National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-11
FORTY-FIFTA CONGRESS.
public lands Also relating to tax on deposits
savings banks

23d instant.
The srESKrr thcn proceeded to call committees
i0rreporlS ol y private nature.
Mr. EpES. chairman Of tie Committee on War
Claims. reported back Senate bill authorizing the
secretary OF the Treasury to examine the evidence
Missouri since lsdG to the militia Of that state for
military service performed by them IN the sup.
preston OF the rebellion. Passed.
Mr. CUSTER, chairman OF the Committee on Phi
ynte Land Claims reported bill for the relief Of
MytG Clark Gaines. Referred to Committee Of the
At the expiration Of tho momingho the House
went into Committee Of the Whole ,Mr Burcherd
in the CHAIR on the private calendar, the first bill
being the William and Mary College bill.
Mr, CoSGEB opposed the bill There had been
no bill before Congress which had had brought To
iE aug so much eloquence and rhetoric. and yet
which contained so little substantial legal merit MS
the William and Mary College bill. He considered
It the entering wedge to the successful prosecution
of hundreds of thousands of war claims involving
millions of dollars No Northern man could vote
for thot bill aud expect to receive the approval Of
their constituents. This peaceful abode of learn
inynbOut which the gentleman from Massachusetts,
tMr loring) Epokc,was used0s prison.house at the
time II was captured by the army of the Union.
lie appealed from the fancy sketches Of the gen
tlcman from Massachusetts, about the home of the
MUSES., where the sacred Nine trippcd along the
grass, to the historical record of the day He sent
10 the Clerks desk aud had read letter To the
ErsHiIg Past from It's war correspondent giving
description of the filthy condition of the college
when tEc Union forces obtained possession of n.
MI GuonE What is the name of the gentleman?
MIR. CoSGER. ! cannot tell YOU.
MT. NtoObl- An anonymous SCrlbDler.
Mr.. toNCEE. No, sir: II man permitted to go with
the United states army to report TO the people the
events of the war. Continuing, he said that this
was Il scheme 10 WhCCde money out OF Congress
by the siren song Of the sweet Ministries Of Nir-
ginio uidcd by the tunelul alto of Massachusetts.
llaughlCrI Listening to them, he was himself al
most willing to vote away to that college tho Amer
lean dollar with the American eagle on II and the
motto. In God we trust" aud all that. laughter
But his warmth had subsidized. and he mad been
saved from committing the great fault of voting for
the bill. lie had found that the injury came from
The Confederate soldiers, and even If he desired to
do reverence TO ancient institutions of learning lie
could not do so IN this case.
Mr.; LonING said that Inc was not in condition,
physically or mentally, to reply to the eloquent,
fair, high-toncd and clear speech made by the
gentleman nom Michigan. lie wished he md
some of the strength which he had when he had
addressed the House before not with a view TO
surrender. MS views of the general policy of tic
Government but with the desire TO let his people
ana his country know that the time had come
when, looking beyond all local trials and MI tile
difficulties Of the great conflict they should seize
the bright ana luminous spots of the conflict aud
ium their attention to peace. lie had come here
believing in the educational institutions Of the
country and the old moss.groWn colleges, which
had sent scholars forth into the land to guide the
councils of the nation. lie had come filed with
yenciaion FOR them, and his ycucruion had been
increased instead of diminished by the attacks
made upon them. He loved the old institutions
sun. and he was determined 10 love them, not
outstanding the attempts male 10 tauiSh them.
Mr. CoNGER said that he hud made n little gentle
personal auelon Ia the gentleman from MassnChu-
Srlts so mild and so gentle that he had thought
but Just to give The gentleman an opportunity to
apologize to The lGougo and the country for his
former speech In behalf of the bill. lie dill not at
tribute mat gcntcmans mistake to lack Of cxpc.
licnCc, for the Lord knew that ii there was any
body that need never go TO amy ether Legislature
To- learn anything. II was mail who had been in
the MASSACHUSETTS, Legislature. laughter The
gentleman bad prepared ms views IN the closet
and not hy law labor and had asked the House 10
makca gmtuity u the institution merely because
u wns college and because lie was lover of col
legcS
Me- | 81 oil,
memorial ON which the bill was based had been
presented by Republican aud the bill had been
pnS'ed by Republican House. lie was opposed to
war claims, but he looked on this question MS one
rising above politics. II the colleges and school
houses Of the South had been restored at the con.
cluson Of the war the Government would have
presented 10 the world high aud honorable exam
PIE OF which the people of The United States would
have been proud and il would have done more TO
cement together the hearts of the North aud the
Sonih thgll any other act. He was in favor Of pay-
Ing the claim, 50 that American generosity should
Stand III history and set an example TO coming gen.
cTations
Referring TO some lronical remarks made by Mr..
tolCer as u The love existing between MnssaChu.
