The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-12-21
{ THE SOUTH IN THE SENATE.
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THE SOUTH IN THE SENATE.
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In noticing the sharp antithesis be-
tween the brutal bearing Of the Repub-
lican leaders in the Senate, and the
dignity and sufiiciency Of the Southern
leaders during the struggle Of the past
week, the country will be sure to award
8 great advantage to the South. South.
ern Senators are simply types Of race;
which, with all its faults, was never
mean--whOse great men were truly
great because they superaddett courage.
and the love Of truth to ability and
learning. Sneers ut the tschivalry' ot
the South, at its sstrophicaal Oratory,"
aud its love of sentimental politics.
will cease to he fashionable some Of
these days. rhe country is rapidly
learning that a strong infusion Of the
Southern qualities into the counting.
room craftsmanship and hard material
ism OF New England and New York
will give rs u broader and Il better
civilization. - -l"' .'t
Senator Hoar may congratula him.
self that the stricken Senator from
North Carolina was prevented by sick
ness from administering the punish.
ment adequate to his own pedagogical
Importance. But while he may see in
Ransom y knightly gentleman who
never gave an insult and never submit
ted to one, he may profitably study the
bearing aud character OF man in
whom the aspiring American Senator
may always find u model. ' t'=+ !
The Radical sssmall fry" Senators vi
the pattern Of Wadleigh and Mcmillan
served to point a moral for the benefi,
of Edmunds and Conkling, by giving
to Ben Hill some slight provOcati0n
for the display OF the power in debate
which Georgia we'll understood when
she placed him in the Senate. -n
The South, not less than the Demo-
cratic party, is immensely the gamer
from such game displays Of prowess as
Senator Gortlan gave in his assault up
On the Inconsistencies, the bubbles,
subterfuges, sneers ana bad manners OF
of Conkling and Edmunds. The super
ciiious Senator from New York invited
the tpalpable hit" which Gordon gave
him when he said in Tuesdays debate
that "rhetorcdid not require truth and
accuracy of statements to procure the
finest Effects" "That's u fact, quickly
responded the Georgian, t'Of which the
speeches of the Senator from New York
always furnish an Illustration The
bravery and dignity of the South in
contrast with the cruelty Of her perse-
cutors and maligners, were never bet
ter asserted than in the impassioned
outburst of indignation with which
Gordon answered EdmunCls on Mon
day. The saturine Senator from Yer
mont had no reply to make to the fer
Vid eloquence into which Gordon de-
ptcted the crime of employing the ju-
dietary of the District to make good
thu flint nj a r.ar3fnsa1 tor FOL
For one it is reasonable to suppose Ed
nands experienced the sensation OF
shame. Ordinarily, he has about as
much capacity for emotion as u Yer
mont pumpkin. Somebody said the
other day that EIlmunds was the only
man who could eucre the MiIkado OF
Japan. For il ne were opened he
would be found to have neither blood
nor bowels. 1t may not have been
blood that rushed to Edmunds' steel
trap face but Gortlon's cat-o'-nine-
tails visibly menaced his saturnine
iInperturbability. Senate and galleries
were thrilled by the fervor and splcn-
dor Of Gortion's dash, and there was
good reason for the expression of salts
fed State pride with which Senator
Hill noted the success of his colleague.
A Southern Senator once said: .Gor-
don carries II good deal OF piutnagt,,
but whoever attempts to pluck him
will find bird full OF game and
strength"
Radical slang-whangers will find
nothing to comfort them in the speeches
of these Southern Senators. The
South has no more Wigfalls, and has
but one Toombs. The country will see
neither buster nor timidity in the
dealing with great questions of the
representative Southern men in Con
gress, whose presence gives good assn
rance for the future of the Democratic
party.