, 1876-01-19

after tbs roa1 liyo statesman bnt for ono fnct.
len ifill spuks mud, 81 listened anu looKeu.
and looked aod fiascned. thetc stole over mo tho
vague suspicion TINT boforo mo a1poa ana spoks
ono OF tho statesmen aucl1 hs t!aed 10 reha
about, II not In pataon Weems' biography AMI
tho Ike, In tho weekly iss,n Of tho Ole, ,tn1c or
gan. Ills speech scemoa 70 ro,scho the
spirit Of tho youorAhto resolutions ot ~. ltta
upbraiding OF tho fanatics who drove the South
out Of tho Union, carrying on The Constitution
Ia Tho Sonth's cphs-tal pockctv oil by tho waftoh
brcac., OF tho eolomn compact enbodtctt in tho
Fugitive Slaso act. was idonttcal Win tho at'er'
nncea OF
TIE man oxp sra7Ea,sEH
WHO long ago warned tho country that those
Identical fanatics were going to destroy the
Uplon. Theso high-oll statesmen wcso devoted
to nothing with such all-absorblng devotion na
TO tho Union, wh!cl. thoy. woro forever saving,
tban IL his. Tto boosted TINT Tho aonth was In
tic Union, hayiugtfotcAcd back tho Constitution,
as he loft it 10 10 inferred, and hls naughty 70.
mintler that the South wns In tho Uniou to stcy
ana to restore Sonstn.ip Gg o HN
Union TO drive from power those fanatics ro'
Hpouslb]o for tho War, md it's Woos aIld crimes,
woro o,ninontlv suggestive. 1t eaEo!oa of tho
tinlea when Robert Toomba boasted no would
call tho roll of ltH slaves ut tho font OF 1nnkors
llll monument. Indeed, With slight 'nouities-
ton ns 10 tho facts under decusalon, ulafH
Bpccclt waa precisely such as was dc1irornl IN
tito days when the offtco OF tho hlgh'old states
man was to muzzlo tho conscience OF tho
natio,,. aud when IN hls most forvid orr
torical flight. with tho crack OF the. slave,
drivers laBl, in his cars, ho epoko With hatcd
brcnth and In ginEor'J 1hrase OF tho peculiar m
htitution. which Indeed VA tt'o gym o. a.! tn'qn'
estimation OF those bieh,pld statesmen Of tho
Union. Which they sought to destroy, md Of tho
Cony.trt!on which they took on I'll thcir coat.
tall pockets. was what protected aud fostorcd
had nat forgotten It when he denounced Lie
fanatcism tint would not crnge and cover
before tho slave 1,osor, antt ho stood before the
Country. NJ it wero, tile maorialized sp!rit OF
tlose departed statesmen OF tho higlt-od school,
seemed but tho rofrain Of tloir great BpoccheH
delivered In Congross and published in The week.
u edition Of Tho old organ. bofoto tho dcluge,
But 1t wouId ho n.htako 10 dismiss
Den lftIn AS 4 8tAnEn MONUMENT
Of tho nntctllus1nn ora Of American politics.
There is attugolhcr too much OF lin for bolttlc-
mont by rltlicuIo. and tho sentiment Of which 1le
Ia the cxponont IL no lingering echo OF tho dead
wL.to population Of Tho lately rohsllous States,
except, OF coursc, tho carpot-basgcsA. lie ~
eviaontly q typo Of tho l'eh WHO hencciorth
aro choily to- represent tho South 10
Congress. md thu principles to declares are
those With which NO arc to become familiar. llc
III q living illustration of ono OF tho plaincst
truths Of history, OF wlcl, a'ao o IL rcninIer,
to-wit: That war docs not alter mon a political
convictions, md that, to all tho traditions for
WHICH, poop1o entcrou upon I'M .llHuccoasfnl
war they but cling tho closer because OF defeat.
Tho blood epicd but makes tlcm doarcr. and
pcrEotuatcs the devotion OF that people to thon..
a.H. HILL sTA1irL.gD TIE l1orsr
and startled tho country BY yehcnensly cl,ars.
