The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-21
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present, Pendleton refrained from
making his usual motion to go into
executiVe:session.,
After a few moments, however,
DAVIS of West Virginia, said that
with the consent of the senator
from Massachusetts,, he would sub
NIT that motion.
Dawes replied that he would pre-
fer to take up and vote on the
resolution, to which Davis rejoined
by stating that if he waited for thai,
he would wait until his hair was
grayer than it was now.
Dawes expressed his regret at
hearing such unpatriotic remarks.
The motion to go into executive
session was lost by vote of 20 yeas
to 21 nays. 4i. .r.. ,....
Morgan then took the floor, and
gave brief resume of the debate in
which the senator had been engaged
for the last =. twenty days.
The Democratic side was not
suspecting any intention to prostitute
the high powers of this Senate to
become part of the machinery of
the great political organization. He
had thought that the senator's on the
other side were greedy for few ofli-
ces. That as q mere scrabble for
office would be bad enough, but the
next debate had developed the fact
that there was coalition of factions
to degrade the patronage of the
Senate for the purpose of electing
successor to the gentleman on this
floor (alluding to Johnson); that
fact had raised the spirit of enquiry
and resentment throughout the
country. The United States Sen.
ate, using its patronage for the pur-
pose of capturing in Virginia
and placing in this chamber
a man who would become
moro the slave of the Republican
party than any other who had ever
had the privilege of disgracing 8
seat on this floor. lie referred tc
Gorham and Riddlebarger as pot
house politicians who were brought
here for the purpose of destroying
what they conceived to be policies il
which the government was interest
ed. He then charged the other side
with the purpose, of which the coun
try was in no way ignorant, tC
abuse and prostitute the offices o
the Senate, for the purpose of max
ing campaign, the view and OBJ
ject of which, was, to put in Sena
tor Johnston's seat q man whom tht
Republicans could handle at thei
will and pleasure. He criticised tn
speech made some days ago, and al
luded to that senator as taking tn
bit in his mouth under the guidanc
of Riddlebarger and Gorham, an'
marching up and attempting to jus
tify the actions of the Republican
side. That justification, according
to-. the senator was the desire t
break down the Democratic party
and that the Senate should be pu
into political harness tor the pun
pose of executing plan like tha
Would he (Morgan) call it but
prostitution of the Senate
Continuing, Morgan said it wa
| perfectly apparent that the object c
the Republicans, was to supplant i
the local government ofthe Sout
carpet-baggers with the party, whic
! the senator from Virginia elaine
to lead. lie referred to the SCI
I, act as sitting here like great debaf
| ing committee, while the states wer
acting entirely in harmony with eac
: other. He did not know the stat
, which had to quarrel with anotheI
| These facts were reproach to III
4 United States Senate to-day, and
deadly reproach to those men VIII
: made it their business TO get up All
: undertake to create eXcitemeI
, against the communities in the SOutl
, which were laboring to do thei
duty.
At the conclusion of Morgan
: speech, Brown took the floor. A
|. the close Of the war, he had, he sai'
: taken position for All absolut
acquiescencc in the reconstructio
measures, and after the adoption
the fifteenth amendment he had f;
vored free ballot and free coun
To-day the Democrats of GeOrgi
stood fairly and squarely on til;
doctrine, and practieed it. lie pr'
! ceeded to criticise the Repnbllca
party for the injustice towards I'll
colored race. There were scyc
cabinet ministers, he said. and "
not one of them represented IL
, race which composed onc-fOurih (
, the Republican party. The Rcpnbl
cans need not be asionishcd, if,whe
the Democrats meet in grand counc
again they should do right to I'll
negroes rs the Republicans ha
failed to do so. That was his opil
, ion; that was his advance line. an
| he was Il Democrat right Oh til;
i. line. lie would not do il for part
} purpose; lie would advocate it b,
: cause it was right. Referring to Il
remarks made by several Republ
, can senators, that they desired
, break up The. solid South, he a
! serted that it could never be broke
by any attempt at republicanisn
! When the North was no longC
solid, when, no more was hear
about republicanizing of the Soutl
! ern states. the South would cease
be solid. Let any issue be presente
such as tariff, or currency, and IL
South would divide as soon as tn
North would, and without any RI
. | gard to the color line.
Hoar replying to Browns speec
; said, Brown on his reelection to IL
senate had not taken any advance
: position on the subject of obeyin
the constitution, which every publ
officer in the Southern Statt
had taken his oath to supper
| That he was commenting O
the statement that there was
| free vote in the South.
II Brown suggested that in Ma'
saehusetts the class of peopl
l. in whose control it was prt
posed to. place Virginia, woul
inot be allowed to vote, viii
the senator's from Massachusetf
ilectured everybody else on the sui
| ject of suffrage and the right
vote. They did not practice it
, their own state. Hi'1.,. -H9..a. lr
I'll A running andgood-humored di
! cussion ensued between Brown an
! Hoagwhich was kept up till Brow
/ misunderstanding the statemel
! made by Hoar, and misquoting
l Twas excitedly interrogated by Hoa
| | as to whether he implied that ]
I l(Hoar) had said what was not tru
/ Brown denied any intention of mi
tating the senator's remarks, an
good1humor was restored by Bee
; IWho was stimulated byfear that ii
Senate would lose both the sen
| tors from Georgia. The Senat
) soon afterwards, adjourned t
' 1 Monday.
NEW ORLEANS, April 14.-Tl
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