American citizen., 1879-03-08
GHOST,


| GHOST.
The -stfme If Jeaetson Dnv.~
! Causes Unusual Cornmotton
in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-Wheh
the motion to reconsider the bill
making appropriation to pay the
arrears of pensions was agreed to,
Senator Hoar offered all amendment
to the effect that no pension shall
ever be paid under this act to Jef-
ferSon Davis, late president of the
so>called southern cOnfederacy:
Senator Hoar said the name in his
provisO had not been singled out by
any selection of his own OF from any
person who argreed with him pOliti-
cally. The name had been selected
by Mr. DAVIS himself, by his own act
in u marked and conspicuous char
acter, by attack on the lite of
country which educated him; That
gentleman had never given utter
ance to an expression OF regret for
such attack, nor had he followed the
exuIrple of so many of his associates
by asking congress to remove his
political disabilities; he spurned
the c'emency of the republic to-day,
and 1T was now proposed to put the
name of this person. whose treason
had not been repe1ted of on the pen
sion rolls of the country, and to tax
10y al Widows and orphans to pay
the pension.
Senator Garland said he did not
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Massachusetts had in Introducing
his amendment, but it was a curious
spectacle to exhibit to the American
people at this late hour of the day,
while the government pensions Long
!, street by IL small postofce in GeOr-
!, gia; a Republican administration
sent Gov. Orr as minister TO Russia,
and Mosby. who bOasted that he
was Marien in the second war, to
China as consnl. He felt satisfied
that Jefferson Davis would scOrn Il
!; pension, and that gentleman did not
Z ask it. He had served under Mr..
: Davis in a civil capacity; Mr.. Davis
Z was gallant soldier in the eMexican
war; his Sci vices were on record,
a and although they did not surpass
3 they equalled those of Greece aud
Rome.
f Senator Shields took a different
t view from both sides; he thought
D that by singing out Jefferson Davis
t from ten million of people III the
$ South was giving him a dist inctiOn
: greater than he deserved.
> Senator Bailey said the country
!. was TO day longing and asking fol
: peace, and he appealed to the sena-
: tors on the other side to do nothing
f to prevent it. The people OF the
{. South having lost all in the wal
D were poor, and they desired to res
tore their industries.
Senator Maxey briefly spoke of
services rendered by Mr.. Davis in
the Mexican war, and said he would
leave it for those who fought with
g him to pass judgment on the
r amendment of the senator from
Massachusetts.
, Senator Thurman said that the
) amendment asked him to single out
Z Jefferson Davis for punishment
: when other men who went as far as
: he did were not only not punished
| but have been appointed to the
highest stations in the government,
: and in this connection lie mentions
: ell the names Of Akerman, formerly
, United States Attorney General.
, the present Postmaster General
Key, Gen. Longstreet, postmaster
, at Gainesville, Alabama,a and MOsby
, of the guerrilla fame, all and many
. others Of the same class, being ap>
pointed by a Republican admins
, tration. He said there were OIL tie
| bench two men who were actively
, engaged in the Confederate service,
and who were just as guilty as JEFF
: fersOn Davis; the proposition be-
: fore them came from the Senator of
, the State of Massachusetts,, whose
treason had been more violent and
, longer than that of any other State
, | i'm the Union. Senator Thurman
} said he did not want to pick out
Jefferson Davis as a martyr, when
, all others who had acted with him,
walked the earth unchalIeng-d.
!, Senator Lamar, replying to Sena>
tor Hoar, said he must confess his
! surprise and regret that the Senator
from Massachusetts should have
: wantonly and without prOvOcatiOn
, flung this insult.
! Chairman Edmunds called the
, Senate to order for this language.
/ Mr.. Lamar, suppose it is IN or
der 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 de-
, cisiOn Of the Chair was Overruled !;
yeas, Is; nays, q.
: Senator l. ,mar proceeded, eulogys-
f ing DAVIS and protesting against
. attempts to single him out for OBJ
, Iiquy from the body OF the Southern
people who had chosen him for their
leader in cause dear alike to him
and all his followers.
, The debate was continued by
Blaine, HOar, Lamar, and Others.
Senator Chandler said that eigh-
teen years ago he and Jefferson
, Davis came into the senate together, :,
and both at the same time swOre to
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