The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31

IL dulcS VI Tic jail hCIo lSultcQ duO
were burned out, but the fire-prooi
roof prevented further progress oil
the flames. The prisoners in the
upper tiers of the Jail were removed
to safe quarters. Loss upon stock
from 5000 to $4,000; Insurance
5000. The origin of the fire wal
undoubtedly that of an incendiary
The ire this morning was the fourth
attempt and second successful one in
the same quarter during the las,
fifteen or twenty years.
New YoRK, March 26.-Advicet
were received in this city to-day, an.
nouncing bank Of Rome, Georgia,
had suspended. No further paricu-
lars were given.
| VERA CRUz, March z6.-Ths Ca.
BILE steamers Dacia and Information
al will, on Monday, begin laying
the first section of the Central and
South American Cable southwest to
Tehuantepec. When they have com
pleted this work they will return to
England and take on tho cable TO
be laid on the Pacific coast from
Callado, Peru, to Tchuantepec 18TH
mus, VIA Panama. Costa Rica, Mic
aragua and Guatemala.
LONDON, March 26.-TEe Robin
Hood Cotton Mill, at Balton, has
been destroyed by fire. Loss e26, 900.
| WASHINGTON, March 2a.-SENATE
THE announcement that Malone
would to-day address the Senate in
yindication of his action, and in ex-
PLANTATION oS the Readiuster party in
Virginia, had the effect of drawing
to the Capitol large audience. As
early as 10 O'Clock the doors leading
to the galleries were surrounded by
impatient crowds. aud in ten min
utes after they were opened. AT
1890 every available seat was taken,
with the exception of those reserved
for members of the diplomatic
corps. These were, however, occu-
pied before the hour of assembling
of the Senate, On the floor in the
rear of the senator's desks were
seated large number of persons,
many Of them were Republicans
elect, while in various corridors
those who had had the misfortune
TO arrive late, congregatcd and be-
|
The journal of Saturday having
been read the Vice President laid
before the Senate resolution for
the appointment of Senate officers,
stating that tho Senator from Nir-
| ginia had the floor.
Malone prefaced his speech by
expressing his regret that he should
be compelled again 10 interrupt the
deliberations of the Senate. trnst,
he said, that the Senators and cOun-
try will concede that to this seeming
forwardness am provoked. may
fail to challenge the generou. con-
sidcration of those who would APP
pear to have found pleasure with
out Justification in their varied
and ungenerons assaults. | do
not doubt that | shall com
mand the respecu Of brave and
independent spirits here, as | know
] shall among my own people.
shall not complain of that indirec-
ton which has characterized the
manner and method of Senators in
their illusions to me. must cccpt
that they comport entirely with
their own sense of department and
senatorial dignity, however little
they do with my own. Virginia is
accustomed to meet occasions, and
if Anglo-saXon is required TO assert
itself, Virginia has ever met with
fortitudc and becoming dignity
every duty which destiny has i'm
posed, always, however, with much
contempt for small party lines when
principle was involved in which her
faith and honor were committed.
With absolute confidence is my loy-
atty to her and my devotion to
every interest of her people. ] will
not relax my purpose here 10 repeat
every interest OF her people. | will
not relax my purpose here TO
repel every impeachment of the
/ constituents who send. me 10
this chamber with clearly de-
fined duties which they and !
comprehend. / was elected 1.-THE
| United States Senate TO do their will
and not TO caucus TO do its bidding.
| Virginia earned her title o. "Old
Dominion by the broad and indie
pendent action of her own people,
by the loyalty of her sons and by
the instinct Of independence, and
without help at the hands of those
who would now interfere with her
affairs. However feebly may OK
press that spirit against that gratui-
tous care and concern for her at the
hands of strangers, to her trials, to
| her sacrifices and to her will, and 1
feel that the spirit of her people in
| spires me when i scornfully repel
for them and for myself, the ungen-
erous attempts to instruct Vir-
| ginia Senator as TO his duty 10 them
and himself. Senators should be
willing to deal with their coustitu-
encies and ! will answer to mine
and to him that would insinuate
that my action, in regard to the or
ganiZation of the committees OF
this body and proposed election or
officers. has been controlled by i'm
pure considerations, and am
very 10th TO believe that any
Senator has SO intended, in the
language of another | say, "lf thou
sayest | am not peer to any Lord of
Scotland here, Highland or Low
land, far or near. Lord Angus thou
hast lied" Now permit Inc to say
that Senators can no more realize
my regret than they can measure
my aInaZcment, that my colleague,
Johnston, should have felt it ncum-
bent on himself 10 join assault ng
columns in this chamber. He first
introduces me to this honorable
body, not as his colleague, but as a
repudiator Of public obligations.
The sense OF justice of my fellow
| Senators render ii unnecessary for
me TO apologize for noticing my col
leagues criticisms on one hand and
his perversions OH the other. How
ever much he and his cohorts may
enteavor by cheap logic of attOr-
ney to demonstrate what | ought to
be. I am by my convictions and
my sense OF honor what | am in
this particular. | have largely the
advanta of my colleague, for 1t
take him by his record. Diminu-
tive as it is. he neither knows what
he is nor what duty he came here to
perform. [Laughter.l Malone then
proceeded TO give the exhaustive
history Of the political and financial
history of Virginia for the last de-
cade. He declared that readjusters
had never repudiated any OF the
funding contracts made by Virginia,
but--asseried that the. bill passed in
1871 by the Virginia legislature and
known as the brokers' bill, which
had been advocated by his col
leagues repudiated and forcibly re-