The sun., 1879-03-24
snxlroR cnaNpLnM.s cornAoE
a Reply In Behnir Of Mr.. Jefferson Davis
Two Oaths Confoundcd.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-.Sr: clip
the following paragraph from the account given
by your Washington correspondent of proceed
ings in the United States Senate on tho morning
Of the 30 inst:
There were one or two other unimrortant speeches
ann th'n lagh thahlcf, Who had u'tu asleep ~ .ur
cnuccdr WAS Tie speech of the msht Uhapptuel this
Interested Spectator lie va. di-iu,icd at what he
-nt , , Tss Ne n aniniiN Of tpu9',c IN S'iior.
tat no Republican senator had the cuura-c focal eu
become mucn of Hayes man that Doe had forgotten to
Say ",li @ uf f,, t.If NM nanSs - w., % G a. ','e
WAIT ant see Tie speech was. as the Democratic
i,lsurcd
In what respect this was considered to be tho
speech Of the night does not appear though
from other sources Of information we may we'll
consider that il surpassed all others in igno-
rance and yulgarity. In It's first two sentences
as reported in the Congressional R,cord ii
achieves this distinction; lie chandler and
Jefferson Davis. he says, entered the Senate to-
Cether twenty-five years ago. and together took
an oath 10 support the Constitution of the
United States. Davis. he then adds took this
oath with treason and perjury in his heart. for
he followed itup by trying 10 destroy the very
Government which he had sworn 10 support
This pretentious and gasconading senator
Of his own nssertion-how much more besides
am unable TO state-now writes himself an igno-
ramus. by confoundinG an oath to support the
Constitution, with mn onth to- support tho Gov
ernmcut of the United Stntes-two things about
H. much alike as the Ofller Of senator IN Com
gre-s 4, that ~ sergeant ~ Dragons. and which
u would be discreditahle 20 any Intelligent hoy
IN grammar school not 10 be able % cis,in-
guish from each other.
But it was vt my purpose 70 make any spe-
cial comment Nron Sir. chambers Intelligence
ana political Information. My object In tuis
clmmuni alton wis 10 cxuress nay admiration
of the brilliant courage communicated 10y
rou- Senator. at o'clock in tho morning. and
on that parious field or noor 90 rush fear
essly 90 The front and with his own tongue TO
fre a whole Noil"Y Of Vituu ration ~ un Hdvpr-
sury not quite 5000 miles away. 4 little rrmi-
nis'cnce may illustrate this heroic "a 'hi"vemcnf
During that period of joint s"rvl 80 lu the
Senate hy the Ml~sl--luuIau and tln Nirlisun-
der which was referred To hy The lar p. II imp
penei on one OCCASION that Mr.. Davis, while
speaking. was subjected 60 "a series ~ ninu'Iin
and dmeanngicss Interruptions from Mr.. Chand-
Ter. After patiently enduring them ior some
., :, -, 80 "a ,.ii .'.ii. d. "a -
Senator from Michigan that he WIS imlerli-
nent' gnd ioroiddiug further interrnpii9n.
how gallantiy ani faithfully it, memory has
been treasured for favorable opportunity t.
Ion range firing in the Senate.
This. however. is not the first timo that the
tenaciiy 81 Mr.. Chandlcr's memory and the
transcendent herolsm Of his resentment have
been illustrated. When Jefferson DAVIS was
prisoner IN Fortress Monroe after the
war. confined in casemate. the plucky
mnn from Michigan made Journey from
Washington 10 Old Point Comfort, presum-
ably for the purpose oi meeting his former
foeman. No" meeting" il not eXactly the
word; but he came as near it as that discretion
which is tho letter part II even n Chambers
valor would permit. As stated by an Office
who was on duty Mt the time. he went into tho
guard room adjoining the captive dungeon
and unseen himself gHzed unlinchingly at the
prisoner through the barred and grated win
dow. How striking-may | not say how sub
lime-u picture, Iuchariah Chandler peeping ni
Jefferson Davis through a grating II needed
only the late exhibition in the Senate 10 COM
plete the record Of brilliant courage and
moral hrroism. An ADMiIRER
ATraeregrppf March 1870