Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-05-23

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The Senate chamber was crowded again ON
Monday of this week in anticipation of the
speech of Senator Blaine on the political sec
tons Of the Legislative appropriation bill.
Mr. Blaine spoke at considerable length, mcr-
ciessly raking the Democratic side of the
Senate chamber, and calling out successfully
Senators Eaton of Connecticut, Hill Georgia,
Bayard of Delaware, Williams of Kentucky,
Hampton of South Carolina and Morgan Of
Alabama to explain quoted utterances or ex-
cuse the South for various matters which
have been said and done during or since the
war
The Senator first turned his attention to
Senator Eaton, and vindicated the memory of
Daniel Webster from the charge made by
Senator Eaton in his speech last week. that
he had been at heart believer in the doc
trine of the sovereignty of the States Mr.
Blaine referred to the fact that Mr. Eaton, in
stead of quoting Webster from any author
lied publication of his works, quoted from
fragment of one of his speeches inserted by
Alexander II. Stephens in his book entitled
''The War between the States" which was
written TO sustain the State rights theories,
and which he pronounced to be unfair, UNI
candid, and mischevous. Mr.. Blaine quoted
the speech of Webster referred to by Mr..
Eaton, and part of which is inserted in Mr..
Stephens book, and showed that Webster,
in the niinest and most unmistakable terms,
spoke of the United States as being a supreme
Government and a sovereign nation. In the
speech in question, Mr.. Webster denounced
the State rights resolutions introduced in the
Senate by Mr.. Calhoun, and plainly informed
the State rights men that should secession be
attempted it would be resisted by the Fed
eral Government with force and that he
would not be a member of an Administration
which would not at once meet any effort to
nullify Federal laws.
Having disposed of Mr.. Eaton, the Maine
Senator passed to Senator Hill, of Georgia,
and exposed the Inconsistencies OF the claims
of that gentleman to devotion TO the Union
and his boosted opposition to secession. He
read from Mr.. Hills letter to the people of
Troup County, Ga, written a few days prior
to the secession of that State, and in reply to
their invitation to become their representative
in the secession convention, in which he said
he would consent TO the dissolution of the
Union only as he would consent to the death
of his father. He also quoted from Mr.. Hills
letter, written the night following the passage
of the ordinance of secession, in which he de
scribed the sadness of his heart over the mad
ness of secession, ard his refusal to answer "A
call made upon him with music and banners
for q speech. Mr.. Blaine having thus dexter
ously prepared for spriuging mine under
Mr.. Hill, read from the journal of the Georgia
Convention, the ordinance of secession and
the vote upon it. Among the POS yeas was
the name of Benjamin II. Hill Of Troup
County, and among the 50 nays were tlosc Of
Alexander II. Stephens and HerscLelV John
son. ut seems" taid Mr.. Blaine, 'tlat the
Senator from Georgia was willing TO kill the
old man when he could obtain the assistance
of 200 others, rather than be in the minor
ity."
Farther on in his speech Mr. Blaine called
Wade Hampton to account for college com
mencement address where he had compared
the South and the North to the Prussans and
the French and had said that the French had
Inundated the Prussians at Berlin, but they
had revenged themselves at Waterloo ard had
afterward occupied Paris. Mr.. Blaine said
that this meant preparation for another con.
flict or was idle rhetoric, and Mr. Hampton
had to take the latter horn of the dilemma
by promptly declaring that it did not mean
another rebellion In closing his speech Mr.
Blaine told the Democrats that the Republi
cans would resist their present program by
every constitutional means, and that in spit,
of their clustering threats, they would finally
have to yield.