The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-04-28

none for its leader, the bloody shirt should
DC forever buried. After few remarks by
Gen. Hawley, the Senate adjourned.
SENATE. April 1S.-The Vice Presi-
dent laid before the Senate the unfinished
business, the resolution for the election of
Senate officers. motion to go into execu-
tive session was lOst-yeas 20, noes 81 Mr..
Harris referred to an article recently quoted
by Mr.. Malone from the International Rcuicav
to the effect that the state of Tennessee re-
pudiated $11 100000 of her debt, and stated
that there was no truth in the statement.
Tennessee had at no time repudiated a single
penny of her debt. Mr.. johnson was per-
mitted to offer resolution, which was
adopted, calling on the Attorney General for
papers in relation to the report of the special
agent of the treasury department touching the
western Judicial district of Virginia. After
some time consumed in roll calls and various
dilatory motions, Mr.. Dawes said he did not
care copper whether one officer or another
was in that district, but desired to have it
settled before the country whether this was
government of the majority or not.
The debate was continued by Messrs. Dawes,
Salisbury, Burnside and Beck. The latter
lgued against the right of the majority to
e-cct officers at an extra session, and declared
that in December next they would be willing
to consider the resolution, but in his Judge
ment Riddleberger would not in December be
made seargent-at-arms The Virginia election
would then be over and if the Republicans
did not somebody else would tender for scar
gent-at-arms one who was a conservative Re-
publican, who had fought through the war in
the Federal army, who would be here with his
wounds upon him, and then the Republicans
can choose between the Confederate repudiating
Rlddleberger and that man who would be ten
dered to them, he thought, by Republican
Senator. 1t might as we'll be understood that
in December next the Republicans would not
put klddieberger in, and any promises which
he might maize in Virginia would prove false
after discyssion, during which no new points
were deve1ored, the Senate adjourned.
SENATE, April l9.--The unfinished
business was laid before the Senate. Amotion
to go into executive session was lost The
potion relative to the case of Boyton was re-
ferIed to the committee on foreign affairs. Mr..
BSf offered the following:
SResolved, In the Judgment of the Senate,
the public interests require congress to lie
coE:ened in public session Immediately.
MIR. Blair spoke ut some length in support
of his resolution. Senator Logan in replied to
repeated ISLANDERS bearing on his loyalty at
the breaking out of the war. On the 9Th of
February, 1861, he had made speech in the
House of Representatives in favor of the COM
promis e measure reported to the House and
known as the Crittcnden compromise. He
detied any man to show word IN that speech
which showed any sympathy with secession
or rebellion. He had said at that time: 81
have always and do yet DENY the right of
seccession.' He had always been Union
man, and he who said to the contrary falsificd
the record. The senator from Georgia
(Hill) had recently made some aluson
to charges against him, and had remarked:
that his speeches have been quoted in the
south. II the speech to which he (Logan)
had just alluded had been quoted in the south
and its doctrines followed, there would not
have teen any rebellion or scccss on He read
a letter dated April IA, 1881, from Senators
Lamar and Pngh, who had served with him
in Congress at the outbreak of the war, bear
ing testimony to his loyalty to the Union at
that period, and stating that they never heard
him utter one word Of sympathy with the
vehemently opposed to it. In July, 1861, with
a musket in his hand, he had gone into the
war at Bull Run, and shortly after had
returned home and raised regiment, resign
ing his seat in Congress. He had been in as
many battles during the war as any man. At
Fort Donaldson he had been made Brigadicr
General, and shortly after Major General. Why
he would leave it to those who had promoted
him to say. lie bore Oh his person more than
one honorable scar. Those were some of the
certificates of his loyalty given him by.
enemies of his country.
In conclusion he said put this testimony
on record for the reason, that my children
after me may not have these ISLANDERS thrown
in their faces without the power of repelling
or repundiating them. The reason is, still
further, put them on record that they may
endure IN this Senate Chamber, so they NAV
be a notice to Senators of all parties and crceds
that hereafter in this Senate no insinuation
Will be submitted to by me. do it for the
purpose of a notice that insinuations shall
not be made hereafter on this floor IN nv
presence by any man.. will not submit to
it any longer. Mr.. Brown said he knew his
colleague was absent and he had no purpose
in any remark of his to do injustice to the
gentleman from Illinois. He BROWN took
pleasure is saying he thought the Senator's
vindication was full, complete and conclusive.
been kept out of the House of Representatives
some time through the efforts of the gentle
man from Illinois (Logan), and he had collect
ted some papers rejecting on that gcntleman's
actions at the outbreak Of the struggle He
had submitted many OF those to Frank Blair,
who had said to him: Beck, John Logan
was one of the best fighters in the war, and
down the wind were seeking safe places, he
was holding his life in his hand" and con-
tinued Beck, l took every papor I had
and burned them before his eyes.
Mr.. Call then madea speech asserting there
was freer ballot, fairer count and more in
dependent voting in the south than existed in
Massachusetts.
Mr.. Cameron of Pennsylvania said the ac-
ton of the Democrats was simply repetition
in different form, Of the shotgun policy, the
so-called Mississippi plan, which had proved
SO successful in many states south of Mason
and Dixon's line. 1t was an attempt to re-
volutionizc all precedent, to accomplish by
parliamentary maneuycs what they had failed
to do by precipitatng the country into war.
Cameron alluded to the nstracism of Malone