The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-02-20

is to be handled, | felt it to he my duty
to say lust what | did, and the gontle-
man cannot answer: he canllot rcbut it.
! But he gets up here, proving that he is
what the gentleman from Tennessee u.s.
serted he was, and simply takes n sem
tcncc out of my speech to prove my posi-
ton. [A%pplausc.l
Now Mr.. Chairman, I have not a word
to say against West Point, not II sword,
if it is properly conducted. know that
West Point has made Il record for itself.
7 have only to point to men like JcfFer-
son Davis, Robert l.. Lee, Stonewall
Jackson. Bragg. Joseph i. Johnson, Al
bert Sidney Johnson, lIardcc, and n
whole host of others, to show the value
Of West Point. And you who were
friends of the Union cause car show me
a line doubly long of noble gallant spir-
its who came from West Point that fought
on the other side. l know what they
were worth. ] met them and measured
steel with them; but I never saw the gen.
tlcman from New York there.
Mr.. Chairman. West Point has pro-
duccd great men from both sides of the
Potomac whose names will live as long
us the people Of this country arc free.
But West Point has w produced an
ESau. 1t has Y produced a Benedict
Arnold. 1t has ncvc produced Il man
that would sell Il Presidency. I hope
the gentleman from New Yosk has the
intelligence to appreciate what I mean.
Mr.. Chairman, | never was taught at
West Point. but, sir. I was educated
! where there was Il w~cll-organiZed militia;
and my State taught every SON born on
her soil that she was their alma mater
and when she called they must be ready
to shed their blood in her defense. I
went out at her call. l did not, like the
gentleman, stay ut home and pay a sub
stitlte to 20 and help the country. No
sir; | am no graduate Of West Point, but
I came from n State which has shown by
her record that in war she is the bravcst
of enemies; and I tell you, my country
men, in peace this land has no better
friend. Nothing connected with her past
| history throws any Slur on her record.
And God grant 1 may always be what I
have endciv0rcd to be in the past, a wOr-
thy son Of such Il State.
Mr.. Fort. In the interest Of harmony
| OH the Democratic side I demand tue re-
Sular order.
Mr.. Hewitt, OF New York, rose.
Many Members. Hewitt! Hear Hewitt!
desire 10Y that the two sentences shall be
read by the Clerk Ut the House in order that
the exact phraScOlogy may be understood. |
wish TO soy in advance that 7 have compared
amvt oP mniIi.hoI ~ n !, rm",y1 MI" GrmmIL thmt
, ' rn,L IT,, hn 49, 81 aroi'u. -, i Inv ~. .m"'
ing of y tOr the doting of III i.
! The Clerk read us follows:
,njnnrttt tro W ~ ~ Eui nmni;",'
w - iI,nr 1o,,;nm Tran y" u ,2"utt aIUt hr
does, would be glad for tho Government to
give West Point to somebody else. Put West
Point has vindica;cd Itself in the history Of
nf Inc country viii nnxcr NAV ~ ~ ao 70 The
hammer or To be closed ln' %nuinrTSrT
Mr.. House. think il wo,li batirr Grcomc
, the ncntlcmnn from Ncw Work MIR Hewitt
to answer the arguments of the gentleman
from South Carolina than omakc il n cnD-
tUndum appeal Ofa dcmamOwlr. which SlauIar
the Representatives of the whole Southern
peoplc.
Mr.. Hewitt, Of New York. Mr. Chairman T
confess that | felt dccpiv a-rricvrd,byt Inc LAIN
guagr OF the gentleman from TENNESSEE. MIR.
House and nj tho moment 7 rnsn ord ~,
! tuuIuicd TO "rt tln Gnnr IN order tm corr"ct t%o
Observation-Disclosures under wbirh + saw he ,c' w rnS
lubOring. II there be ANYTHING In tine LAM
!, gu.gc which | used on that OCCASION that can
, be construed into II slnn,lcrinr of thr Ron.
! rcscntatiycs of The S1utn, I womb nn,v chncr-
fi;lly take II back. J,l;t / insist mnnn II t,nt
INV motive was To- defend the Rrnrrsnnt,.iv"s
Of the South from. MS thourht tin slnnLrrs
which had been offered against their nnnd
! name. o
Mr. Eouso lam nIod 70 bo,r tbo ro,,,o-
man from Trw. Snri- Mr. IJnw.it,1 nu I uniaI
, that he Intended no rriicctjon nnnn tho 1"Hs-
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St9oI th,, hn III 77nforh ,.,."iMS. i ui''t Ho
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to say tr,t + wnrLi law n,,In no rmnh ronI,
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VI thc nursatl"l iiiIt me OPPOSITION nI me
ssl'IlGl,ih!i rom south aroma 10 M-cst rom
I nt wnr : , raE nItI thn q, imns Htm,t III i.c nc
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- tu, ENTHUSIASTICALLY 's ul!utIHt"nN
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hnliryr thai thn rcnroSont,titns. frnm, Tho
co"th az ~. n uno in'S'in,l'att iiuiL I,lt
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~ ~ " Will nc WIZ laste"' MchaNe
nrH I i IN nohhrinlc me Silicc lllc sur,
I ..' l. ~ dioH ueiis nor SEEK 10 colcehi
.ha, ! lnFc 'iie section from when coinc ana
! t w." -, ,.hn hon c"t.t' "uu W. ~ u .im
his mnthnr rnccn'I h ~ :. ~ ~ Htn. ~ - .
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NIr How! ;rpiTc"NW W.! yor,- or, ,ro,,
obli~cd In tlc rrnfl"mnn from uuihrh foam 7
have received Grrcian ~irs il, mvii,mc and /
have Termed IN diStrIsf thnin iln moi ,,rn.
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Sri'llriian rom south Carolina, Mr.. AikenI
f.n,i y" nu,n, NunMn n;,co VI .hriil 10 rollie
rpm ny W.T. any p"itSt himself oi MS d"2oS
~ ."W'. osI"iils tnihti - iclI 10 History, al'l
w. .,'' ieuuiu i coIS!sh Tile gentleman from
W. : n,I,.n',
WI; incMi.i c!ttrcu lnlo particulars nh"ut
an pllGr ,i,;'ue 10 nun ny D.: Madison Wells 70
SH,i M Inc n.onSl;tna eicctor.Ii toteJor >NN,-
T T", - DE- :; ti.'I Nv ii,'t iei!ari ool" l'o'
nous''' INC lTcSi"cicS ana cohciuacd py say
'TThic pro.,,orcr oc ,ho r,;,,, c,,.o. +. ,o,
~ .,>i''lss ~ tnt Initcu states is ho'
y" Nv w" vi Epiu, anu tnu man VINO AZ
tInLfs'u ~ Mnuiu DC conSi"hcd 10 lhiahiH'
;nrnIir, n" W" srttiGiii'li iIn,n 'nui.
I n',u' ,r, ~. NINen l, t'll me "! What TIM
ic I.tliiT upon me ana accuses me OF selling
out inc Presidency? await his answer.
tlcman from New York Mr. HEWITT that hr