St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-01
WAR TALK IN THE HOUSE.
BITTER DENUNciATI0N or THE REPUB.
LIcAN POLICY DURING
THE RECONSTRUCTION pEx1oD
Struggle of the White Men in the
South to Regain Control, as
Depicted by a Tennessee Ora
tor-Dewitt Warner Makes an
Assault on Judge Wood for
His Dudley Decision.


tor-Dewitt Warner Makes ar
Assault on Judge Wood fol
His Dudley Decision.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-The session
of the house today only lasted three
hours. The feature of the debate was
the speech of Representative Patterson
of Tennessee. With frankness and
boldness that attracted the attention of
Democrats and Republicans alike he re-
viewed the history of the reconstruction
period and the struggle of the white
men in the South to regain control
of the states after the war. He admit.
ted that violence and even fraud might
have been used, but asserted that the
Anglo-Saxon race was in the nature OF
things certain to do inmate eventually
in race contest. He proceeded with
his fierce denunciation of the policy OF
the Republican party under a hot run
ming fire from all the Republican lead
rs. Dewitt Warner also enlivened the
debate by an assault on Judge Wood.
Of Indiana, in connection with his de-
clSl0n Ill the Dudley case.
Debate on the bill to repeal the ma
tional election laws was resumed, Mr..
Patterson, of Tennessee, taking the
floor i'll support of the measure. 1t was
as Impossible to stir up fratricidal strife
now, he said, by reciting the horrors OF
the late civil war as it would be by re-
counting the history of the War of the
Roses. In discussing the purpose OF
these laws, he maintained that Presi
dent Lincoln went to his grave never
dreaming of universal negro suffrage
that not soldier who followed the t1ag
Of the Unioneand
FOUGHT IT'S BATTLES
dreamed of it during the war or imme-
diately after.
1.-The greatest calamity" said he,
that ever happened to free people
was the assassination of Lincoln. Had
he lived and been. permitted to carry
out his policy there would have beer
peace and prosperity in the South
twenty-five years ago. The excitement
and hate engendered by Llnceln's
assassination made it possible fol
the ambitious Republican leaders t.
place their heel on the neck of thu
South. The reconstruction Legislation
was passed on the theory that the
sovereignty of states was gone; that ths
Southern states were conquered terri
tory. The camp followers, the carpet
baggers rushed in. The Southern lead
ers were deprived of any voice in thu
government. Over 5000, 100000 wa.
heaped into the debt of the Southern
states in few years. Ruin, devasta
ton, lawlessness, fraud and corruption
reigned supreme.
Gen. Henderson, of Iowa, interrupted
to read letter from an unnamed in
dividual in Tennessee, who declared il
five counties of that state wbolesal,
fraud and intimidation were practiced
MIR. Patterson replied by recOunting
the history of an attempt in 1888 to pun
iSh
ELECTION FRAUDS.
He called attention to the condition o
affairs IN the South before the war, wheI
the man who would corrupt or spenC
money in elections was dishonoreC
man. If 1t has been otherwise in tn,
South since the war, the origin must bt
looked for in these election measures.
The states were Mexicauized; the
white people of the South had to sub
/ NIT or resort to fraud to get back con-
! troll. The alternative forced OH those
| people was the most awful i'll the history
of the Anglo-Saxon race. In the South
| by these measures, said he, addressins
the Republicans, you draw the colo
! line, you force all white men, protec
| tionists or free traders, into the defense
| of that other overshadowing doctrine
! that the white man shall rule. 1.-THE
| time will never come, he continued
"when the negroes can be organized b!
any political party 10 again control an(
| contaminate these states.'
One after another the Republican
leaders, Cannon, Burrows, Henderson
| crossed swords with the Tennesseean
! but with skill and craft he parted thei
| thrusts. AS he proceeded to discuss thu
efficacy of the Australian ballot as {
means of purifying the ballot, Gen
Henderson shouted: What good viii
| the
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
dolif you stand here insisting that tn,
| Caucasian shall and Will rule?''
s".CivIlization," replied Mr.. Patterson
sis not the work of day or year. L
REQUIRED ages to make an Englishman
all Irishman, German, an American
You can't civiliZe the negro in a genera
ton so as to fit him for self-govern
ment."
osWould you be willing to reduce rep
resentation by limiting suffragep" asket
Mr.. Dalzell. of Pennsylvania.
al would be willing" replied Mr.. Pat
terson, emphatically, ITO place stan
dard of intelligence upon every voter
and let those states having the highes
! degree of Intelligence have the larges
representation. The right of suffrag
is not an inalienale right, for wives an,
daughters do not have the suffrage, We
they are equally protected in life, libert
i and property. If the Republican part
had pursued the policy blazed by Lin
| coln in his letter to Gov. Kent OF limite
suffrage for the negro it would hay
! been vastly better for the negro and 70
! every section of the country. Govern
ment is only an agency" he continued
in conclusion. by set one agency t
watch another? l believe it is illOgica
and contrary 10 the genius of our insti
tutions."
Mr.. Mccall (Rep., Mass.) followed Il
| opposition. He commended that Their
was no popular demand for the repea
of the election laws, and that they were
not at issue at
THE LAST ELECTION.
Mr.. McNagny, of Indiana. followed