, 1879-01-23

ehal1 desire 70 withdraw lhcm, the Secretary OF
hs Tre.susy .hgl ts to ts hE.st bidder the
enme for es,1n or Treasury notes, AMI Issue ccr-
ttflcatcs Of cuosft for The tntn ot notrA thus re-
cciTcd, which he shall DELIVER tn cxrha1iEe for
n"scs OF tho bunk Of exactly the sainc denom-
tnattun, at.l pny over The balance Of these Ger.
ttfl:alca to the hank which had deposited and
owned tho bon1t, And these certificates sllall
he receivable i,r nlhc dues AMI be rcticcr,atle
In cnfn Or Treasury notes nt the United stacs
TrtnauTy.
Qufte stormy debate arose In regard to tho
Southern claim till, Ia tho courst Ut which MF.
Bragg stntel that II the South was solid for the
Democratic Parts simply for the nurpose oi get
we'll for the Northern Democracy II the South
crn Democratic went over to tho Republican
ra!ty, nnl lie llopcti they wonlh do 80.
Mr. Bragg referred to tho el5.M0fM u Was
collected fron captured and a1,antlnrtl propnr-
ty, and which they cla!tnct belonged to the
South, and called IN ttioso Ss,ctn1cfs to count
ife billion, Of 'nnnry spsnt to put down ihe
oUUtN1 on the crodis aldo nlId aIl tho countless
miserrs On tho debit aide. In YRS willing that
Lie dead past should 1ctlsatn dead, but no wns
not willing 10 sit Dy aud n'1ow 1t to bo brought
TIP In unu forn OF another, by pt,e member or
an0tllcr, md froni one committee or anusller,
for the purpose Of Uctting money out Ut The
Treasury On = plsa Of toyalsy. When thc
peopls Of The :, country ielt they could
Of tho Government With the .1>en,tcrattc
party with nu danger al tho Democrats ri te
North sellinE ont body nl suui to 'ltc Demo
crAts of the South, tllas purity could gather
Its ranks to maximum. aud It would have no
need Of that class bf gentlemen wham It could
hola only by giving them all they wanted.
Mr. EIlta {f.n.) agreed TINT the percentage Of
dcrstood 4, was very stnali. But ITO Southern
man who lntt been burn tl1trc, who had bccn
reared tllerr. n,nl who had been identified with
TINT peoplc, could only hare been loyal when
full duty as soldier. They had leen tho only
loyal people in tho snut. They !lau been loyal
10 t',eir country, to their. Gul, a1nl 10 ihe
noblcst, highest. and manlfcs. ctnnliun ever
breathctl by the human soul.
". convrr desired to nsk aqucsslor, but Mr..
Fills refused to field. ind continuing tail, that
here Md thcrc there might have bccn n few per.
tuns rho Ind esrousetl ltIc Unon cnliae, but he
who lad been loyal to The unton. lie was
willing here anil now to snte for u constttt-
ttona amendment which should cluse tho
tooks md forever set1la tic accounts bctwccn
the gentleman IRON Wisconsin (Dr4yg} had seen
fit to read tho Democrats Of the ,9aulh came
frost him with rather bad grnce. No Democrat
had proposed to desert tho Democratic party.
No Southern Democrat had intlmated suel, a
scscraI Republican members desired to nsk
questions, but S1r. Ellis refused to Yell, at.tl
Mr. Atkins declared II ~as "faMlY fg1t."
MI; Ellis, In conclusion,> faitl tl,e Southern
people were as true to t!c Dei'locTatc party as
the gentleman IRON Wisconsin tfirnggl was tn
obedience to De1nocratac tcnclltngs. as the
sontherl, neop1c had understood them, tint
thsry had Gonc tnto .he war. -,
Before the excitement caused ny the discus
sion Ind subsidized, Mr.. Chalmers, rising to d
privileged question, said tint he undcrstnod the
remarks made BY tic gentleman from Wiscon-