The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-14

side that the majority would ultimately
con'r In every rner in the uni n. W hat
would the gentlemen think if the colored
men turned and said; Tine vitlaily vod
taught US we will execute, aud 1t Will 60
hard il we do not b g. our Instructions"
In the mare of the lost past, he ent cate
the gentleman to Stop for the sake of peace
and honor, to go 20 fu ther in this IN
famous business. The hour vas at hand
when the people would m Ike 1t thelr first
business to secure and p es-rve the repre-
sentative character of this government.
| Applause on the republican side.]
"YoU'RE ANOTHER"
Mr.. Lodge of Massachuset said that the
argument Of tho ge geltleman from 5 nth
Carolina (Mr. Hempn) was the old, old
argument that you're another" 1t was
| the argument that because one wrong eN-
listed it could be balanced by saying thaC
another wrong exi,ts some where else.
| Two wrongs had ever made right, and
they never would Because tle funda-
m ntal rights of the black citize were torn
| up by the roots in South Carolina, 1t
was no answer TO say that there were here
and there instances of race prejudice
ag ,inst him in the north. He (Mr. LODGE
! did not stant here to falsify facts OF
history or 0 say that the coaducJ OF the
north towards the black man Ia all the
years that had gone by, hal been with
knew very well that there had
been time when the north
had bowed to the dictates Of the south d
had wrong d tne black man just as much
as the south had done. He knew that there
had been time, an accur>ed tim, | his
own state, when Massechus tts (GOd for
| give herr had been keel,ng with the res;
! when she had mobbsd Garrison in the
streets of Bostol, and had sent Anthony
! Burns back into slavery.
ExPIATED WITH BLOOD.
And she expiated that crime with the blood
cf her best and hravest in every battle
field of the rebellion [appause on the repub-
| lican sid ], a.d the gentlemen from tAe
south C cJuld not now, by saying that the
black laws had been placed on northern
| statute books, in Difference to the bi idlng
| of t. e south, alter the facts of history.
! The might ue instances of race preju1ics
| il the north. II there were, every right
thinking man in the north regretted them
| and w shed to have the II stopped BuJ
/ that did not excuse the refusal of the right
| of suffrage in the southern states. 1t " as
no answer to say that because group of
men here and therein the y rth manifested
an un orthy racs prejudice that men III
! tle south had a right to deprive The black
man of the rights granted t. him
| by the constitution. He then went on to
review the methods which he said were
| practiced in the south to stide the voice OF
| the mai jJrity, saying that iJ had come to
such pass that in Arkansas aud had
begun with the plunder of ballot box S and
ended with the murder OF o coltes ant.
WITHHOLDING OF CERTIFICATES.
The sec etary of state of Tennessee had
| been putting oDstacleS in the way of the
| del very of the certificate to a man elected
on the face of the returns The governor
| of West Virginia mad withheld re tlticat9s
| from two republican IN agresSmen elected
on the face OF the returns. Did the gentle
| men suppose that the pc pie Of the north
| were going to submit to sucl thing as
thata 1t was absolutely tle most revo.u-
| tionary step that could be taken.
! These men had undertaken to seize
the powers of the House to judge
of the election of members a d to say who
| Sho Id constitute a majority of he Ameri-
| can congre s. 1t was part of the same evil
stem. The whole guarantee of our in
| stitulous rested on the belief of the people
that an election had been fair election.
| 1t was not enough that elections were fair,
! but every man must believe them
| to be fair Massachusetts, had no h ard
| feelings toward the south. When earth
| quakes shook southern towns, and when dis
| ease attacked her cities, the ear Of Massa-
| chusetts had never been deaf and her heart
never stolid to the cry of distress, and God
wanted to see right done to all men whether
their skins were white or black. sac
wanted to see the constitution lived up to.
| Applause on the republican side.
FAIR PLAY ALL AROUND.
She asked that there should be the same
| fair elections in the south as there were IN
| the north. The north meant to insist on IL.
| The north had been too careless too tole'-
ant too easy going. and this debauchery OF
eection-this striking at the fundamental
right was Creeping in and getting n
| gerous, and the people of the
north for the last ten years had passed it by
UNDECIDED, had come within the last six
months to take an entirely new and just
| view of the subject 1t was the determine
ton Of the Republican party and Of the
north to secure free elecions. I'VE ask
| you," be said, IN conclusion, ito join US in
making an election law which shall give that
qua antee b every man throughout the
| length and breadth of the land tnat when
the votes are counted they are coun ed as
| cast, and that the poorest man and tie
| humb.est man, black or white, of whateve'
race. has a secure and unimpregnable
right upon which our institu ions resJ-tue
! right Of free ballot and fair count" lap
| plause on the republican side.1
NOT GUARDIANS OF THE NEGRO.
Mr. Tarsney Of Mic igan, sad that he
muSJ protest hBhlIsu Luc dAHuIil ptlDu b1 buo
republic ms that they were the sole guard
ians Of the colored man. The highest law he
knew was the constitution and his own un-
derstanding, and when the re Jubllcani in
sisted that the colored uian was entitled TO
a seat in this house, they we're in error.
When they spoke Of gerrymaAdering
South Caroli4a districts, lie could
show them district in n
northern state, made by a republican legis-
lature 23J miles lnag z by 27 miles wide. He
had seen as III uch bu ldozing at the polls in
the north a. lie bad feen recounted on &
page Of the papers before this house. he
favored fair, free ballot, but when the re-
pubhcans sought TO draw sectional lines
tney were making a mistake, and wnen
they asked him 60 vote to seat a man whom
he believed was not elected, they made
another.
Mr.. Rowell OF Illinois closed the debate
for the republicans, saying tnat noJwlth-
standing all Of o assaults made upon 1t.
r bert Smalls' majority OF l=9 votes sin
lived. With the exception OF one witness,
no voter had sworn that he was prevented
from voting tue democratic ticket or was
compelled TO vote the repG blical ticket.
cRIsP's CONCLUSION.
Mr.. Crisp, in concluding his argument
for the aiority of the committee, denied
the truth Of the 20 eral statements that
had beon made touching election outrages
in the south. There was nothing about