Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-24
SOME CHIVALRY THAT PROVES
TOO MUCH FOR NORTH
ERN DEMOCRATIC
STONACHS.

e The old plantation tune" begins to be
time there also is heard an impatient protest
from the Northern side of the Democratic
camp, as reported in the following, which is
from the report of Wednesdays proceedings
in the House of Representatives:
A stormy debate arose in regard to the
Southern claims bill, in the course of which
Bragg stated that if the South was solid for
the Democratic party simply for the purpose
of getting money out of the Treasury it
would be we'll for the Northern Democracy if
the Southern Democrats went over to the
Republican party, which he hoped they
would do. Bragg referred to the $35 OO0, 900
it claimed by Southern members had
been illegally collected from captured and
abandoned property, and which they claimed
belonged to the South, and asked them to
count the billions of money spent to put
down the war and then strike balance with
S35, DOC, 900 on the credit side and all the
countless miseries on the debit side. He was
willing that the dead past should remain dead,
but he was not willing to sit by and allow 1t
to be brought up in one form or another by
one member or another, from one committee
or another, for the purpose of getting money
out of the Treasury on the plea of loyalty.
When the people of the country felt they
could trust the Treasury and interests Of the
Government with the Democratic party, with
no danger of the Democrats of the North sell
ing out body and soul to the Democrats of
the South, that party could gather recruits IN
the Northern States that would I'LL up the
ranks to the maximum, and it would have no
need of that class of gentlemen whom 1t
could hold only by giving them all they
wanted
Ellis of Louisiana argued that the percent
age of loyal persons III the South, as the gen
tleman understood it, was very small. But
the Southern man who had been born there,
who had been reaaed there, who had been
identified with that people, could only have
been loyal when he entered the Confederate
army and did his full duty as soldier.
There had been only loyal people in the
South. They had been loyal to their cOun
try, to their God and to the noblest, highest
and manifest emotions ever breathed by
human soul.
Conger desired to ask question, but Ellis
refused to yield, and continuing, said that
here and there there might have been few
persons who had espoused the Union cause,
but he did not know more than three men IN
his State who had been loyal to the Union.
He was willing here and now to vote for
constitutional amendment winch SnOulu CLOSE
the books and forever settle the accounts be-
tween them and the Government. The lee
ture which the gentleman from Wisconsin
Bragg had seen fit to read the Democrats OF
the South came from him with rather bad
grace. No Democrat had proposed to desert
the Democratic party no Southern Demo
,rat had il.timated such proposal
Several Republican members desired to
ask questions. but Ellis refused to yield, and
Atkins declared that it was family fight.
Ellis. in conclusion, said the Southern peo-
pie were as true to the Democratic party as
the gentleman fr nu Wisconsin Bragg was,
in obedience to Democrats teachings, as the
Southern people understood them, and that
they had gone into war.
Before the excitement caused by the dis
cussion had subsidized Chalmers, rising to q
privileged question, said that he understood
the remarks of the gentleman from Wlscon
sin were aimed directly at him.
The Speaker Informed him that that was
not question of privilege, but in due course
Of time he would have an opportunity OF re-
plying.
q Then" said Chalmers, g l will bide my
time
How sad it is to see the harmonious and
Democracy thus disagreeing, one
with another, over the terms, time and man
ner of bushwhacking raid upon the Treas
ury Mr.. Bragg seems to have a rather
weak stomach for Confederate claims. While |
3Ir. Chalmers proudly 50 bides his time.