The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-06-04
REMARKS OF
Hon. Zachariah Chandler, OF
Michigan, i'm the Senate
ofthe United States.

The Senate bsing as il Committee
Of the Whole, and having under con-
sideration the bill II. X. No. 1882
TO prevent military Interference at
elections "a
MIR. CHANDLER said
History, Mr. President is repeat
ing itself Il has been ~ tihat the
old Bourbons learned nothing and
forgot nothing. This is more pre-
eminently true with the old Bourbons
of Democracy ia America. In 1851
the Bourbons had absolute control of
this Government, in both Houses of
Congress, the White House, and the
Supreme Court The whole of this
Government was under your control
You had majority in this body, q
majority ia the other House and
you brought up the repeal of the
Mississippi compromise Ycu forced
your men then, as you are forcing
them now, to vote for that repeal,
and you did il by caucus d;ctaticn.
Theu, sir, you crowded your North
ern allies until you crowded them of
the bridge
Ia 1857, wheo | first took my seat
10 this body With Mr. Jefferson Da-
Wis, there were 10 this body forty -four
Democrats, twenty Republicans. and
TWO Independents OF those Demo-
Gratis twenty-eight were from the
Southern States, sixteen from the
Northern States Then, as now, the
Independents in this b bedy. upon eve-
ry question connected with slavery,
voted with he Soulb
You 10 Caucus, soon after | enter
ed the Senate, decreed that Stephen
A. Douglas. because be asserted that
he did not care hether slavery was
voted up or voted down, should be
degraded from the craftsmanship of
the Committee on Territories; and
there were but three Northern Demo-
crass ou; of the sixteen on this floor
who dared TO resis, caucus dictation.
You did degrade hin and put bim of
from that committee Alb, sir, then
you crowded your men q the bridge. |
aud they sank into The waters of
oblivion 10 rise 10 more forever.
Tsen yeu had frcm the Northern
States ou ,his foor: from California,
two members; from Illinois, one Il
from Indiane, Two; from Iowa, one
from Michigan, one | am giving |
the Democratic Senators from the |
North who obeyed and those who
did not obey caucus dicsatioD. From |
Minnesois you bad two; from New
jersey two; from Ohio one; from
Oregon two rom Pennsylyshis one;
from Rhode Islsnd one which made
the sixteen. OF those sixteen men,
bsrs not solitary man from the /
Nvrlh ever came % 10 the surface Of
The waters If oblivion You crowd
ed them of the bridge You COM
PEELED them to vote for measures that
the North could not aud would net
sustain.
Today you are duing the self same
thing. To-day you have in this body |
forly-two Democrats, thirty three Re |
publicans, and one Independent.
To day. as twenty years ego, ou all
questions conne c,ed With State rights,
The independent party as anit votes
with the Democratic parry. To-day
you have. as said. forty three Dem
ocrsis in this body, forty-two. leaving
out the Independent party Yeu
tsve twelve members ef this body
from the North. There are twelve
Senators from the Norib,
and they are arranged thus: From
California one from Indiana. now as
then, yon have tao; from New Jer-
sey you have two. you had but one
then iIom Oregon you hare two
now and you had two then; +; from
PennsylSsLis you have one now, you
bad enc then from Rhode leland
you have none now, bat you hare
one from Connecticut and you have
one from New \ orb
Mr. President, as said 10 the be-
ginning. history is to-day repeating
itself You are today repeating
what you did in 1857 and 1858 you
are crowding your men ca the bridge,
aud the men CT 70 day, as the men Of
1857, viii sink into the waters of
oblivion to rise no more forever.