New-York tribune., 1879-05-12

REGULAR REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS.
A BE,E DEBATE Is TIE SENATE OK POLITICS AND
sHCEssI0N-HILL AND CHANDLeR-sILyEE DIS
CUsslD ~ TIE HOUSE.
SENATE. WASHINGTON. May II, 1879.
In the Senate yesterday, Mr. EATON (Dahlv
ConnJ introduced by request a bill relating to tee-
graphic communication between the United STATES ana
foreign countries which referred to the Committee
Forcizu Relations.
Tue senate proceeded to the consideration of the Leg
WT. TDMUNDs Gep.. VT inquired whether what is
called political ec,8Iou is The same as that proposed
last year or 0id II dr by enlargement or dimlnuu0nt
Nj. BECK tDsm. kyJ replied ne was not prepared 10
answer as hai not comp ired tine two propositions
Tne senate proceeded 10 act on the amendments 70
c0npasauon OF TIE S,natos officers, clerks ana other
eu1ioy6s, which tine House had reduced M
Nj. IL tDru., Ga) then proceeded 10 speak WIN
reference 10 part OF the bt proposing new legSa-
atuu with regard ojurors supervisors ot election ee
Mr. Hil declared mat the Tremendous coItest nov nov
before the country had is origin and meaning IN me
luruose of the Republicans obtain absolute contro.
of thr States by force order 10 perpetuaie their
power whether the people are willing or not, aud III
fur,h rance Of hci. purpose almost every KepuDiIcl
sneaker had been seeking 10 impress the country WIN
the ldc3 Of great danger 10 come from what Ihey eau
(,i Conkug) had pointed out the number OF senators
and Representative in the Confederate service
saying that because Of ih's, the people oi 'Le NOt
were alarmed But all the charges that tueJ were NOS
loyal and therefore could not Do trusted, std MI nm
the Umou and should the Government pass INTO the.r
hands, mere "2a9 % m g srca, t5 %'5o w. ~ Iy W. ch er
SIr. TI smd no had been making a count
TOO, and strangely the Senator might think
uf It, OF the nine representatives and Two SEN
ators from Georgia, nine, certainly cl-Et were op-
posed to secession at least until t can, and then they
tioa. Mr. il teu related some Of bis experience, IN
fUe war OF The rebellion. lie rcfoued In the course OF
bis remurzs 10 Inc peace conference asked for by Viz
guia he SAID tha. the very men Wno now make charges
OflueIty against the Southern people, went 70 ash
iUctou I'D l2GI defeat the purposes o. NrgIud in
proof o tins, be read The So%Gs % ejieE: En- =, ,ss,
NY DEAR GOVERNOR: Governor bingham aud myself
tco.taucI 90 yuu uu saturday, al inc itquesi 'iS-
sachn>e, ana NJ N-1ui 10 7' u'i @'h ~ 80 80 w 80
or Compromise Congress. Ihey admit that We were
ugl, f.u tac' Were "rou- Tat 10 kepubleah state
stouit have delegates, bat say that tGey ITc utie
and cannot get away. Quo, Indiana aud Rhode Island
arc coming n, aud there is danger oi Illinois and now
Icy bee us tor Gods sake'O come 10 the rescue ana
save the Republican party from rupture. hope tAcy
Will send s.if-bacEed men or none. The whole t.Ig
was gotten UP against my juismtlt' ana VIII ehd Ia
tlIn smoke. hope, as ma ti o courtesy 10 some O
Iru.t yonr friend, b. CHANDLER.
Ms LIceHeacy AUSTIN BLAIR.
biz. HILL ssId tudt 10 ais letter postscript was
added say iu- that The Northern people tIl4k that
aght would be awful, but without ittle bOOilettiug
tins Union viii not IN my estimauon be worth rlsn"
Mr. Il argued that the Repres5 5uatvcs OF the south
must be trusted. The Democrats would take the posi-
ton 10 promote the glory ol the Union ana peipe'uale
i{s , iColi 3 v,iicb Na1son Trained ana Webster
expouuded-in favor OF freedom At the polls iuteil
tfaIes I'm the Infringement OF elecrlons hereafter.
