Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-03-16

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was ii her q Democrat or anythine
else. I suppoae that tho gentle
man (Mr. Hil) could not get hire
ftOm Georgia unless be said tnat he
was Democrat. Any how, [ came
here without bling required to state
TO my people what l am. rney Were
all wilIiug 10 truet me. I was
I'll -cted by the people, not by tho legis.
lsture, for IL WAS an issue in the can
vass. and no man was ele ted to the
le zislstire by the pssty wit1 winch I
n Identified who was not iustruCta d
20 vo'e for me for the Senate. Fbe
gentieman has been chasing al r. und
this CD NIB to see if be caUn, find 8
| partner somewhere. He has be- n
ring to .aafnaeE senator, to know
exactly who that S nator was
who bad the m .nline~s and bold-
ness to assert bis opinions in this
chamber, free from tn dictati0u of the
| D moe attic caucus. [ want that gen-
| tlemau 10 now hrDceior' and forever
that here is a u an VINO dares staod
here and defend his rights again you
AMI your caucus. (Lou applause aud
mucn iaug hter, provoked by ;he o
lent ges iculhtlon of SeualOr Mahone,
" hO laugne defiauce 1T bis adversary
in q sort of miniature dane, ~
Mr.. Hhl again look the
flo .r and said be cou I'd
ouly understand the gentleman
on the pri cipie that "a guilty cou.
-cfeUce needs no accus~r (Ltugh-
ter on the Democratic sid } He had
menrion-h tns Senator'- name or
-tate. He had only asked who tue
ID mOcrat Was that was expet ted to
vse win the r publicaas, and 10 his
ni>hmept the senator from Wiz
si0ia said tnat he WAS ne mau. ii q
mad not ssih any hing ofeusive to the
neopie Virginia, buL he had said
that the peoll lie OF the coubtry
would 10 to.era,e rescheTy. de tad
.aid tina there were 38 Senators " b :
b al been el- q as ID nnocIa 8 Did
tue g-utlenau deny i? Would 9
say That he was nor elec ID as Demos
GA? He said be W . not Ieq I'd TO
state thaC2ne was "a Democrat, aud ,
the hex breath he "a Il .haF he wa n
be t Democrat tnau h-t'imseif (HiiD
Wa. Addressing himself To the r.
puO3ieans Mr. Hill said, II recon-
mend h,m o you, t.ke g'"d care If
him, ndrse him we'll. )L,u&h'er.)
HoR do ,Ol lke t, have ug yuu d
worse Den ocrat han [ amp
MIR. Co0kiDg-'Oh! 30; not worse;
better.'
Mr.. Hill { c>rnfullyl -'Oh better.
Then my friend from Nsw YuTk Mr..
G. nkiing) is better Democrat than L
am."
Mr.. Lozsn-"He could not we'll be a
wJrse one"
MIR. Hlil-''Never bafore has there
been such an exhibition n the Senate
where gentleman shows his Demno-
racy by going over to The Republicans.
[ Will not defend rginia. She
need+ no defense. Sue has given TO
the country and the world and hu-
manity some of the pr0udest Dames in
history, ami say to The senator from
Y rginia that ne!tn. j fersOn ntT
Madison nor Henry nor Washing
ton Tor LIE nor Tucker nor sny the
long list of great men whom Virginia
produced ever accepted com mission
10 represet one parry aud came here
and represented an, tner paityn ZAP
plause ou the DemocIa'ic siCe.)
MIR Mahune who had returned to
his seat on the Republican sidr)-' Do
L unders,and you correctly ss saying
that accpp'sd d com mission from one
pauy ant came here 10 vets for auOth-
er partN?"
Mr.. Hlll-"[ understand that you
were elect d as Democrat
Mr.. Malone OmperitiveIy) tan
S Wer the questiou."
5 Mr. Hill (GIth provoking cnnlness)
- say tnat you were elected "a d
Democrat and acce, t d your com mis-
sion as a Democrat"
Mr.. Malone (persi=t entity )-"You
said tha L accepted com mission
from one party aud osme here to rep
rese' an."her pa'ty"
Mr.. HUI CmpsI'urhsbly -" I said
that iha w'l be the c.-e II yon vole
wi a the K publinans. Y III h ave not
done II Yet, aud / say you will not do
itn
Mr.. Malone (impatien'Iy)-'I want
to ~. if t is unt out OF ord r here.
bat If the gentleman undertakes TO
MAKE 'st statement the tstemenc is
unwss at ii aud u.tTue
Mr.. Hui (cOm po-edl. Nv "a not the
gepti, n au q, tln2 with The Democratic
par y; aud ga tie 40 .l-c.ed TO this
,d> ~ Demner4' with fercer
tD"t) Answer tn to-
Mr.. M al ,n+- Q lick 'v,sir. quc ckly,
I was el-e'td d ~ tteadjnst r. d. you
kDO0 VIII t K adjusteIs a,e ?'
MIR H'il-''I understand tnat there
are in Virgi r 81 .-'irg' Demo-
c'a aud ID ut-payl"g' Democrats,
bu, u"dersi anu hey are bath Dem,-
crsts. We have nnfhlng TO d., here
wi b hat 's-ne TT 9 qi-s n of Vir-
gInla's de b is not ia be led in this
chamber. / ssk ~ S-ba or again
was ne n eiec'. /. d 10 thi- pa DUAL body
sa mt m her of the ua,ioDai Democrat c
psr'y ?"
MIR Msho"e-' Are you an
swered now?"
Mr.. Till - Then I concade that the
Sera., r sprke lruly when he said tbst
I did not know wnst h is? with a
puzzled air. What is be? (L.ughter.)
Everybody has uud, TODD th7t he
voted with the Democrats. Did he
not support Hancock for the
Presidency. and did he not
/ In the Presidential election proclaim
| himself Dem crat? MIR. (H!ll 10
| the Rspublicsns) Il commend him to
YOU. Is there any man on that side of
| the chamber VINO douots that the hon:
orajle Ssuator was sent 10 this body sc
D mnctat? lie there a man in this
vast audIenca who doubts il? Is tnere
man in. Virginia who donb it?'
Mr.. Hill, continuing, remarked toat ne
had done what he newspapers conl
not do-what both parties could not oc
what the " hole country C 'uld moi dc
he had brought out the SpDat 'r from
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