National Republican., 1878-12-12

every year, year In and year out because he has
That !. the reason OF Il. And 30 Vet me tell him
that y he lived down South he would persuade, he
ns wCuid nsye 'aii Of niger more probably than
my Hlghland chief ever had In the Highlands.
ton. and morals.
Nj. BLkISr. / am equally sure that Il the Senator
irom Ohio lived In the South he would not have a
tail Of negrcs following him at all. Laughter.
We should be Just In contrast; but wanted him N
still 1t stands out, and take South Carolina,
with 10000 more colored men than white
men,, and the leader Of the Democntc party,
caste or color without educational test OF prop
erty qualification, as the Democratic doctrine has
always been, announces here to us that property
ana education Will rule and when we assert that
they have ruled by violence he tells us that there
are important questions which we should con.
that The initial step In the organization OF every
legislative body is to see that Il Is honestly filled by
men honestly elected, and II were permitted by
Congress would say aud declare here to-day that
the Democratic party does not hold rightful sway
N that body now, and holds II in the next House
by fraud aud outrage which no mere declaration
against sectional agitation can overcome. Aud we
are asked to abandon all sectional agitation, or
asked under the plea of abandoning sectional aCi
tation TO submit all tho grave and great questions
that affect property and human rights TO Congress
that based upon the destruction Of human rights
the right to govern. Il has not the consent OF the
governed, Manifestations Of applause IN tho gal
leries, which were checked by ,e Vic: President J
the right OF suffrage had been abridged The whites
prevailed by reason of their superior education and
sagacity., II would not do 70 say that, because a
negro did not vote the Republican ticket, his vote
was suppressed. There was another remarkable
fact that In this indictment Of the South there is
no pretense that there isa single menace in her
present attitude 10 any Of the great interests Of this
eountry-not an imputaton OF that character for
solid as the phrase goes, as tho South may be,
she stands In line with nearly majority OF the
American DeODle ~ n which \
Council Chamber.
embark upon system Of legislation and political
movements, In order to adjust representation and
political power in this Government according to
than the gentleman thinks What is the popula.
ton OF the State Of Maine7 believe 625,OO0. II
has been diminishing within the last twenty years.
cannot now recollect, but perhaps II is $4,000.
Take that Of Vermont, both solid as represented
here, and yet the State OF Maine has as much
power In this Government with her 6OOOOO people
as the Staie Of New York with her 100000.
! mean in this Government, not In this Chamber
.ientlcmen correct me by saying, " In this Cham
Of Legislation this day Six hundred aud twenty
five thousand men, women, and children in Maine
Are equal TO SocpSoC in the Stat state Of New York
10000 OF population, and yet under the operation
OF tho Constitution and laws Of the land, OF which
make no complaint, and which Is legitimate
thing. those 100000 Of population have SIX times
as much power as sovereign commonwealihs that
nave bOOOJO0. They have got as much power. as
gentleman called attention TO.
But as the gentleman has vouchsafed advice 70
southern men Oh this hoor, and outside, In all
New England people andtel them that in my opin.
ion the direst foe they have got earth Is the Rep
seeion or Sny eibep thnt sii tima,e HI iiSe
whose subtcrranean flame will liquify the very
foundations on which these proud and free Com
monwealths are now rearing their aspiring heads.
sir, the Senate is fishing In troubled waters uDOu
this subject aud when you come 10 compare ques-
tons Of this kind you Will find that changes OF q
more radical and fundamental nature Will be ne.
ceseary ~ or Ter to adjust representation to num-
Mr.. EDMuSps. Mr. President, the point of the
senator from Mississippi appears TO be that II
Senator from New England proposes to inquire
whether the Constitution has been violated In de-
F6 y voe TE PSt Sr o s o e o.
by incurs the danger of overseeing the Constitu-
ton ITSELF which says that the States In this body
shall be equal, and therefore understand him 10
put u out as a warning that the people of New
England, through their Senators and Representa-
tvcs have no right TO stand up for the Constitution
as II IS IN favor OF an equal representation by the
people Of the states In the other House unless they
run the risk of being exposed 10 the danger OF hay
lug their scntor.al representation overturned.
That, then, s the question we arc invited TO con-
sder aud the peril that we expose ourselves to II
we undertake TO inquire whether the Constitution
of the United States has been violated. In other
words the Representatives of the Democratic party
OF the South say to an inquiry into violation OF
the Constitution II you dare TO make such an
inquiry you run the risk OF ovcrturning the repre-
sentGtion OF the States and reducing ourselves to
state of setyitude." That Is the proposition.
Mr.. LAMAR. made no such suggestion. II was
simply in reply to the theory the Senator from
Maine had brOached that this investigation was
justified In order that the evil which W haN dig
closed Of 10000 white men in the South having
political power and vote in this Government equal
to $4,000 somewhere else, that said that the ten
dency Of such an inquiry and any theory justified
by such resolution would lead TO further inves-
tgation aud would condemn the policy and the
system and the genius Of government upon which
our American fabric rests.
Mr. EDMuSDs. am very glad to know, Mr..
President, that the Senator did not mean what his
remarks appeared TO Indicate, and he has misun.
derstood-
Mr.. LAMAR dnterruptingl did not mean what
| the gentleman has attempted to force my remarks
| into but which he will never succeed In doing.
Mr.. EDMuSDS The Senator Is mistaken IN that.
have not attempted to force the Senator'S remarks
| into anything. The Record will show exactly
what he has said and think 1t will appear that
| have not mlsstated the substance Of what he has
| said.
| Amer further debate between Mcssrs. Edmunds
and Lamar, the resolution and amendment was
| laid aside and Mr.. Blaine gave notice that he
would call 1t up again at the earliest opportunity.
| incorporate the Capitol, North Street and South
| Washington Railway Company. Referred TO the
Committee on the District Of Columbia.
| Mr.: CAMERON (Wis) from the select committee to
inquire as TO the alleged connection OF Senator Con
over with the omission OF the Hot Springs clause
from the sundry civil appropriation blll submitted
resolution to pay witnesses before the committee
out OF the contingent fund OF the Senate Agreed to.
The Senate then took up the bill TO revise and
amend the laws relating to patents, and g number
the Senate went into executive session, and at 3:l5,
when the doors were Teopcned adjourned until to-