Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-04-21

the dlibusteri1g In the other D0dy Iaoeo IN
to insignihcance before that was practiced
in this chamber. (Laughter.) The ground
upon which he made the fight was this that
there was solid South, and that the solid
South was . constant menace to the
prosperity and to the safety of the
American people. The North to-day
placed the fight on that ground and said
that the solid South should be broken of Its
-solidity came from any deprivation Of any
right of anv citizen of the United States.
He then proceeded at length to quote frem
the Court records and other documents to
show that in no Southern State was there
free vote and . fair count He went into
details of the bulldozing and intimidation in
various Southern States. to show that in some
places the Mississippi plan was resorted
to, in others thar tissue ballots were used, and
in still others that '.dead lines" were drawn
around the els and Garfield niggers" forbid
den to cross it. He was frequently inter-
rupted BY the senator's from the states TO
which he referred, and sometimes rather
warm discussions ensued.
Mr., Frye. continuing. referred to the
''shoe-string' district of Mississippi, (Chal-
mers' district) and stated that great frauds
had been committed there. A white demo-
crat, q member ofthe other House. had openly
said to him, ''the election in the shoe string
district was an infamous farce and when
come to vote l shall vote so. and that had
been said by democrat ard confederate.
People of the North could not be blindfolded.
The elections in the South were not free, nor
fair, not without fraud, and even to-day. not
without violence. The republicans had said
when this contest had begun they intended to
fight on this line until the solid South. made
solid in devious ways, lost its solidity. They
recognized in the fight in Virginia the enter
ing wedge. and because they recognized it as
an entering wedge, and for that reason
alone they had determined to stand by
it to give it their "Amen and
amen" Hoping that sooner or later the
South might rise to the dignity of free and
independent States, and give to every man,
white or black, his rights. Senators from the
South, he continued, we shall make that
fight forever unless victory comes before for
ever ends. 1t is certain the mills Of God
grinI slowly. but they grind exceeding small. 5"
He described the contest which had taken
place in that country between the civilization
which had been based on slavery and barbar
ism, and that based on school books
and the bible, which latter had prevailed and
in conclusion said, the pen of history with
the iron point has written down with
blood the history of those few years
following the war in your bright Southern
land, and your children and their children.
reading these terrible pages one of these
future days will hide their faces in their hands
and put their heads in the dust We come
once more to say to you sOlemnly that every
man and every citizen of the United States,
white or black, foreign born or native born,
shalt enjoy all the rights guaranteed him by
the constitution of his country. We say to
you now that the laws of the United States on
the statute books shall be enforced on every
inch Of territory over which the United
States flag floats, and the senators from the
Sonth, by the help and in the name of AL
mighty God, we will act up to that purpose.
(Applause.)
When MIR. Frye resumed his seat he was
congratulated by several of his republi-
can colleagues; foremost among them being
his old colleague in the House, Mr.. Conger of
Michigan.
Mr.. Brown. alluding to the remark made
by Mr.. Frye that he was the youngest mem.
ber of the Senate, reminded him that he Oc-
cupied an important position here as sue
cessor of the great premier of this govern
ment and might be supposed to speak with
inspiration.
The South had been told that the present
administration would treat her with firmness,
kindness and good will. but if the speech of
the senator had been inspired by the admin
istration he thought the South would under
stand It, He denied that there had been any
intimidation practiGed in Georgia, and re-
iterated his former statements as to the num-
Der ofvoters in Massachusetts,, admitted by the
senator from Maine, to be all democrats, who
were disqualified. The people of the South
were taunted with poverty and with neglect
ing the education of the negro. Yes, the
North was rich and the South poor, but if
she were paid for the slaves who had
been confiscated she would agree to appro-
pirate 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 cOntended that Massachu-
sets did greater injustice to the Irish in that
State, and to foreigners generally, than was
done to the colored people in the South.
The records proved it. He could not stand
here day after day, and hear his nation as
sailed, without reminding New England
senators of the homely adage-"People who
live in glass houses, should not throw
stones"
Mr.. Hampton asserted that numbers of
-colored people in South Carolina voted the
democratic ticket. If the senator from
Maine would 20 down to South Carolina, at
the next election, he promised him that he
would be met on every stand on which he
would speak. by cOlOred democrat, and if
that colored democrat did not give good
reasons for the faith that was in him, he
(Hampton) would join the republican party.
Mr.. Butler said if he saw fit, he would at
some future time reply at length to the allus-
ions made to fraud in South Carolina by the
senator from Maine. The senator had made
use of the old dodge of polititions and law
yers, of calling "stOp thief" in order to
divert the public attention from the real
issue. The real question here was had there
been q disgraceful bargain in this Senate by
which offices of the Senate wert to be turned
over to those to whom they do not belong
Mr. Burnside-Or whether majority shall
rule or not.
Mr.. Butler-That has nothing to do with
it.
Mr.. Burnside (excitedly) IL say that there
has been no bargain, and any man who says
there has been says what is false.
Mr.. Butler paused before making any
reply, which pause was taken advantage of
by Mr.. Burnside to repeat that the statement
that there was bargain, was false.
Mr.. Butler Quietly THE senator NAV
characterize it as false as much as he pleases.
hut I say that inasmuch rs the senator has
seen fit to say that the charges are false, (af-
ter pausing ! will not make it in this
chamber,