Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-02


said that if that were true it woul
devolve the terrible responsibility O.
the Democratic side. But was it
true? He could see that if the
Senate was disorganized Or unor~
ganized, if there were vacancies, that
factious opposition to the filing O.
the vacancies, protracted to the end
Of the session, would be unpatriotic
and reprehensible But such was no
the case. The minority intended to
protect itself from the oppression o.
the majority. If there was any
reason for this departure on the part
of the Republican side from the
usages of this body, those thirty
eight Senators stood justified. But
they must give their reason, and
address themselves to public opin-
ion. It could not be as reward for
political services that this extraor~
dinary position and delay had been
superinduced. What was this AMI
mating, overwhelming dominant
reason of public policy? It could
not be from any great zeal of loyalty
to the Union, inasmuch as the Sena-
tor who had brought forward 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
reason? He asked them to tell it.
He defed them to announce it. He
taunted them to an avowal of it.
At this point message was read
from the President, and Mr.. Lamar
yielded to motion to go into exec
utive session, which motion was res
jected.
Mr.. Dawes hoped Mr.. Lamar would
now impress upon his side the im>
pcrtance Of considering the pending
resolution.
AIr. Lamar rejoined by inquiring
whether the Senator from Aassa-
chusetts thought that the removal Of
the Senate officers was as important
as filing the vacancy in the Supreme
Court, which was not now in
session by reason Of that vacancy.
Gesuming the thread of lis
speech, he described the divisions
in the Democratic party in Virginia.
The Republican side of the chamber
had proclaimed its readiness TO coms
bine with what the country calls the
repudiatipg wing of the Democratic
pasty in Virginia. It bad proclaimed
that when any section of the party
shodld bolt IRON the Democratic
party, under the banner of repudia-
ton, the Republican party, not on
account ofrepudiati0n, bat in spice
o. it, was W ling II embrace that re
p1diat:ng section. Reputation vas
DO hirdrance in the way of the |
publican Senators stretching
the,r hands across the bloody chs IL
70 un1epen tant rebels, clothing them
with honor and greeting them with
applause. He did not believe til
the Northern people would stanc
this hing. He quoted from Sen
ator Don Clmeron's speech that the
Republicans were struggling TO
something higher than offices, th2
they entend to try to break up tt
solid South. The coming poit;>
contest in Virginia was that fo-
which this Senate was held here in
blockade The Democracy of Vir~
gina spurned this Reputation ele
mem out OF itsmouth and the Repub
lican organization refused to receive
The otfal which the Republican Sene
TOYS now eagerly snatched at. This was
only an attempt to substitute in the
South for carpet bagism, backed
by Federal force, the repudiatine
element backed by Federal patron
age. The Republican party cor'c
not purchase foothold in the
South, but it could secure standin
there. Let the party discretlona
ize itself and quit abusing the Soutl
al d il will attract Southern men.
Mr.. Hoar took the floor to reply
and 1idiculed the idea of Mr.. Lamar
criticizing the Republican party fo:
allying itself with the repudiatins
element of the South, asserting tina
the term repudiation originated j,
Mississippi.
Mr.. Dawes denied the statemen
made by Mr.. L mar that he knew tb'
Northorn people better than the
| Senator from Massachusetts. Th,
people of the North would not lister
to the Senator from Mississippi, be-
cause they had found no work ''mee
for repentance" He stated that ,
few days since there had passed
through this city, on his way North
a gray-haired man, who IA years
ago, went to Mississippi with hi
capital and energy to build up {
home. He had been prosecuted, his
gin-house destroyed and the work,
men murdered. At last he had been
obliged to give in and return North
Mr.. George Inquired the name oi
the gentleman; but Mr.. Dawes re
fused to mention it, as he did not in
tend 10 furnish any opportunity fol
further persecution of the gentle
man.
Mr.. George continued, and sale
that though the Senator from Massa
chusetts might have met the indi
VIdual referred to, and might have