The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-26
CONGRESS- HONORS CARNOT.
Both Branches Pass Resolutions and
Adjourn.

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Messrs. Mooreary and HIT.
Washington, June 25.-The assassina-
tlon of President Carnot of the French
Republic was the one overruling topic In
the Senate, as in the city, this morning.
1t was referred to in the opening prayer
of the chaplain Of the Senate, who inn
plored that divine grace and mercy may
rest upon aus and our afflicted country so
that we may at last come to that broth
erhood intended by Jesus Christ, the
ruler of the world"
The reading of Saturdays journal was
dispensed with.
MIR. Morgan, chairman of the commit
tee on foreign relations, then rose, and in
very tremulOus voice, said Mr. Presi-
dent, the duty devolves upon me, as chair
man of the committee on foreign relations
of the Senate, to make the saddest an
nouncement that can be made to the
American people, in regard to any event
outside Of their own borders 1t is the
death by assassination of President Car
not of the republis of France. In view of
that very impressive event, at which the
nations of the earth will sorrow, | offer
for the consideration of the Senate the
following resolutions:
Resolved That the Senate OF the United
states unites with the American people in ex-
pressing to the people OF France their sor-
row and sympathy in their national hereave-
ment, suffering from the cruel blow of an as
SaSSln, which was aimed at the peace of
France and fell upon the heart of the presi-
dent, and, as amark Of respect due to the
memory or the wise, vtrtuous and patriotic
President of the Republic OF France the
Senate will, at the close of this proceeding
stand adjourned until tomorrow az 10 o clock
a. IN.
Resolved, That the President of the United
States is requested to communicate this ex-
preston OF the national sorrow to the gov
ernment OF the Republic OF France and TO
Nine Carnot.
MIR. MoRGAN's SPEECH.
The resolutions having been read Mr..
Morgan said; THE grief OF a national
bereavement never falls upon France
without exciting the sympathies of the
American people. In the earliest ages of
this republic France won the gratitude of
the people Of the United States and
created a sentiment of the deepest and
most sincere regard, which has united the
names of Washington and Lafayette in
sacred memory that is imperishable In
the progress of both nations toward the
highest attainments Of civilization and
government, France and the United
States of America have moved abreast,
and in the front rank of the great powers
of the world without controversy or
jealousy. In the noble purpose of secur-
ing to their people the blessings of lib
erty, regulated by law and founded upon
the sovereignty Of the Haople, France and
the United States have achieved com
mon result and have established, inn
mutually, the true and just basis of hu-
man government.
PRETEXTs OF ANARCHY.
full and vicious men will not find pretext
for license and anarchy in their daring eff
forts to abolish all restraints that inter
fere with their wicked passions and in
dulgences, or that they Will not appeal to
the sacred name of liberty as a shelter
for their mischievous designs. Under
forms of government less liberal toward
their subjects and more repressive of the
common liberties of mankind, the same
pretexts for crime are found by such per-
sons in their fierce denunciations Of
tyranny But in each case the govern
ment owes the duty to the people of stern
and summary repression of crime, and es-
peciallyOf crimes that threaten the integ
rity of the state and the peace of the
country.
CARNOT MARKED AS A VICTIM.
President Carnot, the honest friend Of
liberty, regulated and supported by law,
was marked as a victim by the men, who
being criminally insane, hold society and
law in contempt, and cruise
through the world in the propaga-
tion of political piracy and murder
Because he loved the liberty of law, he
was selected for brutal sacrifice and has
perished by the assassin's hand Presi-
dent CarnOt came from a family of heroic
men. who never faltered in their love Of
liberty established in justice and regu-
LOT al lou
the liberty of France that he was the
one senator who alone voted that
the first counsul was not an
emperor, that France was 're-
publican" and that imperial power
was not the legitimate offspring of the
French revolution. He had voted to exc
cute Louis XVI and refused TO bow
to the power of the nobility. Cast
ing his vote against the elevation of Ma
poleon to imperial power and title. he de-
clared that he would vote against the en-
pire for the same reason that he had
voted against a life consulship, but
without any personal animosity and
that he was quite prepared TO rem
der obedience to the emperor, should
he be elected. He spoke in high praise of
the American form of government and
added that Bonaparte might have
adopted it at the time of the treaty Of
Ameins. When he voted in the national
convention for the execution Of Louis
XVI, he said: In my opinion both justice
and good policy require the death of
Louis; but l must confess that never a
duty weighed so heavily upon me.
THE MARTYR PRESIDENTS FATHER.
THE son of this great war minister
was the father of the stricken president
of France. He was so pronounced a re-
publican that he refused 10 take the oath
Of allegiance 10 LOUIS Napoleon as EN-
peror of France. and declined a seat in
the French assembly TO which he was
elected during his voluntary exile. In
the second empire he was classed as a
socialist, but his patriotism was recog
nized as being devOutly sincere, even by
Napoleon Ill No man in France has in
herited greater honors, or better title to
the love of the French people than Marie
Francois Sadt Carnot. and no mans life
has better justified his right to the ais
tinguished tribute to his worth bestowed
upon him by France in his election to the
presidency of the republic. His admins
tratiOn of the government has been that
of peace. ATTENDED, with great prosperity.
There Is no Of innocent blood upon
his historic record. That which flowed
from his pure and generous heart 10 APP
pcase a thirst for revenge upon society
and upon government because they
reprobate the crimes Of anarchists IS
sacred 10 every human being In the world
who is ia harmony with the purposes Of
republican instituti0ns-this desire 20