Sc Is and Virginia he said that the human bond
thul bound the states of Massachusetts, and Vir-
ginn could never be broken: the stream Of blood
that ran In Massachusetts and Virginia veins could
never DC destroyed. There was natural impulse
when one Of them was assailed, for the other to
speak good word and protect her against her as.
sal,Hnt, ~ was llmc me controversies between two
sections of the land should cease
MT. GoODE. There IS no necessity for reply 10 the
very Characteristic speech made by the gentleman
from Michigan (Nlr. COngcrl.
hit affords that gentleman anv nlcns,Iro ms II
evidently docs to indulge In ll.nutircd filings aud
70 pour out The Walls OF his impotcnt wrath ON the
Mother commonwealth let HIM enjoy ii, hut he
may rest assured that all his shafts will fall harm.
less ana fail to reach the mark at which they
nave been aimed The time was in the carly days Of
ule hSPuDlc' When virginia, ina $ irit Of patriotic
and dsintereStcd self sacrifice, surrendered for the
common good u vast dalmOst illimitablo domin-
ION III me very section from which the gentleman
comes. instead Of cherlshmg Il filiul regard TO
the Mother Commonwealth, lie seems utterly mn
willing and even unable OdO her duty and, like
me unnatural daughter OF King Lear, tries on all
occasions TO make her feel chow SHARPER than n
SGlpeIts tooth 1t is 10 have q thanklcss child
lLNughtcrl
now leave him alone in his glory, knowing that
he VIII not he able to to those heights occupied
by thG gentleman from Massachusetts Mr. ior-
inGt leave him burrowing amid the ruins of
William and Mary leave him TO hug to hi, bosom
M idol OF revenge and hate amid the hoolngs of
Mr.. CoNGER. hear them now rIaughtcrl
MI, GOQDE You heard them then because you
last heard yourself But turn from! the gentleman
and address myself to those who believe that the
southern and Northern States are coeoual lie
then proceeded to argue in iayorofthe bill 1t was
not W4r claim, lie denied IT, The people of the
south dld not now expect and never had expected,
that the losses incurred by individuals rs incidents
OF ihe war would be reimbursed to them. They
had gone into the war with their eyes wide oper
They had Staked everything ana lost, and they
accepted their loss as the fate of war
Continuing he said; tell he gentleman NIr
ccrned, we Will give him receipt in fun and he
may put IN the bill that II IS not 10 be regarded as
recognition of war claims so far as individuals
are CONCERNED. We Will put II ON the ground that
1t Is bill to provide lOI and encourage and ad.
vance the great cause Of education in our land.
ana, since the gentleman has appeared here in a
new '0It TO day ana played the part of bull.
uoIer' nud Undertaken to say from his place that
there Is no man from the North Republican or
Democrat who dNrc-dare was the wOrd-yotp for
this bill. Heavens! Upon what meat hath ihis uur
Gear fed that he hath grown so greatg' Laugh.
ter l'e"
The lberal.mindcd, public. spirited people of tho
North especially those who fought In The wan
would Notwithstanding The speech of the gentle.
man nom Michigan and his intimidation and
threat here to day, hail with approval and sutslnc
ton the pnsugc of this bill for The reasons so clo
guentiy stated By my enlightened and public.spir.
tied friend from Massachusetts, (AIr lOIing)
MIR. MONROE expressed his regret that in support
Ing the bill he found himself separated from tho
majority of his political friends But he had
formerly supported il, and did not find it consist
ent with his political record to change his position
lie hQd voted last session with the majority of his
republican friends for an appropriation of $1,000
70 build monument by the grave of Thomas JEFF
ierSon' and he could not distinguish between the
feeling Win which he gave that vote and the feel
Ing with which he would vote to-day something
toward restoring the venerable monument that was
under discussion
lie did not discover any difference IN his motives
or any dliltrCLCe IN his feelings. lie was willing
10 vote TO aid IN restoring and rebuilding any Of
the venerable historical monuments Of the c0un.
try, whether ut Bunker Hin, or at Washington or
Il M ~ t1,..,