The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-05-22
Chambers Speech.
The following is the speech of Senator
Chandler, to which we referred last week:

anything and never forget anything The
proverb is very applicable to the Bour
bons of this country. In 1857, he said
the Bourbons had control of this govern
ment You had a majority in both
houses, a majority in the Supreme Court
and the whole of this government was
under your control. You brought ul
the repeal of the Missouri compromise and
forced your Northern men then, as you
are doing now, to vote for that repeal,
and you did it by the same means. Then
sir' you crowded your men till you crowd
ed them off the bridge In 1857, when
laughter there were here forty four
Democrats, twenty Republicans and two
Independents. OF those Democrats,
twenty-eight were from the Southern
States sixteen from the Northern States
and two Independents. Then, as now,
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 down, should be
degraded from the Craftsmanship of the
| Committee on Territories, and there were
but three Northern men out of sixteen
who dared to resist the caucus dictation
And you did degrade him and put him
off that committee. Then you crowded
your men into the waters of oblivion, to
rise no more forever. Sir, of these six
! teen members not solitary man of the
North ever came up to the surface of the
waters of oblivion. You crowded them
off the bridge; you compelled them to
vote for measures which the North could
not, and would not, submit to. Sir, to-
day you are doing the same thing. To-
day we have in this body forty-one Dem
ocrats, thirty Republicans, and one
Independent. To day, as twenty two
years ago, on I'll questions connected
with State rights, the Independent party,
as unit vote with the Democratic party.
To-day you have, as l said, forty two
members in this body, forty-one, leaving
| out the Independent party. You have
twelve members from the North, and
they are arranged thus: From California,
one; from Indiana, now as then, two
from New Jersey 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 Pennsylvania you
have one now, you had one then; from
Rhode Island you have none now, but
you have one from Connecticut and one
from New York As | said, history is
to-day repeating itself, and you are to-
day repeating what you did in 1857. You
are crowding your men off 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
change that has taken place since that
time Sir, the people are more thor
oughly aroused today against this doc
trine, this heresy of State rights, than
they were from 1857 to 1861. You pro-
- T,{F r.,
every single one of your Northern allies
voted to pension him. You eulogized
him as a patriot, to be compared side by
side with Washington and all the patri-
OTIS OF the Revolution, and every one of
your Northern allies voted aye. After
the close of the rebellion you claimed
that you were poor, and 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 citizenship which you had |
forfeited and we killed for you the fatted |
calf and invited you to the feast, suppos-
ing you, after being clothed, were in
your right mind, and when we invited |
you to the feast you said, 1--WE have al |
ways owned that calf, and you have no
interest in it," Laughter. Now you
inform us that yon are going to repeal all |
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 to stop. You have undertaken
a very large job for party of your size,
and with the people who are to sit as
judges upon your acts You have under
taken to unseat man in this body But |
you will deny that you have undertaken
the job-you have simply undertaken to
investigate the case of Senator on this
floor: that has been decided by the high
est tribunal that could act on his position
Sir there are twelve Senators on that |
side Of this house that every man on this
side believes have poorer titles to their
seats than the honorable Senator from
Louisiana has to his. By fraud and vio-
lence you occupy your seats. Now show
body, if you dare
Mr.. Eaton--I call the Senator to order |
Mr.. Chandler-Very well, sir; l will !
take your point of order.
Mr.. Eaton-My point is that the Sena-
tor from Michigan is entirely out Of or
der when he says that twelve Senators |
Ou UiiS lIOOi Hoio tAe4I SedtS ny lrauu anu |
violence.
Mr.. Chandler-I did not say that: |
said they held their seats by a poorer
Mr.. Eaton-You said fraud and vic
lence.
Mr.. Chandler-I said we believe it, and |
so l do believe, and so l have right to
believe.
Mr. Garland asks that the exact words
be taken down.
The official reporter read the words as
taken by him, and as given above
Mr.. Beck called upon Mr.. Chandler to
name the men who held their seats by
fraud and violence.
Mr.. Hill hoped the question would be
dropped.
Mr.. Eaton said the remarks of the Sen
ator from Michigan were insultlngly out
of order, and called for the ruling by
Chair.
The President pro tenn. overruled the
point of order.
There being considerable confusion in
the Chamber, Mr.. Davis (W. Va.) asked
for enforcement of order, both in the
Senate and in the galleries.
Order being restored Mr. Chandler re.
sumed as follows: l think every Senator
on this side Of the Chamber believes that
there are twelve Senators on that side
who hold their titles to their seats, upon
a simmer, poorer basis than my honored
friend from Louisiana. That is what in
tended to state that it was our belief and
it is my belief that their seats were ob
tanned and are held by fraud and vio-
lence. That is what | now say But
Mr.. President, did not rise to discuss
this question. | simply rose to say to
the other side, you have your day in
court; make the most of it. Your time
is short. The people of the North have