Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-08

Vlctlons, whatever may have been the
correctness or incorrectuess or those con
Vlctions, and Wu0 followed those c0uvic-
uons even unto death. Mr.. Call believed
mat II Gen. Grant and Gen Lee We're
living and a foreign ar were to arise,
zen. Grant would select Gen. Lee for Il
nigh command in the Union army. Who
would doubt be LOYALTY of Gen. Lee IN
the restored JnionY
C0NGER's BITTERNESS.
Mr. Conger ventured to think that the
soldiers Of the Union who would read this
discussion would wonder whether IL was
not lhey that We're most in the wrong in
the late war. The honey and molasses
speeches OF to-day would indicate that our
southern brethren were forced by prOvl-
GENITAL circumstances - compelled by an
oNerrullng providence to enter upon the
war. lie Mir. Conser) mad been waiting
SEINE years for this day TO come. 1t had
come little earlier than he had expected.
some Senators did not see that they were
traitors to their country. Some Of them
undoubtedly regretted that there was not
now Southern Contederacy with the
black marble slab of slavery as the key
stone OF its organization.
PIPING TnfEs OF PEACE.
Those views, however, were not ex-
pressed in these piping times of peace.
Fhe time had not come for that exhibition
Of sentiment or for the proposed return to
similar condition OF opposition TO this
government. II there should be any
cause for Withdrawing allegiance to it the
senator's wanted to repeal this little dis
tlncton between loyalty and treachery.
Probably tomorrow, or perhaps the day
after, for these things must not follow too
last, we should be called upon to vote the
tOniederates' thanks for their bravery,
Mr.. C0nger supposed they would hardly
expect him to express thanks for their
loyalty. That would be almost too much.
lie would say to the gentlemen that they
mad begun little too soon to remove all
distinctions between the soldiers of the
Grand Army OF the Republic and those
VINO deserted their country and fought
for the destruction of its institutions.
" expected to live to see the
time when an attempt would be
made to put Confederate soldiers
on the pension rolls OF our government.
Mr.. Couger had not opened this Discus
sion. Our friends asked US to keep stin
for Gods sake about these old matters, but
we would be the dumDast brutes under
Gods heaven if we did not speak when
they brought in their amendments" and
bills that opened up these OLD matters. No
matter how many bills or amendments are
brought In involving old issues, the Re
publican side.of the Chamber was tainted
with reviving the past, If it made refer
ence to them.
TEXAS STEERS.
Every man that wore the blue had been
driven from the South except when Texas
cattle We're stolen across the borders OF
the Rio Grande. Then men that wore the
blue were called for. Who ever heard of
a n ! mi FaI Inn
man life was ieopardized in the South. The
cal came soon enough when the long
horned steers of Texas were in jeopardy.
Laughter The following is the detailed
vote Of the bill:
leas-Me-srs. Blair, Cameron. Dawes,
bolph. kvarts, FIRE., Hawey, Logan. McMil-
IAN. Mahone, NJ chel of Greg n Morrill,,
PAYNE Platt, Biddleberger, Sabn, Sawyer,
Spnoner auH Stautord-l9.
&ays-llessrs. teck Berry, Bowen, Brown,
Call, Chaee. Corkrel, Cote, Cotqultt, Conger,
Eustis. Far, Gibson, German, cray. Hale
Ingalls,, Jones of Nevada, kennS Maxey,
Morgan. Plumb, Pugh, salisbury, sherman
Teller, Van WICK. Voorhees,, Walthal. VIII
son Of Iowa and Wilson Of Naryland-3l.