, 1881-01-25
JOHN l'rtcr bill with TINT which they were
HOW likely to take.

JOHN 1'rtcr bill with TINT which they were
HOW likely to take.
Mlt. f1iLr. f0A.)
said 'sa was not prepared tUyote OH tho prop
silEon to-day, ard would, therefore. vote
against Mr.. Logan's motion. but his fnclina.
tlo1' was to vote for lie bill tt he coltd 10 40
consistently. witt, Ills senEc OF duty To this
public. lie wouEtt mot DO 80, howcver. for
The reason given by Sir. Logan In Its favor.
After stating what he characterized as tho
three great cpoels In American history
neInely: settlement 0f the colonies, tho es-
tabllsment Of constitutional government, and
the revolution beginning i'll 1861, which affair
had accomplished great rcsnfts,--Afr. Hill
satd lie regarded 0en. Grant as tile most re-
nlarkable lnnn whom the events Of tina. rer0-
luton had developed. alld. III Ills Judgment,
tho one man without whom the revolution
WOULD NOT HAVE nEES 4 stCcEss.
This, lto saitE, was mt 4 l,nsty or iEf~con.
siderctl remark. Whatever hts merits or de-
merits, Gen. Grant would take Ills place III
history rs tile great representative tnan OF
the revolution of 1861, simply because. from
the peculiar circumstances that surrounded
him. lle would ba regarded as tho one man
OIL either side ut the line without whom that
revolution would not have been n success
Whether this rcason woUftl prompt him
tIlill) to support Mr.. I.ogan's bill or not Ito
was not now prepared to sny. III speaking
as he did, lle lid not desire to cater 10 the
opposit side OF tho Chamber. nor dill bis
remarks measure In the slightest degree any
opinion lie might entertain Of Gen. 0railt
personally.
stIt, VEST
said he Ind objected 10 the consideration Of
tic bill OIL principle, and lie was equally oI'-
posed to my legislation OIL tic subject OF tho
kind suggested by Ar. Hayard. lie did not
propose to be dragged to-tlAy Into any parti-
sail discussion in regard to the late Wnr, II
lie could avoid 1t. Ten. tiraut would, be.
yol,tl question, pass into history rs tho great
General, OF that struggle. 11a Vest enter
TUNED the greatest admiration for TINT Cell
erals military skill, and dtsclaiulcd any In
tentIon to utter Il word against Him POLITICAL
Is. The Southern people had IN every way
evincetl their admiration of Grant rs Il sol
tlter and Of tic course pursued BY lin Mt the
close Of tic War. When upon the field Of
Arpou.attox he handed back to Robert L.
Lee Ills sword. n,ld when afterward he went
us agent to the Southern States, and reported
| to tho President the untloisbte1 loyalty and
patriotism Of the Southern people, every
Southern heart beat with gratitude to him.
WHEN A SPECIAL. OFFICE
was created for hin with the rank of Gcll-
cra1, llo Southern mail intcrposed single
! objection, a'lu wlleti. ut Cairo and other
p0ilts, after visiting every Southern State,
Ger. Grant attestetl that the people OF tic
| Suutl were US loyal to the Constitution and
1lag rs the people OF tic North, tho Southern
pcup1e ngatn eyinccd, by their loud cx-
| clains their gratitude for TINT testimony.
Uut. when Gen. Grant deliberately lett tho
plnco provided for llu by the representatives
| Of the people. when he entered tho arena Of
partisan politics, when he took the chances
Of II political life, lie tVesD felt that he
| should
STAND THE 1[AzA1ln Or TILE nlE.
This, therefore, wns no Democratic funeral.
! 1t belonged to the Republican sIde OF tic
House To provide for their founding md
their dead In the Into political conflict When
| tho corpse Of Gen. Grant wins drnggld from
| TINT bloody ure,a in the City Of Clleagu, the
funeral a,sd 0bsequies belonged not to tho
Do,n0crntEc sido Of the Chamber. We lava
| funerals enough of oltr own ffanghtcr1, anl
VIC llnyo our own wounded that We
nre supposed to take care Of. Mr.
| Vest added that ho WAS aware that for
what he suld to-day llo would be followed. rs
l,e had beet, on recent occasion, BY the par
tisal1 press Of tho country With tho cry OF
"RebeI." Unrcconstrnctcd Democrat" and
THAT WORST or ALL s1lastAs, "nounDoS !
DO It So, Some time ago he had sald, III re-
Earsl to tlat distinguished parsonage. John
Brown, Tint lie Thought he Ind been proper
ly executed Mt lfnrpcr's Ferry, and im1nctlf-
atoly tic partisan press Of the countryunder-
took to tletcnt every net of John Brown, a'd
to stIg1ratize him tVcsD rs disloyal to tho
Government, tltu1.gt lle haa only repeated n
declaration Of tho Republican party, ntndc 1T
| nnpn convention In 1GGO when thuy Stfg-
,unilzpJ the sau1t, MIN NJ n criminal. No MI
rrnl,en.nu of sur1, nhuse wn,ll detcr him
from ,l]schnrc,nr his duty on this OCCASION,
lIo I'M, M l,ostiIlty toward Gen. {;rnnt. tnt
wns onnosei tn the bl,l because he tio,,rht
there was son,ct|lIng else for REPRESENTATIVES,
ncon1e In in tlnn tn pfovttlo nlnccs for rc1,.
t,on,a,, M mnttar hou, dfet1nrntshe,l ,vl,o