Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-29
THE SOUTH DETAINED
Ms. spooNER's WHO urTeRANcEs
ON IT'S IDOL.
Charge. that 40 Fair-sstnded Man Will
Ever Relieve Nor VIII His
tory Afsirm.
fBy telegraph 10 the Dispascn.i
WASHINGTON. January 70. 1890.
Senate.

Among the memorials presented and re.
teYred was one presented by Mr.. Chandler
far the establishment OF republican form
of government IN the State of Mississippi
Mr.. Morrill,, in introducing the bill au.
thonzing the issue OF Treasury notes on dc.
posiis OF silver bullion and having it re,
;errcd TO the Committee on Finance, said
that the committee Ind addressed com.
nunication TO the Secretary Of the Trea.
rury asking him 70 formulate ball in &C
cordancc with his recommendation in rela-
zion 70 silver. That bill had been re-
ccived. without committing himself OF
any member Of the committee toit. he asked
so have Il printed and referred.
Senate bill TO relieve the Treasurer of the
United States from the amount now
charged 10 him and deposited with the
several States was taken from the calen-
caT and passed. IL authorizes tho proper
accounting officers of the Treasury 70
credit the account 81 tho Treasurer OF the
United States with the amount OF money
standing To his debit upon the books OF
the Treasury Department now unavMl-
able by reason of deposit OF three install
lnents Of surplus revenue with the states,
authorized by sections ~ and II of the act
OF june %. 1885, chapter lis, the amounts
10 he charged to al appropriation hereby
created for that purpose, amounting IN all
so SIS. l1l .6H.
The bin to credit aud pay TO the several
states aud Territories and the District OF
Columbia all moneys collected under the
direct tax act of 1861 was taken from the
calendar.
After a short debate Mr.. Vance offered as
On amendment proposition to refund the
cotton tax. Reiected-yeas ID. nays 81.
The hill was then passed-ii 10 z. The
senators voting IN the negative were
McSsrs. Berry, Blair, Call, Coke, Plumb.
Vance and Vest.
Ihc bill makes il the duty of the Secre-
tarv OF the Treasury 10 credit 70 each State
and Territory OF the United States and the
District of Columbia "A sum equal TO all the
collections bv set-oA or Otherwise made
from said States and Territories and the
District OF Columbia. or from any OF the
citizens or inhabitants thereof, or other
per.o1s under the act Of Congress APP
proved August 8, 1861, and the amondatOry
acts thereto, and appropriates the neces,
alry sum 10 reimbu each state ana
Territory and the District of Columbia.
The senate then 81 = o'clock resumed the
consideration Of Mr. Chandler's resolution
lu relation 10 the maltreatment NJ Aper-
deem. Miss. of Henry j. tanz; ana Mr..
fseoree made an argument against II, de-
caring that his belief that the adoption OF
flc resolution would be q serious lntrac-
ti0u of the Constitution and very serious
cncroachmept on the nights OF the people
~ Mississippi He took up the clause OF
tho Constitution (section 2 Of Article lV.).
which Mr.. Wilson. Of Iowa, and other he
publican senators referred 20 yester-
alr "a authorizing the resolution, and
grrued that no decision of the Supreme
Court and no act Of Congress bad
ever given such a construction 10 II. lie
quoted q decision of the supreme Court
winch he said settled the point that the
Il. ( under
second section Of the fourth article OF the
Constitution was 90 provide that the state
l,wa and the State action under state au-
tloritv should not Toe used for the purpose
of deriving a citizen OF ms equal rShts
and privileges in any other state. he
quoted another decision of the supreme
court 70 the effect that that provision IN
tle Constitution was not guarantee
AGAINST the commission OF lnulvlduai
offences and did not extend 10 the enact
,ueui of laws for the suppression OF crimes
within the State
There could be no doubt, Mr. George
sgil If the decisions of the supreme Court
could be relied Oh, that the Senate as a
part of the law-naking power had no
jurisdiction TO pass law 10 punlsh the
ften who had committed the Aberdeen out
race. If that were 90, then. he asked,
what right and what power had the Senate,
and under what construction OF the Con
stitutiOn. 10 make an inquiry INTO the
transaction, aud for what purposey
MIR. George went on 70 argue that the
Aforementioned could not have known
that the offence was a case of assault ana
battery except from the statutes Of Mis-
.'-sip;i. and was interrupted by Mr.. HOar
with the suggestion (by way of joke
fgit the Acknowledgement certainly could
naf have got il from the common law OF
Miss iippi OF from tho customs of the
country.
ll. George went on TO say that not only
di Ore condemn the hanging in eitigy OF
a0r respectable officer Of the United
States under any. circumstance or unccr
ans pr1vOcatiOn, but that i'll the case OF
Secretary Proctor there was no proyOca-
ton for the Insult. He had never heard
from any other Democrat any other com
lgeut on the conduct of Secretary Proctor
tfur which that indignity had been at
tempted 10 be inflicted on hlm) except
That he bad performed painful and deli
cate duty with consideration to the feel
iles. prcjudices even. Of the people OF the
south.
The pending proposition he described as
an annex or adjunct If the original of
fpnce-auother violation of tho law OF Mis-
e,.ginpi. The only end 10 be obtained was
q hlacken the name and reputation of q
state whose sons had hOnored and served
the country. Among the distinguished
IONS Of Mississippi Mr. George referred 20
jefferson Davis "a q man who had never be-
traved his trust or failed IN the discharge of
ms full duty, whether he served the United
STATES or the Confederacy. He claimed, III
conclusion. that he had shown that the
pending proposition was without any war
rant IN the Constitution. which the senators
lad sworn tosuppOrt. There was no need or
y. Il the senators were anxious to uncover
l. -. st...v .fl. an
had already been uncovered. Why, then,
mss the resolution, except to show that
uhpre the interests and rights and honor
and good name of the people of the South
were involved the Constitution was~no-
thing but rope Of sand? If the Senate was
~ 10 on in this crusade against the white
people of Mississippi for an alleged VIOLA
iiou II law and of the Constitution would
D. not bc well for the Senate to set an ex-
ample 10 that despairing people Of an OBJ
.,rSancc of the Constitution
IN the course Of long political speech
.r rrniy 10 MIR. George, MIR. SpOoncr said
fo ala not know what the resolution would
arcomplish in the way of legislation or OF
Institutional amendment. but 1t would
u serve one purpose II nothing else. IL
v.uld turn the light on that transaction at
fh'rlesn. n would get at the existence Of
t..spirit of bitterness and brutality there.
lI would show that there was community,
r.iming to be intelligent and iaw-abiding,
where the love of jefferson Davis's men,
.r4 is stronger than the respect for law,
.t-.uper than the love Of liberty, stronger
i,u he impulses Of humanity-the law OF
0.i written in every human heart: II tho
r-.o'ution would accomplish nothing else,
T.. would subserye that one good purpose.
SIR. spooner said he intended to vote for
ihe resolution, and that he had not the
ehtcst fear OF being punished hereafter
for violating his oath to the Constitution.
p oypected TO be forgiven for it by bis
lr.af5r If not by the Senator from Missls-
lppi. llaughter.i
So FAR as the resolution appeared on its
f.ce il was not an assumption 10y the Sen
ace 70 deal with crimes. Isolated or gene
r1. inthe State of Mississippi: i; did not in
yo'se contention that the United States
Government. by any existing law or by
aay law that could be constitntionally
passod. could punish man in IT'S courts
i,- ar assault and battery committed in the
state Of Mississippi. Still he was not
ready 70 admit that there might not
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