The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-07

against which their undying warfare was 10 D.
Waged.
Mr.. Lamar said from sheer exhaustion he wa
unable to reply to singulrr remark just sub
mitted. They contained fa ideas easily ex
posed, which he would, II he deemed 1t neceasa
Ty, take future occasion to expose.
Mr.. Dawes denied the statement made by Mr.
Lamar that he knew the people Of the North bet
ter than the Senators OF Massachusetts ThC
Senator from Mississippi had long time, JUS
after the war, declared in the House Of Repre-
seDtatives the more the people Of the North knew
OF The Southern people, the better they woult
n ke them. People from Massachusetts had To-
@ ted in Mississippi, had sought to know i;s peo
Pile and had taken there their capital and energy
and enterprise and convictions. They had gone
down to Mississippi cOntding In what the Sena'
tor had told them. The reason the Senator wal
mistaken when he told the Senate to-day people
OF the North would listen to him was because
they had found no works in Mississippi meet fol
repentance. The Senator had lost the ear Of the
North. Day before yesterday there had passed
through the city on his way to the North, where
he could ei 10y his own convictions, venerable
gray haiTed man, who, tourleen years ago, mac
Drought his capital and energy TO oulld nome
| and business in Mississippi. He had been perse
cuted, his buildings burned and his workmen
murdered. At last he had eeen obliged to give
| IN and return to Massachusetts,. The people OIL
| the latter ST. te would listen to that man before
they would ask the Senator from Mississippi tC
repeat here his platitudes about the North and
| South.
Mr. George stated that he would like to know
| the nameIof the gentleman. He had never heard
OF such an instance In Mississippi He had new
er heard Of anybody's operatives baVlng been
murdered or his factories burned.
| Mr.. Dawes-The gentleman has just attained
position to he a good lecturer to go North-liv'
| ing in Mississippi, whence every preeze comes
laden.
Mr.. George (nterrupting)-I ask the Senator re
| spectfully to answer the question: undertake
to say he occurrences which he he's recited are
| untrue,
Mr.. Dawes rjoined. The people of the North
would believe every word the gentleman said;
1t was the only way Of meeting this thing to call
for names. He did not intend to furnish any op
portunity for the further persecution Of this man.
| The people of the North were no longer to be de-
ceived by fair words and false preterses. The
| experience Of those who came back from Missis
sippi wss Of more force than all the rhetoric and
all the elcquenCe that had nothing behind 1t but
| fair words.
Mr.. Hale, apologizIng for addressing the Sen
ate said he felt compelled to do so on account of
some remarks Of hisupon carpetbag government
| which had been quoted by Lamar. He still
agreed there had been evils, but the Democrats
of the South had taken wrong method of re.
lieviDg themselves OF these evils They had en-
deavored to do so by fraud aud assassination in.
stead Of patience.
Mr.. George recurring to the statement made
by Dawes as to the gentleman returning from
Mississippi to Massachusetts on account Of peIse
cution he met in the former State, undertook to
say through the Senator from Massachus tits
might have met the individual referred to and
might have received the information, that the
whole thing was o myth. He had never heard OF
a factory IN Mississippi having been burned, and
as there were but two or three In the State he
would probably have heard Of 1t. There was not
a'partcle Of truth in the recital 1t was not fair
for the gentleman from Massachusetts to refuse
to give the name OF the gentleman alluded to on
the ground that II would expose him to Iersecu.
tIon. II the people of Mississippi were such per.
sons as would burn mans factory and murder
his hands, certainly they did not need the stimu.
lus Of the disclosure of his name to further tres
Dass on bis rights, He then proceeded TO reply at
some length TO some remarks made by Hale as
the Mississippi plan" asserting many Of the
murders committed In the State OF Missis ippl.
and attributed by the Republican party to polt-
iCal causes were In fact attributable 10 other rea.
sons He warned the Northern people against
placing credeuce in the stories tLev heard about
Mississippi. He was interrupted at various times
by Hoar Dawes and Mcmillan, and concluded
his speech with some remarks as to the debt Of
Mississippi
Mr., Dawes said he had betn mistaken In stat,
ing the factory had beer burned,
Mr. George stated he had gin house burned,
and had this morning received letter stating
several Of his hands had been drowned and yet
he had never been persecuted.
