, 1890-01-30
SENATE psooEEDrsas.
a Hot Discussion Conserning the
Outrage st Aberdeen. Miss-

4 Hot Discussion ConserninE the
Outrage 81 Aberdeen. HsisH-
In tho senate to-day Mr.. Hoar pre-
ssnted resolution adopted by recent
Boston, mnss meeting on the subject of
the election difficulties In the South; rc-
fsrsd.
Mr.. ChandlerB resolution, that the at
torney general report concerning tho
maltreaiment Of Henry Taunce at Aber-
deem, hiss-, was taken up and Mr.. Wal
thall addressed the senate. He said ID
could not be possibly pretend
ID that congress had any juris-
diction Of the subject. Referring
tolthc hanging In ofiigy of Secretary
Proctor ut Aberdeen. no said that II was
simply dus TO the want Of consideration
Of . few persons. and was disapprovcd
by the community. =, liking for him
self and representing tho sentiment OF
the people OF Mississippi. ho condemned
those outrAees and felt that the people
Of tho United States would not hold the
sntiro community responsible for the
action Of q few persons. Proceeding TO
tho question OF federal interference In
ths elections, Mr.. Walthall agreed
with Mr.. Ingalls, that tho race
question wss tho most formidable
and porten<ious ever presented to free
people for solution. lie saw no remedy
which congress could apply that prom
ised any practical result. He believed
that arbitrary enactments would but In
csolss the difficulty, and that the pro-
csssod purpose Of tho federal control was
20 secure fair count OF the negro vote,
A..k~ q -.
that vote for IT,. republican party. The
proposltio, was such menace to tho
rights Of the people that 1t must meet
with the hecondemuation OF all men anxious
TO preserve tho peace of the govern
ment twas his opinion that tho re-
suit Of no congressional election In any
Southern state would be controlled by
any federal law which congress could
pass The white people would be driven
into closer cooperation than before, be-
cause the election of negro judges and
officers meant negro domination. and
meant death to every interest and hope
of the people. He could not counsel his
people 20 accept such desolating bar
barism without q struggle, nor yet TO
fice from the homes of themselves
and their ancestors. He would
not urge them TO violate any
public law or private right, but
be would urge them, not as
a gsmedy, but as u means Of present
safety 10 unity. He would appeal 10
them-for their own ssiety--to subordi-
nate ali party differences to that end.
There was no safety for them In any
different course. All the proposed rem
cdies for the race trouble, including de-
portation and disfranchisement, were
impracticable and impossible. Such
colored men as Bruce and Lynch,
he said, were doubtless not types, but
prodigies but Northern people did not
appreciate the dread in which the
Bouthern people stood of the negro
brute.
Mr.. Walthall alluded to the practices
OF fraud and bribery at the Northern
elections, and said that if there was a
show Of force OH the part of the white
people TO save themselves from negro
rule, that was ut least evidence of more
honest conviction than the buying Of
votes.
being unparalleled in the history OF
legislation in this country. He ad-
uiftted that the facts had been correctly
stated BY the senator from Kansas the
other day--perhaps with little color
ing-and he had no hesitation In de
clariug that the transactions in the
Touree matter were such as demanded
OF the legislature of Mississippi an ex
animation and reparation to the man
maltrcatcd
Mr. Chandler nd vocated the resolution.
III the senate was not only to bo taunted
when wrongs of this kind were com
going 10 do about itT' but also was To
bc told by the senator from Mississippi,
ssYou have not the right TO inquire, and
YOU dare not inquire into the outragcs of
this sort, then, indeed, had the senate
fallen ON woeful and lamentable
times.
Mr. Ingalls, spoke forcibly on the mat
ter. closing ms follows: ut may be you
will succeed in procuring the declara-
tion that the senate Of the United States
and the government OF the United Sttacs
have no power either to Inquire
into wrongs again.t its eitlsens;
their righte, but ] say to the senator
TINT if raunce had been "a citizen of
kansas, and ifit should appear that the
authorities Of Mississippi would not
nvengc that wrong. and II IL should np-
pear that the government and the au
tiioritics ofthe United Sta cs were pow.
erless Co prevent such a wrong, ] viii
guarantee TO him that the citizens OF
Kansas would take II into their own
hands To resent II and exact repara-
tion " IMurmurs Of disapproyal from
the democratic side.
Mr.. George challenged the senator
FROM Kansas, or any senator on the re-
pui lean side. 10 put his finger on that
clause Of hc constitution which author
ized the federal government to punish.
or 10 take jurisdiction OF the crimes com
mitted Within o state. aud not against
the laws Of tlle United States.
Mr.. rpoopsr asked MIR. George if he
doubted thc power of y senate to
charge a. appropriate co littee with
the power OF Investigate. tie depart
mctit cf Justice and conf. hing the at
<oYney general to produce any paper on
die In his department
Nf. George repeated his challenge.
Mr.. Wilson. of Iowa. referred him to
section 2. article ., of the constitution,
which contains these words: ''ihe citi--
xHfss of each state shall bc entitled to all
the privileges and immunities ms the
c1lI<enr of the several STATES"
M. Hengnn condemned the Outrage.
4 ~ denied tlc right Of the government
j ~ I1<u N 11nfaud Hlnfcs 10 tak Ia icliun.