The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-04-07
THE SENATORIAL DEBATE.
MISSISSIPPI TO THE FRONT
Senator Lamar Speaks, land Senator George
Puts in the Right Answer to
ISLANDERS Upon His State.
WASHINGTON, April l, 1881.

WASHINGTON, April l, 1881.
Mr. LAMAR said the present attitude of the
Senate was an extraordinary one and one
without precedent in the history of the
country. The announcement had been made
that the business that the Senate had been
called to transact should not be transacted
until he nresept officers were deposed and
others elected II Haass66Cts.- we're trSftfe, the
thirty-eight Republican Senators Intended to
| keep the body in its present position until
| their object was accomplished. Abiding to
| the remark of Mr.. Hoar that the announce
ment that the Democratic side would meet
| endurance with endurance contained the very
essence of treason and revolution, he said il
| that were true it would devolve a terrible
responsibility on the Democratic side. but was
| it true I He'could see that if the Senate was
disorganlzed or unOrganized, if there were
vacancies that a factious opposition to filling
4 those vacancies. protracted to the end of the
session, would be unpatriotic and reprehen-
| sible, but such was not the case. The minori-
| ty intended to protect itself from the oppres-
sion of the majority. lfthere was any reason
| for the departure on the part of the Republi-
can side from the usages of this body these
| thirty-eight Senators stood justified, but they
must give their reason and address themselves
to public opinion. 1t could not be as areward
| for political services that this extraordinary
position and delay had been supsrindueed.
| What was the animat;ng, overwhelming,
dominant reason of public policy 1t could
not be from any great zeal of loyalty to the
Il H.
| brought forth one of the candidates had avowed
that he had been true to the Confederate
cause, and that he had no apology to offer for
| it here or elsewhere. What was the reason
/ He asked them to tell it he defed them to
announce it he tainted them to an avowal
of it.
Mr.. DAWES hoped Mr.. Lamar would now
impress upon his side the importance of con-
sidering the pending resolution,
Mr.. LAMAR rejoined by inquiring whether
the Senator from Massachusetts thought the
removal of Senatorial officers was as impor-
tant as filing vacancy in the Supreme
Court which was not now in session by reason
of that vacancy? Resuming the thread OF
his speech, he described the divisions in the
Democratic party in Virginia. The Republic
can side Of the chambeF had proclaimed Its
readiness to combine with what the country
calls the regulating wing of the Democratic
party in Virginia. 1t had proclaimed that
when section of the party should bolt from
the Democratic party under the banner OF
repudiation, the Republican party, not on
account of reputation, but in spite OF 1T was
| willing to embrace that population SECTION:
| Repudiation was no hindrance in the way OF
Republican Senators stretching out their
hands across the bloody chasm to unrepentant
rebels, clothing them with honor and greeting
them with applause. He did not believe the
Northern people would stand this thing; they
would not tolerate this alliance with
ran REGULATING sEsTnEEr
! of the Southern States. The sentiment of ma
tional pride, of national honor, would dash 1t
into thousand pieces, even if it has to bend
the mighty structure Of the Republican party
National h9por gould not take into its embrac
| the leprous body Of State Republication, without
becoming infected with its poison, and this
majority of the Democratic party had epewed
the repudiating element out of its mouth, and
the Republicans had the rejected oHai, which
Republican Senators now eagerly :natcned q.
This was only an attempt TO substitute IN the
/ South, for carpet-bagism, backed by Federai
force, the repadiating element backed ~ fed
eral patronage. The first had failed and cast
reproach on the Republican party. and the
last would meet with = similar fate. The Sen
Ator from Pennsylyania eCameron1 had An
! nouneea qua. ss.ls was an effort to break up
the solid South. What harm has the solid
South done the prosperity and honor and glory
| Of this cs1ntry9 It WAS but Q short time ago
that abe had become solid and, If her history
were taken from that time, il would be found
that she had been keeping step with the pros
perlty Of other sections he would not claim
that the prosperity Of the country was attrIDu-
table to the solid South, but he would say she
had been no hindranee 70 progress and sac
did net justify the great Republican party Of
pedestal Of national honor to take into its en-
brace this casf-sf element Of Southern De-
mocraey. he alluded to the corruption which
had qisgraesd the country during the period
| Of reconstruction. and asserted that since the
advent Of the solid South into legislation no
Bneh scandals had occurred he had himself
heard noted lobbyist say: Since those in
fsrnal Demorrnfs from the South have got
/ here. the lobhv hnsfness Is dried mp There
wns no solid South aB factor in legislation, but
there Wag one point On which the South WAS
a0lid, and would EeAAadn 90 Is was solid for
| the def6nta md pT0tecsion of itt own ciglliza-
/ wouid collssnt That any Senator On The ether
side with tNn exceptionB, which he would not
namel shonld write
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