Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-02-22

on. that they are called the ssviors OF
.be Union while we are classed 81 un-
sneeessful Rebels. We do not com.
Main either, gentlemen, that your Fed.
stal dead sleep In National Cemeteries,
oruamenied and beauiifed by all that
art can give aud wealth besIow thal
their graves are marked with "siOried
brass and monumental marble" while
our brethren sleep on the lonely hill
side aud in the distant valleys where
they fell, with naught 10 mark their
restIng-place, or else have been gather
ed together 10 poverty-Stricken burial
grounds, whose plank fences and rude
head boards stand In miserable con-
trast beside the magnificent mausole-
ums OF your Federal dead.
Here the bsmmer fell.
Mr.. Durham obtained the floor.
Mr.. Banning. | suggest that the gen.
tlemsn from Kentucky yield his Time
to the gentleman from Mississippi.
Mr.. C7lkiu.. | ak unanimous con-
senl that tie time OF the gentleman
from Mississippi be extended indrti'
nitely.
Mr.. Durham. | yield my time to the
gentleman from Mississippi.
Mr.. Chalmers-I say then, Mr.. Chair
man, that we have no such feelings as
have been ascribed to us on this fl Jor.
We have adopted, in good faith, the
amendments 10 the Constitution. We
have submitted TO the painful expert.
ment Of reconstruction, more painful
han the experiment Of the unskillful
urgron who Gets and then breaks that
he msy set again some fractured limb,
w have bowed TO everything this
Government has put Upon Us, aud we
are willing to forgive and forget. We
can forget the destruction of our insti.
tulions. We can forget the desDlating
march Of armies which left a blighting
track through our e~ver.beautiful land,
marked by monumental chimney,
whose blackened sides alone remained
10 point the Confederate soldier TO the
spot where once bis mansion stood.
We come here now asking for peace
aud 10 be treated as part Of this Gov.
eminent, and for on as | have said
before, shall vote most cheerfully aud
cordially for your West Point bill.
l stand here as q Mississippian, as a
Southern man, as one who tried HE
best 10 meet you on the battlefield. |
never turned back on you then and
do not propose nov 10 turn my back
upon you in debate. Aud ! say You
are doing injustice TO our Southern
people when you charge us win enter.
%raining such malicious feeling here to-
day.
The gentleman from Michigan talked
about the thirty.sixth section OF the
school lands given BY this Government
for educational purposes. | Ask hin
whence came that land? II lean f, on
he good old mother OF STATES ant
statesmen. Virginia gave All empire ii
lands TO this Government, aud tTi'
magnificent domain on which the gen
tleman himself lives forms a portion o
this gift ; aud because they have giveI
back one section out of thirty-six the!
stand here TO denounce US OF the Soutl
and hurl that in our faces as II we werl
recreant to all sense Of honor In refer
ence 10 this Government. | say so ia
as the amendment before the House !
concerned It seems TO me 10 be a wisC
one. | shall vote for that amendment
but at the same time l desire 10 repe
the insinuations that have been hurled
at my section OF the country. Zap
plause,1