Ing tho responsibility for tho War upon tho ]oYal
people for tlotr repeated breach Of plghtcd
filth With tho South, embodied ID tho Fugitive
Slave net md the compromises. But UaA It not
upon that very ground, and thnb further aEgrcs-
woro contemplated, that the South secedeA7
And after tho terrific fight they wngcl upon these
grounds, cau anybody expect them to haye altered
their issuoB? My. Hill. It Is true opposed BcceB-
sion iu its inception, for te perceived the hope
leAaneas Of tho contest, nau shrank from tho
horrors 10 forceaw.- 1Ic proposod to mako the
fight within thu Cnson. Blasesy ronaatnB 10
longer to DO q bono Of contention. But thceo
remains the irrepreasiblo discomfort with tho
now ortor forced upon thom through rccon-
str,Ictioa and rormanentfg established by tho
amendments, to which thoy havo couformel III
precisely Ho far rs was impossible to rosiHt.
They hayo como back into tho Union, aa Ar. Hill
said, to ntay mud All his speech disclosed, with
political aacoudaucy, tho cllof inspiration to
which ia to mako Bure that hencos0rth forever
more
THEY AMI TO nE "1ET hLosg."
accepting tho amendments 3uet 80 far as theao
hnve boen forced upon teiu, aud louceforth
subject to tho strict construction as 10 Status
ilfghtH, for which they wcrc ever aticktets.
Az despite ull political theories. tho world
| moves. that greatest agency OF c:ylli:aton--
conl,norcc--qutety rcvolutonzcB a1aira. nen
intorcsts develop notwithstanding the poltti
ciAus, bringing forward ucw issuts. mud time j,
our tupilIy-shifting population brings nov
people, l DO not anow that thcso things ncod
oxcito widespread nlarnl. Uut with
rsr rA~rt+1 nv tR II a+ rfFr HrY-rtT
with their oagerucsa for roycngo upon tho llc-
publican party, which they hold rcApun.!blo fol
tito Wet mud for tho " atrocities Of rccohstruc'
| tlon, for Htatco Hubvertea, nasteIs enAlayed,
tlon Of tho soutb canl,ot bo too quickly ui,.ler
stood. It AuCgestH to tho pcopie OF tho county,
not whether tlerc ls to bc nn.thtnE like fu.the
reconstrlotion Or military interference viii
they alall, through. aid of Northern
| votes, obtain control Of the National Atlrn,nis
| ttation; whether lttstter cx-CorfGaernto asccna
ency tho freedmen would 10 assured thu right
| guaranteed thom undor tho amendments
whether tim ftel,t contracted for tho suppression
| OF their 1aobeillon would 10 quito Ell eccurg
| ard whether ths full results Of tho triumph q
tho Union wouta bo loft wholly iri.npared.
TILE PRACTICAL RrHuf'r or TIE DEBATE o:
AMNESTY
is that It Inns brought tllst question into th'
| foreground. IA a Natlor 0f fact | do not 1lllt
that It las changed anybody's viewH upon th
! question Of nmnosty ttsolf. But for tho obati
nnoy with which Randall refused to pesmi
l.aine'H substitute excepting Jclrpraon Davis t.
| bs introduced, It is exceedingly doubtful, u
rather, it IL hardly doubtful, whether the li
would havo SECURED tho two-thrlH vote ncccs2at
under suspension Of tho rules to secure it's pms
sayo. But Nanjall ayo~rdly attempted TO N,
ths gag upon tho Republican side, and this y
| oJonsiyely that Bonle members WHO would elB
nye voted for 1landall's bill. opnopcl 1t in ordc
to ennble I}luno to got his nubatltuto before til
House. aud th,s, with Hills making Of tho bi
| virtually yinljcat.un Of Jefferson DAVIS, dc
foated 1t, under tho suspension. iAnIsTu.
| FlNASCIAL.