Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-24

irM cygnlngs Ego i!c asserted that Mr.. Lewis,
HE 5]ah2Dc G4nidljo for Lieutenant GLvsln.
III, i.a';, while member tho Uoitsd States
Se@Gte. ic,m The Snto of Vraiaia. voted 10
elVa ,ho theu Pratiltat. U3s.cs 8. G;sns tho
!9'.cr &c Susl.na he privilege G: The Wi: q
HstiaG5 ca1iG' The sccu24;iar Ecs 10 CAM
ln; IL Tie cs:iri.i:UI o! every :&irl9lia ci,!z2n
;ha; rlr. John Amber Su:ith, a9b-iL-aw 81
Or. L:EIs. T;!o Was tit,Gg on tbs stard, ross
to correct Melor DaniGl. lie denied that Nj.
Lewis had ever elven such VOTE The inter-
ruptiOE may Eevo boeo tilsl. but i: was also
silly. Fsr botter would i, have been FIR Mr..
Smith 40! TO have mot tho issue Of Mr.. L.wis' 5
recjrd. OAK statements will be based on Sd
examlostion CT tho Congressional Record, and
tho references will be made to dates ard pages
Ct that Record to sustain our avarmen!s.
The Iau. John 4. Lewis took his seat 10 the
Senate On the oi:h Of Janusry. 1870 His term
expired the %ra of March, 1878, when 10 was
succeeded by democrat Tho ses:iJn Of
Mach. 1871, WAS ohsEsclorizod by the leila
llOn OF sDcolaI measures OF severity for tho
South. Ills was the era OF tho full bloom OF
the crust o. pte!s0ns of GranlsW, tho era OF
stsiEart tato and Vengeance, intended to break
tbs spirit OF bravo and honorable people, ind
thus to foic> them by despair into 40 nliaEce
with the rad c,l party. 10 order to appreciate
MIR. LoWls's coutfc it should be remembered
that he was elected, not by The republican par-
ty, bui b. the Virginia conservatives. lilo
n2vaE uttered L void a! tho time OF his tlaotGn
!orcshaduwins that hC would act in the Senate
With tho prosecutors CT his people or help to
rlVet the ohaiDs that wero TO bind tho South.
% tho contrary, tho understanding Eli around
was thai ho would be liberal 10 politics and
show some gratitude snd respCo; TO the c)usi..
uouoY Shicl was AhCu: to elevate him 10 tho
unitod States Senate.
by tnrairg to tho Congressional Record Of
Msroh -, ISL. psge 2l9. and following, wc
hnf the republicans selecting from the mass of
pnho busiu' 81. then roquIiog attention. tho
sahtm's vi i,h were To put the South under the
hatro". Tho Srnato resume the coptilera
ton OF tho roSihg IosOlution, submitted by
Mr.. Au;hnuV Oh the 18th of March, 1871
"RcsnIvoi, That Tho Senate will consider OF
tho Present Eessinn nj other Legislative business
than Tho delialoupy b,, tho concurrent rosoIu,
tlDn Tor lot ooumliteo to investigate Into
/ no ccutltlou ct the States lately 10 insurrooion,
and in resolution nav pending instruciing tho
CumDltloe OF tho Judiciary to report O blll or
bulls that will cnablo tho President and the
courts OF the UUl:ed States to execute tho laws
in said States.
Ia Ia las clanse Mly hu fund Tho germ OF
sha hfH''l tGiuroi mant SciH which vera intend,
d 10 nuil c. tho people Of tho South to worse
6utrsrn sIi in.uit thAu they had endured even
81 ihr h.rGs 81 che Fed. raj suidery, and under
wh"so ;ihd:cnve usuaas macy hurdreds Of
honest citzons and poor. ,serving men havo
bpan dragged from iGcir homes and families to
b. roI 10y r.aos, iuriaa. orsuniz.d In Edvapua,
TO ouosdi. aaj tha1 robtnd OF liberty ned PROB.
cry.
ihis riS"!u;i0I was a;;,1nioI by adGing iha
w1;1a "aG:i :hr ranoit list mag be cls(c kg the
Committee on Tho jWaioiGrY on thnt sut,isct"
and hH.i} r."suh ~" StnnGt, by Is vote 3r 81: /,
Is &'. jo!:. i. i:c"y.s 2uilns sye, AUD such more
!'i'ar;,! .n;t aiadlY republicans SO sumner. Tio-
tot, :l;i:HhnN .nh WiEitm voting wiki his
democrats i. a"34 c3'Iml in i'm naxa:iyn. See
C"tST; saicIn' I."Gof': March - 1871, psgn III.
Ielj!nS tt.H! a;a"4s oi !his resolution repeated
ollorta a4ro mad, 20 sn!nud il by adding other
i&bls"'a luT tHe Consideration. Of I.!s Senate.
naH proportion was - aElend by adding :he
words "A.I.,i a.a2 hl:. from tho House of Hcp-
roscnIHtiT.' :epos!;aE the IuiY on coal, aait and
tx: and c0itau"
en- .i:lS irtp Js!tna ;poSi:ig IL: liu ro;upvat us
thoio tu:;,Cn3 Oh ihu ,0or Hsnstors Hitchcock,
kellogg, Loyal. Ea!tltjoT, &ohef,soa, Schurz,
S4nheT. Gir!2r, ErnnGut, Eiccn rnh VIII
dom II" raIu5ilcsns voted aye. as iii the
democrats generally.
dr. LOWS yuto; III !ba LIpa,ive. Sea Con.
ffossohsl Record, .isteh % 1871, paya Us.
M:. SHa5"r, II republican Senator from South
Carollns, lnogad 10 srncnd By adding rs ona of
tho subjects thn. tho Senate would consider the
following:
And tho bill To relieve al persons engaged
In la" rn3ni,on fro IN The disability imposed by
tho li.h mrlhL ;lincrG uf the Constitution with
cortbin exceptions"
In order TO apare2sto tho necas.ity Of such
legisa'on Il nHsl BIO remembered that though
n'any OF tho persons originally disfranchised BY
the Hin smendmsnt hGd dad and some two or
throo thousand perhaps h.d been relieved by
Statute thoru still remsined not Less than $50 OOO
persona IN the South labJlils under disability
md not sb!e 20 hold either u Federal or q State
Office, though taxed both by tho State and the
United Ststas They dill not possess tho same
rights even ss tho emarcipaLed s,syea. Surslv
wo might rIpccs q Virginia Senator 10 yoLs TO
Include this suffice! IL the resolution as Ut tonic
Tor Cong.esEiJn.! action. Road and mark tho
record
The yeas and nays being ordered on this
amendment. tho veto stood: ayes q, nays 81, |
The democrats sill voted aye, as did also Inc fol.
lowing republicsns VINO wore resdy TO strike off
The ieLtor5 Of disability: Hill Of Ga, Robertson
snd Sawyer o: South Carolina, Spencer of Ala,
Upton. Trunnbull Of Illinois, and Henry Wilson