The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-22

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| STALWART ZACH CHANDLER.
His Searching Anwer to Ben Hill-some In.
teresting Historical Facts Brought to the
Attention of the Southern Brigadiers.
From the Congressional Recordl
Mr.. President, this is the fourth time since
1861 that alluslon has been made to letter
written by me to the Governor of the State OF
Michigan; first it appeared in newspaper
published in Detroit, a copy of which was
sent to me and copy was likewise sent to
the late Senator Powell. The letter was a
private note written to the Governor and no
copy retained. Senator Powell approached
me with his copy of the letter and asked if it
was correct copy. I told him I did not know
/ l had written to the Governor of Michigan a
| private note and had kept no copy, and could
| not say whether this was correct or not He
| told me that if it was correct COPY he would
| wish to make use of it, and if it Was not he did
! not propose to make use of it. I said, "Sir I
| will adopt it, and you may make any use of it
you please" So to-day that is nv letter. If
not originally written by me, it is mine by adop-
ton.
And, Mr.. President, what were the circum-
stances under which that letter was written? I
had been in this body then nearly four years,
listening to treason day by day, and hour by
hour: The threat, the universal threat daily,
hourly, was, DO this or we will dissolve the
Union; if you do not do that we will dissolve
the Union" Treason was in the White House,
treason in the Cabinet, treason in the Senate
and treason in the House of Representatives:
bold, outspoken, rampant treason was daily
and hourly uttered. The threat was made
upon this floor by Senator, "You may give us
a blank sheet of paper and let us fill it up as
we please, and then we will not live with YOU :"
And another Senator stood here beside that
Senator from Texas and said, II stand by the
Senator from Texas" Treason was applauded
in the galleries of this body, and treason was
talked the streets, in the street cars, in pri-
vate circles; everywhere it was treason-trea-
son in your departments, traitors in the White
House, traitors around these galleries, traitors
everywhere.
The flag of rebellion had been raised; the
Union was already dissolved, we were told; the
rebel Government was already established with
it's capital in Alabama; "and now we will ne
gotiate with you," was said to us. Upon what
basis would you negotiate? Upon what basis
did you call your peace convention? With
rampant rebellion staring us in the face. Sir,
1t was no time to negotiate The time for ne
gotlation was past. We had offered everything
we could in the way of negotiation, everything
IN the way OF compromise, and all our proffers
had been Indignantly refused.
Sir. this was the condition of affairs when
that letter was written; and, after Mr. Powell
had made his assault upon me in this body for
it. instantly responded relating what have
! related here now with regard to the letter, and
I said, Il stand by that letter." and stand by
it now. What was there in it then, and what
is there in it now? The State of Michigan was
known to be in favor of the constitution and
the Union and the enforcement of the laws,
even to the letting of blood, if need be, and
that was all there was and all there is in that
letter. Make the most of it.
The Senator from Georgia says that I did not
shed any blood How much blood did he shed?
Will somebody inform us the exact quantity of
blood that the Senator from Georgia shed?
Mr.. Hill, of Georgia-The difference be-
tween us is that was not in favor of shedding
anybodys blood
Mr.. Chamberlain l, except to punish trea-
son and traitors. Sir, the Senator is not the
man to stand up on this floor and talk about
other men saving their own blood He took
mighty good care to put his blood in Fort La
fayette, where he was out of tie way of rebel
bullets as well as Union bullets. He is the last
man to stand up here and talk about letting the
blood of others be shed.
Mr.. President, was then, as I am now, in
favor of the Government of the United States.
Then, as now, | abhorred the idea of State
sovereignty over national sovereignty. Then,
as now, was prepared even to shed blood to
save this glorious Government. Then, as now,
| was in favor of the perpetuity of this glori-
GUS Government. But the Senator from Geor-
gia was, as he testified before committee "a
Union secessionist" have the testimony here
before me. Will somebody explain what that
means" a Union secessionist" Mr. Presi-
dent, should like to see the dictionary where
the definition can be found of "a Union seces-
sionist!" [ do not understand the term.
He says that they have right to have a solid
South, but solid North will destroy the Gov
eminent Why, Mr.. President, the South is no
more solid to-day than it was in 1857
Several Senators-Eighteen hundred and six
ty-one, you mean.
Mr.. Chandler-W Well, it was the same in 1857.
1t was just as solid in 1857 as it is to-day. 1t
has been solid ever since, and it was no quarrel
with the North that made it solid It was solid
because it was determined either to "rule or
ruin this nation. 1t tried the ruin" scheme
with arms; and now, having failed to ruin this
Government with arms. it comes back to ruin it
by Withholding supplies to carry on the Gov
eminent Sir, the men have changed since
1857. There is now but one member on this
floor who stood here with me on the 4th of
March, 1857 The men have changed, the
measures not at all. You then fought for the
overthrow of the Government, and now you
vote and talk for the same purpose You are
| to-day, as you were then, determined either to
| rule or ruin this Government, and you cannot
do either
What the People Think of the Old War
| Horse.
Washington Telegram to The Chicago Inter Ocean.
! Senator Chandler has received a bushel of
| letters thanking him for his speeches IN the
Senate, many of which refer to the report that
| he was drunk when he delivered his last, and
ask him what sort of speech he can make when
sober, and if he can make as good
one when drunk The anecdote of Lin
coin, when told that Grant was
| drunk at the battle of Fort Donaldson,
is quoted in several of the letters, and Lncoln's
remark that @He wished all his Generals would
drink the same sort of whisky" is applied.
One letter from a prominent business man in
Michigan is worth quoting. He says: 81 see
that Washington paper claims that you were
drunk when you went FOE the fraud and vio-
4 lence patriots the other day. If that is the
way the old thing works with you, Michigan
wants you to get drunk every day on the same