, 1879-03-08
An Extraordinary Debate in the
United States Senate.
Southern Members and Mr.. Thurman
Sing the Praises Of the
Aroh.Rebel.
Vigorous Speeches BY htsrs. l1uar, Blaine, aad
Chandler, In Denuntlation Of tho Double
bred Tfaiior.
jTspa.eA IL ne St,o roye Times,

L ks-
~ 'cos'i'e ueoa.eo 'e'i na'e Dse'' "cn'o uu'"'s
tho session. For ho'lrs INC Senators, tnany OF
them old afIil not robust men, had been scented
in the closo and oyer1catoa cl,ambcr. Tiey
wero rorn mt hoth n,nnto,lv ou1 n1,rstca,Iv
w., !, ' 49,, "'o. "s.a @ :, .,.s" ~
'i'u !. bcelnea ns II l',e SESSION "oa'o araR i's
SLOW IchEtA along ~lthont interest or exctto-
mcnt until tho sunlight came. Suddenly, howcv-
or, wllct, the members were most exhausted. antl
Inn ra1tcuee n,o.t horcd Nv ,l,o nrosv md hun,.
1 .t,.. t... So,
tnra' wkn m ordinary ncrosjnn5 monk torn
hrnrnns '
,., -,,..ro,- r,,u v,, ,,r
Ills calm, sclf-posscsscd, ALMOST i.npenctrablo
faco was palcr flian usual. lie !lad bcen at u
aa,,n1icrparsy a,s was ~ t' arsss a,.. o. nc arose,
nus sa1wwhtto ar nna beard co e9trasted
uni1romed fsee, ho prssen!sa III most a stp'ki%ss
appearance. Se!'ator ilonr Is not popEar 1nnn
among hls associates, far from y; but l!e never
eheaks unless ne has sonetnils 70 any, ato,
attention, This morning It was evident from
his manner TINT lIe was nbout to advancs sotne
proposition OF moro than ordinary Importance.
ah!l, whnn lc hioTca 70 exelii1e 5sncsson Dasia.
tho late President OF te so-caiGd Southern Cai-
lederacy, from my benefits whlel, m[aht bc
bestowed upon veterans Of the Mexican war
hinder the Shlelds aniendmnnt to tho 1lll under
Gise,Bson s IT. was at onsc en-, aparent 70 those who
4 GREAT POLITICAL DEBATE
was about to begin Nor was this Il mistake,
With voice which was most impressive be-
CAUSE Of tta forced calmness, the senat3r de-
clnrcd that tue nnno which was Inserted IN Ills
aMen't'nent had IT, nos bssn s1ogloa ous by any
wish OF hls, or by the wish q any person syliO
aQrcGu with htin po'lttcaiIys FOR t1iat si.sllng
out Jefferson Davis was himself responsible. BY
DIS own acts ho "Hs conspicuous. ny has attack
np11nh .e l9 & 81 'o nation s,1a Wnie naa eaucafsa @
ca,lse OK the 1att That TIC IND never given utter
anee to ono word Of regret for the past, or one
Tora o. cheerful aseqlesss.ce nss n INC present:
spurnea i''e eicn,ency Of the Government which
reasons, MI. Huar sa!d, that ho would ncver
consent to tax tho luyn1 widows a'1d orphans Of
might be placed upon thy pensionroil-tho roll
Of Mohor ot tt.e oittcd STATES
These words bad
AN ALMOST, MAGICAL EFFECT
Scfore wcrs % haifasieop il tle @ Soalf- oak es o.
iuuchInp In tn. restaurant cn,no rrn,v.,ir Inn
tha Chamber. widr.awako and ernerta,,ttt' lin lin
wrary Watcc,a n In" paIrr,e. a ,rcrc vcsrr nv
inrwssr md frn,n iii a,5na thHrr ,yaa . nug, ~
snr,, ,rt,rtratinn Ev"m ,iis va hushi h,,yl wl
"vrr when Nr. Gar,anl' ~ Arto,'saa.Gssa,'nt nm"
S,,rn,th. mil nnr,1Iar-toni, I'm inor r, t"fcni
Ills former rblof. lii did so munf,lliy, u,I viii,
all the Intensity Of his Southern, backwoo!s
nature. But lic was no match for the trained
lie sat down .Eera was u general iurling tlmt lie
had mot hclprd Tho mnn who led tic "Lpst
Cause.n
No other Sottherncr seemed rcnly 20 sccoud
t1ie effort OF Mr GarlAHut md for tnutncut
tllero WINS n slight halt In tle proceedings. it
was only for q moment, however. Finding TINT
there WIS nothing to be expected from jls "ex-
Confederate friends" scnutnr Thurman took
the floor, and for twenty minutes made
MOST rnAsspAKErr nm ron rur s1trronr ~
rIlE souTi W
T., r,...,an,.,t .,...', ,,,.,.
~ !te nsAt treslusnslal sanaoa'en. WIN care;
vn ,vt1, ~ u XII u. 1--WE ~
ESt ~" m "s ss,nt ,h nHsd m uu fr.rs ~ puss,
from mo cotton states. AZ the samn timo ~
vas most ca5eln! 10 say nothl,s Which could
ne Gohs1rnea naso ~ lndofSelhent OF als.
,os"lty. uGAe1so" mua mas'sa ~ safa, nnn
nos souEnt u" oincel anu CONSEQUENT
y nad never TAU hls dasap1lttes re'
novel; hcnee, - thG eyes Of The selIator froln
nl1ssaehuAeits !Mr. noar!, NC was nos worthy
70 oo on tllo penslol'-toli =! Tue county, Wlac
AonGstfeet was honotGu Win post-oslce, hey
Win olace IN we Caolnet, Ofr with tug mission