Daily Republican., 1879-05-21
DELAWARE IN CONGRESS.
De,s,wars Handled ssnsssr~wia
dGni ScaIpa Saulsbury- blaine
Stirs up the Loyal Blood Of Bay.
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Stirs up the Loyal Blood OF Bay
ard.
On Friday Senator Salisbury in en-
deavoripg to illustrate the character of
men employed by the Republicans to
act as provost marshals in Delaware,
said that one of them had even been
bought for 800 to withdraw troops from
the polls. The following colloquy took
place:
Mr., Windom-Was that a citizen OF
Delaware that the citizens Of Delaware
bought, or an officer of tie Army?
Mr., Saulsbury-It was a provost
marshal, and all the provost marshals
were men who were citizens Of the
State, or claimed to be citizens of the
State-nst the appointees selected for
the purpose Of controlling the election
men who were politicians and not mill
tary officers.
Mr.. Windom-I ask the Senator
whether they are all purchasabls in
his State! ii
MI. Sanlsbury-The Senator ought
to have too much good sense TO ask
such question.
Mr.. Windom-I only Judge by those
we have heard as samples.
Mr.. Saulsbury-Does the Senator ask
if all the people Of my State are pur'
chasable?
Mr.. Windom-The samples the sena'
tor gives were purchasable.
: Mr.. Saulsbnry-l will say TO the
, Senator that there are men there who
would scorn bribe fully as much as
7 the Senator from Minnesota.
J Mr.. Windom--I certainly did not
mean to say that all the people of Della.
ware were purchasable or to ask that
question. | only meant to ask whether
!. all officers in charge werelike that man
to whom the Senator has referred.
> Mr.. Saulsbury-I do not mean, while
am in the Senate, that the Senator
= from Minnesota shall cast an asperslon
either directly or by implication against
" the people of my State, and hurl
back the imputation with that scorn
3 and contempt which it deserves.
Mr., Windom-The Senator is entire
;, ly mistaken. cast no aspersion. he
u had given us sample brick, and ask
. ed him it the other officers were OF the
. same kind. :,
e Mr.. Saulsbury-I understood III
a Senator-I may have misunderstood hi
Il remark-to apply his question to all tn
= = people of Delaware.
y Mr.. Windm-I can ask whether
: what the Senator has described as oc-
y curing there then was the usual tao
y tics employed by the Democratic party
" in Delaware.
> Mr.. Saulsbury-So far as that is con
= cerned, say this: ''rhe Democratic
party Of the State of Delaware is gener
a ally equal to emergencies. -
Grave and reverend Senators lai'
u u back, shu. their eyes and wept.
- y On Monday while MIR. Blaine wa
e having his respects to the Democrati
le le Senators one by one, he came to Della
III ware whore the following colloquy en-
o. o. sued between him and Mr.. Bayard
VI Mr., Blaine next referred to the Stat
II of Delaware, and to the oath demand
- ~ ed by the military at the polls, which
IT, IT, he said, was merely one of loyalty,
s. Mr.. Bayard, of Delaware, wished t
90 say that the State Of Delaware was on
y. y. of the original thirteen States. he
II. II. sons gave their blood to build up tn
"a Government and to achieve indeper
10 depce from British rule. When inde
le pendence was achieved Delaware ser
to the national councils good men an
true, who had loved and saved tin til
10 war, and from that day to this no Stat
,v or set of men had greater claims of +
:. $. deity to the Constitution and laws
+ the Union than the people of tina
of State. 1t was foul slander to say tn
a. people were unfaithful to the laws
ha Their State Constitution gave them
be right to fix by law the qualification
he voters, but they justly denied tn
.d interference of outside parties. .
al They did not believe that any mil
Ia Ia tary or civil power could impose me-
40 test of qualification. The imputation
hv the Senator was unfit for this place an
r., r.. unmerited and unworthy. He WI
N proud of having been born on the so
Of Delaware, where there always dive
a law abiding community. He objecte
to the Senator casting an imputatlon Q
We State dear to her children. No ma
ny could do SO without having his acts r.
10 coil on himself. [Applause.]
oi Mr., Blaine said he had done nothir
es, more than to quote from the acts Of
eV LEGISLATURE of Delaware. If there WI
ys any one thing more prominent tina
~ another during the war, it was to de-
ce tenderly with the border states, an
ca tho step was taken with reluctance an
BIZ hesitation. Gen. Schsnck, after col
ne sultation with President Lincoln, issue
jill his order requiring persons suspected
disloyalty to take an oath of alleglant
before voting, as there were evil'dispo
ed persons in that State giving aid an
ng comfort to the enemy. Mr.. Blaine rea
lr. q resolution submitted in the Senate
IT. the 3Oth of March, 1861, by James A
to Bayard, namely:
ey "That the President of the Unite
States, by and with the advice and col
sent of the Senate, has full power an
We authority to accept the declaration
the seeded States that they constltu,
an alien people, to conclude treat
=, with the Confederate States of Americs
o and acknowledge their independence 8
es separate nation" Mr.. Blaine sal
th the Senator who offered that resolution
al resigned his seat in the Senate rathe
ba than take the test oath.
Mr.. Bavard replied that if the Sen'
tor from Maine would consult hlstor
ID. he would find that his honored fatht
ms did take the oath, protesting that b
)r. did not take it beyond the constitution
ng al requirement, and then resigned h
Is seat. He reappeared in the sena
after an absence of two years. 1t woul
l. .oa., tl,ot fhrAp ware manV nr,