, 1879-05-20

plafned 10 President Lincoln that tisnnt wns
drunk at Shiloh. the President inquired whnt
same to encll OF fis tieursafsn Tile eptcct rut
tc Democrats to tho quick. an:I IL wsa through.
them that thla tn!ou'dcd story prsairatstl:
than when he tackled the democracy on the
fernr,i,
Several of tl!c Older Senators. p spca1sne Of
ssnat9r st Chan1lc1'* spees rcstl n uteIesttng 9,
partY dominated IN that body. I 1t snpcars TINT
Too.nps, lvcrson, Mnspn. l,u.fr Of sa,,th Caro-.
l!nn Davis Of Sliss3ss!ppi, n,t 1naty others ri
the llrc-oatlng element. ue1 In ihe hat It II
stnverr scuntors undertook 10 defend their unrtv
Or It's principles, thev were glven tu understand
by those so'ltfcrn scnnbrs tllat they must be
very guarded In their 1aheungc; and Whenever
cratic caa had set M ttr limit, thsy were liable
to receiys challenge tu set.te tho snattcr
at BlandensburE Or tic Fnlls Of the Potomac.
1nasmuch rs tho antfflavcty Senators did nut
wnnfd, under no circumstances. accept cl'a!-
irnge, their position In the Senate was cx.
treu,ciy irksotne.t Towards 1871, the action Of
these ''liotapunt" BECAME 80 intoDcsablc tllut
tim should 10 Ake,l in or'cr to have 1t under
stood tElnt surh nDnscBe wtnIld be tolerated no
longer. til carry ont tFlts programme cop-
ference was SIs!, ut tl's resiacnrc OF sena,or
CEHhlu+ ~ 4s0H AOtNt III Tim lHEEkAIIts
u larcc: number Of tho antl-s!nverY
| party were present, among whom wero
SUMNER. Hale, ,,Waac, Chandler, and doy.
Chnse, Of Ohio. The cttack upon anmncr had
greatly stimulated this feeling, hnt It was Et't
The ou,y Instance whcn Southern llatred had
cropped out In rltllrr violent words or dcetls.
At the conference It was determined not to al
1ow the fntolcrable coflrsa Ut the 9o,lthtrLcr6
to continue, and Us first step tn discussing the
question Of slavery n,,d g.vsng uttvra'lco to tf.
views entertained BY the Northern Sountots, it
was unterstot,d tl,nt the dcbMe should only q
sontrolled By tho ra!es Of par!!amentarv
lntd dorm III the Southern Senators.
Senator Wade, who WIS then IT. the primo Of
life nfHl man q! ilnqucationcd n,lragc. wus
designated to lead in tEls nc'r departure, Short
" afterwards. during an fnonr,ntlt political dis
cusson, the Senator from Ohio rosc tn at!drcte
thg SeuAtc, and after extending hls line of argu-
nlent much farther than the Senate t,nti brcf.
accustomed In hear from tic autt.s!nyesy :oatty,
/ ilt suddenly struck tefligercnt attitude aud
said That he was no tluelfas, nor Was he skilled
IN tho use OF tho Bowteknife, but ie would TIT n
and there Eire 6ena1urk to undtraa1ld sllut st!'
could net all the sutfsfact!on TINT tsIey wauk d
| from himself CT his party either o, the floor Of
| the Senate or elsewhere, Rolling UP hts sleeves
| md shaking his hraany arnlt, lie said that the
tirht man who mahn demonstration towards
himself or h!s friends would lind lie was ready
to meet him with the weapons which God Al
| mighty had provided him With. Tint hc would
| give fair wnrnfng that he would not hesitate to
use them on auy oceasion, shcre CT elsewhere,
any etteps Is, rss r, ads to cn,1y ont tno
bcr. After Alr. Wade lad taken his seat,
| Tootnbs, who had perhaps been sllr most tnsn-
lent Md aggressive Of ihe Senators alluded TO-.
| shoulder, complimcntcd him on hs speech. Ila
told Mr. Wade tint he lad entirely mtsappre-
hcnded tho purposes Of The Southern Senators
in what they proposed to do III the CONTROVERSY
| With the Antl-Slaycry net In the scuate; that
no one proposed to 1nolest him, or Interfere
with tts rights on TINT floor: t4t he was ftuc to
| express his opinions III any way Or nt ony time.
From that titnc until Too1nbs Withdrew from
States, he MT. Air. wndc were warm friends,
mud In debate he frequently alluded to him az
| The chlralrous Senator from Ohio.