Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-21
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
THE SENATE.
Report Of Proceedings of the Sen
ate in Extraordinary Session.

resolution for the election OF Senate
officers.
Mr.. Dawes, abiding to the state
ment made by him some days ago as
to the persecution Of a Massachu-
setts man in Mississippi, said that
the story of that gentleman was to-
day printed in Massachusetts papers.
That story corroborated his state
ment in every particular except as to
the locality. .sTae incidents had
happened in the parish of Caldwell,
in Louisiana, and not in Mississippi,
as he had stated. The gentleman S
name was Charles Heath. lie
(Dawes) asked that the gentleman. s
statement, as published IN the
papers, should be printed III the
Record.
Mr.. Jonas demanded the reading
of the article, and it was read by the
clerk. It relates to the prosecutions
to which Mr.. Heath states he was
subjected to in Louisiana, because he
was Yankee, and gives accounts Of
various murders committed there, to
show the condition of the society in
that State. Mr.. Jonas said that the
Senator from Massachusetts had
transferred the scene of his cock and
bull story from Mississippi to Louis
lana. When it was contradicted in
that locality it would probably be
translated to Texas or Georgia. He
heard of these alleged prosecutions
for the first time There was moth
ing in the article which showed that
Mr. Heath had been prosecuted on
account of his political opinions. He
called attention to the fact that the
outrage alluded to had been commit.
ted nine years ago. He would make
some remarks upon the subject when
ne could get some information from
the locality. He sent to the clerk s
desk and had read, for the purpose
of showing that murders and rob-
berries were not confined to the
| Southern Statas, an account OF the
killing Of one of the Foster brothers,
in Massachusetts,, while committing g
burglary.
Mir. Frye arose and said that the
Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr.
Cameron) had yesterday e1horted
the Senators on the other side to be
brave men. He (Frye) had never
read, in all his life, Of braver men
than were to-day on the other side
of the chamber. Here was the Sen
ate IN extra session, with the COnsti
tuition over it, with it's duties before
it, the Democratic party i'll Tx
wrong, knowing itself to be wrone
knowing the Constitution to bt
against 1.-THE Republican party un
dertaking to do the duty which the
! Constitution prescribed, and instead
of the Senator's on the other side
putting themselves on the defensive
they stood up and carried the wal
into Africa day after day, and the
! Republ can Senators were obliged tc
put themselves on the defensive
There was bravery enough in the
Senator from Georgia (Mr Brown)
when he rose in his place, and, with
great dignity, and with the Con
stitution in his hand, read, day
- after day, lectures to the Re
publicans upon their duties under tht
Constitution. The confession wa.
sweet for the soul, andit can confess
sometimes required higher degre,
of bravery than anything else, ant
it was brave act on the part of tn
Senator when he, in open Senate
admitted that he had been d Repub
ican in the State of Georgia tha
his life had been in peril; that h;
had then became Democrat, ant
from that day he had enjoyed perfec
safety.
Mr.. Brown said no such thing
Mr.. Frye-I understood the Sen
ator to say that there was DANCE
when he was a Republican.
Mr.. Brown replied that he sait
that though at the close of the wa
his life might at one time have beer
in peril, that period had ceased tw
years before he had reunited wit
the Democracy. His return to tn
Democracy had nothing to do wit
his safety.
Mr.. Frye, continuing, said that
was brave for the Senator to say tha
much, It was brave in the Senate
to make an attack upon Massachu
sets when he had said that ther
were in that State $4,000 paupers
spendthrifts and drundards deprive
by law of the right to vote, and tha
II they were allowed to vote the
l would vote the Democratic ticket
}. The Senator from Florida (Mr. Call
, needed courage to make an at
r tack on the industries of Massa
t chusetts. The complaint was tha
: in Massachusetts, the educatioDa
) qualifications were placed upon tb
ballot, but Mr.. Frye asserted tha
where the South raised one dolla
for the education of voters, th
North raised from eight to one hun
dred. The Senator from Florid
had been bold in calling the laborin
men of Massachusetts, serfs, men
be bulldozed and intimid ted.
the workingmen of Massachusett
| had been in Louisiana, and the Con