Daily globe., 1879-06-12
FQRrY-SIXTH CONGRESS-.
Extra Session.
The Senate.

Extra Session..
The Senate.
M'DoNALD's ARMY BILL.
WASHINGTON, June 11.-Consideration wa
resumed of McDonald's bill to authorize tn
use of troops in certain cases, and to repea
certain election laws.
Senator Hill began speech on the bill by
saying he intended to reply to private allusion
but not to retaliate nor to make personal at
tack on any Senator. He said his vote in tn,
Georgia convention was against secession, bu
the secession resolution was adopted by the
convention, and after that it was only q ques
ton of whether citizens of the State should up
hold its solemn. action in convention. HI
therefore signed the ordinance of secession af
ter its passage, did all of his colleagues
though one-third of the members voted with
him against it. He read from the records ar
ticles from Blaines late speech, in which the
latter assumed that Hill, ,ather than have .
minority in the Georgia secession convention
had consented to the death of the old Union
by voting with the majority to secede.
Senator Hill said Blaine had misrepresented
the facts contained in the very book he had
quoted from in that speech containing the pro-
ceedings of the Georgia convention. If that
Senator intended, by the mannerin which he
represented thoss facts, to show that in that
convention, on the test question as to whether
Georgia should or should not secede, he (Hilr
=oted for secession or intended to approve it,
he stated that which the document he pro
fessed to have in his hand taught him was not
true.
AS Senator Blaine had chosen to introduce
the subject he thought it proper to give the
facts in the premises in the form of histori-
cal statement. While there was great diversity
of opinion throughout the South on the main
question to whether secession should take
place or not, it was universally conceded that
If State should decline to secede. when that
declared will should be ascertained, it was the
duty of all her citizens to support her acts,
and two reasons were given for that: First,
that to oppose tae will of the State, after that
will had been officially ascertained and de-
clared, could only result in civil war among
the States, which was determined at all haz-
ards to be avoided. Second, because il was
believed if the Northern people saw there was
unanimity in the Southern States it would
have the happy moral effect of avoiding the
catastrophe of sectional war, as it was widely
charged that the movement for seces zion was
merely factious
There were many Southern men who sedu.
lousy opposed secession, and who believed
months the actual difference could be adjusted
and war averted. If the Senator from Maine
had seen fit to say that my vote on secession was
inconsistent with my expressed principles
should have cared nothing for the statement of
his opinion, but for soTe purpose of his own
he chose to profess facts which did not exist,
and npon this double Misrepresentation of facts
he isplayed his wit and smartness, and all
when he knew was seven hundred miles away.
I make this simple statement Senators, to the
Judgment of honest men and honorable de-
baters, without comment.
Senator Hill then spoke of the clamor raised
by his assertion that the Democrats were large
lv fol in ha Ho do
MED that what he said could be construed as
meaning that Republicans did not also help in
such preservation, but he added, strike from
the rolls of Union troops the names of the
Democrats and will any man say the war
against secession would have succeeded" This
was what he had meant, but before continuing
he said there had been persistent effort on
the part of the Republican press and other
ways to hold him up to execration as a brutal
and cruel man. He had been charged years
ago with introducing retaliatory war measures
in the confederate Senate. So far from this
was unalterably opposed to any war measures
not in the line of the lights AID ac-
cording TO the law of the nations. When
there seemed danger that such
measures might IN the excitement of the time
be adopted he, while opposing all legislation
on the subject, drafted and held in reprieve in
case of need, an act declaring persons OF
parties raiding. marauding and committing
outrages under pretense of being federal
troops to be criminals. Real soldiers were not
touched by the provision, but it was framed in
view of the wide spread apprehension of ser
vile insurrection following the emancipation
proclamation. No legislation on the subject
was had however, not even this moderate
measure drafted by himself.
Senator Hill, after further vindicating him
self from similar charges and denouncing the
unfair attacks upon him, said he had under
stood his political opponents had sent agent.
through the South to hunt up his record
He had never made it a practice to preserve
his speeches or letters, but he was sure no wort
of his would ever be found justifying charge
that at any time during, before or after the
war he had ever spoken in the slightest degree
disrespectfully of the Union of States undel
the cons tuition. He had spoken burning
words against the Republican party, agains
the war, against reconstruction, but for
Union of States partly national, partly fed
eral, as framed by Madison and expounded b,
Webster, he had felt a constant admiration
from the time when he first understood to this
hour. Upon this subject he defed criticism
and challenge malice.
Senate. Hill in further remarks showed tina
he had never been an extremist in politics ant
consequently had been denounced by seces
sionists as nationalist and was now blamet
by the consolidation element as secessionist
He believed that the true theory of the Union
ernment was master Of the other and quotes
from Webster's utterances to confirm his view
Senator Hill closed with an eloquent appea
to the American people to abandon sectional
ism, whether tending towards secession or des
potism, and return to the constitutional gov
ernment as inaugurated by Madison and e1
pounded by Webster, and as it stands unaltel
sd by the issues growing out of the war. Hi
remarks were frequently interrupted by az
plausc in the galleries. 8Ile9.
Senator Blaine gave MOTTO. he would, at an
ether time reply to Senator Hills remarks.
Senator Morrill, then read speech princi
pally devoted to defense of the Republics
party and support its financial policy as or
posed to the imitation plans of the Democrat
party. BE eulogized the resumption polio.
dwelt upon the reduction OF the public deh
and, while not charging the Democrats wit
found e congenialresting place among them.
THE LEGISLATIVE BILL.
Senator Beck, from the committee on al
propriations, reported back. with sundl
amendments. the House legislative, executiy
and judicial appropriation bill and said
would endeavor to have it taken up for actio
tomorrow. Ordered printed and placed {
the calendar.
JUDICIAL EXPENSES. ~ fs
The Senate went into executive session ar
when the doors were reopened the Preside:
pro tenn. laid before the Senate the House b
making appropriations for. certain judicial e
penses of the government, which was referrt
to the committee on appropriations,
CONFERENCE.
The President pro tenn. appointed Senate
Davis, ". Va, Wallace and Allison membe
of the conference committee on the bill
pealing certain clauses of the sundry civ il a
preparation acr of the last session, the Hou