The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-08
U. S. SENATE.
BUSINESS OF THE CALLED SESSION
IL Consisted Yesterday Principally
OF War Of Words Senator
Vance, OF North Carolina,
Makes Some Face.
tious Rsmarks- A
Very Lively
Debate.

Washington, April THE vice president
laid before the senate u message from the
president, transmitting in response TO
resolutions of the senate of the 18th ult.,
a report of the secSetary of state, with the
accompanying papers, in relation to the
capitulstions of the o ttomsn empire. ltwss
ordered printed
The pending business being the resolution
for the election of senate officers, 1t was then
taken up, and motion to 60 into executive
session, made by Mr.. Pendle,on. was, as
usual, voted down--yeas 80, nsys 80.
Mr.. Vance addressed the senate on the
subject of the state debt OF North Carolina.
He denied that the debt had been repudiated.
and asserted that one of the official acts
passed by the legislature of that state, after
the war, had been one
providing for the payment of
the indebtedness of the state. Under the
force of the reconstruction acts, for the first
time in the history of North Csrolins, she
had found herself compelled to resort to tho
reputation of her obligation. That she had
to do, at the direction Of the loyal, non.
repudiating, honest and virtuous republican
party of the north. 1t was not
voluntary action on tho part of the people
of North Carolina. He proceeded to criti.
else and ridicule the acts of the republican
legislature during the years OF 1868 and
1869, inslancing the fact among others that
that legislature had purchased eight thou
sand acres Of land for the site of peni,en-
tiary. 1t had authorized the is
sue of tweHty-two million dollars
Of bonds for the purpose of constructing
railroads, not one tf which had been built,
and had then passed an act repudialing every
dollar of the debts which they had contracted.
From tho day that tho citizens of North
Carolina had recovered control of the state
Instead of trying to pay the debt created by
the carpet-baeger government, placed on
tier, in fraudulent manner, they had reso--
lutely turned their backs on 1t; they never
would Try to pay it. 1t was fraudulent and
vicious. 1t was not debt in any sense of tho
word. The republican side he said. coming
down TO the question of election Of officers
has inquired what and why the democrats
would not vote for Riddlebarger.
That was, speaking for the democratic side,
10 be answered by the same question. why
could the other side support him? HS was a
rebel, an unrepentant rebel, democrat, a
readjuster, an unrepentsnt readiuster. How
could they forgive him? What was the
object Of their supporting him? He (Vance)
objected to voting for any man who called
himself democrat who had a surname
before the word democrat. He OBJ.
jected TO the manner in which the
republican party had undertaken to foist a
candidate ON the senate because II was in
defiance of the whole plan of the political
situation. Riddlebarger had been taken up in
his sins, unregenersted and unshsyen. and
had been transmitted into tho heaven of
republicsnism, without having tasted of
death. Laughter. The senator from
Connecticut lHswley) stated that this move
ment was going TO break up the solid south.
II reminded him (Vsnce) Of the
boy whose dog "Tag" had died and
who bet that the angels would be scared
when they saw Tag trotiing through the
front gate. The solid south was TO be
broken when Tag came trotting
through the front gate. Lsughter.1 Had
90 great an undertaking ever been inaugu.
rated by such snail means? Did anybody
ever before hear a party
announce determination TO which
the republican party was reduced when it
announces that 1t relied for success on an al
lance with the senator from Virginia MA
hone), and the election of Riddlebarger to the
office Of sergeant-at.a Instead of a
movement, as was stated, 1t was an alliance
to promote the purity of tho ballot.box." II
was, he said, attempted once more 10
subject the people Of the solid south, who
had been freelorg enough to gather little