The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-03-08

sponsor for tnaC UNDERSTANDING Inefe
| has been put in my bands at this
moment, a. telegram which ! feel .au-
thorized to, read-nay, which ! ain
requested to read- land think It may throw
some light ON the subject. I profess to be .
plain, blunt man. / do not want any
hide-and-seek oHthis subject. want posi-
tions to be clearly taken and clearly
ayowed. I read this telegram, not ex-
actly bearing on the Louisiana subject,
but Kindred to It, and possibly kindred dis
patches are circulating in New Orleans this
moment for the surrender and abandonment
OF that State. The dispatch is handed me
by the gentleman row on this floor, and
claiming to be serator-elect from South
Carolina. - ~ a,g ,s.t
Sir. Blaine had'the following letter read:
COLUMBIA, S. c., March 6, 1871
" Hon. ID. e. Cortin: go. -
! OF have Just had a long interview with
Haskell, who brings letters to me from
Stanley Matthews and DIR. Evarts. The
purport Of Matthews's letteris that I ought
to yield my rights for the good OF the coun-
| try. This is embarrassing beyond en-
| DURANGO. III such action is desired want
| to know it authoritatiyely. nm not acting
for myself, and [ cannot assume such re-
1
me tonight. H. CHAMBERLAIN" (
| / asked who had been doing the whisper
ing in the corridors, and the answer comes
from Columbia! Is there any senator on
this floor who desires to stand sponsor for
that dispatch, or for the policy that it
covers? II there any senator here who pro-
poses to abandon the remnant that is left Of
the Republican party between the Potomac
and the Rio Gzande, and that it shall go
down for the public good, as Mr.. Stanley
Matthews puts it? Being little OF a
partisan. differing in that respect from
the senator from Delaware, 1 am not
ready for that. do not propose, either at
the beck of Mr.. Stanley Matthews or Mr..
Erarts, to say that the public good requires
that the remnant Of the brave men who
have borne the flag and the brunt Of battle
in the southern States against prosecutions
Unparalleled in this country shall retire Tor
the public good. Loud applnuse.] l 90
not propose i'll am here to do battle with
any one in my humble way who cspouses
that policy. lay that gage down for any
senator that stands sponsor to the sugges-
tons OF Mr.. Stanley Matthews or Mr..
Evarts on the question. Nor am L to
be dislodged from my position by a
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, like every one Of the rest OF
us, the right to change his mind and alter
his views Of public policy, did not In the
dispatch read by the Senator from Dela-
ware maintain the same attitude which he
maintained in the dispatch which / shall
now read. The following dispatch was re.
ceived Sunday evening at the headquarters
OF the Department OF the Gulf:
JRash ington, January II, 1871 Genera
q, G. Iugttr, Neao Orleans, La. 1t has
been the policy Of the Administration tc
take no part in the settlement OF the ques'
ton OF the rightful government in the State
OF LOuisiana-atc least not until the con
gressional committees now there have made
their report-but it is not proper to stanc
quietly by and see the State government
gradually taken possession Of by one OF th'
! claimants for Governor by illegal means
The Supreme Court set up by Mr.. Nichols
can receive no more recognition than an.
other equal number OF lawyers convened a
the call Of any other citizen Of the State
A Returning Board, existing in aceordanc
with law, having judicial as well as minis
terial powers over the count Of votes AM
i'm declaring the result Of the late election
: has given certificates OF election to tn
, Legislature OF the State. A legal quorum
OF each house holding such certificates me
, and declared Mr. Packard Governor
Should there be majority for the recogn
, ton of either it must be- Packard. 70
may present copy Of this dispatch t
! Packard and Nichols. .....~, .,.as.
4 +: tSigned] -. ..,s -s-~, q. s. GRANT.
, The President, it will be observed, state
the case in January, with the facts all b,
t fore him, just as have stated to-day, and b
7 gives o very correct portraiture OF tt
E Nichols judiciary, and highly lauded b
7 the Senator from Delaware. The Senate
/ from Delaware said that the few innocer
8 remarks which made yesterday sounde
9 to him like the fire-bell in the night
e they seemed destined to rekindle IL
( fires of sectional aggression. That Sci
d ator and myself represent dltferel
y schools in politics; we come from 81
, lferent sections; we have represented di
:. 'erent ideas before the war and during I'll
e war, and since the war wholly and entire
e different. While have the greatest respe
q and the kindest regard for him persol
u ally, do not propose to take his advice Q
this question. I do propose for myself :
: long as may be entrusted with seat on th
/ floor that whoever else shall halt or gro
= weak in maintaining it, so long as I hay
d the strength I will stand Tor souther
Union men OF both colors, and when [ ceas
: to do that before any presence, North {
e South, in official bodies Oh before public q
I semblies, may my tongue cleave TO She rot
! OF my mouth and my right hand forget il
q cunning. -st.3.-...a..: Il. ~-..-....a .
: Mr.. Morton followed in favor OF Eellogs
1,n,r Inf,, tIo ,,,1>s r
+ Mr.. lBayard for the original resolution {
0 Mr.. Blaine in the case of Kellogg it was the
! agreed to-yeas, 35; nays, 90. .5 IL
+ The substitute is rs follows: That the err
8 dentials Of William Pitt Kellogg, claimin
D to be senator from the State OF Louisiana
do now lie upon the fable until the appoint
: memo Committee on Privileges and Elet
lions, to whom they can be referred.
e The vote in detail was as follows:
e i. YeaS.-Messrs. Bailey, .Barnum, Bayart
! Bogy, Booth, Burnside, Christiancy, Coke
Conkling, Davis Of Illinois, Davis of Yves
Virginia, Dennis, Eaton, Garland, Gordon
Harris, Hereford, Hill, Johnston, Jones g
Florida, Jones Of Nevada, Herman, Lamar
! McCreery, Mcdonald, Mcpherson, MaXey
Morrill,, Randolph, Ransom. Salisbury
Thurman, Wallace, White, and Wlthers-
: So. -" y ~,
Nays.-Me ssrs. Allison, Anthony, Blaine
Bruce, Cameron, Of Pennsylvania, Chaffee
; Conover, Dawes, Dorsey, Hamlin, Hoal
Howe, ingalls,, Kirkwood, Mcmillan, Mitch
ell, Morton, Oslesby, Paddock, Patterson
Plumb, Rollins, Sargent, Saunders, Sharon
:. Sherman, Teller, Wadleigh, and Window
90. , -,.-,..I
7 Mr., Patterson; Of South Carolina, sub
/ nitted resolution that the credentials O
/ David r, Corbin and M. c. Butler, eac