Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-16

Democracy may as we'll learn now as later that the
that is dIshonorable TO them or to the country. They
will beg Their knees for reconciliation. They
will MT Teinquish the principles which insured to
the people the advantages gained by the thirteenth
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the consti
tuition They will not permit modification of the
rights of four millions OF people Of the SOUTH who
have been liberated from slavery, and have been
admitted to the rights of citizenship. They shall
not be remanded to condition OF serfdom and
peOnage. Let me invite them to peace which is
honorable. and which will make US model for all
people for centuries to come: peace which mast
be built In the high respect of the citizens OF COM
mon countrj. L must rest on the concession OF
equal rights to all cit of the republic black
white, native or forelgn-born Ia peace that must
know no State lines for the abrogatlng Of
which would enable all people to cluster
around the American flag as an emblem OF their SOW
enough to DEFY the power Of the world aud who viii
protect its citizens In all their constitutional rights
on land and sea- home and abb 1ad elevating the
great future of corng clear and iul in the blaZ
ing sunlight of our hope.
Logans remarks AID said the last sentences of that
sentleman's speech, describing the state OF affairs
policy. All the indictments aud arrangements they
fact that Ihere but the simple proposition under
discu SION whether the people, by their representa-
lives IN consreSs nave tne ,S1n peaesaoy 70 pass
elections. uncontrolled by military interference that
Jurors shall be rc from test oathS and that State
Affairs shall be red without the interference of
Federal bayonets. He could understand. however,
why these anathemas were pronounc7d Il WIS be-
cause the scepter was departing from Judah There
was no longer united south, as there was ten years
ago when The peoples money was squandered aud
the Radical south sanctioned the waste In those days
carpetbaggerS we're sent down south to be returned
the representatives. of the people there but although
The Repub leans were controlling the south, only one
negro Revelsl represented the coiored race in the
senate and yet the senator from Illinois omplained
that The coored people we're not represented here.
Now. no man, whts or black, would think of COM
pairing the men who represented the south under
Republican rule With those now sitting around him.
The south to day was represented by men who were
| the peers of any gentleman on the other Side The
Nam kxnrn cd Mt fhn In
They intend to appeal to the people before Cesar
comes, before the ublcon is crossed and the cry is
Aba jdcttd est. It is to prevent Cesar from coming
mat they desire the soldiers TO be taken from the
polls He repealed the charge that he was reyolu-
ZIONIST or had used language Warranting such
cusatIon. He had thought that after the exposure
Ss OF OF eeco In ySros ces yarV bonorne
man of both p9ties ought 10 agree to abolish these
oiilcals and he had SO STATE In short speech
presented separate bills for the repeal of the laws
6ad hope they od Sa nobo 81 Sd G9es 81
| their right 70 present that legislation
that II the President refused to sign the bills he
would consult the good men In his paI.y as to the
proper course to be pursued. But he would not as
sume that the President would veto bill containing
no unconstitutional provision; He believed thO
President would sign the blu, because he ought to
do so, and all his past conduct indicated that he
would consider II his duty. All this cIy about
revolution is IaIsed to see IL the Republicans cannot
repeal OF laws assed by them while in power, and
by winch they now hope to overcome The people at
the polls. He had heard 1t said that the President
would veto the bill and that he was Outraged at
what was being done. II he outrf ed at all 1t
was by gentlemen on the other side, who had said
what he would do. When General Il. ant was Pre5i-
dent ne had authorized the Associated Press to pub
lish his deniPl Of the statement that he had told
senator that legislation tending TO imitation would
have TO run the Sarrtet of his veto and added that
vera he member OF coEsress he would regard d
threat TO veto bill as u9becom'ng and would resent
/ 1t. He Beck presumed the present Executive had
the same high regard for his po, ition his prede
| cessor. and had never intimat what he would do
and hence these tears because they were afraid he
would
troops east of Omaha, spoken of By the gentleman
IL determined that Louisiana should be carried
| By force foItytiVe hundred men were sent down
there, and 1t was easy to concentrate troops when
necessary for such purposes. When this law was
pTSsed there were 10 John Davenpol.s and snch
people TO t. Ike command OF the army. Senator Beck
said he had rtasOn rev on the good Ttentons Of
the President, whose policy had bCen the reverse of
President Hayes'S inaugural address and said the
| liberal split there slOSa had ben followed
out 50 far and wodld probably continue TO be. I'm
spite OF the clsmor about revolution. What had
been done since the south captured the capitol that
had not been Tor the good OF the whole country
Have We not opposed corruption, maintalntd local
