The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-06-12
Ferfy-sfxth COn-ress---FirSt Session,
WAsuTNGToN, June II, 1879.

SENATE.
Upon the cXDiratiOn OF the morning hour
the Mcdonald bill repeating the election
laws was taken up, and Mr.. Hill, OF GeOr.
gia, proceeded to speak thereon with spe-
cial reference TO the recent attack upon him
by Blaine, who, he charged, had misrcprc-
scented his position with regard to the scccs-
sion OF Georgia. After describing the state
OF feeling in the South at that time, Mr..
Hill read extracts from the journal OF the
| Georgia convention OF January, 1861. show
Ing be WAS one OF the minority party which
tried to postpone the resolution OF scccs-
sion until after Il consultation with the
other southern States and the meeting Of
the peace convention at Richmond. He
| both spoke against the resolution and voted
| against it. After the ordinance OF secession
| had been drafted he made another effort to
! get substitute which embodied the views
OF the opponents OF secession adopted in
place OF it, but failed. The question then
was. whether he should approve The solemn
action OF his State or not? Nothing more
could he done, and when il came to signing
the ordinance every man affixed his name
as an ate station or his readiness TO abide
| by the solemn decision OF the State. These
facts, he said, Dir. Blaine had misreDrcscnt-
ed. A persistent effort had also been made
by the Republican press and olherS 10 hold
| him up to eNccratlon us Il brutal, cruel
man, and he had been charged with in
Producing retaliatOry war measures in
the Confederate Senate. He quoted
from the record to show that the charge
was unfoundcd and malicious. He under
stood that agents had been sent through the
South by his opponents to look up his - re-
cords" but no word OF his would ever be
found to justify the charge that he had
spoken disrcpectiuIly Of the Union Of these
States under the Constitution. Upon this
subject he defed malice. He said he had
never been an extremist in politics, and
consequently during the war he had been
blamed by SecesslOniSts as a Nationalist,
and was now blamed by the consultations
list element rs secessiOnst.
He then spoke at some length upon the
pending political question, and closed wit!
an eloquent appeal to the American people
to abandon sectlonalism, whether tending
toward secession or despotism, and return
to constitutional government as inaugurateC
by Madison and eXpouuded by Webster.
Mr.. HIPS remarks were frequently inter
ruptcd by applause in the galleries. and
large number OF visitors occupied seats or
the floor during their delivery.
Mr.. Blaine gave notice that he would
reply III aHOlueF lliNt.
Mr.. Beck, from the Appropriations Com
mittec, reported back, with sundry amend
ments, the legislative, executive, and Judi
cial bill. which was ordered to be printed
and put OH the calendar.
After an executive session the House
" iudicial.eXpenses bill was laid before
the Senate and referred TO the ApDropria
tons Committee.
Adjourned.
| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
Dir. Stephens, from the Coinage Commit.
tee, reported bill for The adoption OF tho
metric system OF weights, measures, and
coinage. Ordered TO be printed and re-
committed.
SIr. Carlisle, from the Ways and Means
Committee, reported Senate bill allowing
vinegar factories which were established
and operated before 1st March, 1879. to con-
tinue their business by the use OF alcoholic
yapor, even when within six hundred feet
of Il dislilerv or rcctifl inc-honSc. prohib-
tied bv existing law. under regulations 10
be prescribed. The bill was passed.
lr. Carlisle also reported Il bill directing
the Acknowledgement to adjust or cOmprc-
mise the CLAIM Of the United States under
the will OF Joseph /. Lewis. Passed. | MS
is the case in which Lewis. formerly CT 10
boken, n. j., left an estate Of about mil
lion dollars to be applied to the reduction
OF the national debt.
The bill relative 10 the remoVa. OF cases
from State TO Federal courts was referred
TO the Committee OF the Whole with the
understanding that it should not &c brouSht
up again ut this session.
The army-approprlationb bill WIS then takef
mn. On motion OF Mr.. Johnston, OF tr
gInia, section regarding ARMY pl omosiens
was stricken out.
MIR. Baker, OF Indiana, moved to strlS
out the 9th section, relating 10 compensa
ton OF the army when used at tue polls.
Mr. Garfield then made q speech upo
military interference, in which he said tn
only military INTERFERENCE he had ever see
was when be voted at Chattanooga for Coy
ernor Of Ohio in 1862. with shells from ID
serried enemies OF IT, e United States burs
ing over his head. He said the idea th;
the army is a P,lice force was so absur
that he hoped no member on his side I
the House world give the least reason Il
the belief thu t he favored 1t by holding th
section re- .Jealed, suspended, or modiiie
any statr!e now existing.
. Mr. 'Jlymer replied to Dir. Garfield, sa
ing hat in April they had been called !" + +
!. yo' .ulionists J; YESTERDAY, they were 9!
! r .cunced as "nullitiers," and to-day |!
4 gentleman mir. GaIfieid) hlandiy declare