IL is not true that sOld against the North We
are solid again the Republican parry. Nhy shOuld we
nos bel Can you wOudOri l VIII moi speak OF the
past. DO you think gong to love you Tor the
speeches you have made during the last fOur weeks
eliminating and sandcrng u' IN every ioImf You may
not snow IT, Every vile story OF fraud,
DO how unworthy OF belief, Is pardd against
the southern pe0pLei aud no mater nov lhlcA
testimony of good men we bring forward to re-
fne these fase1Oods that testimony is cried down. We
regard the EepuOucaI pry as merely hee.lChaii We
ioin the Democrats Of the North because we admire
their during the war. We had terrible ordeal
but they had one perhaps worse, iHo HueItg 10 tho
Union they believed led them 10 light against us, but
after the war they met IA as men ana thaI why we 90
with them II The south were solid against the C0nst
tuition would be IepIchenslDic, Du IL ls not We are
solid Tor preserving the Constitution and its principles
Mr.. CHANDLER (ltep, Mlch) sdd TINS was the tlird
time since 1861 that auslon mad been made TO letter
written by him to the Governor OF Michigan. IT first
appeared IN Detroit newspaper Inc letter was pr
yate one and copy was retained by nm. Senator
Powell BROUGHT a copy OF the newspaper to him, ard
asked II te letter as printed was correct MI Ih"hder
told him he did not know having kent no copy senator
Powell then said that 1t was correct copy he wished
u make use OF II II hot ne ana not Wish use II. MI
Chandler tod Inn thaJ ne WOuld udOpJ a.
neased 80 to-day the letter. II not originally Mr. Cbaud
ief's mad become his by adoption Mr.. Chandler then
written lie hat been in Senate four years listen
ing 10 reasonable utteIances Tie daily and hourly
TDere was treason in the White House, in tue Cabinet
10 the Senate Household, outspokcn and rampant
aeH,te Ine in bs presence 10y senator from
Texas: You may give us bank sheet or paper
live with YOU" Treason was appauded In the Senate
gacre, talked on the streets aad discussed In private
CJrc.es treason the Departments, traitors
III III 'nD 49, T," d. ~ rebellion mai Grru ri,eJ me
Union Was already dissolved Tho rebel Government OF
Aiabana was established. Upon wnat basis could
negotiations have been made, or peace convention
called, with rampant rebellion staring us IN
the facet Il time to negotiate.
The time for that had passed. We had offered eycry-
thing IA the way OF negotiation ana compromise and
every profer had been ludi iguanty refused Ihs Was
the situation when that letter written What was
there u H. ANA is there in 10 now Michigan was
known 10 Dc Of tt Constitution The Union and
the enforcement of the laws even To the lott ng OF
blood be, and that al there was and Is IN the
letter. Let the most be mHde ui H. And the SruaiOr
from Georgia SAYS, continued Mr. Chandler, that
didn't shed any blood. How mucA blood dId he shed
VIII somebody inform us Of the tGact quantity
Mr.. HiLII-IAe diACteuce between us was mat was
not IN favor OF shedding Huyb0dys blood,
Mr.. CIANDIER-S0r !, except To punish treason and
traitors Senator from Georgia Is not the 10
taih about Otlcr saving their own blood he took
care 10 put his blood IN Eort Lafayette, where IL
Uut ui tie way OF both rebel and Uu.On Dultt..
Mr.. WIEDOM (Rep., Mimi wished 10 reicr 10 scrap
history suggested by Senator His assertion tHat
cess Oh was brought abOat by The extremists OF the
North w.O threatened the property o the South. This
He denied lie spoke for several minutes. ana then gave
way fox . motion u adjourn, by Mr.. Beck, who sug-
eestcd mat Mr. W.udCm continue his remarks, al 1870
-. tu. Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
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