The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-04
Exciting Debate Iu-,he senu,e.

WAsn!SGroH, May 3.-The Senate gal
leries were crowded to-day, an'exciting de-
bate being anticipated over the bill for the
repeal of the statute, excluding ex-Cou-
iederates from positions in the Army or
Navy.
Mr.. Ingalls,, OF Kansas, moved to amend
SO as to continue the statute but to coutiae
its prohibition to officers, who had left the
army or navy to enter the confederate ser.
vice. He moved to recomnlitthe bill with his
amendment. Objection to the motion was
made on the Democratic side. but the
chair ruled it in order. The discussion
was then resumed.
Mr.. ingalls,, replying to arguments on the
Democratic side, said tina. some OF the
Senators from the Southern States had
never heen able to understand tha. the war
meant anything.
Mr.. Butler, OF South Carolina, retorted
that he knew Us much on that poin, Us the
Senator from Kansas and g.ea: deal
more. Ii he wanted information abou, it
he would not apply TO that Senator for it,
nor would he submi. to be lectured about
what he knew and did not know.
Mr.. ingalls,, continuing "fhe great
difficulty with the Senators. from
South Carolina is that they be-
lieve that the war was fought
about point OF constitutional etiquette
and tina. it was ended by polite apology. The
junior Senator from South Carolina,
tHampton,1 the other day declared that
God alone knew who was right in that CON
test. Ny understanding is that the North
fought ior the Union OF the Safes indis-
solubly, and that the South ioueh, TO dis
member and destroy it; that the war was ior
slavery in the South and ior universal
liberty in the North. The Senator and
his associates, now having again sworn to
support the constitution and its amend
ments, assert that, wi,hstandius these
four years OF contest and seventeen wears
OF debate that have followed, God alone
knows whether it was right 10 fight for the
Union or asains: it, ior human slavery OF
against it.
Mr.. Hampton rose to an inquiry. He
understood the Senator to say, that the
North fought for universal liberty. lie
would ask whether the North took any
such ground q. the beginning OF the war
whether it was taken when Congress for
mally declared the purpose for which
the war was wased, or whether the North
would not at any time, up to near the close
OF the war, have recognized the existence
OF slavery, il the South had returned 10 ;he
Onion.
Mr.. Ingalls, replied that the question
showed the difficulty with the Senator in
asserting that these questions are dead
when Senators from the South declare ,ha,
there were no such things as loyalty to the
Union and love OF freedom. 1t was no
agreeable Tor men. representing northern
constituencies, to hear as he ([nsalls) haG
heard Southern Senators declare on thi:
floor that Jefferson Davis. in pa
,sio,ism, in devotion TO human liberty
land as representative OF al
that was good in human nature, was tht
peer OF John Hampton and George Wash
ington. Within the last iorty-eisht hour:
a southern member had declared Roberl
E. Lee to be the peer in patriotism anc
loyalty to the country Of any man wht
ever fought on the American soil.
Mr.. Butler.-"Has not tina. member :
right 10 his opinion ?" Es.
Mr.. Ingalls-"I am not denying hi
right. Ii | were pastizan on these ma,
,ers, l would be glad to have such SPECIFIC
made here every day in the week"
Mr.. Bu,!e!-"rhen why does the Senator
complaint
Mr. Ingalts-"Because neither the Seul
tor nor any OF his associates have ever dis
avowed believing in such allegations"
Alr. salisbury, OF Delaware, remarse,
that he did not hear the Senator (ln:alls
dissent from the conclusion, announced b,
the Senator from Nevada Jones', in til
. Chimes debate, that the reconstruction
, policy OF the South was failure.
: The discussion continued till O'Clock
Messrs. Voorhees,, Butler and tlawley pal
,icipatins, when the bill went over uni,
tomorrow, and the galleries, which ha'
been more than usually full, rapid
? tuiupei out.