The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-27
SENATOR COR Don.
Extracts From His speech int Au-
gusta. Georgia.

The proposition is too absurd for ar
gument. But what matters it to Sena
tor Morton that, to secure Mississippi
eight votes in the electoral college, he
must fly in the face of allprecedent, over
ride the law, trample down the Constitu
ton, overthrow local government and en-
danger popular liberty in this country
What matters all this to him Picture
to yourself Senator from one of the
States of this Union standing in the high
est legislative body known to the laws,
and which, under the form of his Gov
eminent, by the Constitution he has
sworn to support, is made the bulwarll
against an invasion of the rights of the
States picture, | say, this grave Sena-
tor standing in that august assemblage
clamoring for a committee, upon whose
report he may overthrow the popular
government of one of the co-equal States
of this Union And then look at the
gravity of his argument The question
before the body is this Where is the
law under which the Senate of the United
States can investigate popular election
| How does the Senator seek to demon
strate that the United States has such a
power? What are his arguments? They
are these The last election in Missis-
sippi must and can lawfully be investiga,
| ted, because you want in Georgia a con-
stitutional convention and dog law
Now, of course, this is not literally
true, but [ have done the honorable
Senator's argument no injustice in thus
presenting it. Indeed, it is compli-
mcnt to put it in that light Laugh
ter. He does not urge the Senate to in
vestigate the election which has just oc-
CURED in one of the States of the Union,
and which sent Democrats to Congress
and TO the Legislature of that State.
But the constitutional provision which
permits it, he has not as yet shown us.
The Senator had spoken for two days
when | left Washington, and among the
arguments that he presented was the
fact that, some time in the past, Missis-
sippi had repudiated her bonds Laugh
ter. Another was that, some time
in the past, her banks had broken, and
hence we must investigate that election
Renewed laughter. These were CO.
gent reasons doubtless, and the Senator
only needed one other point to render
his argument complete and overwhelm-
ing! If, when he was treating of banks
he had only given us a chapter on the
FREEDMAN's BANK,
OF which he has right to know great deal
more than of Mississippi banks, and which
would have been quite as german to the
subject, and much nearer contempora-
neous with the events he sought to investi-
gate-lf he had done that, his argument
would have indeed been worthy of the
Senators patriotic, lawful, and disinter-
ested purpose. Great laughter. And
while this Senator is thus proving the
constitutional power of the Senate to in
vestigate the Mississippi election, with a
view, presume, of relieving that State
OF their Democratic government and of
restoring to the rebellious subjects of
Father Ames the paternal government
with which that individual, by the grace
OF the Republican party and Federal in
PREVENTION, has blessed them laughter
for the past few years-while he is thus
engaged In the Senate, Mr.. Blaine in the
House sounds the Ger tennial Jubilee bv
summoning before him the ghost of the
Duke of Alva to prove that the Duke
was an immaculate saint as compared to
the Southern people Laughter, APP
plause, and Kisses.
Probably ought to apologize for treat
ing SO grave subject with so much lev
Ity. 1t such exhibitions of insatiate
vengeance, of unconquerable prejudice
and OF undying hate al such time,
wnen the hearts of the Southern people
yearn tor peace, and the people every
where, North, South, East and West.
nan the return OF the one hundredth
anniversary of American independence
as day of oblivion to all these borrid
memorles-if such an exhibition of par
llsan passion does not proclaim these
men men unfit and incompetent to rule this
stetae then | know nothing of
craftsmanship and of the qualifications
requisite for rulers of republic, which
II 1t live at all must live in the baarts of