The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-12-12

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ysiIs,. eesld scharacters fhe property, or,
life ofapy mar be afected hy 4 statemrpt
made IN his absence aud when he had no op-
,portunify of The cross examination- Wien I
made THAT statemsnt igTetly n afhA Senas
Tor from Massarhnsctts. .sis 8, 6tianswer dfi
n Senator frou, shat great State 70, gel pps
and ask wbensbeforei did happen that ceri.
lain ontrages existed il certain sections OF
the country aad found no esnsurer aui 10
man who w6dld not profit by Athe ~fongss
'fsfhatan airwers .ssthat the answer VI n
Massachusetts senatpni Sir. I,rhould do
noiinjustice 20 my owp charscter. .as an Al
merican citizen, as u man who respects the
great State which fbe Senator represents on
this foo. ii said shst answer unhecoming
The character d, of,aIsssaeh hsseiis. .illSir, what
right has the Senator from uassachnsrirsto 10,
say that no man. Of the Democratic party
and no man of the South has failed 10 pro-
Ga BY these wrongss Is sbs statement true? !?
| saytit sinontfues plNothing prevents me
from using harsher term TO deLonnee the.
statement Of the Senator of Massachusetts
but tie proprictiey Of this clrambers a whu
of W. l,pye prof'ed by these wrolgs? II |
was to tell ii this chamber here to- night
wl,st We have under gone for fhe last ten
years. shere i not a baifutpn the head oi'a
Seilaior ilvteiwhp bss ,heimpolses,vfa map.
that Mould not stand on end. t.a,.,.f n I
IN hereyer committed. they have been
known aud admitted to be wrongs and never
palliaied. There is not good MN in the
southern country who has not denounced
thrin.ig Does not the Senator know that my
eloquent friend from Mississippi Mr.s Lar
mar in The other house denounced the af,
fair at Hamburg? lie. the senator tell me
what Southern man has undertaken 10 de.
fend a wrong committed aupoa any human
being IN the Southern States in the Inst ten
years. HAD i, 8gsrPses aAt of mas ,
"a He speaks Of whole communities so en-.
gagged. Does it become an American Sena-
Iur to throw, will not say dirt, but ca,
sluiSuy, upoir eight millions Of people. upon
thirteen great states. upon the sonsaud the
daughters Of nen who have illustrated a.
m,erisah history with a glory that does Not
pale before that Of Massachusetts herself!
And il these things are 10 be denounced,
who is responsible for them! Here 10. day
we have witnessed upUn the floor oi the Se>
nale an assault BY leading republican up.
op arepuslirau Senator ofthis body, one oi
our smenai lou say .younelvesEhy your
votes be o.ght 20 be Investigated one ci
the men That your party put over W.. Who
has had control Of The Southern States for
the last ten years? The republican, pafts.
You have had control of them you have
had the Army, Sou have had the Navy
seu lmye had the Treasury |; yyu have had
the Judiciary; you have bad everything in
sour hands; aud then you come, here aud
undertake to lay at nur door--wheh our
habds were tied. when we were shackled.
when We could not lift up our beads ii the
land of onr iathers--y ou,comehefe apdaD.
dertake 10 lay all crimes, resulting from
ypur misgoyerpment at our door, This Is
what you have done.
Nr. President, do not want to say any.
thing personal. 1 will not say anything
personal here. IL could conceive that ]
ha.i said lisa word sgunbecomihp
myself iiqar ianjnstl todithe s,senator
from Massachusetts, should retrsct 10.
Ishould hold myself a coward. III did moi
DO 20. Jfmy manner isr warm. ilis my
nature; I.cannot help H., But lei me say
to the Senator from Massachusetts that
wheH Isrea man come here whom,
know Of my own knowledgeio be his and
my I,eer; when see nian Icome here in
whose veins flow the blooi Of Perry --and
/ need not say who Perry was--wiien I
see man here, aceuriing to the adnlission
~ all. In whose hrari beats the blood 81
Butler Or o. the Palmetto regiment; when
1 see nephew here of that Butler who
was W long the chairman Of he Judiciary
Committee Of this Senate---wlien see that
honorded name sought tca.s torn down
and degraded unjustly 1 must rise and de-
fend Il. Ifmy manner Is warm, I am
slad that u h so.s would not permit ths
charavier 90 the. hnmhlest hegro in the
|,f'arolinar. Iswoul,l Batallow the cliaracieI
OF the poorest n am that walks this earth
10 lie destroyed, ,Ly such testimony a= i,a,
just iseen read, aud whei, lie had not been
heard IN hlsown defence; aud. when | up.
lHale.i t,s se,Istor froni Massachusetts,
Tint great cradic 6f Ilbcriy, 20 stand ny
.lrss fnnTcIpes.sIa am msFIfled: n Eau
ashamed that he should TAIL to do u, -
The New York Sun las a very iivel,
picture Of The manner u Senator Ransom
m his demolItIon of Hoarof sIassacbuse
who takes up the banner Of hatre,l TO th,
South that cell fromthe lhauds Of Morton
Ransom's eiequence rose ftoa pitch ~
gransleur aud effectiveness that has eel
.iom been punalled in tie Senate; the n,or,
30, because II was sronianeuus and un
prcmeditated, the hot, burning ou,pour
Ing q Of a " rath Justly aroused byI the on
juslifIable assault of boar upon Bnilsfan'
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