The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-05-30
REMARKS o.
HON. ZACH. CHANDLER,
OE MICHIGAN,
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
MAY 8 AND 10, 1879.

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| Whole, and having under consideration the bill
! Oh. II. No 1882 TO prevent military interfer-
ence at elections
Mr.. Chandler SAID:
History, Mr.. President, is repeating itself
II he's been said that the old Bourbons learned
nothing and forgot nothing. This is more pre-
eminently true with the Old Bourbons of De-
mocracy in America. IN 1851 the Bourbons
had absolute control OF this Government, in
both Houses OF Congress. the White House,
and the Supreme Court. The whole OF this
Government was under your control. You had
a majority IN this body, majority in the other
House; and you brought up the repeal OF the
Missouri compromise. 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 crowded your Northern allies
until you crowded them of the bridge.
In 1857, when | first took my seat in this
body with Mr.. Jefferson Davis, there were in
this body forty-four Democrats, twenty Re-
publicaps, and two Independents. OF those
Democrats twenty eight were from the South
ern States, sixteen from the Northern States
Then, as now, the Independents in this body,
upon every question connected with slavery,
voted with the South.
You in caucus, soon after | entered the
Senate, decreed that stephen A. Douglas, be-
cause he asserted that he did not care whether
slavery was voted up or voted down, should
be degraded from the charmanship of the
three Northern Democrats out OF the sixteen
on this floor who dared to resist caucus dicta-
ton You did degrade him and put him Off
from that committee. All, sir, then you crowd
ed your men of the bridge. and they sank into
the waters OF oblivion to rise no more forever.
Then you had from the Northern States on
this floor: from California, two members from
illinois, one: from Indiana, two: from Iowa,
one: from Michigan, one l am giving the
Democratic Senators from the North who
obeyed and these who did not obey caucus dlc-
tatior. From Minnesota you had two from
New Jersey two; from Ohio one from Oregon
two; from Pennsylvania one: from Rhode
Island one: which made the sixteen. or those
sixteen members not solitary man from the
North ever came up TO the surface OF the waters
OF oblivion. You crowded them off the bridge.
You compelled them TO vote tor measures
which the North could not and would not
sustain.
To- day YOU are dong the sef-same thing.
To-day you have IN this booy fortytwo Demo-
Gratis yhirty-three Republicans, and one indie
pendent. To-day, as twenty-five years ago, on
all questions connected with State rights, the
Independent party as unit votes With the
Democratic party. To-day you have, as | said,
forty-three Democrats IN this body, forty-two,
leaving out the Independent party. You have
twelve members Of this body from the North
There are twelve Democratic Senators from
the North, and they are arranged thus: From
IHIlIOrula one from lnuIaua, now hS lueD,
you have two: from New jersey you have two.
now as then; from Ohio you have two, you had
but one then: from Oregon you have two now
and you had two then: from Pernsylvania you
have one now, you had one them from Rhode
Island you have none now but you have one
from Connecticut; and yod have one from New
York.
Dir. President az ! said in the beginning,
history is 10 day repeating itself. You are to-
day repeating what you did IN 1857 and 1898 !;
you are crowding your men oil the bridge, and
the men OF to-day, as the men OF 1857, will
sink INTO the waters OF oblivion to rise no more
forever.
Look at the elections OF this last year. Look
at the change that has taken place since the
1st day OF March. 1859. Sir, the people are
more thoroughly aroused to-day against this
beresy OF state rights than they were from
1857 to 1861.
You proposed to pension Jefferson Davis
and every single one OF your Northern allies
voted to pension him. You euloglzed him as a
patriot 10 be compared slde by side with Wash
iugton and all the patriots Of the Revolution,
aud every one OF your northern allies voted
"av.
After the close of the rebellion you claimed
that YOU were poor; that you were suffering
aud we found you poor and suffering we found
vor ragged and we clothed you. We put upon
YOU the robe OF American citizenship which
YOU had forfeited and we killed for you the
lated calf aud invited you TO tine feast, sup
posing that after being clothed, you were II
your right mind and when We have invited
YOU 10 the feast YOU say, We always owned
the calf and you Lave 10 interest II It, Great
laughter
Inc President pro tempors. s.-Ihe Chair viii
order the rule TO be enforced and the galleries
cleared ii the disorder is repeated.
! Mr. 'CbardIer.-And now you inform us that
YOU are going TO repeal all the Republican
party has done. What is the job that you
! have undertaken You are going TO undo all
! that the Republican party has done. Where
do you begin? DO you begin at Appomattox.
or before 1t is very important to know where
YOU commence. and then to know where you
propose 10 stop. You have undertaken very
! large Job for party of your size. and with the
people who are TO Git as judges upon your
case. You have undertaken TO unseat man
an this body, but you will deny that you have
undertaken the job: you say that you have
Simply undertaken TO investigate the case OF
the seat OF a Senator upon this floor that has
been decided by the highest tribunal which
could act upon that question. Sir, there are
twelve Senators Oh that side or the Chamber
who every man upon this side believes have q
poorer title to their seats than the honorable
senator from Louisiana. By fraud and violence
YOU occupy your seats. Show us the road how
TO vacate seats in this body by majority vote
If you dare
to order.
Mr.. Chander.-Very well, SIR state youl
point OF order.
MIR. Eaton.-My point OF order is that the
Senator from Michigan is entirely out OF order
when he says that twelve Senators on this floor
hold their seats by fraud and violence.
Mr.. Chandler.-I did not cay that | SAID
that they held their seats by poorer title than
tho Senator from Louisiana holds bis
Mr.. Eaton.-No. sir, fraud and violence
were the words the Senator used.
MIR. ChandleI-I said We believe they do
and so have right to say.
MIR. Eaton.-Let the record be read.
Mr.. Chander.-So / say we believe
The President pro tempore.-rhe question
of order IL not debatabe.
Mr.. Garland.-L call for the words to bt
taken down by the Secretary.
Dir. Hin. OF Georgia, and others-I hope
not
Mr.. Beck-Let the words be read.
The President pro tempore.-Ihe Chair un
derstood the words as spoken by the Senate
from Michigan 10 be that there we're twelv,
Senators on the opposite eide OF the Chambe
who we're present now who held their seats b.
fraud and violence. Those were the words al
the Chair understood
Several Senators.-Let the words be read
The President pro tempore.-The Reporte
will read the words.
The Reporter reads as follows from hi
shorthand notes OF Mr.. Chsnder's remarks:
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