The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-03-18

sharp, quick rap Of the Presidents
gavcl. Edmunts was in the chair,
as grim and severe looking as fate
itself He said sharply: "Thc
Senator from Mississippi will sus
pend, as he is out Of ORDER
Lamar, with Il surprised express
sion on his face, looked up inqHir~
ingly at the Chair Edmunds had
risen and stood with one hand rest
ing Oh the Presidents desk, his
tall form towering above the cx
haustcd clerks at the desk below.
With great deliberation he said:
"Ln the Judgment Of the Chair tho
Senator from Mississippi is cut Of
order in using unparliamontary
! lanellnge."
sLamar Strengthened up, folded
his arms, threw back his head, and
deliberately enunciating every word,
said: "In the Judgment of .he
Senator from Mississippi he is
entirely in order, and his language
is not only parliamentary, but
literally an'l strictly true
"The Senator from Mississippi
will take his seat" sharply rctortcd
Edmunds, cmphat;caily Dunctuating
the command with II rap Of tne
gavel "thc Chair las decided thtt
tho Senator from Mississippi is out
! Of order, his language being un-
parliamentary.
Lnmnr Sat down, but quickly
came TO his feet again, and said
calmly: 81 appeal from the decis-
ion Of the Chair" and then he took
his seat. The roll WAS called, and
by a large majority the decision Of
the Chair was reversed. With
great suavity of manner E7munls
turned his face toward Lamar, and
said: 1.-The Senate decides that the
Senator from Mississippi is in
order; he will proceed"
There WAS u faint effort at aD
plause in the galleries; but Lamar
threw up his hands dcprecatinglv,
and tho Presidents gayel came
down with II Quick, sharp sound,
: and stiffness roignca. With an
effort at self.'restraint, and slowly
and deliberately, Lamar began
again. Senator Blaine, who, of all
men, is certainly competent critic,
says hencver saw a man display more
tact than Lamar under tho trying
circumstances in which he was
placed. He maao no apology for
the language he had used; but he
said if there was one Senator who
felt qggrieved, he would willingly
withdraw whatever he had said.
Pansing an instant, rs though for a
reply, he proceeded as deliberately
as before. Usually Lamar is an
impassioned speaker, but on this
occasion he seemingly weighed
every word ho uttered. He made
ali unqualified defence of Jefferson
Davis, and of the whole Southern
people, claiming that they were
nctuated by the highest motives and
inspired by the loftiest patriotism.
Mr.. Davis, he said, was tho repre-
sentative simply. of tho Southern
people, md he rs we'll as they
dedicated their lives and fortunes
to u canse they believed to he right.
A wanton insult had been offered to
them by the motion from the Senator
from massachusetts, and to himself
and ovesy other Southern man in
the Senate who in less degree only
had been the representatives Of their
people in that great struggle. But
they had bowed to tho decroe Of
flte, and Loyalty accepted the situa-
ton when the God of battles had
decided against them. Since the
war no man had more unrescryedly
accepted the situation than Mr..
Davis. He had counsellel no in
surrection, had advised no factious
resistance after the great struggle
WAS ended by the overthrow of tho
Southern armies. 'Ehe meaping of
the speaker was plain. He meant
that Davis had not, Immediately
after the surrender, sought to pro-
long the struggle by guerilla war
, fare.
But this EXPRESSION was soizaA by
the ever ready and always vigilant
Blaine, and used with great effect u
fow minutes later.
In speaking Of the motives that
inspired Hoar's motion, Lam IL used
q singularly appropriate figure of
speech. lie was referring to the
persistent attacks upon Davis,
broken and uged man. He said
! that the Senator from Massachu-