self government and equal rights, sought to mike
trials by july honest elections ntfoled by the States
themselves and upheld the just power OF the FEDERAL
government In all great national afaiTS that reach
beyond State lines? II true comparison weIe
drawn betwesn the condition of the southern States
Of the gentleman from Illinois Hogan waald tall
TO the ground before the Truth of the case He
alluded 10 the condition of Arkansas, to which bis
friend Senator Garland had restored free govern
Inent, aud said other states could be named TO
south had learned that the Democrats were
their true friends, and were no longer
deceived by the specious promises of the other party
The D Democratic parry had stood by the negro. and
stand By him and II let alone " i'll bring him up
to the highest State OF civilization of which he Is
pable at the earliest possible moment Alludng 10
| the statement made by SENATOR Blaine yesterday
were disgracing America b. denouncing these meas
ufes and creating an impression abIoat that we live
under mllltaiS deSpotism Thst parry want 10 re
| move that which all men eYeryV here denor1ce Tor
he had never seen man Yet who did not denou &c the
| rect necessity. Europa and America had heard the
invaded the legislative halls OF Louisiana and drove
out her representatives, denounes that acton ana
point OFT It's Dangerous tendency senator i BeeK
tute, January II, 1879 at meeting called TO con-
| from the speech made In the senate by Mr. seward
In 1885, In which he pointed out the danger Of rely
ing on the army to enforce the laws and said t9st
Just laws was an enlightened public opinion senator
I broke up the Democratic convention In kentucky,
| In 1868, with three or four soldiers They were
not afraid OF these lew men but they submit,
| behind the soldiers. During that summer martial
Ulcers were sent 10 the polls and closed Them Ieius
Ing TO allow votes TO be ist for loyal men, Charles
Mieiliils, toIlneriy postmaster OF Inc la
| governor. He had been in congress and voted for
troops prevented votes fem being cast for him. and
yet 1t had bs en- asserted here that there had never
been restraint by the miIItsry power at the polls.
Senator oaT-That was In the war.
| Senator Beck Kentucky at that time WAS paying
her taxes 10 the Federal goVeI and had sixty
| or eighty thousand men In The Federal army. Sen
| ator Beck went on to say that President Lincoln
himself had on one occasion been obliged to inter
fegs and partly rescind the orders given by General
| Schenck, ia MARYLAND. because OF the abuse made
of the military Rewriting to Senator Blaines state
likely to nure the country. Senator Beck said the
Democrats were not alone In deno T1neI1
! Hears. He quoted from the remarks OF STAN
ley Mathews in the Liberal convention OF
ia which Mathews denounced the action OF the gov
eminent, especially In its use of military power.
no doubt. read all over the world. and nothing that
any Democrat had ever said could suFpass that de-
they had been Obliged on account Oflts bad actions,
| TO leave.
Senator Beck here yielded to motion to adjourn,
| and will conclude his speech Tomorrow.
| Adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
Immediately after reading the journal the speaker
| called upon committees for reports. The only re-
| port submitted was from the committee on accounts
| relative 10 the committee clerks report. II was
adopted. and consideration was resumed Of the
senate bill for the purchase construction of re
frgeratlng ships for tie dlspfecting of ships and
ment.
Mr.. Chalmers rose to personal explanation in
regard to statements made In the Cincinnati Gdzet.
and Enquirer connecting him with the battle OF
Fort Pillow and cFtclsing his action at that place
Benz amin ButterwoIih. He offered resolution FOL
the appointment of a committee to be composed OF
ex-IInion soldiers, majority of whom shall moi
be Democrats. to Investigate and report upon the
charges.
After debate the resolution was laid over for the
present. The house then went into committee OF
the whole on the legislative appropriation bill, the
pending question being on MI Brage's motion to IN
seit clause repeating the aH creating the southern
claims commission, and the substitute therefor Of
fered by Mr. Young lTenn.l aboliShing the commits
sion but transferring the claims now pending before
II to the court of claims,
Mr.. Bragg spoke In favor of the proposition. He
said the law organizing the court had been passed
in what the Republican side of the house would cal
"s1 unconstitutional and revolutionary - method
having been easratted on the appropi iatl0n bill
He, therefore, had expected that side to aid In hls
proposition, but he found that with them 1t was al
talk and cider. The first objection they had wa
TO the court itself, not TO its members officials.
was not confined TO legal evidences, but allowed
TO act unswOrn statements or detectives. The
court by acting on uIswOrn statements of such mer
had proved that the terms used to designate the In
former might properly be applied TO the court ITSELF
| Mr.. Keller replied TO MIR. Bragg, and claimed tina
the court should not be nerfered with until it dice
| by Limitation.
Mr.. Atkins thought 1t proper that the commission
should be extended another year.
MT. Baker Ind. opposed the amendments. Tht