, 1879-04-24
1u,,cn t,hn prtsctiro dt trnors at tho

tHa VI. III Trct, IN rnl,eIl's'n. Every o!rr olf!ro
'riI .'tn .r Government was npen t. ulesq nun;
W5T W. stond 'lt%y ,v Do IntrnrI kHpn ' t '11 Il,
ai1tr i1n t,a'' the , unite'l Htatcs supcr,
ass} W.T. % Dcp,tty-Satshafs ol Elcctluns,
ssMs. T., 'H whole ingenious machinery by which
m ,rnn,e iI were vcsctl md 1arassc IN .o dis-
y. ,h.1er their sas5e ss aGf s
Ia1tfaesstr aiIairs OF citizens tended To d!s-
ne ~" n nnirIotstn md c1tDt1rnIe ac1tiesccnc9
Ma!.1t,,,iJyatou. Tie pcUpld wcre tlleir own
ntsrt,. mi! thla question would not oo fl1'.
hs bt r'n y tber I H. ,rs III s wefo ro
aad Oe ~ thetr l,auds. 9ohators and flrprc-
ttotea, ~ arn Sta.t officers nMf not Federal
sen1as # thcy resign. they. tlo 80 by letter to
Sstts .ss st,o,ctnor mt 70 Tie rres'1e,lt' Ihrro.
lore, t fedc1a'! tfosgfthr' icrti,1n IL ' wn.
70 ~ sr,r, The mission of the Democratic
et!o ..s IN restore the supremacy u the Civll
fatt5 ,.aiitarY r0wer, A1nf Rct up again the
9.s, 9.,,ntarIy, hctwcen the prcroxail7e " w state
hn n,1" ;"w,,. Tlle Wnr t,atl established somo
th!o"" II freed tlu, negro. as,l demonstrated
titls Inn, majority of tie pc0p!n Wure uc-
nc ae1ne,t a.. Tint ths Unlon 0f llle Suites should
ss'u', sss'nu.,nr,.iatc peyond tlis Il gavc .l!c tioy.
s ft nary 1h ntanael ay a o'scrya Sy Fa the
gEst,,ttt,n in It's present form aud all other
f'.!s,qiFFil aas. Fla nrgacd slat there va. nothing
oin,ionary III tue pruposcd leKftlut[n]I, rs
GSSses, nal te rrht nndcG % tG Gsnsttntlon s IT,
T., ,r4oIi,fcal purposes at tllc pills.
l9 Tfo thair Appointed Mg. Hampton to slll tt,e
a.n,ics Oh tIle Committees on military Affairs.
1Mai Nyoss md Mln!n!;, and Transportation TO tic
fse'','' A,utspuzsr wltnnn4w:ss.
ur D1atnc withdrew Tho. amendment he for
fi!' D $. ft, 4rnnu AnntunttHttstn hl1f.
, ."a !, later stago Of the proecctltgs Enve no
a.o ~ he wnlld again submit It, hut not until
.Mst ss sixth Beclon ot tue bill had been acted
.e I'm M some Senators had expressed u desire
10 ro,c directly on slriki'n: out tl,at SECTION.
~, ,1 The sincerity Of those who expressed d.
IT,. M !" have no cocrcio tsed at the polls, for 1t
.5 s5 oscr,,rred to him that the alarm about tho
.1mY oserrbfng flberty waa q mcre CHI
ners, aud !" attending go.a to r' ,,h,n imarlnaFy
isetnr 4 fruitful al.l =. ever present
e1!ce s| of danger to tho ballot in tho Southern
s1stes. lIe read from tho testimony before tho
1sIer COMMITTEES taken III South Carolina
,sogpg ,hat numbers Of wl'te mcu catnc
,nuol the polls firing guns a11l frightening
.rIs o1o1ti met, away. This, said Bano occurred
II Siyers POLLS IN Sonth carot,a at which there
80 NO n,oru trcetIosn Of election than there
',I H. Butler asked Mr. Blatuo If It were not
tue that WltHlil fhc ina. tulsc uhJs MI heHH!t-
ia] hsl been ordered by thu presiding Judge In
in,1|eston County III = case depending OH Just
snrh ctfleuce as tint Just read.
IT, Blaine said hc believed there had been u
a,,missaI upon u flnw III tE,e Indictment. But
III, Butler iusistctE 1t was On the evidence.
lii Dlsinc sud he would Ecctr To tllat hero
,fisr, anil went I'll to nlude to tic tica tlsut
Ills: amendment was coi'traEy to The clause Ut
lie Contribution giving every 1nnn ruilt to
ar1 arn,s. Would It be said, lla asked, Tint
,rms e0uld be carried everywhere md nlways,
IN The jury-bo1, OIL tile hctlcs 1r III the senatef
4uIRr mas EEyEH nEEs FREE ELECTION,
h eop,Iouod, In five Southern States ha could
n. there was no more II free election In South
rs,olna for this congress than tllcrc would 10
ina ampb Of rougs'a who should cantnrc the
tolls 10 thu lower districts OF New York Ctty.
fhe elections in that State had been nero trav-
i ttes n!f elections. ..
sir. Butler asked 1t the Election Laws were not
% lie statute books when these traycstcs were
iii. Blaine admitted thcy were, but aa.d the
superri.ors and Marshass Ind been hlobbeJ, md
feltral authority deicd. lie basel Ills state
ment on testimony before the Committee al-
tradY referred to.
III. Butler denounced the testimony as fatso
Il II. u It related TO south Carolina, u,ld said
the Iusirs Il, bis State had sustained h[s asscr.
iDus
lomethng Of otlIcf. There was q peaceful cleo.
tlon tArIe, too,-otsly furty or tftv Me slat1ght-
red, ,-ana Jury acquitted somu OF tho murder
tfk
Nt. Jonas askel lcaye to exolnIn atout tl,a
td,ls In Louisiana They were upon the very
taIleI u'idrr tho test oath; the United 6tntca
Dtstriet-Atturncy conducted the cases, using
tlcyepogts Of tie Teller Committee As q guilt
!nqusstEonlny witnesses, allta the ncctised were