Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-06-14
history REPEATING ITSELF.
scati1fng Protest of Each Chandler.

scathfng Protest of Each Chandler.
History, Mr.. President, is repeating
itself. 1t has been said that the old
Bourhons learned nothing and forgot
nothing. This, sir, is prominently true
of the old Bourbons of the Democratic
party Of America. In 1857 the Bour-
bons had absolutely control Of this Gov.
houses OF Congress, the
White House, the Supreme Court. The
whole OF this Government was under
their control. You had minority in
this bod, majority in the other,
wnen you brought up :he repeal OF the
Missouri Compromise, and you forced
your men then, as you are forcing them
now, TO vote for that repeal, and you
did it by caucus dictation. Then, sir,
you pushed your Northern allies until
you crowded them of the bridge.
In 1857, when | first took my sea. in
this body with Mr. Jefferson Davis,
there we're here forty-four Democrats.
twenty Republicans and two Independ-
ents. or these Democrats twenty eight
were from the South and sixteen from
Northern States. Then as now, the
Independents in this body upon every
question connected with slavery voted
with the South. You in caucus then de-
creed that Stephen A. Douglas, because
he asserted that he did not care whether
slavery was voted up or voted down,
should be degraded from the chairman
ship of the Committee on Territories, and
there were but three Northern Democrats
out Of the sixteen who dared to resist eau
Gus dictation, and you degraded him and
put him off from that comm ttee. All
sir, then you crowded your men off the
bridge, and they sank to Il man into the
waters Of oblivion, to rise no more forever.
Sir, then you had from the Northern
States in the Democratic party, as / will
read TO you 16 Senators. From Califor-
MA you had2; from Illinois ; from In
diana2; from Iowa from Michigan
U am giving the Democratic Senators
from the North who obeyed and those who
did not obey caucus dictation); from Min
nesota 2 4; from New Jersey 2; from Ohio
from Oregon 2; from Pennsylvania
/; from Rhode Island (which made
the l6. Sir, Of these l6 embers not Il
solitary nam from the North ever came up
to the surface of the water. of oblivion.-
You c. DIVIDED them of the bridge. You
which the North could not and would not
sustain. Sir to day you are doing the
self same thing. To day you have in this
body Al Democrat. SO Republicans and /
Independent. To day rs twenty-five
State rights the Independent purity rs
unit votes with the Democratic party.
To day you have, as | said, al Democrats
Ii lt1. - g..
the North from California | ; from In
diana now, MS then, 2 from New Jersey
2, now as then; from Ohio 2-you then
had but from Oregon you have 9 now
and you had then ; from Pennsylvania
| now. and you had one then from Rhode
Island you had then, now you have none.
but you have from Connecticut now and
then you had none; and you hnve one
from New York Mr.. President, ms | said
to day history is repeating itself, and you
are to-day crowding your men off the
bridge, and the men Of to-day, MS the men
ct 81, will sink into the waters ofoblivion,
to rise no more forever.
Look Mt the elections of this yenr.-
Look at the change that has taken place
since the first day OF March, 1870. Sir.
the people are more thoroughly aroused
to day against this doctrine, this heresv
Of State rights. than they were from 81
to 'Gl. You proposed to pension Jcfftr>
son Davis, and every single one OF your
Northern allies voted to pension him.
You eulogized him as patriot, To be
side by side with Washington
and all the patriots Of the Revolution
and every one of your Northern lies
voted "aye," After the close Of the Re.
belion you claimed that you wero poor,
that you were suffering, and we found
YOU poor and suffering. We found you
ragged and poor, and we clothed you.-
We put upon you the robe of American
which you had forfeited, and
we killed for You the fatted calf and in
vited you to the feast. We supposed that
after being clothed you were in your
right mind but when we invited you to
the feast, you said We have always
owned that calf and we are not grateful
for the feast"
And now you inform us That you are
gong to repeal all that the Republican
party has done. What is this OBJ that
you have undertaken You are going to
undo all that the Republican party has
done. Where will you begin Will
1Ou DtSIl nv ADDplIlULlOA VI DclDIt L
is very important to know where you will
commence and then where you propose
to stop. Yeu have undertaken very
large job 70" party of your size, and
what will the people say who are to sit As
judges upon your acts ? You have un.
dertaken to unseat a man in this body,
but you will deny that you have under
taken the job. Yoa say you hsve simply
to investigate the case Of
Senator on this floor, that has been de-
cided by the highest tribunal. Sir, there
are twelve Senators on that side of the
House tnat every man on this side be
iieves has II poorer title to his seat than
the honorable Senator from Louisiana
We believe that by fraud and violence
you occupy your seats in this body. Now
show us the road to vacate seats by a bare
majority in this body ifyou dare.
AT this point signs of intense excite
ment and anger were mfnfest on the
Democratic side. Senator Eaton called
the speaker to order and in a voice
which betrayed the utmost passion, he
said that his point of order was that the
Senator from Michigan was entirely out
of order when he said that twelve Sena-
tors on this floor held their seats by fraud
and violence.
Senator Garland demanded that the
words be taken down and read from the
Clerks desk. Loud murmurs were
heard from all sides.
The words we're read by the stenograph>
er.
The Chair Senator Thurman) said it
was not for him to decide whether Sena-
tors had been elected by fraud and vio-
lence, and that the Senator from Michi-
gan was not nut of order.
Mr.. Chandler resumed:
/ intended to say, and | stated that it
was the belief, and it is the belief OF every
Senator on this side Of the chamber that
there are twelve Senators ON that side
who hold their title to their seats upon a
simmer and poorer basis than my hon,
orabe friend from Louisiana, and that it
was our belief and my belief that those
to N co.. 4 l. a.. . i