Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-04-29
The Senate.

| There is no change in the state of af.
fairs in the L. 5. Senate since the last
report. On Tuesday, aie r the usual mo,
tioA to go into executive session had been
defeated by the Republicans, Mr. Jones,
of Fla, arose, and, after regretling the alb
sence of Mr.. Frye, of Maine, preceded to
deliver an effective speech in reply to the
acrimonious par isan TRADE against the
South, INDUCED 10y the latter senator last
week. Mr.. Jones said:
He had been mortified when he heard the
| Senator from Maine getting into dirty little
narrow groove and undertaking to disparaye
md condemn whatever he could fluid objection
able in any quarter OF his country The Sena-
or had characterized the civilization Of the
North as the schoolbook and Bible that Of the
south as the civilization of slavery and bar.
'arism. The time had come when that kind
If utterance ought TO end. Were the Southern
'eope responsible for that harbsrism; were the
'eope of New England responsible for it No
II had been planted here by a superior 20 ~-r
,y the mother country, and upheld for ears
Inder the imperial power Of Great Britain
The State from which he came wss no more re
'PonsiLle for slavery OF the evil. growing oul
If il than the people of any Of the States Of the
Union. Slavery had passed away, and there
vas not a man South Of The Potomac who did
sot rejoice at it. IL WAS not the part OF de-
ceney or Of craftsmanship for any Senator from
any quarter of the Mon to come forward here,
ven for party or political purposes, 10 dig ~
| The carcass of slavery in order to iuA me ami
| excite the public mind. lie criticised what he
termed the nnwise manner in which the rigiV
| II suffrage had been conferred upon tie negro
| The manhood and spirit of the South had re.
>ented the domination of the negro. History
| would write that chapter, and justice " GU! 4
yet be done after the pr,judices OF this centur,
had passed away, aud when rSOme failure
Aacaulay or Gibbon should come to write the
history OF the reconstruction II would be found
that the people of the South would be viudiclts<
n the mind. Of mankind. lie had read a good
teal Of oppression and tyranny, and knowing
he people Of the South from hi. earliest bow
hood, he had never expected to live TO see the
dav when that proud and hanghtv race would
be compelled as he had seen II, to h4alIi.t. it.
self in connection with this question Of nego
suffrage lie had never expected to see SIS he
had seen, the day when isuorantaui thought
less m-n, INSPIRED by nothing but race feeling
would take possession OF the polls aps offer
avery conceivable insult % White men in order
TO provoke quarrel, and when those meu
would bear those lsuuts and humiliation for
the sake Of order. Referring to the charge.
made 10y Nj. Frye offrsud and violence in eleC-
lions occurring in Florida, MIR Jones sent to
the clerk desk aud bad read sNirac, from .
tiorid. democratic paper denoancius the crime
which had been committed at rsscu!ng from
The marshals hands 'uur meu charged with
fraudulent voting he dii hit. he stated to
show that he h.d no apology 10 MAKE - any
a"tes'neSs, rud hat whra Eus tuch act ~
committed It Nss promptly ,icnoGuc.4 ~ ia,
Democrats pes lu cuuylG5iH. hs ssch
be devoted SOM F.! ne 10 , dyupu.IJio q lhe
method ~ v lich the S'a,--,i Florida bad zen
carried tor HAYES I'll 1916, ami talIu4tIvd lh.i
the present ~, Of 'hr rrp4h.I,AH > lie ta' tree
ballot AID i.ir ovuut Sas b,Fo,r,iival.