The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-03-10

hau heen besrd Tor years past. IL FELL
upon his ear like fire bell at mid
night, aud lac earnestly hoped II would
not be heard by the presiden; and his
constitutional advisers. Ia ccnolu-
sion, he deprecated this sectional az
erosion aud hoped there would be an
end to il now.
Mr.. Blaine argued that the same re
turning board which gave the electoral
vote of Louisiana to Hayes ard
Wheeler, returned a Legislature Re
publican In both its branches, and :.
b. Packard as governor. The LegIsla-
ture assemblej, As provided by law,
aud elected William =. Kellogg United
States Senator. His election wps legal
aud valid. tie then referred 10 the re-
marks of the Senator from Delaware
Mr.. Bayard) aud TO his course on the
electoral commission, and said that
the senator, a. a member of the CON-
mission. never once voted with the
msjority of the judges on the com
mission.
Mr.. B,yard oh, yes. The senator
has not followed the facts of tnat case
st all.
Mr.. Blalne-So far as test questions
are concerned. 1 do not know what
the little c1urtesies aside may have
been. On all test questions known to
the public, ! think the senator is uni
formiy on record as against the ma
jority of the judges.
Mr.. Bayard-The senator has not
read the record, and does not seem to
know much about il.
Mr.. Blaine IL except Cronin's case.
L think the senator did drop partisan
ship In Cronin's case" Continuing
his remarks, Mr.. Blaine said: "Now,
Mr. President, t.is Is a simple ques-
/ ton. Ii is ii p pie Invitation To this
side of the chamber from the other TO
abandon the ground on which the
people of the United States have &C
cepted the election Of Hayes and
Wheeler. Yesterday | spoke of back
door whisperings and talking in the
corridors, aud asked If any senator
knew that there was any sort of I'M
Outstanding. l asked then and ask
now, is there any gentleman on this
floor who stands voucher and sponsor
for that understanding There has
been put ia my hands at this moment
telegram, which l am requested to
read, and | think it may throw some
Eight on the subject, profess 10 he a
plain, blunt man. do not want any
hite-and-seek on this subject. want
positions to be clearly taken aud
frankly ayOwed. read this telegram,
not exac ly bearing upon the Louisiana
question, but kindred TO IL, and posi-
bly, kindred dispatches are circulating
in New Orleans this moment for the
surrender and abandonment Of that
State. The dispatch Is handed to me
by a gentleman now on this floor aud
claiming to be a senator elect from
South Carolina
COLUMBIA, 4. c., March :, ls73.
To Hon. d T. Corbin:
| 1 have just had long interview
with Haskell, who brings a letter f.,
me from Stanley Mathews aud Mr..
Evarts. The purport of Mathew let
I ter Is that | ought IN yield INV rights
! for the good of the country. Tins is
embarrassing beyond endurance. III
such action is desired 1 want 10 know
! II authoritaiively. / am not acting
for myself, and can not assume such
responsibility. Please enquire, aud
telegraph me tonight.
n. n CHAMBERLAIN.
Mr.. Blaine continued: ar asked
who had been doing he whispering n
the corridors, aud the answer COMES
from Columbia. IL there any sena.
tor on this floor who desires
to stand sponsor for that dis
patch or for the policy that
1t covers. Is there any senator
here who proposes to abandon the
remnant that is left of the Republican
party between the Potomae and the
Rio Graude, and that 1t shall 60 down
tor the public good, as Mr.. Stanley
Mathews puts it? Being little
Of partisan, differing in that respect
from the senator from Delaware, I am
not ready for that. / do not propose
either at the back OF Mr.. Stanley
Mathews or Mr. Evar;s, To say that
the public good requires that the brave
men who have borne the flag in the
brunt OF the battle In the Southern
States against the prosecutions IN
parelled In this country shall
retire for public good. loud
applause. ] do not propose
1t. am here to do battle with any
one, in my humble way, who espouses
thai policy lay down the gage for
any senator who stands sponsor to
the suggestions OF Mr.. Stanley
Mathews and Mr.. Evarts on the ques.
ton; nor am I to be dislodged from
my position by quotation from the
late president Of the United States, of
whom ! would only speak in terms Of
peFsunal respect because the late
president Of the United States, he hsy-
ing, like every one Of the rest Of u.
The right e change his mind aud aiter
NJ sieWs u puhIto pQlioy.