Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-04-18


soor that looked toward the opening Of Is
snes that should have been buried In war
that gave thap birth. II ohe word OF see
tional character has ever come IRON this
sIJa III the House it has been when man.
80 and natienee exhausted and spurn-
,,., efnrthe. insult. drove the party to It's
,,,,.r.nce In SELF defence. ! despise the
man her. or elsewhe,c who seeks to make
either persons profit ~ political capital
on, Of rrvampin., issues ussi oelocs 10 ine
darkest 'n.r,o,i Of his countrys history.
II is the part OF ghou!s and byenas 10
delye into trenches where bloody carcasses
Ia. hurled. aud drag them out 10 oaueh
sni fatf-n upon the feast. They have oee"
brought out here sgain to-day.
Haze they been brosched front this side
Of the chaisber. IL wss reserved 10 Inc
s.n,lemsu isum Ms-sschusstts aud that
gentleman from Main. Who has just taken
his seat. TO refuse Ia allow subofdihs'e
officer Of this house to la elected WITHOUT
lighting over the war again. charges ial-e
have been hurled against US. ana not Tor
the first time either. We have been told
here TODAY. sir. that the candidate noIbi-
n.teL in the Democratic caucus for the
Doorkeepership at this House deserved nv
every law. human and divine. TO have been
hanged We haye been told using him as
an average specimen pf that element EN-
brscing eight millions Of the peopl" OF this
land, that they were all breathing miser-
able existence. at sufierancs. aud we're in
dsbted for their poor wretched lives TO the
msgnsnimity Of the Republican party
That has been told To Us to-day. II u. false,
and the faisehood should wither and die
upon the lip that last uttered IL. How l.
II possible. I ask, for man that belonged
to the armies of the confederacy To have
been hangei after the terms OF surrender
and capitGstion had bees agreed upon
Do Won mean io say that the weli-csrned
reputation for proves. ry,tcoorage.
manhood. which the soldier of tile tui IA
Army hid illustrated by overwhelming
aud conquering my people. was Ia be biotied
and buried for the arst time In the history
of civilized warfare by this Government
ignoring tue conditions OF surrender aud
hanging the unsrmed men It mad agreed
TO protect A. au inducemeut TO lay down
their arms.
Mr.. Butler.-wIll the gentleman yield to
me?
Mr.. Blackburn
Mr. Butler.-Havc | uttered any such
sentiment
Mr. Blackburn II submit to every can
did man upon this floor, whether he sits
on that side or on this. as to ,whether ]
have not quoted MN correctly.
Mr.. B1iler. Have said or limited that
after they laid down their arms they ought
to have been hanged: The time wss be-
fore.
Mr.. Blackburn. The statement he made
was this
Mr.. Butler. The way Was TO hang them
as long as they bore arms.
Mr. HiagA tttgn How A he
hanged in the confederate service while
they were standing IN lire OF battle with
bristling bsyonets upon tAcir cOsHfrks bat.
tle-fields. bidding defiance TO your armies /:
When a member Of this House asserts that
this nominated candidate OF the Democrat
ic party for Doorkeeper deserved by every
law. moral. human. and divine. 10 be
hanged. and when that utterAnce IL coup
led with the boast that he alone stood by
that law sud 'Nscut'i u. ] would Ike to
kuog what interpretation "r constructions
could POSSIBLY be given except that they
Were to be hanged when the power 10 hang
was conferred.
Mr.. Butler Not AFTER Ne agreed no,
TO
Mr. Blackburn. II i time this should
stop. II is time false charges should cease
to be maae-that truth should be observed !;
and it is time 1t .boI!d be admitted that
without doing violence to the plighted faith
which your couutry-then your country. II
that will suit you-e1ecuted through its
generals commanding it. several armies,
TO restore the men who wore our uniform
to every personal rlshr. privilege. and pre-
rogatise OF citizenship so long As they OBJ
served the conditions OF their parole, no
hanging could be done aud no punishment
be iuiiicied-lt Is time Il should be admitted
that We and each OF Us then and now. sir.
were not only entitled 10 every right OF
personal liberty and property under the
Constitution OF this country, but became
the object OF protection al the hands OF the
ts,...i---.-. s~-.s- i.--ts -" ~ po..- as.t-
emn promise; We had your word deliber-
ately given; we had lard down our arms /;
We had ceased 10 war upon the Govern
ment on the condition stated and 4 condi-
ton precedent that could not be violated
except ~ .aTLish TO blacAen. 10 disgrace.
TO render Infamous the men who dared 10
violate II
am sorry, Mr.. Speaker. lt ~ss found
necessary by 4 member OF this House TO
remind u while boastiBg OF that Which \,
cAOs, o. tern. oleaesey. tgt ehi6h impartial
history triA deHOD.iRdf, but Common fIirness
i AN sorry, In illustrating this magnan-
Unity for which he claims such credit for
his party. IL was found necessary for him
| to parade before "a boa.tially the execu.
ton Of al Dnarmed aud helpless prisoner
the only IAan believe upon the confeder.
ate side that The history VI that war show.
~As ever Killed or injured by the warrior
from Massachusetts. Laughter.