, 1879-03-11

that Nhlne9o c0htract-IaDof may WORK lAthi |
injury TO tho prosperity and well.being Of
the lhboring men WHO are citizeus Of this |
country.
uMREcoNc1LED AND REnE111ous.
Ben Du7nEa proposes that tho Government
shalt tako all maimed Nebel soldiers into its
tender chnrgo, and supply thom with tic
nccossariea Of life. Senator THURMAN, not |
to DO outdono by Du71en In doughfacisn1, de- |
claros TINT tho treason Of Massachusetts hns
been moro violent md longer continued than
that Of any other State in tho Union. Oou-
greHsnnn W11Lrs, Of Now York, de-
nounces proposed National Quarantine lar
OH tho ground that It is m Infringement Of
tho sacred doctrine Of statc's Rights. Ho
prefors that yellow fever should spread right
mud loft, suthor than have It stopped by m
not Of Federal powor. CASEY YouHa, OF
1remphis, Is the only southern man In Con-
gress whose horror Of tho plaguo
is not exceeded by his Into Of tho
doctrine that we aro nation. And now
comes tho Hon. Luo1us Qu1NT1us Cunr1us
LANAI, Of Mississippi, and declares that ho
is insulted by tho proposition to exclude JErr
DAVIS from tho benefits Of tho proposed
Mexican dsmagogical Pension bill. The Hon.
Luc1us Qu1sr1us CunT1us LAMAR Is tho man
who knocked down and drnggod from the
courtroom United States Masshal bccat1aa llo
insisted upon the strict performance Of his
official duty in capturing and holding cortain
Ku-Klux clients Of tho ,rate ex-Robel Gen.
eral aud lawyer. Soon afterwnrd lo repaired
to Bunker Hill Monument aud gushingly di.
Iatod upon tho lamb-like qualities Of tho
Southern people, Ioir desire for poace,
harmony, aud reconciliation, and an oppor-
tunity to repair their shattered fortunes.
LAMAR is rs gentle as O dove whom there Is
point to bo gained by ethoreal mitdness."
Bnt he is as blatant anl noisy nj any 6tAor
Southern hot-head tho momont comparison
is instituted between the adherenta OF tho lato
Oonfoderacy and the Union to tho advantage
of tho latter. Talk Of patriotism, aud tho
Hon. Luc1us Qu1sTrus Cun71Us LAMAR will
cali all the gods Of the Crooks and Romans
to witness that in fighting for tho Rebel
Oonfedoracy ho WINS better patriot than
GRANT, or SHEnMAN, or SHERIDAN, or NY
body else on tho Union side, aud that JEFr
AAfAo 10 - UCtkVA tAtAAok tAA44 A4V &41AMAAy
is, because JEFF was tho chief Of oil Rebols
He pAv1s), says LAMAR, " will continue
to bo honorcd in that great moyemont tint
was inspired by as noble d sentiment aa over
animated tho heart Of q HAa1ppES or a WAs1z-
1saroN." The dispatches givo this passage
as reforanoo to HAMPTON but 1t Is evident
that LAMAR moant to refer to JOHN HAMpDEN,
the man who, in ths seventeenth century, re-
sisted Royal persecution in England,
and who in history has beon as
signed the supreme place of honor
among English patriots. By citing
HAmrDEN and WAsu1SoToa, two OF the most
distinguished LEADERS, Of resistance to tyranny
known to tho worlds history, LAMAR charac-
terizca tho contest for tho preservation Of
| The Constitution aud tho Union ns tyrnn-
nous oppression, with LINCOLN in tile rolc Of
tyrant and JEFF DAVIS in that Of Ills victim.
But this fs not NIL. hlr. LAMAR ia careful
that thero shall bo no doubt about Ills raal
attitude in regard to tho mcrits of the late
contest. F1e declares that ho speaks aa
Union man, but he gives tho lio to his own
pointlo6s Insertion. Ho says: "Tle 9esult
st Tho War hns attached to us tho technical
name of Rebels. and we accept It. This is
different, us 1t Is an attempt to fix IN oaiuns
and moral kurmtnde upon n broken mnn. n
If DAVIS and LAMAawero only " technically" |"
not really, Rebels, and no moral turpitudo
lcgitimatolY attaches to them Oh account
Of their course, moral turpitudo must neces.
sarly attach to those who resisted and op.
po8ad them. And that LAMAR takes THU
ground Is absolutely demonstrated by hif
institution Of parable! between HAMrpEs
and WARRINGTON md JEFF DAVIS. HAMrDEA
resisted tyranny, and In resisting gave NJ
his life rs sacrifice to hia adheronceto prin
oiplo. WASHINGTON resisted tyranny, sue
oessfui1y defended lis country against op
preston, nnd established IN indeponden
Government. What LAMAR means to Say il
TINT the Rebels who diod gayo up their live
as HAMppKN did In devotion to tho right
md that thoae who, on tho oonfed
crato side, survived the struggle ar,
living monuments Of a patriotism rs pure a
that Of HAMpDkN, tho chief OF English patri
ots Tho Hon. Luolus QusHT1uH CunT1u
LAMAn stands In the attitude Of the KIM
who wroto, after defeat in battle, "All /
lost saya honor" Honor to LAMAn consist
in insisting that tho Robels were right ant
tho Union men wrong. Who doubts TINT h
would fight on tho saine side should a simila
contest again DO preclpitated? His protcsta
tinns to the etfeot TINT ha ia Union man ar
nothing but idio defamation; hia reasoninl
points irresistibly 10 the conclusion that b
! Is Htill unreoonclled and rebellious.