The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-03-16


shall find myself greviousiy disappoint
ed, wounded and humiiiafed if NV de
nial is not vindicated in the policy o
: the administration. But whether i
, be vindicated or whether il be nor
care not. 1t is not the duty OF a Sen
ator TO inquire what the policy of IN,
administration may be. but what i
ought to be, and hope a Republic,
Senate will say that Oh this point thrr,
shall be no authority in this land lors.
enough or adventurous enough :,
compromise the honor of the Natjoua
Administration or the good name ~
the great Republican party that cal,sG
the administration into existence. IAN
plause in the galleries. which va,
promptly checked By the presiding
officer.
Mr. Bayard then took the floor. but
before proceeding with his remark,
yielded for a motion TO adjourn.
The Senate then adjourned until to
!, morrow.
I Mr.. Blaine argued that the same Re
turning Board which gave the EIecto
raj vote of Louisiana to Hayes and
Wheeler returned Legislature. Re.
publican, in both its branches. and 8.
b. Packard as Governor: The Legis
lature assembled as provided by law
and elected William p. Kellogg Unite
States Senator. His election was legal
and valid. He then referred to the
remarks of the Senator from Delawa re
[Bayardl and to his course on the Elec-
toral Commission, and said that the
Sena;or, as q member of the Commis
sion. never orce voted with the mujor-
ity of the Supreme Court judges on
that Commission, who we're considered
as non partisans.
Mr.. BAIARD-Oh yes, the Senator
has not followed the facts of that case
at ALL
Mr.. BLAINE-So far as the test
questions came. | do not know what
little courtesies aside may have been.
On all test questions snown to the
public think the Senator is uniformly
on record against the majority of the
Judges
MR.. BAfARD--The Senator has
not read the record and does not seem
70 know much about it.
MR.. BLAINE-I except Cronin' 5
case. ] think the Senator did drop
partisianship On Cronin's case Con
t'uuing his remarks Mr.. Blaine said
Now, Dir. President this is a simple
question. 1t is simply an invitation / o
this side of the chamber from the 9th
er 10 abandon the ground on which tie
people of the Uniied States have nc
ceptvd the election of Hayes and
Wheeler. Yesterday | spoke of the
| back door whisperings and talk in the
corridors, and asked il any Senator
knew tLat there was any sort of un-
! derstandiDg. ] asked them and | ask
now if there is any gentlemen Oh this
floor who stands voucher or sponsor foi
any understanding. There has been
| put in my hands at this moment a tel
egram which feel authorized to read,
nay, which | am requested to read,
and think Ii may throw some light
on the subject. l profess to be a
plain blunt nian. do not want any
hide-aDd seek On this subject | want
positions to be clearly taken and frank
ly avowded- reld this telegram, not
exactly bearing on the Louisiana ques-
tion but kindred to il, and possibly
klndred dispatches are circulating
New Orleans at this moment for tie
surrender and abandonment OF. that
State. The dispatch is handed
me by gentleman now on this floor
and Calming TO be Il Senator elect
from South Carolina.
(tSlaine read Chamberlains dis
patch.)
1 ask VIII has been doing the whis-
pering in the corridors. and the answer
comes from Columbia. Is there any
Senator on this floor who desires to
stand sponsor for hat dispatch, or for
the policy that it covers, Is there any
Senator here who proposes to abandon
the remnant hat is left OF the Republi-
can party between the Potomac and
Rlo Grahde, aud consent that it shall
go Gown Tor the public good as Mr..
STANLEY Matthews puts it. Being a |
little OF a partisan, differing in that
respect from the Senator from Della
ware, l am not ready for that. / do
not propose either AT the back of Mr. |
Stanley Matthews or Mr.. Evarts, to |
say that public good requires that the
rambant OF brave men who have borne
the flag and the brunt of battle in the
Sout fern States against the persecu
tians unpaF alleled in this country for
the public good. / am here to do bat
tie With anyone in my humble way
who esponses that policy. lay that
down for any Senator who stands
sponsor to the suggestions of Mr.. Stan
ley Matthews and Mr.. Evarts Oh this
question. Nor am to be dislodged
from my position by quotation from
the late President of the United States
OF whom would only speak in terms
OF personal respect, because the late
President of the United States having,
Ike everyone of US, the right to change
his mind and alter his views of public
policy, did moi in the dispatch read by
the Senator from Dele are mailtain
the same attitude which he maintain
ed in the dispatch which will now
read.
Blaine read Grants dispatch of
January II. III
The President, it will be observed,
stated IN the case In January, with the
,aots all before him, just a, / have
stated to day, and he gives @ very cor
.ect portraisure of the Nichols Judi
,iary, so highly landed by the Senator
rom Delaware. The Senator from
Deiawar- sai" that the few innocent
which | made Yesterday
TO him lise fire bells in I'll e
light. They seemed destined TO
,ekindle the fires of sectional aggres-
lon. The Senator and myself repre-
ept different schools in politics. We
,ome from different section, we have
represented different ideas before the
var and during the war and since the
var. wholly and entirely different.
While have the greatest respect and
iindest regard for him personally,
10 not propose TO take his advice on
his question. do propose for myself 4
Is long as may be entrusted with n
eat on this floor that, whoever else
hall bal. or grow weak in maintaining
t, so long as | have strength l will
tand for the Southern Union men of
10Th c~iors, and when | cease to do
hat before any person North or South,
n official bodies or before public as
may my tongue cleave to the
oof of my mouth, and may my right
and forget its cunning. s
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