Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-26
TELEGRAPHIC.
THE HAMBURG TROUBLE.

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THE HAMBURG TROUBLE
A Wordy War i'm the House on
the Withdrawal Of Troops
from South Carolina.
A Leading Democrat Admits the
Hamburg Massacre to be Ter
rible and Disgraceful,
But Don't Want the Matter Debated
| WASHINGTON, July lS.-The HOUSE
then went into Committee of tht
Whole on the bill to protect the Texas
frontier, the pending question being
the amendment of Mr.. Small, i'm con.
nection with the Hamburg troubles
that no troops shall be withdrawn
from South Carolina.
1 Mr.. Small advocated his amend.
ment, and answered Mr.. Cox, who
said the amendment had been offered
for bad political purposes.
| He argued that South Carolina was
rotten to the core and therefore he
wished the troops to remain there to
lop off that rottenness. If he (Small,
had mentioned the name of the wri.
ter of the letter he read Saturday he
would not give ten cents for that
mans life. Gen. Butler, who was
concerned in the matter, would at
once organize another band of Ku.
klux and hunt him down.
| Mr.. Cox replied, reading book
which characterized the members OF
the Legislature of South Carolina as
highwaymen, professional Legislative
robbers and pickpockets, who, under
law, rob the rich and poor alike. lie
spoke of the book Us revelation OF
the blackness of darkness in robbery
and rascality.
Mr.. Small asked Mr.. Cox whether
he had book of the history of New
York city?
Mr.. Cox replied that he belonged
to that portion of the Democratic
party which had driven out the ras-
Gals from New York, and asked why
they had not done the same in South
Carolina. Applause on the Demo-
cratic side.
Mr.. Townsend admitted Gronically)
that the City of New York was a
land of pure delight, where saints
immortal dwell. He compared the
population and debt of South Caro-
lima and of the City of New York,
giving the former 705, 600. with a debt
of ten millions, and the latter as 942,
GOO, with a debt of one hundred and
fourteen millions. He spoke of VIM.
NJ. Tweed as a ruler of New York
City for more than twelve years, and
said that during that time, when
Tammany Hall was in its power and
glory under Tweed, the gentleman
from Ohio, (Mr. Cox0 brought his
little carpet bag into the City of New
York, set il down in Tammany Hall
and looked up smilingly for the ap-
probation of VIM. NJ. Tweed. He
alluded to other lights of Tammany
Hall, Richard B. Connolly, Peter B.
Sweeney; A. j. Garvey, Ingersoll,
Fields, Harry Gennett, etc. He spoke
of various sums which each had
stolen, and, referring to the escape OF
Tweed, he said the Governor had not
yet found time to investigate the out
rage of letting him escape, and that
the Sheriff still held his office.
Mr.. Cox replied to Townsend, and
reminded him that il was because OF
Gov. Tilden's eminent services in
driving out Tweed that he was the
Democratic candidate for President
There was one fact, however, thai
could not be got around, and that fact
was that, whereas in New York the
authorities, Democratic and Republic
can alike, with Gov. Tilden as theil
head, punished their rascals. in Soutl
Carolina Federal rascals still went un
convicted i'm the courts. Tweed was
a rascal, but he had the aid of Re.
publican Legislature. He continued
in the same strain, creating consider
able merriment.
Mr.. Garfield alluded to Cox as try
Ing 10 laugh murder out of the case
He wished to know whether tn
Hamburg case was a sporadic case o
meeting or symptomatic case, indi
eating a general feeling that the blacl
men shall not be allowed all tn
rights and privileges of American
CILlZcHS.
i Mr.. Lamar declared the Hambur,
affair as disgraceful and terrible, bu
not a legitimate topic of debate. 4
body of whites had murdered, with
out legal authority, a number of col
ored prisoners, illegally detained. IL
could find no excuse therefor. TIL
!. South had its lawless class as well a
the north, with the difference that il
the South they famed out in ditferen
localities and were confined to shol
periods, while in the North som
months, and State powers detiet
The governments were falsely calle
Republican. They were notin sympa
thy with the Republican party. Ther
was not community in the Sout
, which has not been Mortified at sue
, occurrences, and he deemed it wor
der that under such lawlessness soci'
ty did not go to pieces. The arm
,, never availed anything in such case
the troops always arrived too lat
and in spite of the good faith of IL
officers had been made political ms
chimes. Gov. Chamberlain shoul
NdVc pulisHtu tilehc ilicIl spccuils Ill
justly. Instead of doing so, Governt
Chamberlain had been rushing
!, Washington for the purpose of NAL
/. ing this occurrence an occasion +,
= , fanaticism and strife. Arkansas W;
'' an illustration during the last tw
n years of the advantages of goo
IS government under the fair and inte
0 ligent Gov. Garland. In conclusio
v he declared that the affair at Har
e burg was an element that would di
e appear under good government.
n Mr.. Banks offered substitute f
: the second section, that whenever
shall appear to the President that Il
II Governor of Mexico is unable to pr
" vent the existing lawless invasions
e that Territory of the United States,
e is authorized to order troops, when
G, close pursuit of such invaders,
l. cross the Rio Grande, and to use su
le means not amounting to acts of W
is as may be requisite for the recove
: of stolen property, and to protect t
d citizens and Territory of the Unit
h States.
Hoge, Cox and others, eontinu