The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-01-19
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
L.,EWXA3I'. LETTER FROM T8E
Sw2G,oF GOVEI2S5IEST.

ato.- Stewards Af>lc and Patriotic
letter Why tf,e roctt = Solid, and
why it WI. Remain So. Llewxam
on the War Path.
leoee,aI C1-re,pondcsce is The Ser'incl-
WAsHrSGT5T, Jan. 15.-The SEN
ate committee on the judiciarr 5as
submitted maiorIrY and . r.in rity
reIort on the norm. on OF i Il. L.
O. G. Lamar t. IL Justice o~ re St
Dre5ne Court - 20 u. -sat-'s
The -s.-r. s.-.7al. by the Republican
Inembers of the committee, is an ad-
verse; and the latta". stoned h the
Democratic aosal...--llneG, Is zzTe:--
bic 10 confirmation
Mr.. Lamar viii he confirmed, how
ever, notwithstanding the adverse ma
iority report OF the committee, Sena-
tors Riddlebcrger, Ind, Of Va, asj
Stewart, Rep, of Nevada, will vote
for confirmation. and these two votes
added to the 81 Democratic vytes coa-
stitute majority. 1tis possible thai
Senators SAWYER, of Wisconsin, and
Jones, of Nevada, viii also vote for
confirmation, and the nomination may
be taken up and disposed of before
this appears in type. Mr.. Lamar va
Gated the office of Secretary Of the
Interior at noon on last Monday.
A PATRIOTIC PAPER.
Senator Stewart has published 3
column letter giving his reasons for
voting for the confirmation of Mr..
Lamar 1t is the production of pa
triotic Statesman and a most able
presentation of the case. 1t is inter-
esting reading and shall make copi-
Gus extracts therefrom:
When Mr.. Lamar's nomination
was first sent to the Senate | convers-
ed with many Senators, and found lit
tie or no opposition to his confirmation.
1t was generally conceded that the
must be represented in the Supreme
Court, as in every other department
OF the governments that nearly a
quarter Of a century had elapsed, dur
ing which time no representative
southern man had been appointed
justice of the Supreme Court that
the late Mr.. Justice Wood, although
appointed from the South, was born
and reared in Ohio, and entered the
Union army from that state, and Mr.
Justice Harlan, although q resident of
Kentucky, was Union man during
the war, and never participated in the
views of the constitution entertained
by the great majority Of the southern
people.
had nothing to do with tle Sc
lection of Mr. Lamar He was ap-
pointed By the President of the United
States, elected by The people. But |,
in common with many Republican
Senators, regarded il as fortunate that
the selection had been made of the
only southern mai whose record was
conspicuous as an advocate OF the va
lidity of the 18th, 14th and 10th
amendments, and who had uniformly
advised the people of the South that
these amendments were as sacred and
binding as any part Of the constitu-
ton
HIS EULOGY N SUMNER.
When member OF the Senate in
the year 1874, my attention, with that
of many other Senators, was attracted
t. Mr. Lamar by his eulogy on Chas.
Sumner, waich thrilled both Houses of
Congress and the country with admi-
ration for its eloqdence, its exalted
sentiments, and its appeals for the res
toration Of that lofty and enlarged pa
triotism which embraces both sections
of the country. Those who were most
enthusiastic in the praise of that
speech were then the most ardent of
Republicans, and distinctly call to
mind tribute paid by Hon Geors &c
f. Hoar, then member of the House
of Representatives and now Senator
from Massachusetts. l have it before
ne now in the North american Reuieu
for January and February, 1878, vol
ume 126. 1t is as follows:
"'The eloquent words of Mr. Lamar
of Mississippi, 50 touched the hearts OF
the people of the North that they
may fairly be said to have been oi
themselves an important influence in
mitigating the arrangements of a gen.
eration.'
ssCan a more honorable ambition
be cherished than that of mitigating
the arrangements of generation be
tween the citizens of this great repub
lie? If such praise was due to the
man who had done this, what must bt
thought and said OF those who seek t,
revive and perpetuate those resent
ments?
THE ATTITUDE OF TIE SOUTH.
81 have not forgotten the silent at
tention with which the Senators arc
representatives in Congress listened tt
Mr.. Lamar's speech, about the same
time the eulogy above mentioned wa
delivered, apon the attitude of th'
people then recently in rebellion
their feelings and purposes with refer
ence to the Union, and the new orde
of things, wherein he made the follow
ing notable utterances, which, upor
examination, find in the Congress
ional Record of the first session CT tn,
43rd Congress, appendix, page 1926:
"'Tley uhe southern psopie) fully
itcognize the fact that every claim /,
the RI Ilf .f secession from this Union
is cx.i..s ishe.t an.l eliminated from
the .Alne.Ica.l sys.s.n, ;;ii u, longer
con-:i.utes 4 par. III Inc apparatus .
Tho as.sericau Government. The,
beiies. i..al ibe Institution or slavery
With ali lis incideuis and atfinities.