The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-12-23
FORTY,SlXTH CONGRESS-.
AN OLD CLAIM REVIVING THE
DAYS OF JOHN BROWN.
War Talk on the FOrtiaCatiOnS Bill, Which
Passes,
SENATE.


Washington, Dec 15.-The following bills were
| introduced and referred
By Hr. Hill OF COlorado-For the retirement Of
small legal tender notes,
By Mr.. Pendleton-To regulate the Civil ser
vice Of the United States and to promote the eff
cheney thereof Also bill to prohibit Federal
officers, claimants and contractors from making
| or receiving assessments or contributions for po
litical purposes.
| The Senate resumed the consideration of the
bill deVnting part Of the proceeds Of sales of pub
lie lands to public education, and Mr.. Burnside
| Its intrOduCer, advocated IT, He was followed by
Messrs. Morrill, and Brown also In support Of the
bill, Mr.. Brown spoke at considers BILE length
advocating equal advantages Of both races for
education,
AN OLD CLAIM.
On motion Of Mr.. Cockrell the Senate tot up
the Senate bill for the relief Of Samuel A. Lo We,
appropriating s4,75O to pay him for services an I
expenses as Clerk Of the Territorial Legislature
OF Kansas In 1876.
Mr.. Ingalls, said this was an attempt to have
granted for the compilation Of what are known
as the Bogus statutes" OF Kansas or the slave
code which was repealed and publicly burned
by the Free Soilers as soon as they obtained con.
troll Of the State The statutes were the blacklist,
most damnable body Of laws ever attempted 10
be passed. They never were recognized as the
laws of Kansas. Lowe he'd no authority to com.
pile 1t.
Mr., Cockrell advocated the payment Of the
claim.
Mr. Ingalls, asked why the Democratic party
had not allowed Mr. Doves Claim out OF the ter.
ritorlal expenses fund. In fact 1t was rejected
by the proper officer.
Mr.. Horris, (Tenn.) said the refusal to the pay
claim was made because the work was not com.
pleted until after the appropriation for legisa.
tive expenses had been exhausted. This was
why the Claim remained unpaid.
REFERENCE TO JOHN BROWN.
Mr.. Vest referred to the remark Of Mr., Ingalls,
that the code was based on the code of Missouri
No such statutes ever existed in Missouri. He
did not propose to revive the questions Of that
terrible period. Slavery was dead and he had
no wish to bring 1t to life, But he could not re-
frain since the subject had been brought up from
saying that violence begOt violence, and outrage
provoked outrage. The people sent out by the
Plymouth Church and other pillars of God aud
morality, headed by that old scoundrel John
Brown, who afterwards Justly expiated his
crimes on the scaffold at Harper's ferry were re
spOnsible for much Of the violence Of that unfor-
tunate time. He did not propose to quietly have
the people Of Missouri charged with projecting
Aha al 10 n In TNV L.
responsible servant and should be paid for his
clerical work.
Mr.. Ingalls,, responding to Vest, said he did not
propose at this period of the nations history to
enter upon the vindication Of John Brown. John
Brown was executed as traitor on the I'd Of De.
Cember, 1859. But the nation took up the flag
that he laid down at Harper'g Ferry and bore It
In triumph through four years Of war to Appo-
mattox Court House. John Brown was about
four years ahead Of his time. 1t was this nation
that was laggard. 1t required but very few years
after his success for the nation to occupy the
platform upon which he Stood Mr.. Ingalls, did
not intend 10 be drawn into any controversy
with the Senator from Missouri on this subject.
He had simply stated that laws of Missouri form
ed the basis Of the code in question, being
changed or supplemented in such respects es to
ht them fol tre peculiar state of society desired
to be established In Kansas.
Mr.. Edmunds said he began to get interested In
the bill since John Browns name had been
brought up, although he added, nothing that
can be said Of him in this Senate, good or evil,
can mar the brightness Of that fame that will 20
down as a type Of honest thought; 1t may be mis-
guided love Of liberty. His body lies moldering
in the grave, but his SOUL thank God,is marching
on. Mr. Edmunds then cited the old act restrict
ing expenses of territorial legislation Of Kansas
to certain amounts for defined purposes, and as
loves services were in excess Of these specih
cations, Edmunds held he was not legally en-.
titled to pay for them.
Mr.. Allison moved to go into executive ses
sion.
Mr.. Cockrell hoped vote would first be taken
and called for yeas and nays on AllIson's mo.
ton. The call was not seconded, and the Senate
went into executive session, after which 1t ad
journed.