The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-20
BUTLER OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND
SHERMAN OF OHIO LOCK HORNS
IN THE SENATE
ON THE SOUTHERN QUESTION
Butler Proves the Negro is Worse Treated
by the Northern People Than
in the South,
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
SENATE.

q Dill 10 repeal tne law Vi lasI congress re-
curing steamships to carry guns and
rockets for casting lines in cases of distress
l s,o.od 49, -, ~ 49,
ana stated Vhe REASON lor the passage oI the
bill. The statement was to the effect that
the LYLE Gun company furnished to life
a,,,;,r .to.;,,,s w.. - coo "a .ho III
e"NA S'"'ioi' suuS "V P0o,oo' Une itu,'-
lnStm company guns at SShZo ana Inc
Cunningham Rocket company rockets at
$50, but that after the enactment OF the
law steamships were required 10 pay $lOO
Tor the Lyle gun, S2oO Tor the Huntington
gun anu S5J Tor tne Rockets. Inc commit
tee on commerce had considered the matter
ana now recommended the repeal OF the
law. The blll was placed on the calendar.
senator EuStls referred to two statements
maze by senator Hoar yesterday In REFER
ehce 10 Che southern states, one OF them
oelhg that IN the state OF Louisiana ana IN
some other states lhere were laws Whlch
made 1t penal otfenseo, punishable by i'm
Prlsoitleht III the pehltenuary, lor Whlte
man 10 associate on terms OF equallty Win
a black man. lie asserted there was not
the sllgntest tounuauon Tor such state
ment' mere had never been a necessity
Tor the state OF LOUISIANA to enact such
preposteT9us law. me other statement by
senator Hoar was 10 the erect that there
was another law IN LOUISIANA Whlch pro,
Vlueu lor the SAFE OF any cOloreu man louhu
ior certain time out OF work ana tnat
MS former master should nave the prefer,
ehce IN the purchase. he asked
senator Hoar whether ne could ma any
Sucn law on the statute DOCKS OF LOUISIANA.
lie lhustls) knew that the crlticlSm was
ulrecteq against tne Democranc leglsla-
lure vi Louisiana OF 1000 Dut ne had never
neard republican senator critlclse the
INFAMOUS laws ehacteu IN louisiana by
hepuollcan legislatures. 1here was no
such law, however, as that to which Sen
ator hoar referred, ana any pretense tnat
,here was only Illustrated win wnat recK-
lessness anu WIN Wnat ueStltution oi the
sense OF responsibility the Republican SEN
ators spoke OF southern AFFAIRS. Ihey
seemed 10 De restrained Dy notnlng, not
even by facts, for there were two state
ments maze by the senator from Massa-
chuSetts ior Which there was not the sllght-
est lounuatlon.
oeuAlor Iloar Saiu lie hau senC ior uoc-
umeht on winch his statement had been
made: lie might nave erred to the state
IN whlch such laws had peen passed, put
ne thought not. lie salu ne nad In MS
mana, however, volume OF the laws OF
mississippi, passed IN 1860, ana ne read
from 1t an act providing that freedmen,
Tree negroes ana mulattoes VINO were
found with no lawful employment and
mat al Whlte men assembling Win lreeu,
men, Tree negroes ana mulattoes ana
usually associauhg WIN tnelil Oh terms ol
equallty' ana shOuid De SUBJECT 10 PUNISH
ment by line ana imprisonment; that law
ne salu contained Che TWO provisions 10
Wplch ne mau reierelce' anu III uShC CnaC
substantially the same law hau peen en-
acted IN Loulsians;
AL the close Oh the colloquy the eouca,
slondl pill was 'aheH up us uhhhlsileu
business.
Senator Blalr addressed the senate IN
reply 10 certain structures on Ihe OIL; ne
also READ eNtracCS from a speech Oh fresl-
ueIU harrison Wheil q senator III LOU iaV-
orablt 10 the plll, ana Sald that ne knew
InaC lle PIesiueHC helu thoSI ooIlUiillI I
with the same earhestness TO-DAY as Wheh
he expressed them' Inc southern q1eS-
ton came up again, ana after DrieI as
Cussloh senator iioar auiiliICeu s'lau ms
former statement ABOUT the laws Oh LOUIS
lanH was incorrect
senator sherman then asked senate
Eustls WheIher ne ana not Know IliaI I'll
lllleehlh alhGnulhehI never Woulu nay
been proposed but for the TACT That LOUIS
lana was tue only one OF the ooutherh
states when depllVed the negro ol MS
rights OF cltlZenshlp. That, he sald, was
certainly lalr.
senator buS;ls replied that IL was an nom
est CONVICTION that all reconstruction meas
ures, all extreme legislation ana all consul
tutional amendments were adopted oy Ihe
Republican party with the single OBJECT OF
AtrcanlZlng the South aud maintaining
political supremacy, ana characterized IL
as tine grgateSt crime ever coiihilIteu
against civilized communities.
Senator sherman then TOOK part I'D the
discussion, which soon Dtcame heated
polielcal controversy.
Senator Butler suggested that tiie recon-
sttuctiOn measures and the adoption OF the
fifteenth amendment were not SO much
owing to Objectionable Legislation IN some
Southern STATES as TO the conillct between
Andrew johnson and Republican con-
gfess.
Senator sherman repiled that lhe selecuoh
of Andrew Johnson Southern man and
Democrat for vice president, was another
proof OF the generous treatment when inc
North had shown to the South, Dat Mr..
Johnson had deserted the Republican
party and turned his bacK upon IL Wnen ne
came to power. and congress tled his hands
and prevented him carrying out his policy.
Senator Butler-Then understand the
senator from Ohio TO adIlt that the South
ern people were not alone responsible, put
that Andrew Johnson wee president was
more responsible for the enactment OF eX-
treme measures against the South.
Senator Sherman-l look upon Andrew
Johson as Southern man and Democrat.
Senator Butler-He was your Republican
president and the people OF the South had
No M har IN Look IN after thew SIR