The weekly clarion., 1879-02-05

They We're loyal to their God. They rer
I loyal 10 the noblest, highest aud hOlies
emotions that ever were felt 1y human
( heart"
This burst of eIoquence was receive I'd
I "tFh app 4u-e from the , su-hern Demo
crats. ba- scarcely attracted attention OF
/ the ,th r side
"Here aud there" continued Ellis. scat
/ tered over the South. there were some IA
/ dividuaIs who from their hearts and con-
I victiOns pousrd the union side, but d'
I not know i'm ms own : ate OF more than
4 three men who were loyal 10 the Union IN
! the proper sense OF ,hat term. Am VIII 9
! here and now t. vote tor co nstitufionsl
I amendment hich shall close the book for
ever and settle the question between these
Z 10y ~ men and the governmenf-'
Ag II turning % a -, whom afdr
cd with ii rec yehem euce, + lis con-iuuet :
Now a. - the lecture Ot the gentlem4u n
from Wisconsin, which he saw fl u read
the southern Dem ocrats here. | tell him 1t
comes With very bad grace from him.
Wher ! alluded u the tic tnat there is in
tn Treasury Of the United states six mil
Ii Iu- Jf dollars Illegally ANA unc 'n-tItutu-
tiOuHilV WTung from the products OF the
Soul tn which were singled out for Illegal
and uuc Institutional taxation. and 80 del
ded by your Iighes CO hen l allu led
10 tuar | fnereiy pur it upon the basis OF
justice TO O. 2 South. - no were ctdImin =
50, o 1000 tor ne impUOS ement of river in
which IHat gentleman and tle people he
represents are Interested, aud merely cited
that fact rs an appeal "a the ju-tGess OF this
House toward tn Southern states"
Gen. Bfagg arose aud tried u get "A chance
70 answer tuis outbgr-t OF cIoquencr, but
Eli would uo- b. interrupted and went on e
''Nu~. sir" said he. 'nO Democrat in the
south proposes TO desert the Democratic
uArty.' Ellis turned his back on the speak
rr'- chair an4 lowered his voice as be adj
d d-n~-ed Bragg The REPUBLICANS demanded
that he should speak louder and address the
chair. Townsend. OF New York, said thlt
hr a a. very anxious 10 hear what the gen
rleulau had t. say, Ellis turned arourd to
ward the -psanar and went on in a louder
voice let me say itin my own way that
-.e of the >outh believe that we are as much
Democratic aud as tru- t. the ID IN 1cratlc
party a the gentleman from Wisconsin.
Tn. truth is. al d if must be told, that il wa-
iu obedience to Democratic teachiug7, as we
understood them, that We went into the
war
Tuis was received with laughter on the
Il publican side. Ellis continued in th %
same straIH: Eve had heen educated by
our C4Ihauus and our Jeffersons in certain
It eories of the Constitution. That war was
bur "a war for the construction OF the Con-
sri ujion and for its proper application, and
nothing more or less. To dav u great
ch ing. hAs crcpC into the -plrit OF our gov
eminent. In regard 10 his question OF inter
nal Improvement, We have seen a great and
radical change come over the spirit OF our
government.
..EuTnerIv the cry was that the narrow
cons ructiou of the Constitution did not
permit the general government to aid in
works OF internal i'm provement. That cry
rested upon ana was based upon the para
mount sovereignty OF the Sta-es. We went
t. war in defense OF that theory. The gen
tIeman from Wisconsin and Others like him
have struck out aud destroyed that theory,
but we contend that the supcrs ructure re-
mains The theory has been destroyed by
war. The sovereignty of the States has
been weakened aud that Of the general gov
ernmeut has been strcn@theued.'
At tue close Of Nj. Ellis speech, Mr.. Mar
tin. of West Virginia, who h al the bill in
charge. moved the previous question, but
this was voted down by large vote, which
was given with great vehemence from the
> uthrru members who desired to speak on
the subject
Ellis speech somcw at plcjb ed the tur-
bulent feeling of his Southern brethren, but
Hooker, who had been as-aul1e by Bragg &,
ut that moment appeared in his seat, hav
iug in the meantime been posted as to what
had been said about him in his absence. He
appeared greatly agitaUed, and, gesticula-
ting with his one arm, demanded an oppor-
tuntv to speak.
Being told that he was cut of by the eX-
piration OF the morning hour, he demanded
to know, with ringing voice, II the blli
would come up tomorrow. He was told by
thu Speaker that il would be unfinished
business He then added in injured tones
that ie wanted To answer cer ain allusions
which had been made about him in his abb
seuce.
The house then took up other business