Mr.. Dawes said the country had been treated
to an exhibition Ofsublime ignorance and indif
terence Us 6VlUCeu ueTb LOudy ny tl6 oGuhlOI
from Mississippi! (George) He was enlisting in
the lost caus sgan when he was attempting to
put down the free utterance Of his convictions.
After some sharp passages between Dawes and
Voorhees, as to what the latter termad the for
mer's lack Of courtesy, Mr.. George again took the
floor and inquired Of Mr.. Dawes whether he had
received bis information as to the outrage upon
the Massachusetts, man from the man himself or
at second hand.
Mr.. Dawes declined to answer and upon Mr..
poIh yuh
angIily 1t was question which the Senator
had no right to ask. He asserted the truth OF
what he had stated and the Senator did not
know what became Of United States Senator
when he attempted 10 Catecbise him.
Mr.. George-I DO not desire to violate any Of
the COurtesies Of the Senate but mean to say In
response to the Senator'S last suggestion that
while l am new member here and while lshall
endeavor to learn what is due to this body and
its members l certainly shall not either apply to
or submit to being educated by him on that sub
ject. suppose may make this statement with
out violating the usages Of the Senate He had
never stated, he said as had been stated by Mr..
Dawes, he had never heard OF the Hathaway
murder, of the Chisholm murder, or OF the Dixon
murder, but he had stated he had heard OF them
in such way as to authorize him to say what
the gentleman had said about them was not true.
He claimed he had right to question the Sena'
tor who undertook to repeat false calumny on
the people of Mississippi, and II he refused to dis
close the name Of his informant became re-
sponsble. He did not believe a single word He
did not believe this false witness. He was not
in the habit OF believing Men who did not dis
close their names. He did not believe Massa.
chuset's men had ever been there. He did not
believe he had gin. II was an easy matter for
men to represent themselves victims OF an out
rage, but when the people were to be held re-
sponsible for those outrages they ought to know
their accuBer.
Mr.. Hill expressed his regret the gentleman
had seen fl to renew these ISLANDERS against the
people of the South. de was willing to let the
past be buried. Here to-day the country was no.
titled the very purpose of the remarkable Coal.
tion which had been formed was to put Virginia
under the domination OF that coalition He
could say in kindnessin fulness in perfect firm
ness 10 the gentlemen on the other side the DEM
ocIats we're prepared to meet that issue, They
would meet 1t uahinChingly. II the Southern |
people were guilty Of murders, and assassina
tions, aud frauds, and wrongs and expressions OF
the colOred people, then he conceded they were
bRIbarians.
Mr.. Logan called attention 10 the fact that this
discussion had been started by Mr. Hill of GeOT. |
gia, by an assault upon the Senator from Vir. |
ginia (MahOne). He quoted from the report |
made by Gen. Sheridan tnat while he had been |
In command In the South over 1000 murders had |
been committed In Louisiana and Texas.
Mr.. Butler-I do not believe q word Of IL.
Mr.. Logan declared this report contained evi. |
dence which could not be refuted by q simple as.
serti0n |
Mr. voorhees-I do not believe one word Of the
Mr.. Logan continued to allude to the murders |
which had occurred at COushatta and Colfax |
and New Orleans, and inquired If Mr.. Butler de.
MED them.
Mr. Butler said there had been vigilance com.
mittee in Illinois. Was the Senator responsible /
for thatl Some years ago some men had been /
killed In Chicago and In Pittsburg. Was the /
Senator responsible for them.
Mr. Logan replied 90 far "a the Vigilance Com
mittee In Illinois was concerned, he knew moth.
Ing. AS to the killing Of men In Chicago, they \
bad not been shot In violation 0flaw.
M. But;er-What were they shot for2
Mr., LOAN (exeitedly)-II the gentleman will
lake his seat will answer him.
Mr.. Butler (aDgrily)-I will take my seat II the |
Senator asks me In proper manner.
Mr.. Legan-Then the Senator can stand all
hight II he wants to.
Mr.. Butler-I will not sit down at the dietation
If the Senator, understand that.
Mr.. Logan-0h, understand. say to the
senator I did not demand him to sit down or
tsnd up, and l understand this, that none Of
his braVado will deter me from saying what 1
leslre.
Mr. Butler-Will the Senator permit me to say
lone Of this bravad0 will prevent me nom say
ng what desire to say. The rolling Of brAvado
las no more effect upon me than upon him.