The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-04-21
SOUTHERN UPINION.
Some More Choice Extracts from
the Okolona States.
Spirited Debate Between MIR. Frye
and ME-. Blackburn.

ing which had taken place yesterday between the
gentlemen from Kentucky aud Ohio, blackburn and
Mckinley in regard to the proper construction of
Mr.. Blackburn's speech, he desired to read to the
House the construction put upon that speech in
Mississippi, by the now famous paper, the Okolona
Srates which he received through the mail. He
thereupon read the following article from that paper
of April 16, prefacing it with the statement that
the article was complimentary to the gentleman
from Kentucky, and therefore that gentleman
should take offence at it: "What was it that the
brave Joe Blackburn said in the House. Mr. Soft
shells? oh yes! We remember now. He remarked
that our party would strike the last vestige of the
war measures from the statute book. The States
never said more and never said LEES than that. You
repudiate the States, will you repudiate Blackburn?
You are silent. VIII you repudiate Blackburn? You
are still silent. Well, gentlemen, we will give you
just one more chance; answer forever after hold
your peace as far as the States is concerned. Will
you repndiate Blackburn? Down with the devil
born amendments. Down with centralism and its
hints of crown and sceptre. Down with the pictures
Of Lincoln and the scoundrels who surrounded him
in the battle days of 1S6165. Down with every an
ii -Democratic idea and idol-these be the watch
words for $780,"
Mr.. Blackburn, having come down from the chair,
took the floor and, in excited manner, said: MIR.
OudlIudu, IL bulS ID uUt ILo Liet tmc nave Deeu
forced to complain of unfarness at the hands of my
friends the other side it is certainly the first time
I have ever been compelled to make such COM
plant against the gentleman from Maine. I have
but this to say, regret that every day brings up
some personal assault, which, it seems to me, fair
dealing, honesty Of purpose and ordinary manhood
would repudiate. With each recurring day I find
myself compelled to repel misconstrued meaning
given either by some members Of the House to Ian
guage uttered by me, in the shape Of garbed quota
tions, or else unwarranted unfair and unnatural
construction put upon somebody elses language, by
members Of that side of the House. So far as the
newspaper article which the gentleman from Maine
has read is concerned, nothing for it. The ed
itor of that paper is contribution from Ohio to
Mississippi, and simply repeats the unfair, ungener-
GUS aud untruthfu effort that made here yeser-
day to misrepresent. care nothing for the utter
ances Of that paper, but when the gentleman from
Maine seeks to add his high authority to the injustice
done by the editor Of that inconsequentia sheet
it then becomes more serious matter. Then, 1
group the paper and the gentleman from Maine to-
gether, and say to this committee and to the ccuu-
try that it occurs to me they are well mated The
one is about as unfair as the other is iteral and
crazy. Applause and laughter on the Democratic
side.1
Mr.. Frye-The one was colonel in the confeder-
ate service, aud not carpet-bagger from Ohio The
one was the peer of the gentleman from Kentucky in
that service in the South Of the other have moth
ing to say. Applause on the Republican sidel
Mr.. Blackburn (who had, by this time moved into
the area in front of the Speakeas chair and who stood
there surrounded nv Democratic members,- Rut
have this to saw Of the other he seems 70 be noo-.
nerfectIv familiar with the history the antecedon+s
and merits of that adventurer than T cara ~ no
wbe,ber no ssrved in that .rmv or tho o,hor :. 80
concern tn me. simnlv desire to rene,t ,bat -
the article which the gentleman has read fcomnl;-
mentarv to me 90 he cbooses to tera II IN 49, :.
twist If TO partisan harnesses, he nernerated ON oct
of gross iniustice to which tbe gentleman from N;na
to nv inter amazement has sonobt n Iend b,s h;c,
authority
Mr.. Frve-I did this and notbino mara. hoora
+ba snaaob ot tho oa,t,oroo,, frox., Uo....,
was made ON this tloor. as taken down hv tbo ..,o
cated Press reported and sent all over this conntrv
and saw that had not a so;ntia of douht +bot ~
construction. which this naner has nut on that oon
tIeman,s lanouaoe vould ha nut nnor n in +bo CT
IF that gentlemen made dac,oro,ion an ,ho a..
tbe Honse which tbe ssoc;otod pass 49, 49, 49,.
could decore 70 ho 1rbo+ n ala doo,ara - =, -
whcb tho ctoIono Sto,os tror, ,ho d;.oo..n 80
a.soc;otod prass oo,,d dao,aro T., -, -. ~ H ne
;ts boort dos;reod n 70 no ,hor ~ = notY a.. :.
~ ho co1,od 20 oooount for onntb;no ,ho.
neated 70 tbis House Isov ,bo+ T. :, nv, IL. ~,
tbot n ia mt ilIihoro, or ,,n;r.t e. 49, 80
f,ou Kentucky tor roo n stoto - az IL ae--"
own words but tbe ,yords ~ ths ,o,son ,,h1at.,
in M;ssissinn indorsed os n .. h, sanros "a $500
of naners in the soutb Tbo,;oro ,hat ~
;niucica IN tho oentlamor s,or, uon,,,o1,-