The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-03-06
Congressional.
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SION snail ever be paid under this act TO
Jefferson Davis, late President of the so-
called Southern Confederacy. IJoar
said the name in his proviso had not
been singled out by selection Of his own
or from any person who agreed with him
politically; the name had been selectcd
by Davis hims, If, by his own act, in q
marked and CO ispicuous character by an
attack on the life Of the country which
educated him. That gentleman had
never given utterancc TO an expression
of regret for such attack, nor had he
followed the example Of 80 many Of his
associates besecching Congress TO re-
move his disabilities. He spurncd the
clemency Of the republic to-day. II was
now proposed to put the name of this
person, whose treason had not been re-
| pentcd Of on the pension rolls Of the
country, and to tax loyal widows aud
orphans to pay the pension.
Garland said he did not know what
| motive the Senator from Massachusetts,
had in introducing his amendment, but
| IL was curious spectacle to exhibit to
the American people at this late hour Of
the day, while the government pensions
Longstrect by a small post office in Gcor.
gia, Republican administration sent
Governor Orr, q minister to Russia, and
Mosby, who boasted that he was the Ma
rion in the second war, to China rs con
sui. lie felt satisfied that Jefferson Da-
man did not ask it. He had served
MIR. Davis was Il gallant soldier in the
cord; and although they did not COM
| ma th.u al tLns.. Of Il
| Rome.
Mr.. Shields took different view from
both sides. He thought that by singing
out Jefferson Davis from ten millions of
people in the South it WAS giving him IL
distinction greater than he deserved
| Bailey said the country WAS to-day
longing and Wishing for peace, and he
appealed to Senators on the other side to
do nothing to prevent it, The people Of
the South, having lost all in the war
were poor, and they desired to restore
their industries.
Maxcy briefly spoke Of tho services
rendered by Davis in the Mexican war,
aud said ho would leave it for those who
fought with him to pass judgment on the
| amendment Of the Senator from Massa-
chusetts.
Mr.. Thurman 81 that the amend
| mcnt asked him to single out Jefferson
| Davis for punishment, when other men
who went as far IA he did were not only
not punished but have been appointed to
the highest stations in the government :;
and in this connection he mentioned the
names of Akerman, formerly United
States Attorney General, the present
Postmaster General Key, General Long
street, Postmaster Mt Gainesville, General
MOsby, Of guerrilla fame, all and many
others of the same class being appointed
by Republican administrations. He saw
on ths bench, too, men who were actively
engaged in the Confederate service who
were just as guilty as Jefferson Davis
The proposition before them came from
the Senator of n State (Massachusctts)
whose treason had been more violent and
longer than that of any other State in
the Union. Thurman did not want to
pick ont Jefferson Davis ~ martyr
when all the others who had acted with
him walk the earth unchallcngcd.
Mr.. Lamar, replying to Honr. snid he
must confess his surprise and regret that
the Senator from Massachusetts, should
have wantonly, without provocation,
fluu5 this insult
The chair (Etlmunds) called the Scna-
tor to order Tor his language.
Lamar suppose it is in order to
fling insults, but out Of order for those
who are insulted to hurl back the blow.
l appeal from the decision Of the chair.
The question being taken, the decision
OF the chair was over-ruled; yeas Is,
nays 27.
Lamar proceeded, eulogizing Davis
and protesting against attempts to single
him out for obliluty from the body of
the Southern people who had chosen him
for their leader in n cause dear alike TO
him and all his followers.
The debate was continued by Blaine,
Hoar, Lamar and others.
| chandler said that eighteen years ago
h. and Jetr. Davis came into the Senate
together, and both mt that time swore to
support the constitution of the United
States. Davis had come from Pierco's
Cabinet, and when he took the oath
jury on his lips. lie took the oath to
throw. He (Chandlcr) considering the
conduct of Davis during the war, did not
expect TO hear eulogies on Jefferson
Davis on the floor of the Senate. He
was surprised to hear them, especially as
every riaf, w0iiian and child iii the
North believe Jer. Davis to be n double
dyed traitor.
Coke said that Davis was not worse
than he was, and very many of the South
ern people, who selected him ns their
| leader he was not ashamed to vote for
Davis any more :han he was to vote for
any other man or on any other subject.
~ was" said Mr. Coke, CAS- much of n
| rebel as JEFF Davis"
Further discussion ensucd, in which
Mcssrs. Gordon, Window, Ransom and
Beck participated, the last named saving
that the Mexican veteran amendment
VAS voted in with the aid of eight Re-
publican votcs, and that the bill was
passed with fourteen Republicans voting
for it. But for Republicans he wanted It
to be understood tho bill would not be
the law Of the land.
Hoar's amendments to exclude Jcffer-
son Davis was agreed to by vote of 90
to 90. a vote was then taken on tho
amendments of Shields to pension the
Mexican veterans as amended. On mo-
tion of Hoar, disagreed to by vote Of 20
to 25. The bill then passed by vote of
n to 3.
Allison then reported that the confer
ence committee on the legislative, execu-
tive and Judicial appropriation bill were
unable to agree. a new committee was
appointed. He also made a report from
the select committee generating Stanley
Matthews from connection with any real
or supposed frauds in the election in
Louisiana, and that he had not been
guilty of corrupt conduct in any mat
,o1s .eias.od W iii tho testimony, Jul they
regard his action in respect to James
Anderson. in the effort to obtain his an.