Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-28
FlFTY-FlRST CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON. January 81. 1890.


senate.
The House bill TO simplify the laws in re-
iat.on 20 the collection OF customs revenue
was presented and Con motion Of Air. Nor
Iln ordered % be printed and referred 70
30, Finance Committee in order tas Mr..
Morrill stated that Il may be considered
tomorrow 10y that committee.
Dir. Hoar presented tho, resolutions
rdoptei at the fnass-mceting held recently
in fremont Temple IN Boston on the sub
Sect AZ the cruel depriyations Of the col
cred people Of the right 20 take part IN the
elections in some Of the southern States
raal the substance of them, and had them
referred 10 the Committee on Privileges
and Elections.
Among the bills reported from the COM
,r'tioe and placed on the calendar was Mr..
Vale's bin 1.-THE substance Of which was
Y.lerraphea Saturday further to Increase
fho naval establishment of the United
states. Sir. Chandler presented the views
81 the minority signed by himself only.
~, said there were other dissenting mem
]ors Of the committee, but they had not
aencd his report.
Blns we're introduced and referred by
Hir. Hale % require the superintendent OF
the Census TO ascertain the number OF peo-
slo who own their farms and homes and the
amount of MORTGAGE Indebtedness thereon.
By Mr.. Chandler: For the erection OF q
inouume nj to Matthew Fontalne Maury, of
Virginia.
Ty Mr.. Cockroll: Torepeal the silver coin
uge hill # February D, 1878, and tOrequue
TIE purchase and coinage of five millions
g month in standard silver dollars.
Mr. COcErell respectfully requested the
the Finance Committee, to which the bal
was referred, 10 take immediate action upon
il. and TO report Il back TO the Senate for
SIS action.
On motion Of Mr.. Call. the adverse report
heretofore made from the Committee on
Foreign Relations in regard 70 the establish
mcnt Of q republic in Cuba was placed on
she calender so that he may hereafter I'D
dress the Senate on the subject.
The resolution heretofore offered by Mr.:
Chandler calling on the Att0rney-General
for report of the United States Marshal
for the Nortlorn District Of Mississippi
concerning the matreatment of Henry }.
Faunce at Aberdeen, Miss. was taken up for
consideration.
Mr.. Walthall addressed the Senate II
could not be possibly pretended, he
touAht. that Congress had any juTisdic-
ton Of the subject IL had been referred
o. lv the distinguished Senator from
Kansas (Mr. Ingalls, last Thursday in his
or Walthalls) absence. But from read
", The report Of the Senator's remarks he
fw that ho had commented on the hang
l,g in ciiigy OF Secretary Proctor at Aber-
deem, and on amost brutal end outrageous
assault committed on citizen named in
a.. resolution. From what he (Mr. Wal
Illn had heard Of that affair, he felt war
rntcd in saving that II was simply the
Wanton conduct Of few persons, disap-
proved of by the community ia which IL oc-
CURED. He knew that community lnti-
mately, but he had never before heard OF
the persons concerned in that outrage.
Speaking for himself and representing the
sentiment OF the people all over Missis-
Eippi and of the South. he condemned I'M
Vualitedly and unreseryedly that outrage
on the Secretary Of War and on the citizen
named in the resolution. He felt that the
people Of the United States would not hold
an entire community responsible Tor the
OctiOn OF a few people.
Passing from that subject. Mr.. Walthall
proceeded TO discuss the question of Fede-
sal Interference in state elections. He
ugreed with Mr.. ingalls, that the race queS-
tlon was the most formidable and porten-
tioue ever presented 10 a free people for
solution. Re saw no remedy which Con-
lrcss could apply that promised any prac-
Iical result. he believed that arbitrary
cuactmcnts could but increase the diff
Guilty. lie was unable % define how the
evil could be mitigated by any congress
Honal action since the laws of nature could
no, be reversed 10y the laws OF men. The
imposition of the Federal control of cleo
fi1ns was aimed, he said, at the southern
States. lts protested purpone was TO secure
lar counting Of the negro vote; but the
uriual object was 10 count that vote for
the Republican party on the assumption
that an the negro voters were hepubIcans.
Vle proposition was such a menace to the
Yirhts OF the people that it must meet with
the condemnation of all men anxious TO
rrescrve the spirit Of the Government. AS
moot that the colored people of MISSISSIPPI
ri were not deprived OF Their rights he
fald that the negroes OF That state Knew
Vat ia n single congressional district OF
Ihsis-ippi there were moro OF that race
iu Office voted for by white people) than
HARRISON had appointed since his term be-
ran. But when the negroes We're en-
,oursged by the passage of such bulls by
Congress- to believe that they could rule
Whom they were invited to array themselves
i-ainst the whites there would pea Serious
q ,,urbance Of the present condit,ons,
and troubles of the two races would be
ATTY augmented. There would be re-
Nivi Of antagOnism, an interruption OF
fhnse relations that seemed now TO promise
good 10 both races. Prosperity would be
lndered aud business enterprises Grip
llel. There would be friction and disquiet
hut in his opinion the result Of no con-
Iressional election in any southern State
would be controlled by any Federal law
that Congress could enact. The white
PEOPLE would be driven 70 a closer coope-
ration than ever before for Their own pro-
tection, because the election OF negro
Judges and officers in state meant
locfo domination aud meant death
g. every interest. and hope, and
aspiration Of the people. he conld not
counsel his people to accept sucn DESC
lating barbarism without struggle, nor
Yet 10 flee from the homes OF themselves
and their ancestors. lie would not coun-
81 them 10 violate any public law OF any
private right, bat be would urge thenn' not
q remedy. but az q means OF present
tlfety TO unity. lie would openly ana
earnestly impress upon them the value OF
absolute unity of purpose and action anu
the necessity for the closest and most vigi-
lani aud constant cooperation Tor sell
Protection. He would appeal TO them Tor
iheir own safety to sabordlns'e % an -. a enS
and purpose. There was no safety Tor
them in any different course.
Ny. WaIthall criticised sill the proposed
remedies for the race troubles, including
deportation and disfranchisement, as i'm.
Practicable and impossible. Such ,coiored
men as Douglas. Bruce, and Lynch were,
BE- said, not types but prodigies out some
people Of the North judging the whole negro
Ieee by them. did not appreciate the dread
81 which southern people stood Of negro
rule. The people Of the North did not
know that these colored men were phes
iomena. and that there was as much ar
ference between them aud the average
plantation negro that the southern people
bad 10 dead with as there was between Ma
loleon and the commonest soldier IA the
french army.
Referring TO the municipal election IN
Jackson (spoken OF last Tuesday by Mr..
JHgnlls) Mr.. Waithall skotched the history
Of that city for some years. past and r.
fered to McGill. the Republican candi-
date for mayor. as man whose former ~;
lninistration OF that ONCE had been marksa
" inmoraiities and deeds Of blood, wnlIc
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