Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-12-13

drew the color line between the whites
and negroes in the South? Let mt
tell you, sir, that millions of money
money of the people of the UniteC
States. We're expended by your agents
the Freedman's Bureau agents, in
getting every colored man in the
South into the loyal league and swear.
ing him never to vote for Democrat
That Is where the color line began tC
be drawn. That Institution which
took charge of the negro at the ballot.
box took charge OF him in the cotton
field, took charge of him everywhere,
supervised every contract that he
made, allowed no contract to be made
unless it had the approval of the
agents of the Freedmsn's Bureau, and
spent money, property called captured
and abandoned property, that was sur
lions of money directly ap-
propriated out the Treasury
of the United States. 1t was the
Bureau and it's agents who first drew
the color line, and yet, when the
whites of the South; when the men
owning the property and having the
| intelligence and the education at the
South saw their very social system me-
naced with destruction; saw their
very households threatened with ruin
under an inundatiOn OF barbarism, di-
rected by the most unscrupulous of
men, and when they naturally came
together-when they naturally united,
as people menaced with danger ever
will unite, then cry is raised against
the solid south All, Mr.. President,
it will not do! This system of legisla-
ton towards the South that began ten
years ago is reaping its fruit,
and it is not by additional penal laws
that you can better the condition of
this country. What does the Senator
want more laws for? Let him look
into the statute books on this very sub
ject. Let him read the statutes in re-
gard to the enforcement of the rights
of citizens to vote, and / defy him to
find in the statute books of any
civilized country on this globe body
Of laws SO minute, SO searching and
bristling all over with penalties and
fines and forfeitures as do those laws.
Mr.. Thurman thought the danger of
this country was whether the largest
purse should carry the elections. and
this danger exists more in the North
than in the South.
Mr.. Lamar also addressed the Sem
ate, saying he would have something
to say upon the question of the adop-
ton of the resolutions when they are
ready for action. AT present he wished
to remark upon a single point sub
mitted by MIR. Blaine. He regretted
that statesman so distinguished in
looking upon this recently dislocated |
member of this great American en-
pire, instead of regarding it anxiously |
for those great interests that affect this |
great country through the long track |
of coming years, shOuld have oOncen- |
trated his whole gaze upon its simple |
attitude Of party relationship: that |
nothing shouli have struck the gen.
tleman except that particular partisan |
feature which affects the ascendency |
of this political party or the other
that are unknown to the
and outside of the laws
of this land. But, sir, the gentleman's
were directed exclusively to
those parties, and with no intent what
ever to utter Q hitter Fetort, can not
but feel the regret that one of such
resolute purpose, of such tenacious
views, such daring ambition and
such great abilities should have. so
narrowed his mind as to give to party
what was..meant for mankind. Deny
ing positively Blaine's assertions that
the South has disproportionate power
in this Government, the Senator said
that before the vote was over he
would show that no negro vote has
been suppressed in the South. I will
that this political phe-
nomenOn which 10 the subject of so
much discussion and misrepresenta-
ton, is phenomenon that would Oc,
cur in any free society, and that it has
been brought about by the agencies
which intelligence and virtue, society
and the other agencies of civilization
always bring upon the classes that are
ignorant and debased.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Lamar's
brief remarks, Senator EdmuDds made
q few remarks, and there was some
cOlloquy between himself and the
Senator from Mississippi as to the in
depreciation of portion of the later's
remarks, after which the resolution and
Senate resumed the consideration of
the patent laws.
WASHINGTON, Dec. II.
Mr.. Anthony, of Rhode Island,
called up Senate bill relating to the
public printing and binding, and it
Was passed. It authorizes the Pub
lie Printer to print papers and doc.
uments for Senators, Representa-
tives and Delegates in Congress
upon payment of the cost thereof
and ten per cent. additional.
Mr.. Window, of Minnesota, called
up the Fertilization Appropriation
bill. The amendments proposed by
the committee increasing the ap>
for the armament of sea
coast Notifications from $125, 600 to
$3.50, and for the protection,
preservation and repair of the fOrti-
0catians from ond hundred to two
hundreds thousand dollars, were
agreed to. The bill was then read
the third time and passed.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Wood, of New York, rising
to a question of privilege, offered
the following: Whereas, it is al
legged that during the election held
in the city of New York on the 5th
Of November, 1873, United States
Commissioner J. j. Davenport, act
mo as Chief Suneryisor of Election