The weekly clarion., 1879-02-05

'hica2o Il'He-.-
WA1HGNG Jan. Z2--Gen. Bragg. Of
Wisconsin. -i.rreI up the southern Demo
cTl.- -9 boiling usH- to-day. 4 bill Was re-
ported }e-tsrIRV from the committee on
war cltu- sending TO ttc court OF claims
tD De .JHIicttad demand for the uav-
m-ut Of damages tJr praD4rty DESTROYED
during Fh- war. l. W4- considered i'm the
morning uour yesterday aud came uu in
the morning HoUT rO-u8V unfinished busi-
ness. Bra ~ began hi- speech by attacking
Southern claims On general pri4ripIr- n.
pjctur.lip very aa-k color Tie suffering
inflicted ap5H the Nsrthrru people bs the
war of 81 1HH declared tuat their inter t
should be oOH-rierei prior To- any drnqn g.
that might be- mad. by the South.
II these claims were all admitted for ad-
iuIisIfiel before Jhi~ court ir would irev-
itdbIy result il bankruptcy OF tn treasury
IL said it wa. . mos. rem1rkab.e result IN
the cases tried Bators thi- camfn 81 - lha-
Iu uiurJeea ont of twenty ituZmcut go,s
agliu-t tie government d cause there t.
not -lllielen& test a7 % what j. loyalty,
which H4- tD DE- proved By deposition, be-
fore Tho court a fui. point Mr. Bragg be-
gan 10 warm Up tp his subject.
The E-Du i.eiI members gathered I'm the
area iu trout Of him. and Eue southern
Democrats. who -ar 4il around b m. " re
beginning ru become uneasy. They did not
however, reach tine boiling uo'n. until
Bragg bad 90. wrft-r along iu bis spgcch.
then added: -INrT. uTe gentlemen upon
fuI- side of lue house Wht served IN the
Confederate army who can furnish NOR.
proof probably luar they were IaHaf 10 tui-
GOVERNMENT rhaH nr ca,1d 10 ysho fought
upon the federal side. because thev can
prove by witnesses tuat what they fought
for and Hh4. rH,y sought 80 maintain was
government bI-eI utau the principles of
our fathers; tutt We up.ueru abaIjfioui.r-
had seen III. rp attempt to tear down lac
-t.ucfur. chat our athars Icff as, and that
they We're loyal HlI We were di-4o.lI."
Tujs was greeted with loud laughter from
thr Republicans, bat there was rILe on the
part OF tue southern members, uJticetbly
tua' of Chalmers Of VI ,--i--iypj and Mill,
of TX s. vino str blc, OF Rr4gg, aud GIb-
SON and Ellis of Louisiana, VINO sat immc-
djatciy iu front ol him. Mills arose In his
seat aud tri.d 90 igrcrrupt Bragg, who
would NOT yield, and Chalmers made "a sim
liar Jue IirgtUHI attempt. Gibson and Ellis
turned red ia tine tacr with anger.
Barr continued: LOYALTY is a sauri-
meut an8 when yoI undertake 20 prove by
dispositions tuar this man was loyal and
tuu. MAJ was loyal, yuu can bring up one
ofhl- field hand. to swear that ne II ard old
m4--l Say, when be d't not get proper pay
for the stores that the Cyntederites mad
taken from hjm. OR when his son was r.
iI-et "a furIosgn, tuIr na wpu Il like to see
that ~uua hern government 90 down, and
Ipat such v8EtbpuIs and tyTan.s a. OH
Bragg, who ~ho' down soldiers for visiting
their Aou- should not be upheld "a, repre-
seutttlNes OF Che government \ ou can
prove by thar negro how he heard massa
say tHat he was opposed to the COuieteT-
atr~.'
This produced % sensation throughout the
house aud the galleries.
Bragg won't on: Nov, that is cNpartc
testimony The atilIpyits do not cover
the whole gTsuud, and b. is not il our pow .
er 10 rrbut such evidence. Ouly the other
day / heard a gentlemen, mem Der OF thi-
house from North Carolina. say he knew Of
"a wumap ;tom North Carolina who had
proved "a large claim before the Southern
claims commission and had established her
loyalty. while tflhcv bad called upon him
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