The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-24
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What His Assault on Lamar Means.
An Attempt Of the Radicals 20 fre-
cipitate Personal Difficulty
In the Senate For
Party Use.
Isnacial Correspondence Of the Democrat
WASHINGTON, June 10, 1873.

CONKIINa,
nd drew the inference that their object was
bring on q display OF violence In public
Representative manner that could pc MADE
first blow OF war;" as has been said o.
\arooks- Sumner affair. It is an open
we're that the Republican leaders nave
~ retaining the executive depart.
Che general government IN 1881 ex.
iolent means, and 1t may as well DC
now as at later period that thell
boltcy Is studiously calculated to pro.
rupture. The popular vote Of their
N has fallen into such hopeless minority
40 many States have passed irretrieV'
~ out Of their hands, that notn.
Ia short Of political CONFUSION
Hcale,1lated to obliterate present parry
tins and throw the country into chaos OF
nxcitament and passion can insure the accom-
nliahrnent OF their designs. This purpose mas
haan manifested many times and - many
ways during the current session by conkhng'
tybandlar and Blaine In the Senate, ana Dy
Garfield. Conger and the lesser lights o.
Raaicallsm in the House. But On no occasion
has the purpose been 30 evident. or the means
employed for It's furtherance 90 hagrant, az
last night In the Senate, when Conkline' VIII
inter wantonness OF discourtesy and
IN ENTIRE CONTEMPT FOR PARLIAMENTARY
DEcoRUM,
never before witnessed In that body since lts
foundation, assailed Lamar. Inc time ano
the opportunity were well chosen. IL was
nearly o'clock In the morning; the Senate
md been In continuous session for thirteen
hours. and fatigue, worry and the excitement
81 protracted and acrimonious debate nad
raar,ed the spirits and exhausted the patience
uf even the best natured Senators. Conkllng
had been haranguing for nearly an hour on
Che army Dill employing al hs resources nG Of
represent the utterances Of his opponents,
until he had produced general feeling 81
disgust and
-RFsENrMENT ON THE DEMO CRATIC SIDE,
rhich though silent, was sullen and FESTIVE.
Finally. when he reached his peroration, he
suddenly turned upon Lamar, whom ne pro.
caaded to berate and abuse 10 manner 1nat
almost stupetied the Senate with amazement.
Lamar had taken NO part 70 eae deGase 81
avoided It, leaving the discussion q that
measure. ~ far as the Demo cratic side was
concerned. wholly to his Northern colleagues.
In fact, the only share Lamar had taken
In that days proceedings q tne senate 3s n was
III
Bill to provide for survey OF the Mississippi
rfyer-known as Gibson's BILL .
Rptween this bill and the measure That
COnklinR had been discussing there was not
the remotest connection. Lamar had simply
reported an independent measure from bis
cofnmittee, and had then voted against mo
ton to adjourn. In order to get vote on his
hIll. Conking had then talked an hour or 80
an the army bill against time, aetuated evil
IDENTIFY by his spleen toward the South, 10
y ~ Iy,Ea xNf hn
eat 10 that section, and at the conclusion o.
his diatribe he turned personally upon "a
When Conkling uttered the first sentence Of
this abuse, neither Lamar nor the presldlng
officer Of the Senate at the time-Gen. Cockrell
..-fairlv caught his meaning, 1t was SO utterly
unexpected and unprovoked, and Withal SO
foreign to the subieet-matter Of the debate,
had. In fact, been worn and worried by 9 &C.
we're attack of neuralgia, and had much better
have been In bed than IN his seat. He Woulo
not have attempted to remain In the Senate
at that hour andin bis suffering cOndltlon Dul
for his anxiety to get the Senate bill through
this being obviously the last chance 1t Woulc
Such were the circumstances under which
Conkling made the personal attack, the
details 81 which must have been made familiar
to your readers by telegraph long before this
letter can reach them. 1t therefore amounts
to an assault not merely unprovoked and upon
an unoffending man, but upon 9 man whose
condition Of bodily health would protect him
Id any body exclusively of gentlemen. Lamar
however, as the sequel showed, had no inclin
alton to plead either his non aggressi veness
or his feeble health; but resented Conkling's
assault swiftly and bitterly.
Conkling's exhibition was probably intended
to be dramatic, but Ii SO 1t was very bung.
lingly put on the stage and quite badly sus
tanned by the first tragedian. Whether it will
have its intended effect upon what Is called
NORTHERN SENTIMENT
remains to be seen. But In order to under.
stand what 1t all means 1t must be viewed as
part or studied programme, the design d
which is as base and devilish as ever festerec
In the brains of gang OF pirates or seethec
In the hearts Of murderers. 1t Is no less {
design than that OF provoking violence ant
bloodshed, with q view to another ride t.
power on the waves Of revolution. as the!
did eighteen years ago. Men who plan ant
do such things ought to be branded as out
laws, and banished from tho pale Of manly
responsibility. A. G. B.
THE CONGRESS-.
An Unimportant Session of Both Houses
THE SENATE.