Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-01-26
FOrty.FOurth Congress.

marshaled a hest of striking facts, declar-
ing that the Mississippi election of last
November was an armed revolution. char
acterized by fraud, murder and violence
in almost every form,-a little less sudden
than Mexican and South American rcvolu-
TONS but not differing from them in char
actcr, and equal in atrocitv. He then re-
viewed the history Of Mississippi and 9th
er southern states for the last half-dozen
years, in order to show that the whites have
been steadily trcnching upon the tights
of the negroes and all republicans. and
declared that, while the question of am
nesty is IN interesting one. the vital Issue
of the hour is the political, social and in
dustrial condition of the South,-the sub
version of the will of the majority by
violence and intimidation. He foresees.
in what has already been done, the final
establishment of Il white mans party in
every southern state, which will make 1t
us impossible for republicans to live in the
South and express their opinions as before
the war. and finds 4 resemblance between
the attitude of the northern democracy
toward southern outrages on abolltlonlsts,
AMI the way in which the same party now
treats the outrages on republicans. Final
". while admitting that complete recon-
citation between North and South is de
voutly to be wished IN this Centennial
wear, he thinks that any formal reconcilEl-
ton, while such wrongs go unnoticed.
would be the r;.nke,t hypocrisy.
Mr. Dawes defended the Treasury de-
partment from some attacks made by the
democrats
House, Nh. Tuckcr of Va. spoke against
the centennial bill, taking the ground 1t
was unconstitutional, and also opposing on
the ground Of economy. He ventilated a
lot of old Calhoun's doctrines us to States
Rights. Mr.. fuckers speech was IN able
one and he put the economical argument
very tersly. saying: . believe that the
mission of this government ut this time Is
economy. retrenchment and reform. We
have reached the time when Ii becomes us
to put the breaks down. to call Il halt on
lavish expenditures. If the tax is only one
cent to carry out an unconstitutional
scheme, | will remember the adaCc that
it is the last straw that breaks tie camel 5
back, and | will vote against It. 1t IS the
mission of this House and Of my political
friends to SAY this thing shall and must
cease right here and now. We should i'm
molate on the altar of duty our sentimen-
tai patriotism. and 90 back to the simple
virtues ana economic manners and habits
| and customs of our fathers Il hundred years
ago.
Mr.. Cochrane also opposed the bill.
Speeches were made in favor of the bill
bv Messrs Frye of Me. Regain of Tex,
Phillips of Kan and ilarrlscn of LII. The
latter's was the spread-eagIe speech of the
dav. and came highly seasoned with the
tit-btis of all the Fourth of July orations
for the last three-qulrters Of Il century.
OF the dcbaters FRYE and Phillips onlvwere
republicans
THURSDAY. Stn1tt. Mr., Morton con-
tinu-d hi, speech till obliged to stop from
hoarsness. The 22l joint rule was abro-
gated, and some new arrangement pro-
posed in the place of it for counting votes
for president and vice-pre>ilent.
House. Martin |. Townsend. the repub-
lcan representative from he Troy, y. Y,
district. made Il telling speech for the
centennial bill.
The House WAS in roars Of laughter
from the beginning 10 the close OF the
speech. He made some telling points
against Tucker of Virginia. whose speech
i giving northern democrats great trouble
for here is the most eloquent Scion on the
democratic side ignoring the war. and
n guinr in favor of the doctrines of Cal
houn Townsend lavcl Ben Hill mosi
numerically, AMI Yet he did it in such
good temper that the entire House ap-
plaudcd. In answer to fuckers Colhour
doctrine. Mr.. L wn>cn'l said, The cen
leman from Virginia put forth Il PROPOSE
ton Yesterday in substance tia; this Wa
not :, nation but IL coniederacv of States.
but his more experienced nelghbor from
= Indiana (Mr. lIolman) begged of him no
to open that question. From 1850 an,
debated in every assembly, IN every meet
iny of Congress, on the hustlngs and il
, the State Legislatures In l>6o a con>ti
: tutional majority of the people OF the coun
try elected Abraham Lincoln. to the prc>i
dcucv and 4 congress, which held, Wit!
: Mr.. Lincoln, that it WAS L nation. Al
p appeal had been taken from the forum
i, OF discussion to the field of iron w;tl'
and from lojl 10 1863 brave men OF
both sides met in the terrible arb!trlmcu
of steel to settle the question whether lhi
| WAS 4 nation OF not. The question ha,
, been br"lght UP on appeal, and had beer
| urged on many a field, from Gettysburg I,
the gulf; and. finally. Judgment had beer
rendered in that gentleman own distric
i. (Mr. Tucker'>), At Appomattox. IL
wished that that gentleman h al gone an'
r lie I'd up the record before he came to tn
g House with View to Reopen that Il scus
!, sion and to throw the country into a new
turmoil
: Mr.. Town>enls speech. WAS dclivrrc,
in y humorous, converS ,tional. story tell
e ing style and was thoroughly enjoyed b
his audience, the members gathelin,
around him.
f Gen. Banks made one of his most clo
;. quelt sYe.ch,s in favor OF the bill, and
e took occasion to &" salute the August Ma
e e>ty of the People, instead of lrty
D FRIDAY. .Stnatc. The d,v was miami
. taken up with eulo.ies on Vice Presidcr
Wilson. Mr.. Boutwell, presented the usu
n III resolutions. accompanying them with
y review of Mr.. Wilson 5 life and character
l and after Mr.. Dawes told the story of hi
career in state and national affairs
: Speeches were then made Ivy Senator
: liamlln OF Maine. Cragin of New Ham,
4 shire. Morrill, of Vermont, Cameron o
e Pennsylvania, Morton of Indiana, Steven
son of Kentucky, Ingalls, Of Kansas. Bog
o of Missouri and Anthony of Rhode I>lan.
/ House. The president sent in in /,
sponsc to 4 request, the correspondence OF
, tho Cuban question. The documents ar
very voluminous, but really add very it'll
to our previous stock of information o
I the subject.
e Eulogies on the late Nice-PresiLen
were also delivered in the House b
! MeSsrs. Warren and Harris of Mass
Kelley of Pennsylvania, Knott of ker
! lucky, Clymer Of Pennsylvania. Kasson {
S Iowa. Banks of Massachusetts. Lynch {
r Mississippi. IIurlburt of Illinois, Lawrenc
), of Ohio, Lapham of New York, Reag;.
of Texas, (ex-confeder:l postmaster GER
4 sral). Joyce of Vermont and Blair of Ne,
h Hampshire, and the usual resolutions {
, respect were adopted in each branch
The speaking in the House is said to hav
been inferior to that in the Senate, som
Of the members in the former body coin
q largely into the spread-eagle style
> SATURDAY. House. There was a |,
= | more centennial talk nro ,n1 ,op III,