The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-03-21
z.ch Chandler on the Proposition to Pension
 Jen Davis.

l Jen Davis.
 Lamar had eulogized Davis as the peer or Washington in patriotism, Harris anu others had gushe1 with love for their iaiieh chief when old Zach Chandler, of Michi
 can. rose and spoke his mind quite freely on making treason, honorable ana patriot ism odious in the following vein:
 "Mr. President, twenty years ago, l, ID comnanv witl, Jefferson Davis, stood up m this chamber, and with him swore by aImipbty God that I would support the Constitution of the United States. MT. Jefferson Davis came direct from the Cab inet of Franklin Pierce into the Senate of The United States, and took the oath with me to be faithful to this government. Dur inp four wears I sat in this body with Jeffer- son Davis. and saw the preparations going on from day to day for the overthrow of this government. With treason in his heart and perjury on his lips, he took the cath to sustain the government that he meant to overthrow. Sir, there was method in this madness. He in cooperation with other men in the Cabinet of MT. Buchanan, made careful preparations for the event that was to follow. Your fleets were scattered wherever the winds blew and water was found to float them, where they could not be used 60 put down rebellion. Your armies were scattered all over this broad land where they could not be used in an emergency. Your treasury was depleted until your bonds bearing per cent interest, principal and interest payable in coin, were sold for eighty-eight cents on the dollar to pay current expenses, and no buyers. Preparations were carefully made. Your arms were sold under an apparently innO- cent device in an Army bill providing that the Secretary of War might, in his dis cretion, sell such arms as he deemed best for the interest of the government. Sir, eighteen years ago last month 1 sat in this hail, and listened to Jefferson Davis de- livering hIs farewell address, informing us what our constitutional duties to this gov ernment were, and then he left and entered into the rebellion to overthrow the govern ment that he had sworn to support. I re- mained here, sir, during the whole of that terrible rebellion. 1 saw our brave soldiers by thousands, might almost say by millions, as they passed through here to the theatre of war. 1 saw steamboat after steamboat, ana railroad train after railroad train, bringing back wounded. 1 was with my friend from Rhode IsIsnd (Burnside) when he commanded the army of the Po- tomac, and saw piles of legs and arms thai made humanity shudder. I saw widows aLd orphans made by thls war, and heard them wall and moan over the death of their dearest and best. MT. President, little thought at that time that should live tu hear in the Senate of the United States, eulogies upon Jefferson Davis tirias, living rebel, on the | floor of the Senate of the United States Slr am amazed to hear it, and can tel
 the gentlemen on the other side that they little know the spirit of the North wheI they come here al this day with bravado Ol thelr lips, uttering GU ogies upon him whom every man, woman, and child in the North
 believes to have been double dyeC traitor"