Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-21

in Virginia the entering wedge to
break up the solid South, and for
that reason alone were determined
to stand by it and give it their
amen, amen, hoping that sooner or
later the South might rise to the
| dignity Of the free States, and give
every man, white or black, his rights.
Mr.. Brown, alluding to remark
made by Mr.. Frye at the commence
ment Of his speech that he was the
youngest member of the Senate,
reminded him that that he occupied
an important position here as the
successor OF the premier of this
government and might be supposed
to speak with inspiration. The
South had been told that the pres,
ent Administration would treat her
with fairness, kindness and good
will, but if the speech of the Sens
ator had been inspired by the Ad-
ministration he thought that the
South would understand it. He
denied that there had been any in
timidation practiced in Georgia, and
reiterated his former statement as to
there being numbers Of voters in
Massachusetts who were disqualified.
The people of the South were taunt-
ed with poverty and with neglecting
the education of the negro. Yes;
the North was rich and the South
was poor; but if she were paid for
the slaves who had been confscated
she would agree to appropriate every
dollar of it to the education Of the
colored man. He knew that under
the Constitution she could not be
paid, and he did not ask it. He con-
tended that Massachusetts did
greater injustice to the Irish in that
State, and to foreigners generally,
than was cone to the colored people
in the South.
Mr.. Hampton, in reply to some
portions of Mr.. Frye's speech, as
serted that numbers of the coloyed
people in South Carolina voted the
Democratic ticket. II the Senator
from Maine would go down to South
Carolina st the next election, he
promised him that he would be met
on every stand on which be would
speak by a colored Democrat, and
that il that the colored Democrat
did not give good reasons for the
faith that was in him, he (Hampton)
would join the Republican party.
Mr., Bntler said that if he saw fit
he would at some future time reply
at length to the illusions made to
fraud in South Carolina by the
Senator from Maine. The Senator
had made use of the old dodge of
} politicians and lawyers of calling
: stop, thief! in order to divert pub
: lie attention from the real issue. The
; real question here was, had there
: been disgraceful bargain in this
; Senate, by which the Offices Of tue
Senate were to be turned over to
, those to whom they do not belong.
Mr.. Burnside-Or whether the
, ai0rity shall rule or not
, lIr. Batler-That has nothing to
, do with it,
Mr.. Burnside, (excitedly)-I say
, that here has heen no bargain, and
any man who says there has been,
/ says what is false, He subsequently,
= repeated the remark that such state>
7 ments We're false, and added I do
: not, as an honorable man. propose to
2 sit here and listen to it, and any man
5 who says there is a corrupt bargain
5 on this side Of the chamber, I say,
9 tells q falsehood.
Mr.. Butler, (quietly)-The Sena>
Q tor may characterize it as false as
), much as he pleases. [ say that in
= asmuch as the Senator has seen fl
t 10 say that tue char is false, after q
g pause, [ will not make it in this
| chamber.
Mr.. Burnside, continuing, said
II evidence could be brought tc
;. prove bargain, he would vote tc
: expell any member of the Senate
+ who had been guilty of the thing
or he would favor a resolution to in
1 vestigate the matter.
= Mr.. Butler then turned his atten-
4 ton to MIR. Fryes speech. which he
0 said had arraigned every Senator
b from the South. He denied the
G charges Of repudiation that were
h made against the South, but inquired
whether, admitting their truth, that
t was any excuse for the great Repub
t lican party throwing it's powerful
= weight on the side of reputation il
! Virginia. He warned that party
G that in tampering with it was deal.
), ing with dynamite. These tactics
d were not going to dissolve
It the solid South. Just such speeches
Y as that of the Senator from Main,
J. riveted the South more than eve
y and drew the people of that section
: together. The South would not b.
l. dissylved by Federal patronage, i
It would not be dissolved by abuse
Il vituperation Or misrepresentation
e and it would not be bullied into dis
It solution.
II After some further discussion be
e tween Messrs. Hoar and Brown, con
Is cernlog suffrages in Massachusetts
a the Senate adjourned. --- --~
% Burned to Death.
II The report reaches the Elizabethto