The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-02

of the great minister, Whitfield. When
| he was speaking one day in the country
| to an audience, he described the enormity
| of sin and the characteristics of sin; he
| did it with wonderful power. When he
came out he was assailed by a gentleman
| for having made personal assault on
| him. why" said Whitfield, II never
/ heard of you before; did not intend any
assault upon you."He replied, ''Well, sir,
you told me everything l have been doing
all my life" / frankly confess / am not
a man to dodge. The papers have justi-
| fed me in believing, Senators have JUS
| titled me in believing, that you are cal
culatng to get the Democratic vote of the
Senator from Virginia, whom the whole
country has treated as having been elect
| ed as a Democrat. l believed you would
be disappointed; / believed that because
you would be disappointed it was wholly
unnecessary to delay this organization.
/ did not believe the Senator would vote
with you, and in vindication of the Sena-
| tor, / VIII not believe it yet. He has not
said so. He has made the mistake, be-
cause of what the papers say, of assum-
ing that l alluded to him; but l vindicata
L
was elected as a Democrat and would be
false to his commission / said what was
not warranted and what was untrue.
| am glad he said so. / did not say he
| would; but / say you expected it, l say
your papers expected it, and l say it has
been calculated on. | vindicate the Sena-
tor from Virginia, and / hope he will vim
dictate himself by not dong what you eX-
pect him to do.
There is not in my heart now an I'M
Kind feeling for the Senator from Viz
ginia. l would, if | could, rescue him
from the infamy into which others are
| trying to precipitate him. That is what
want to do; am not assailing him; l
am not arraigning him; l am not dicta-
ting to him. | know the proud nature of
the Senator from New York / know if
that Senator was elected to this body Us
a Republican, although he might have
| been Readjuster at the time, and if he
should come to this body and the Demo-
Gratis should begin to intimate in this
hail. and the Democratic papers should
! intimate over the country, that he was
going to vote with the Democrats on the
| organization. he would feel insulted just
as my friend from Tennessee (Mr Har-
ris) justly felt by the illusions to him in
the newspapers. So with any other man
On that side.
Once more let me say, the Senator
from Virginia ought to know that by all
the memories of the past there is not a
| man in This body whose whole soul goes
out more in earnest to protect his honor
| than my own. / would rather lose the
organization of the Senate by the Demo-
| cratic party and never again have 4
| Democratic committee in this body than
| have Virginia soiled with dishonor. | do
| not say that the Senator is going to do
it, but | see the precipice yawning before
him. | see whittier potential influences
| are leading him. j know the danger lust
| ahead. | would rescue him if / could He
may say it is enmty; he may say it is
! an unfriendly spirit; he will live to know
/ the force of the words / am uttering.
Men i'm this country have a right to be
| Democrats; men in this country have a
| right to be Republicans; men in this
/ country have right to divide on ma
| tional issues and local issues; but no
| man has right to be false to a trust,
| / repeat it; and whether the Senator from
Virginia shall be guilty or not is not for
| me to judge and l will not judge. | say
/ ii he votes as you want him to vote God
! save him or he is gone. If he comes here
! to illustrate his Democracy by going over
/ to that side of the House and vOtnC
with that side of the House, he will be
| beyond my rescue. No. gentlemen,
honor you. l like proud Republican as
| we'll as l do a proud Democrat. / am
| conscious of the fact that some Of the
best personal friends l have in this body
| Sit on that side of the Chamber, men
| whose high character | would trust any
where and everywhere. Gentlemen, you
| know your hearts respond to every word
| am uttering when | say you despise
! treachery, and you honor me today FOR
| making an effort to rescue gentleman,
not from treachery, but from the charge
| of It. If the Senator shall vote as you
| desire him to vote, he cannot escape the
| charge.
| Mr. Mahone.-Mr. President / want 20
| interrupt the Senator from Georgia.
The Vice President-Does the Senator
| from Georgia yield?
| Mr.. Hill.-Certainly
| Mr. Mahone.--I cannot allow you to
make any such insinuation
! Mr.. Hill make no insinuation.
| Mr.. Mahone.--You did emphatically,
and lit was unmanly. Now it must stop.
| Let us understand that.
! Mr. Hill repeat, l do not know how
| the Senator is going to vote. / believe
| he is not going to vote as you expect |
believe he is not going to be guilty OF
| being false to his commission. | will not
| charge that he will; l will not insinuato
! that he will l have not insinuated it,
| The gentleman must be his own keeper;
the gentleman must solve his own ques-
| tions but l repeat, l repeat as a friend.
| repeat as friend whose friendship will
| be appreciated some day, that the Sena
| tor is in danger of bringing upon himself
a charge which he will never have the
power to explain.