be
leader of the republ eau party of the
country has, however. wilied otherwise
which were healing should be re opened
and that the passions which were hushed
should be re-ufl ,med He, Mr. Hill,
wished the house to understand that he
and his associates did not receiprocate
either the purpose or the manifest desire Of
the gentleman. While they felt it their
imperative duty to viudicite the truth of
history as regards their section, they did
not intend to say anything calculated to
sid the gentleman in that work of crimina-
ton and of keepog up war by politicians,
after brave men have said that the war
shall end
The gentleman from Maine had made
two points in his speech. Magnsnimity
and grace of the republican party, and
brutality of those whom he pleased to term
the rebels. As to the first question he did
not propose 10 weary the house to-day, be-
cause with the history of the last fifteen
years yet FRI sh in the mind of the world,
1t wars useless to speak of the grace and
magnsnmity of the republican party.
| With master ensaved, with intelligence
dlstranchised, with society disordered, with
.tates subverted, with legislatures dis
persed, people could not afford to talk of
grace and magnsnmity. II that were grace
and magnanimity he prayed God to save
tao country in future from such virtues
| The gentleman from Maine had made the
grave indictment against Jefferson Davis
that he was guilty of the murders
and crimes at Andersonville, and the
gentleman (Mr. Blaine) stood before the
country with his very fame in peril if af
ter making such charge he failed to prove
it. He, Mr. Hill, would take up the gen
tlemans propositions in their order. lie
hoped that no one would imagine that hi
was here to pass any eulogy on Jefferson
Davis. The record on which his tam(
must rest had been made up and his com
panions and friends had RENTED that rec
ord to the ony tribunal that would give al
impartial iudgment-hones posterity. Ii
the meantime no eulogy of his could hell
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Blaine, could damage it, and no act or res
olution of the house could affect it, TIL
charge against Mr.. Davis was that he wa
adelberate, wiilful, schemlng murderer O.
thousands of his fellow citizens. Knowing
the high character and reputation of tn
gentleman from Maine, he, Hill, had sup
| posed when he heard the charge fal
from his lips that he had certainly mad
some recent discovery and he listened 70
the evdence-but what was 1t Nothin
but the partial report of consressiona
committee. The testimony read was eS
cluslyely ex.parte testimony taken Will
the gentleman now on trial before III
ooun ry was in prison, without hearing
and without an opportu ity of hearing