, 1881-03-31

MIR. noAn .-..
then took tho floor IN reply to a1r. I'LL. llo
denied tso statements 1na;ie Y t'ns @ Ksht.Gi
Tile testimony Of tho Dunks mil documents
in = possession; Of ihe So''ate co,,ld ',ot he
psis o%ay 1,,or BY a,Soxrr e ,ere cotratV @ssGrt
massacre nas It IT. Gaa 50ff lind te Svss strees @ Su%
1rlenus gycI run WIZ, the blood Of RNsl"o Nt,i,
lican legs!ators: ilad thers n, eyer Dee,l G.ar
been murdered ut Colfaxs We're TWitcliell,s
nrms, OIL his bo!ly nowa:,, Wero Cl!!a0llrs
rnurderers convicted? ''rl,c, Scnatnr from
the Republican slle of tl,e chsmlHr TINT
there was no free ballot IN tsie Sotitn. J.et
lin Rtye mn opinion in nrcgar1 t9 tue evidence
reported to the Senate uud House. Iho
tho Republican party Of tho Inst fifteen
years. Every ono Of tle, grcat measures
wllcl, Ind setarntcd tho two lnrtles
By lilo. gentleman only 70 confess l;oW
utterly he md tllose wlo acteli With lin hal
been mistaken. tfhe snlne ilerceness Of atr
tack which, the gontleIna!' is,,t!ay lnade uRoiII
been heard ever since from that party, only
to be followed by confession from. the same
lips that the Republican. party Ind Gcetl
right, nt,A that what It hal 1o1!e wonld "
benefit. 'rlle gentleman llad , Mtta%cked % !
themselves in resistance to every step taken
for Tie purpose Of beueftlng tic so!ored race
should llut those WHO siideretl iron, thetl
unttc to overthrow u? He did not, NOW. ftn
stntc,l. DESIRE to, enter upon discussion ,0f
tile s;enntor from Georgia, but lic challenged
TINT gentleman, who claimed tint tho evils
in the South were attributable to the Repnb-
]ican party, to point out II single great 'leas-
the Republican party Ind not l'een In tho
right, md the pariy with which he associ-
nteu iii the WRONG.
MIR. HILL
said lie had heard exactly tho speech lie Ind
expected, but l1e liatt to- nncll respect 1 lot
II ought tu 1u cllasacterixell. liz ctfvled no
lnnn Ills nature. his position. hts prospects II
this life Or the next, WHO cDut1 deliberately
Nre ii rehcarslng c!.arsts against his felInw-
citizens ln any section nf tho eunntry; Was
It manly, fair, a,id patriotic? Would 1t not
be Just as innnly tn make. All ISSUE on the
Alr. lloar ue:tln challenged Mr.. liill 10
atate upnn .wlnl measures III regaru ~ t!l6
Sout!. !l1c Republican purity lia.t not bGrM IN
the right, aud upon Mr. iillt r9plyinE ".lae
su.cale.l .cnrpet-hag Goyernn.eIlts ila.l bs;Yli
nccess!tatcd BY laws eSiaetel III many South
ern States practically retstMblislllng slavery.
IN the midst OF the controversy, which was
kept up ut some length, Air. L0gan entered
upon tie Li*cnsslon, Induced tV 10 50 bya
remark Of Mr.. Hill to tie effect that tho tie-
plbllcAns would mot let the War rest in
Eeaee I'VE Hre told time a'ld ,ni tlae M MaEan'.".
tho War Is past, and do 1i,t want to nflM.lc to
It. yet every tIlnR Nil opportunity Is offered.
the Senator. !ligs ". every question growing
,nu u that M }oii,ei In ,he M Rebellion agaust ths
Government, arc responsible for every wrong
: colnplaned nf
.Mf. Hill happen
TO NOT 1sE AZ RESPONSIBLE AS YOU.
When he tLognl,) was stumbling atlsoratlng
policy for t1,c De!n0crltfc !,arty which Ell
cpuraRetl them resist. WIS lnanftt!ly breasl-
ing the. storm. and Will tell tile Senator
what is historical fact. that WIS not on
tho stump II Geqreia WITH the ar9u!nert r., Tint
II 1t did secede. fApp[ause it, the galleries.
Mr. LDEaM--Any nini, that 1nstn,tates tint
sympatlliztd With It at that tIn'e lnsinnates
Nlr. Hill lid not cl!arge 1t. The Senator
will understand that do not indorse what
wns said Of HIM but whuM 'Iv :riscs and
cAArKes TINT 4 md t'!nso wilt. whom, L. was
to the Southern Stutes, then relnlu.l him of
tho attitude Of himself n,mt myself when the
thing was Migrant. tit.t mt cllargu tliat tho
Senator Intended 10 syiipathlzo with seces-
l
historical fact.
Mr.. 1.ugal,-f desire right here to settle
this QUESTION, do liot fute,,I tint M Illsil.-
uatOn Of this kind shall be rast at MI wisel
1t ls false 1t llas been done oftcI. enough.
Sitting right In this Cl,a,1lber there Is q Sen-
Rtor .wlfo
KNOWS THIS 1SsISuAT1oS Is FALSE.
Hc, hns u, right to know It. IL have neyer
called upon lIIu to state Ills knowledge, b.
ca,lsc am cre to protect myself, but say
these insinUatious In tlJis ItrectlU, have rot
to atop. for tlley urs, not true,
iii. iIiIl-I accept tho g.ntlcman's state-
lnr,lt ti,at they nrc lt true: lii, if tic Sen.
ator, EXPECTS l., Stop Inc from rrcItinx hlstor-
icai facts; III is, mistaken. Ills speech Is I'LL
uGtGysuFy, uY ont uf pnce,
Tile controversy ,wos then resumed be-
tween. Afeysrs. lit,ur and iliI!, lie former
challenging the latter to uuyatleu any proof
nariv Il, lin SSth wns ,,nt @ t),a frIr11d ~ I'm
enIoreI man, ul1I thu latter cUntrlttlny tlint
the evils in tic Suuth hud been bruuvIt
nbuut Ly cnr,nf-hnrlsfn. il co1,tsiuti1w his
Snssnh ftr iftil nnnit, ,,iIn.a,l ~ '''0