Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-31

man, and only to confess how utlerl
he, and those who acted with MIN
had been mistaken The same ferceness OF at
< tack VIII ch the gentlemen to-day made upo'
the wolves of the Republican party had peei
) heard ever since the birth OF that party, onl.
! TO be followed by a confession from the same
. lips. The Republican party had been righ
, and that what it had done would be accepted
not only as a necessity, but as benefit. Ht
, challenged the gentlemen, (HilD who claimeo
the evils in the South were attributable to the
Republican party, to point out single grea'
measure for the benefit of the colored man
where the Republican patry had not been in
the right and the party with which he asso'
ciated in the wrong.
Senator Hill said he heard exactly the speech
he had expected, but he had too much respect
for the Senate and himself to characterize it as
it ought to be characterized. He enved nc
man his nature, his position, his prospects in
this life or the next, who could deliberately get
up in council like this and take pleasure in
rehearsing charges against his fellow citizens
in any section of the country. Was it manly,
fair and patriotic? Would it not be just as
manly to make an issue on the constitution
itself and on its trainers
Senator Hoar again challenged Hill to state
in what measures, in regard to the South, the
Republican party had not been in the right,
and, upon Hill replying, the Reconstruction
measures" declared the so-called governments
had been necessitated by laws enacted in many
Southern States practically re-establlshing
slavery.
In the midst of the controversy, which was
kept up at some length, Senator Logan entered
into the discussion, induced to do SO by a re-
mark of Hills to the effect that Republicans
| would not let the war rest in peace. We are
| told time and time again, he said, by Senator's
from that side, that the war is past and we do
1 - 10 Ill, laf 70 Vat
portunity is offered the Senator digs un every
| question growing out of the war. You, Sir,
and every other man that joined in the rebel
lion against this government is responsible
for every wrong complained of.
| Senator Hill happen not to be as respon-
| sible as you. When you were standing advo-
eating a policy for the Democratic party
which encouraged them to resist, was man,
| fully breasting the storm, and l
will tell the Senator what is a his
torical fact, that was met on the stump in
Georgia with the argument that he, and such
! as he, would sustain the South if it did secede.
| applause in the galleries)
Senator Logan-Any man that insinuates
that sympathzed with it at that time lnsinu
ates what is false.
Senator Hill did not charge it. The
Senator will understand don't endorse what
was said of him, but when he rises and charges
that and those with whom l was associated,
are responsible for all the wrongs to the
Southern States, then remind hun of the
attitude of himself and myself. / didn't
charge the Senator intended to sympathize
with secession, by no means. l simply stated
historical fact.
Senator Logan-I desire right here to settle
this question. I do not intend any insinua-
ton of this kind shall be C ,st ut me when it il
false. It has been done often enough. Sitting
right here in this chamber there is Senator
who knows this insinuation is false. He has
a righ: to know it. I have called upon him
to state his knowledge, because / am here to
protect myself, but I say these insinuatOns in
this direction have got to stop, for they are
not true.
Senator Hill accept the gentleman's state
ment that they are not true bnt if the Senator
expects to stop me from reclting historical
facts he is mistaken. His speech is unnecessa-
ry and out of place.
The controversy was then resumed
between Hoar and Hill, the former chaleng-
ing the latter to advance any proof sustaining
his charge that the Republican party in the
South wasn't friend t. the colOred man, and
the latter contending the evils in the South
had been brought about by arpet-bagglng.
In concluding his spec b Hill again alluded to
the Chittenden letter, declaring he was still of
the opinion it would b. Tor the best Interests
of the country to have both party organiza-
IlOuS dUdUuODcu. AS lOUp DIS pdIGy rs UdScu
upon dead issues the existing evils will con-
tinue, but while the two parties existed he
continued he couldn't affil-
late with the party which
lost no opportunity to malign his people. He
would rather be dog and bay at the moon
than Southern man and associate with the
maligners of his people.
Senator Hoar followed with a brief speech,
in which he again alluded to the great achieve
monfc of tho RpDuhlicap Marty IN the great
cause of freedom, and ridiculed the idea of
there being free and fair ballot in the South
under Democratic rule.
Senator Beck intimated the reason the Re-
publlcans refused the many invitations of their
Democratic friends to go into executive session
was they had quarreled among themselves
and dared not face such ses-
the Republican party, under the pretense of
desiring to elect officers of the Senate, had
been postponing, from day to day, for week,
consideration of executive business. They had
encouraged debate on Louisianasaffairs and all
the filth that existed in regard to the politics
of that State, and they were again waving the
bloody shirt, when the fact was they had re-
| sisted consideration of executive business be-
cause of confictons among themselves, and
they are afraid to face the issue.
Senator Dawes-I give the Senator my word
will move to go into executive session with
in ten minutes after we have adopted these
resolutions. Iaughter).
Senator Beck-The Senator knows very well
they can't be adopted-certainly not so long as
the Republican purity seeks to attach itself to
the repudiators of the country. We can't al
low the Senator to SO far disgrace his party as
to ally it with such party as that / believe
now, and l have believed for a week, no
earnest contest would be made to see whether
this thing could be done or not. know they
can't do it. The Senator knows it. They
didn't care about it. That is not their object
at all, but they are afraid to go into executive
session to develop the differences Of opinion
between themselves.
Senator Dawes-The country will know
who prevents.
Senator Beck-The country shall know the
Republican party is so far divided about the
policy IN regard to the great nominations pend
ing that they dare not consider the business
upon which the President called us together,
and that under the pretense of turning out
two or three good officers and putting in re-
pudiatlonists, are supplementing that with de-
bates on Louisiana and issues about
carpet baggers and negroes and Others
exhausted long ago. They are as much
concealed as the ostrich when his head is
under the sand and his body exposed. He
moved to go into executive session. Rejected.
Senator Dawes, then ridicullng the new dis
covery made by the Senator, and desiring to
give the Senator's friends time to rally round
it, moved to adjourn, which was agreed to-
and the Senate adjourned.