Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-15
ALEXANDRIA, GAZETTE VIRGINIA ADVERTISER
SDeeie ReSuIfiDt!On.

When the act for the repeal Of The specie re-
sumption bill was up ib the House OF hepre'
sentatives, yesterday, Sir. FELTON, dem. OF Ga.,
favored the repeal ct the resumption ac!.
He in7eighed against class Legislation. lie vas
opposed to the strikes OF Ia5o1IDs p.eu. Ltocr
had no hight 10 make war upon capital, because
capital vas as necessary a. labor, aud strikes.
were unwise aud destructive to the bestloterests
of BOTH When those labor combinations rtsort-
ed 10 violence they deserved the c5ndembalda
of every good citizen. Bat it vas equally wr1Gs
| for capital to conspire aesiost Label Lie
financial policy OF tie Country >ibea
| 1870 had been the result o deIber-
ate conspiracy of the creditor class 10 rob
| and inpo7erish the debtor class. The get Il"
moDetiziog the silver dollar Was as utJusi ahi
wicked as the famous strikes which h:'i 81
Gently startled and alarmed the Country. iHat
act dcmoDetizing silver Vas the most dc!lbr'
| rate and iocXcusabe attack upon labCr
ever Known 10 legislative history; But that
did not quite make New York aud New EGG
| South, and therefore the black scheme Q! con
traction had been coosummatcl. Just Is the
Wild delirium OF war was subsl3lnl into reason
all encouragement was Withdrawn aud iinanca
ruin ensuad. DurIbg the var toe bakers Il
New York, those aDtquated Shy !ocks, had <rcilt
every dollar not expended in paying Tor su+-it,
tutes, 10 buying UDited States bonds, ali t!:an
| they became ciamor0us Tor cJntractl"n. hey
cared not for resumption nt sI,ecc payucn;S.
That was but pretence They had Ir,umrhe..
and the agitation had sent down the price {!
Abr to starvation wages The geat!ema1 !!0m
New York. (Mr. Chittendcp) had said ycs!eT
day from bis perch 1.-THE clerk 5 dc>k tta galnh
lers and loafers and bankrupts demanded ID:
repeal of The resumption act. The centicH.so
| from New York must have KEEP; ledger, OF
one side Of which The peer man was pu', acd
the man who owned three or t0ur huHtred
Thousand dollars in government securities on
the other side, the side which VS. lrinins
DOM the aborlug uaa. Eac1u!agcGcat c.
the democratic side.
As soon as Mr.. ChittenIca heard hImse:
alluded to in Mr.. FeI!on's remarks be crossed
over to the democratic side Of the House in or
der to hear more distinctly what was said about
him, and be made several attempts to lnterpos:
| remark, but was cot permitted 10 90 81, 3 he
himself gave notice yesterday that he would no.
allow any Interruptions. Felton, went on with
his deuulcation OF the capitalist class address
ing himself directly to Chittepdcn, who was
standing in one Of the aiSes 90 the Gcmocrst:c
side, the butt G. the tests aud laughter On tEa:
side.
lie said And yet you undertake 10 coniott
the country BY telling it that all these things will
right themselves. Yes, koow that these things
| will right themselves Wtco they have touched
the bottomIcss pit Of despair aud q! poverty.
Lock youder at that storm driven ocear; bur
ricaDe and darkness ale upon the deep; sigoal
guns arc friGg cVcrJ milutci SHIPS arc e0loe
down by the hundred; thous ,nd Of precious
lives are being eoeuIphe1, and in the lnida; CT
all this ruin there (polntlng ever 10 Mr.. Chit
tenden) stands the Wrecker outbursts ot laugh
ter and applause on the democratic side, wait
Jog for the spols, aud assuring those 10 peril
Of destruction that all these lhiags will right
them selves. Confirmation OF the applause Oh
the democratic side.
Mr.. Chitenden (rep.) Of New York (sliii
standing 90 that side of the chamber a.kel a
minute to reply TO FELTON,.
Mr. Douglass, of Virginia. No, u0l bait ii
minute to the wrecker. (l..u9htrr AMI noisy
demonstrations
Mr.. Tucker. Of Fireiua, proposed lcn!arIy
to have recess Of a lew minutes until sumo re-
storatives should be applied to the corpse Of
New York (meaning Chlttenden.)
MIR. Cox, Of New York, interpo,rd in behalf
Of his colleague aud asked that he should have
fair chance to answer the gcuttcmuu from
Georgia.
Mr.. Hardeobergi,, Of New jersey, wi.o was
entitled to the ho5r, yielded five minutes u his
time to Mr.. CbitteadeD.
MIR. Chittenden speaking from his Own scat J
said IL will notrtturn To the argument. There
is no man who knows my lie woo does not
know that when went to that uauzusl place
1.-THE clerks desk) to speak yesterday went
there to speak the truth according as. | urder-
stood X. The gentleman has referred to nc as
capitalist, as owning government bonds, and,
therefore, as Interested in this matter. 1t is
more than eight years siGcc have been able to
hold or Owl government booG, and although
l spoke yesterday Of national banks parted
with the last share 81 stock Which owocd in a
national bank 5 years ago. do not make this
statement to conc!lale anybody, but ma H. il 10
expose and expose to the world that lea. The
question before the House is before the world
1t is question now whether the ciCdit and
honor and integrity Of the American people
shall before all mankind, be suuk into n bot
tomless pit? | therefore say that any man
who aims blows at mo as the holder OF govern
ment securities, as being Interested in nation
al bank, mistakes bis man. have not comc
here and dared to utter anything en- that sub
ject which | have not considered. II had
time | could expose the iallaccs, the miS,tatc-
ments, The errors, the nonserse Of the last
| speaker (FeltoO,) SO that DO man who is
capable Of forming an honest judicial opinion
on anytgrcat question can possibly make any
| mistake about it. There never was in dis
cussion in dclberati7c body, as has been
| shown in this discussion, so much OF ignorance,
so much of passion, so much OF that: spirit
which will surely destroy the integrity Of this
nation, so much that was absolutely wrong,
absolutely ruinous aud leading only to utter
dishonor. Applause on the republican side.
Letter from Fa irfax.
FI1DuIv " II V. NJ, I'll, NJ