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supported by the army and navy, and
prepared to seat him in office.
Mr.. Hurlbut argued against the bill

70 bear ana 10 induce INDIVIDUAL men,
hers 10 forgo their own conclusions and
their own views of what the Constitution
required of them.
Mr.. Hill gave to the bill his hearty
and warm approval. Speaking of the
South he said have been witness of the
sorrows of that pevple and a willing
sharer of all their sutterings.
May l therefore .be psrdoned on this
occasion for calling the attention Of the
House and of the country to the spirit
which has been manifested by that de-
rided people during this entire contro-
versy. On another occasion l defended
their manhood, their civilization and
their humanity from what | knew 10 be
unjust charges. The answer then
was unsatisfactory. Let the fur
ther answer be found in the
spirit which the people Of the South have
manifested during the last sixty days.
There is scarcely man in that country
who does not believe that the Democratic
ticket was elected, and who does not be-
lieve that all that they have remaining
OF property, OF right, OF justice depends
upon the Inauguration of that
ticket. Yet during this whole
controversy, and l say it with
pride and pleasure, the South
mas manifested but one spirit, and that
has been spirit of torbearsnce, OF kind
ness and of fairness. With the chsiss OF
the usurper still on her limbs, with the
greed OF the stranger riding her already
| exhausted golfers, with the army OF the
U nited States now scattered throug hout
her borders and standing sentinel tor the
protection OF her robbers, the South utters
10 those who have been her despolIers and
who now threaten 10 be despollers Of each
other, but one voice, and that Is Tor peace.
Civil war redresses no wrong,
preserves no right. l, you doubt look
| here and be convinced. | hope that the
people will never again be derided with
charges OF rebels a. traitors solely for
| Offering up their lives in yindlcstlOn of
their honest belief that they We're right.
Let me express the hope that in the future
he alone will be regarded as the chief
rebel, who, after the passage OF this meas
ure, shall again whisper words OF sec
tionai hate. Let him be regarded IS
the chief traitor who shall again seek 10
| breed sectional strife. For myself |
feel a pride in being able to say that |
can look upon every foot of American
soil and thank God tnat it is part OF
my country. | can look on every person
i'll this whole land and say this is
my feilow-cltizen, and | can raise my
vision 10 the uitermost boundaries of the
republic, and say, My country, my
whole country; blessed Is he who blesseth
thee, and cursed is he who Curseth thee"
Mr.. Hill upon closing was warmly con-
graduated, both OIL the speech itself, and
on the tact just sscertsined by telegraph
that he had been elected Senator.
Messrs. Singleton and Lsphsm op
posed the bill upon constitutional
grounds.
Mr.. Bland sustain ed the bill because il
provided remedy Tor existing difficult
ties, but he expressed bis belief that no
constitution or law could be devised
which would secure hsuest elections or
which thieves and robbers could not find
means - eTade.
Mr.. Southland sustained the bill, but
suggested that II should be 50 amended
as 10 provide for subnIttir : - the COM
mission the question rs 10 The right OF
Colorado 10 vote as ), ate.
Mr.. Vance, ii Ohio, opposed the ji' as
unconstitutional, and because Cong n.s
mad no power to delegate its auth"w -.
Mr.. Harrison, Of IInHoIs, sustain" u.
Mr.. Foster declared his belle. Iuat
Governor Hayes received lS5 votes, and
was elected, but yet he was III favor OF
the bill. de affirmed ths. no count of
the electoral vote had ever been made
without the Intervention or direction OF
one or both Of the House, rhe Presi-
dent of the Senate mad never attempted
to decide contested question relative
TO the count.
Mr.. ToSnsend, of New York, opposed
the bill. He WAS convinced that on the
7th of November Mr.. Hayes was elected
President. and be DID not propose ~ put
IN ieopsrdy that erection. IL Is not ia
reynrd alone 10 the States OF louisiana,
Florida and SOnih Carolina that there Is
a d tficuity, and when the question in
REG ard TO them is settled the whole diff
Guilty il not seltled-not bit OF II. The
question Of Colorado remains. Every
Democratic pres IN the cOuStry declared
for weegs that Colorado had elected the
Democratic ticket aHd three votes were
s.clrei Tor the emIneGt citizen OF Gram
ercy PARK, but By and Dy 1t turned out
th.t the vote Of Colorado was R@pu6li-
can, and then al at once IL was sscer.
,aiEed lhs! Colorado was not Stste sUd
had no vote. When the delegate from
the territory OF Colorado retired the
House refused 10 receive the Represen-
ts,ive from the State Of Colorado A. d
keeps Tin here for two moLths,
like Mshomet's c, ho, between Heaven
and earth, and I should like 70
know from the Judiciary Committee
where. in heaven name, be Is? Laugh
ter But there is more light shed on
thi. question, and thai light Is from that
prominent luninary, CroDin's hose.
iLoud laughter. The D-mocratic patty,
tie great constitutional party, the grs.t
str.ct con,tructionisI party, hss had
Cronin here to eniigntsn the people,
and they found cut that the lgh! wu
ted With oil not Of nsphthA,
put with oil thst came from New York
ted BY 8 young man named Peton,
nephew and private secretary Of an
eminent citizen Of GrsDercy Park
(Lsught Tne uprising Of 1851 vas
SIMPLY because the Democratic lssder
we're like Y to Iose the prose Of offce
and for noting else. They fsilsi 10 II,
and noE il 1871 We are bro9ghI face 70
lace With similar s:sts OF things-
Nr Lynch opposed the bill becsose It
I was VI unconstitutional
Mr.. Knott opposed the bill He "a.
one Of those who entertained the opinion
/ ,t.i there ~.s nothing Involved in the
7 Presidential sgesiioa which demanded
I or justified tie Diil under consideration.
Even cOnce1ing that Cobgres had the
night under tie constitution 70 pass such
= ball. which 10 his opinIOn i had % =
where =ss the poser 20 deleg&ts "a.
righi Of eoast!ng tie yOss % arotaef
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