Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-21
Episode In the House on sHtnrAay.

burn aud Mckinley in regard TO the proper
construction OF Mr. Blackburn 8 speech. nc de-
sired to read TO the House tho coostrIc'lon Tut
uuun that speech, 10 the State o. Ml1s!salppi'
by tho DOW famous paper, the Ukolona otates
which he received through tho uiaii. lie tbcFc
upon read the following article from Lhat papsF
o! the 10th Of April, pretacng 1t with inc
statement that the arriclo vas complimentary
10 the gentleman from Kentucky, and that,
therefore that gentleman would take 20 Of
fence ct it. lie read
What was it that brave Joe Blackburn said
10 tho House. Messrs. Soft Shells?
20, yes! We remember DOW. tie renal ked
that our party would strike the last vcstlee OF
| the war measures from the statute books.
1.-THE States never said more and never SAID
| less than that.
You repudiate the States.
"Wi!l you repudlstc Blackburn?
"You arc silent.
"WiIi you ropudlatc Blackburn
| You arc still silent.
| "Wcll, gentlemen, We will give you lust Que
more chance. Answer. or forever after hold
your peace, as far as the States Is concerned
will you repudiate Black burn?
| Dawn with The dcVii-born Amendments
| "DoRn with Conlralism and its hints OF
crown aod scopt1e
| "Dowu with the pictures Of Lincoln and The
scoundrals who surrouadcd him 10 the baltic
| days Of 81 to '65
| Down with every anti-Democratic idea aud
lidotl
'Ihese be the Iatchwords for so"
MIR. Blackburn came down from tho chair
during the reading OF the article, took the floor
| and in an excited manner said: Mr.. Chairman,
this is the first .Ime that | have been con-
pclIed to complain of uafairness by the gentle
man from Name. have but this TO ssy :
| With each recurring day fuG myself forced
| to rcpel o miscunstructon given to language
uttered By me in the shape OF garbed quota
tions). or else an unwarraOtcd urfalr, unnat-
ural construction put upon somebody else
| language.
So Tar as the article which the gentleman
| from Maine has read is concerned, care Doth-
| ing for it. The editor of that paper, contri
button from Ohio to Mississippi, simply re-.
peats the unfair, ungenerous, and uutruthful
| IF ,rt that was made here yesterday to misrep'
resent me- care nothing for tho uttersnces
OF that paper; but whom the gentleman from
| Maine asks to add his high authority to thu IN
Justice dono one, it then becomes moro serious
matter. Then | group the paper aud The
gentleman from Maioc together. and | say 10
this committee, and 10 tho country, that troy
arc we'll mated Tho one is about as uniar aS
| the other ia Liberal and crazy. Applause and
laughter on the Democratic side
MIR. Fryc-rhc one was a colonel 10 the Con
| lsdcrato service, and not carpet .ba:ger I!olo
| Ohio. The one Was tho peer Of the gentleman
! from Kentucky in that service ia the South.
| OF the other | have aothpg to cay. AnElause
90 the radical side,
| Mr. Blaakburo-(Wao had ny tiIj; timc
III wed into TIE area IN front y! TIC SIrakrr $
CHAIR, and sto0G there surrGuItcd o. tho uciEin-
cratic member=.) But have this 10 sag Of TIC
other He seems to b. more perfectly familiar
with the history, tho antccaderls and ttn G,crlis
OF the adventurcr than | care to be. Whether
DO served in that army OF the other Is i matter
of no CONCORD to nc | simply desire 10 re
post t.iat 10 tho article which tn. gentleman has
read-compli 10 me as he chose TO term
it, 10 order 10 twist 1t to partlz IN purpose
he repeated 40 act Of gross tussice, to which
the gentleman from Maiuo ito my utter amsz:-
ment) has sought TO lend his big authority.
Mr. Frye-l did this, and Dothlog NOR" : |
head the speech OF tho gentleman from kco-
lucky when it was made on this floor, and |
say that had not scintills OF doubt that the
construction which this paper has put on that
gcutlemao's language would be put upon it in
the South. If that gentleman made dccars
ton On this. flor which theOkoIona Stntes from
| the dispatch 10 tho Associated Press could dc
clare 10 its Joy to be what ts heart desired ii to
| be, then it is not | that ia to DO called to &C.
count for anything that have repeated to this
| House. say that it is my right, and that it Is
not illiber.l or unjust to tho gentj' man from
| Kentucky, for me to stato to tho Huusc the
words of this paper. published in the State Of
| Mississippi | say in my heart, that | believe
| if the gentleman from Kentucky had uttered
| on this floor the very words spoken by that
| paper-no more, no lcss-ho WnulG have com-
| meuded himself 10 nine out oil every tnp of tho
democrats south Of Mason and Dixon's line.
| MIR. Davidson, of Florida-You DO injustice
to all Of u.s.
| Mr.. Blackburn-I wish the gentleman from
Maine to understand the issue distinctly. |
stand by the record made 10 this House, and
| | wish that himself and his colleagues would
90; as fairly. Tho words which | uttered hero
were stronger (iu the very line that made my
remarks in on yesterday and to day. than they
stand reported 10 the Record. And say that
there was no dispatch by the Associated Press
which warranted the garbllng 10 which my ut
tcrsnces have been subjected BY gentlemen on
the other side and by that emissary who vas
sent among my people. What inducements
were offered that emissary to mako his homo
among the people whom he persistently seeks to
misreprcsent, am not prepared to say Pos
sibly the gentleman from Name can tell. Wheth.
or forced contributions levied upon departmental
clerks and on Government employees constitute
the motive which led him to the work, which
seems to answer so good a purpose, do not
know. Applause aud clappiog Of bands on
the democratic side. do no take issue with
the gentleman from Maine when he says that
that man is my peer, or was one. That may
or may not be.
Mr.. Frye Gnterruplug): Your peer 10 the
army,
Mr.. Backburn-But l only mean to say
Thu: That 10 the matter Of justice done end
nil representation made, he has not shown him
self superior to the gentleman from Maine to
day. lAppause Oh The democratic side.
Mr.. Mckinley, of Ohio, asked MIR. Black.
buru whether the speech of the latter appeared
| in the Record as lad been delivered.
| MIR. Blackburn replied that it had, with no