Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-05-21
CHANDLER,s SPEECH.


CHANDELIERS SPEECH.
The ola Senator Qakee . 1attling Dis
play Of OrateFy.-Fercible CoDpars
SON.
During the debate in the senate on the
bill prohibiting military interference at
the polls, Senator Chandler spoke. He
said:
History is repeating itself to-day.
There is proverbial saying that Bour-
bons never learn anything and never for
get anything. The proverb il very
applicable to the Bourbons In this
country. In 1857, he said, the Bourbons
had control of this government You
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ernment was under your control. Yop
brought up tho repeal of the 1iaeoaEi
comprsmise and forced your northern
men then, n You are doing now, 70 vote
for that repeal, and you did IL By the
same means Then, DIR, you crowded
your men till you crowded them Of the
bridge. In 1857, when / took
my seat in this body with
JEFF Davis laughter] there were
here forty.four Democrats, twenty Re-
publicans and two Independents. OF
those Democrats, twenty.eight were
from southern states, sixteen from
northern states, and the two Independ-
ents, then ~ now the Independents In
this body. upon every question connected
with slavery v0ted with the south. You
in caucus then decided that Stephen A..
Douglas, because he asserted that he
did not care whether slavery was voted
up or down, should BE- degraded from
the chairmanship ON territories. and
there were but three northern men out
of sixteen who dared to resist the caucus
dictation, and you did degrade him and
put him of that committee. Then you
crowded your men of the bridge, and
they sank to man in the waters of OBJ
livion to rise no moro for ever.
Sir, of the sixteen members, mot . sol
itary man from the north ever came mp
to the surface Of the waters of oblivion.
You crowded them Of the bridge. You
compelled them to vote for measures
which the north could and would not
submit to. Sir, you are doing the self
same thing to-day. We have in this
body forty-one Democrats, thirty Re-
publicans and one Independent. To-
day, - % years ago, ON oil questions
connected with atate rights, the Inde-
pendent party - . unit v0tes with
the Democratic party. To-day you
have, ~ / said, forty.two members
in this body, forty-one leaving out the
Independent party. You have twelve
members from tho north, and they are
arrayed thus: From California one,
from Indiana now - then two, from
New Jerrey two, now - then: From
Ohio you have two; you had but one
then. From Oregon you have two now
and you had two then. From Pennsyl-
vania you have one now; you had one
then. From Rhode Island you have
none now, but you have one from Con.
necticut and one from New York. Az I
said, history is to-day repeating itself,
and you are to-day repeating what you
did in 1867. You are crowding your
men of the bridge, and the men of to-
day, as the men Of 1867, will sink into
the waters of oblivion to rise no moro
forever.
Look at the change that has taken
place since that time. Sir, the people
are more thoroughly aroused to-day
against this doctrine, this hereay Of state
rights, than they were from 1857 to 1881.
You proposed to pension JEFF Davis, and
every single one Of your northern allies
voted to pension him. You eulogized
him as . patriot to be compared side BY
side with Warrington and al the
patriots of the revolution, and every ono
of your northern allies voted FAYE"
After the close of the rebellion you
claimed you were poor and suffering, and
We found you poor and suffering. We
found you ragged and poor and We
clothed you. We put upon you the
robe Of American citisenshin which you
had forfeited, and We killed Tor you the
fatted calf and invited you to the feast,
and when We invited you TO the feast
you said: eve have aysowned that
calf, and you have no interest in it,
Laughter
Now, You inform u you arc going "a
repeal al Republican measures. Whist
Is the job you have undertakenf You
are going to undo ill that tho Republi.
can party has done. Where do you
beginf Do you begin 1t Appomatt0x, o.
before3 It ID very important to know
where you commence, and then to know
whore you propose to stop. You have
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