The daily gazette., 1878-04-09
APRIL 9th 1873.
A SEVERE REJoINppR.--By ever

A SEVERE REJoINDBR.--By every
principle of fair play the members of
Congress are bound to let the late war
md its disasters severely alone; or If re
ferred to, to let that reference be in mild
ness and kindness for both sides as erring;
FOR both did err, and are from each
others standpoint guilty. The whole
war was an error. Subsequent history
proves that it would have been wiser to
lave negotiated for ten years previous to
The war and restored the States to the
Union by diplomacy, upon the ground of
freeing the negroes and paying for them
fair sum, to be expended in part on
their education (after the plan of that
eminent man and great scholar Elihu
Burett,) than to have gone hastily and
inconslderately into disastrous war,
that showed the Rebels to be the greatest
war-like people on the globe, and in
point of courage and endurance, soldier
for soldier, equaing two or three to one,
Of their northern brothers. Every
American soldier that was slain in that
war, owed his death to brother country
man in arms, and is loss to the great
nation we are trying to build up on this
continent as an example in liberal insti-
tutlohs to the Old world. Gen. Butler,
therefore, did his side OF the House and
the whole country wrong when he re-
ierred, rs he did, to the late Confederate
people. 1t has taken fifteen years Of
war if We believe the Radicals negotia-
uon OF legislation, after the termination
OF hostilities, to arrive at our present
state Of peaceful relations between the
States,
MIR. Blackburn, Of Ky, retorted severe
ly and Butler was made to feel the point
OF his lance in such a manner that he will
be careful how he raises his wiser again,
Tor contest in an arena that it was fair
" understood by both sides was a forbid,
den field. We quote brief part of this
retort upon Butler;
Mr.. Blackburn said we have been told
here to-day that the candidate who has
been nominated in the Democratic eau
Gus for the dosrkeepershlp of this House
deserved by every law, human and di-
been told-tlsing HIM rs an average speGi-
men OF the element which embraces
o,OOOuOO OF the people of the land-that
they We're all breathing a miserable eNis-
tence at sutierance, and were indebted
Tor their poor, miserable lives to the
magnanilmty of the republican party
1hat has been told to us year after year.
anu II Is told to us to-day IL is false. and
the talsehood should wlther and die on
the lips that last uttered it, How was IL
possible, ask, for man who belonged
10 the army OF the Contederacy TO have
been hung after the terms of surrender
ana cdpltulation had been agreed upon &?
DO you mean to say that the well-earned
reputation Tor courage and galantry and
manhood which the soldiers OF the Onion
army had illustrated by overwhelming
and conquering my people was 10 lie
Dlotted and blurred Tor the first time in
the history of civilized warfare by this
government ignoring the conditions Of
surrender and hanging unarmed men
whom 1t had agreed to protect, in order
TO induce them to lay down their arms q?
sentiment?
Mr.. Blaekburn.-I submit to the mind
OF every candid man on this floor twheth-
er he slts ON this side or the other side of
thls chamber) whether / have not quoted
you correctly
Mr Butier,-Have | stated or limited
that after the Confederates laid down
theif arms they ought to have been hang
eu! The time was before.
Mr.. Black burn.-Aye, but the ditiicul-
" was TO hang them SO long as they bore
arms. would like to know how MANY
men could have been hanged in the Con-
Isuerate service while they were stand
ing III line OF battle with glistening bavo.
nets on their countrys battlefields 2
W heh a member Of tine House asserts
tndt 'hls nom mated candidate OF the
3ehlocfatlc patty for the doorkeepership
observed, by every law human and eli.
vine, to have been hanged, and Whrr
that utterance is accompanied with III.
poast that lie alone stood by that law anC
executed IT. | would like to know yyhat
iIteTpretatlon or construction can posi-
bly be gwen to his language except tha
COnfederateS were TO be hanged whel
the power to hang them was conferred
MI butler.-Not after we had agreet
not to.
Mr.. Blackburn am sorry that it wa,
necessary for "a member of tile House I,
remind us of the exercise of what h,
chooses TO term clemency, but which i'm
partial history will denomin nate but com
mon fairness, and that in illustrating thi
lhagnanimlty, for which he claims sucl
circuit 10 ms party, IL was necessary 10
MN TO parade before us boastfully th
execution of an unarmed and helDles
prisoner the only man, L believe, whom
the history of that war shows to hav,
peeh Killed orlniured on the Confederat,
SIDE by the warrior from Massachusetts
Louu laughter and applause OH til,
uemocfa1c side.
EDISON $ TALKING MACHINE" was OF
exhibition in New Norl, l,st ,,;L. i