Daily Republican., 1879-06-12
Dirnsfled SaulsbuFy.


gusted man in the United States Senate.
Everybody acquainted with the Sena-
tor knows him to be the very pink Of
dignity amongst the dignified upper
crust of Delaware, and it must be said
of the Senator that his transfer to
Washington, to mingle actively in the
politics of the nation has not lessened
his dignity. But as we have already
said more disguised Senator cannot be
ound in Washington. Salisbury went
there burning with zeal for his party
and longing to have bout with those
pesky Republican carpet baggars at
the South. He saw the humiliatlng
failure of the Wallace committee which
had promised a 1are harvest of frauds
unearthed, and then it was that
Salisbury rose up in the Senate and
said that if they would only give him
Kellogg for subject, and committee
with himself as chairman, and vote
him money enough to send for wit
nesses he would unearth rascality
enough to send the whole Republican
party to perdition. The committee
was appointed, Salisbury was made
Chairman and such rebel brigadies as
Hill and Vance were appointed on the
committee to assist him. Money with
out stint was voted, the subpnnas were
issued and witnesses in favor of Shot
ford came swarming like clouds of To-
Gusts from Louisiana to Washington.
Salisbury went to work, and now, with
the results of the testimony taken star
ing him in the face, he stands dumb
founded, amazed at the moral terpi-
tude of the human race in general, and
of the colored Republicans of Louisiana
in particular. The pesky black
skined fellows who had promised
to stand by and swear Justify for
Spofford before they left Louisiana,
came right on to Washington, ,ard there
being free from shot gun Democratic
''bull dozers" they turned square
around and swore in favor of Kellogg.
What makes it worse is that Kellogg is
on the way with his own witnesses who
will all swear in his favor any how, and
so all the evidence that will be produc
ed will be on the same side. The Com
mittee had meeting on Tuesday, but
it was mournful sorrowful affair. They
had never seen the like of it. Ben Hill
was aghast at the very thought of
such a thing. Zeb. Vance, non-repen-
tant rebel and non-dirt-eater, looked
upon the troop of swearers brought on
from Louisiana to testify for Spofford
with holy horror. They had come on
and told truths that were distatefnl to
the dignifed Delaware Senator. In thi
emergency Spofford himself hastens on
from his far off home to look after the
men he had hired to parjure themselves
to help him into Kellogg's seat, but who
instead were telling plain unvarnished
truths that were very unpalatable to
the committee and to himself. Even
the arrest of one or two of these wit
nesses on charges of purjury has failed
to coerce them into telling a different
story. Salisbury with his head bowed
with shame, and being pillar in the
Dover Methodist church, talked to these
swearers about their total depravity, and
their utter ignorance of what they were
to do, after which he signi-
fed that the show might go on. But
Merrick, Spotford's counsel, was sick
at heart, also, and he was not going to
trust the reputation of his honorable
client with any more snch testimony.
Spotford himself was not well, either,
and so the performance closed abruptly.
The last heard of salisbury was that
he was listening to the overwhelming
evidence in favor of Kellogg which he
was compelled to listen to, but it is
said that whenever he sees LOuisian-
an in the distance, his nostrls expand
and his nasal extremity points towards
.he sun at noon time as at an angle Of
forty-fve degrees.