The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-20

WAhhlNuTONj MAY ~,
SENATE.
Consideration was resumed OF the LeCis
lative, Executive and Judicial AppropFia
ton bill.
HLAlNE's SPEECH.
Mr.. Blaine, speaking on the Legislative
bill, said attempts were being made Il
show that Webster recanted and changed
his views on the nature OF our Govern
ment In his closing years, The chance
words used by different men TO describe
our Government system need not betaken
too literally. The important fact Il that Al
between nationality and States rights
Webster threw his influence in favor Of
form. He quoled Webster's own CON.
mcnts on tho Capon Spring speech, show.
Ing that he had been misFepresented By
the construction placed on that speech In
the South. f ,.'| lf{f IFF
Mr.. Blaine read from Webster's com.
ments on the Constitution 10 thee efiect that
the very first resolution adopted BY the
Constitutional Convention OF 1887 declared
that the government should be national
and not mere compact between States.
Webster Lusedlthe word compact when he
said the government was the result OF
compact between all people and not be.
tween the States, Mr., Eaton had evident
" got hts inspiration for Fridays speech
from a. II. Stephens history, mschie.
vohs book, the more so rs il Is written by
q SINCERE man, a fact making It's misrepre-
sentafions doubly dangerous. lfl r
Another OF Stephens misstatements
was that Webster declined TO vote against
Calhoun's States rights resolutions OF '3S
Webster had ela6orately denounced these
resolutions, yet Stephens said Webster
ominously refrained from putting himself
on record against them. l,fiS IT5r''
Mr.. Blaine quoted further from Web.
ster's resolutions, alluding to Hills asser-
tlon that he assented to secession as he
would TO the death Of his father, with sad.
ness Of heart. Blaine. showed in the
Georgia convention that voted for seces.
sion, that 50 voted against it and 2OS for It.
WHO SAVED THE UNION
1t seemed, said Mr.. Blaine that rs 90s
voted for it, Mr.. Hill thought no would
consent to the death OF an old man rather
than be in q minority. The Senator from
Georgia said that the Union was saved NOT
by the Republicans but by the Democrats,
In Connecticut it was not Buckingham
and Hawley, it was Senator Eaton who
dld It. In New York 1t was not Seward
but Gov. Seymour. In Ohio it was not
Chase but Vallandigham. But President
Lincoln did not think the Democrats were
helping him along as the Senator from
Georgia thought, Blaine then referred to
the Democratic committee who came to
Washington to effect a release OF Val.
landigham, but who would not sign a
paper pledging their loyalty which was
suggested by President Lincoln as a pre.
liminary to the reaction Of military order
that held vallandigham in arrest.
Mr.. Blaine spoke OF recent discussion
about the use OF troops in Maryland and
Delaware during the war, and said the
oath refused to be taken by the voters then
was only what every Senator has to take.
Mr.. Bayard rose, and warmly defended
the loyalty Of the people Of Delaware. He
said Mr.. Blaine could not mention one
unpatriotic act Of that State. He had al
wayspersonally resented an imputation OF
disloyaIty. The Gath required was an in.
suit to q people who needed no incentive
to loyalty. 7a t- ~ ~ =,
Mr., Blaine thought that Mr.. Bavard,I
was unduly sensitive. He'had only q aot-
ed the resolutions Of the Delaware Legis-
laturc. The Schenck orders we're issued
on proof Of that sedition existing.
TIE KIND OF ARITHMETIC THEY TEACH sourII
He then argued that the Democracy OF
to-day were seeking to carry out the prin-
ciples Of Calhoun and Breckenridge : not
those OF Jackson and Douglas. He then
spoke OF the distinctive character Of the
school books OF the South, In which prin-
ciplcs hostile to the Government wore in,
culcated, and be gave the following from
one OF the Southern arithmetics: "If ten
cowardly Yankees have two days start and
make eight miles day, how long will
they run before being overtaken by five
brave Coniederates who are pursuingthem
at the rate OF ten milos dayP"
He referred 10 the address OF John s.
Prescott, Of South Carolina, at the Uni.
yersity OF Virginia, in which the speaker
remarked that the MayAower was filled
with horrors and crimes the jamestown
with treemen, loyal TO country and to
God, and saying other things In denunci-
alton OF the Maytlower and in praise of
the jamestown emigrants. I
Mr.. Morgan said he doubted II such
school books were used inthe South. II
so, be would have heard Of them. Thpre
was some other literature which ought to
be made known. He read from the min.
ntes OF the Twelfth Annual Session OF the
African NJ. Z. Church, held in September,
1875, in Alabama, TO show that one OF the
members vas charged with voting the
Democratic ticket, and the Conference,
upon considering the case, decided that
Jurisdiction be lodged with the North
Alabama Conference. (I.aughter.)
WADE IlAMPToN's RHETORIC.
Blaine, rosuming, read an extract from
the speech Of Senator Hampton, and said
that Il that meant anything it meant q
great deal. 1t meant preparation for an
other conflict, or it was idle rhetoric. Such
was the character Of the literature OF the
South.
Hampton replied that the words quoted
by the Senator did not name another re-
bellion. i the language was idle rhetoric
It was not such as the Senator poured out,
Peace had her victories no loss renowned
than war" =
Blaine replied Yes But peace did not
prevail at the battle OF Waterloo, to which
tho Senator alluded. Herepe9ted that the
language was either idlO rhetoric or q pro,
digous menace.
In conclusion, he said the laws 10 secure
fair and free elections ought not TO be re.
pealed. The only object in repeating them
was to grasp political power. Every step
taken by the Democrats was in the same
direction. They want to strike doyn tho
Federal to Cxalt the Southern power.
Other measures are to follow. What they
were he did not know. The Republicans
would resist by every constitutional means
and the Democrats, despite the threats OF
the Senator from Kentucky tMr. Beck)
, and the Senator from Connecticut (Giir,
/ Eaton, would be Obliged to submit in the
| end. The power ol the government was
not to be put down by threat or compul-
sion by political party. It failed 70 be
put down by the rebellion; 1t could meet
. more serious one which the Senator from
soEtb Garalln9 seemed t9 icfesFhadoE.
VANCE NAERSA CoRRECTIoS. * =.
! Mr. Vance said he was requested to state