Year: 1879

FRIDAY, April 4.


THE SENATE was not in session to-day.


HOUSE.-The House met at II O'Clock, IN con-
nuance OF Thursdays session, and immcdi-
ately went into committee OF whole {Mr
Springer. of Ill. In the chalr) on the army
appropriation bill


Mr.. Singleton (Miss.) said that the House was
confronted with the grave question whether it
as representative body, had the courage and
determination to remove from the statute books
to promote the political welfare of grea
party, or whether it would ralter and Ia
In IL IL ITS duty to the country; Under the lit.
the caprice of '0f the @ eSecutive n or sen 10
the call of political managers, into aiy
state or precinct. with the intent and effect OF
whose political views were not In harmony with
those OF the party In power. 1t must be said.
to the honor of the present Executive, tnat
since his Inauguration no troops had been sta
toned at polling places. That was true aud t
may be set down to his credit; but who c)uld
fol ecaSt the views of his successor, and say
that the scenes enacted under the last admins
tration might not take place under the
Iext The return Of certain gentlemen TO
public life boded no good to the republic
ne proceeded to argue that under the constitu-
keep troops at the polls. He was not one OF
those who believed that the late war had swal-
lowed up all the powers OF state. He then
v1sors law. which he characterized as diSrepu-
table scheme Of the republican party TO Keep
Itself In power: He could never think OF that
law without feeling OF indignation and scorn
for the head which could conceive and the
hand which could trace it. Talk about Amer
lean citizenship, about the Gland OF the free
aid the home OF the brave" and then turn to
that law, and say whether all that boasted
freedom was not a mockery and a lie. In the
course of his speech, he alluded to the fact that
there were but very few intelligent white men
in the south, who did not belong to the demo-
cratic party.


Mr. White-Is it not respectable for a white
man to be republican in Mississippi?


Mr. SIDgleton.-YeS, SIT. II he comes there
and intends to be republican, without show
ing himself 10 be unworthy of citizenship.


Mr.. Whfte.-WOuld not the social oStracism
make 1t very unpleasant to be a republican?


Mr.. Straightforward at all, II he was a re-
spectacle man. But respectable northern men
as sooE as they reach the confines Of the state
become democrats. because they see at once
that all respectabtity is On that side.


MIR. White.-Was not Judge Chisholm, a re.
spectacle citizen OF your state killed On account


MIR. Singleton.-Judge Chisholm was not killed
On account OF his politics, but On account OF a
family feud.


Mr. White.-If he had not been republican
would he have been killed?


MIR. Singlef on.-I expect he would.


Mr.. Wbite.-Would his murderer not have
been tried and punished?


happened. He then proceeded to argue In sup
port Of the repeal of The jurors test oath.


AT 1hls point the committee rose and the se5-
sion OF Thursday was closed, and that OF Fri
day commenced, and the House again went into
committee.


Mr.. Singleton concluded his speech by point
bers of Congress and cabinet ministers 10 take
tie modified oath, but denied 1t to jurors Could
be obliterate from the recollection OF man this
measure and the supervisors law It would bs
the happiest day OF his life, and for that he
would work in season and out Of season.


Mr.: Weaver was the next speaker. He said
that the people of The country had listened for
many years with impatience to the discussions
OF this sectional strife. 1t had become dtStaste-
ful to them In eveiy part OF the union. During
the Forty fourth Congress this sectional bitter
ness had lasted from the beginning to the
end Of the Congress-, and 1t ought to be recoi-
lec'ed how perfectly fiat that controversy had
fallen upon the public mind. All through tie
Forty fifth Congress the same eternal strife was
kept up, and now, In the first extraordinary
session OF the Forty sixth Congress. when the
people weIe locking with confidence for relief
lhe same Old differences were introduced and
the precious hours were wasted 1n the discus
sion Gf this question. lie had been a republican
1or twenty y-one years: he had fought at home
ana IN the led TO engraft on the laws Of the
country the II eas ures rightly contended for by
that organization, but no external remedy could
give the people permanent relief. The cause
was necessary to change physicians He had
Mtn amazed at the gentleman from Ken
lucky {BlacLburn) when he had alluded to the
Hereditary right OF the democratic party to rule





the Children OF Israel in their wanderings from
Egypt to the promised land. Perhaps there
VAS ne similarity In 1t, but the gentleman
Lad mistaken the army and it was Pharaoh's
amy he had alluded to. That party had got
their Joshua In the Senate and their Canaan In
the House, and all the others had fallen In the
wilderness; and their Moses In 1880 would die
On Nebo, particularly IL he was hard-money
man. The ancient Moses had died On that cele-
bTated mountain because he presumed in his
own name to strike the rock that was to give
forth the water to refresh the weary caravans Of
Egy pit, and the new Moses, IL he represented
this sectional strife and the financial views that
were now killing and numbering the people
OF the country would perish also, not because
lie ST. uck the rock from which the waters were
to flow, but because he Joined hands across this
aisle with the hard money men OF the republi-
can side to dry up the fountain OF prosperity
Gentlemen Oh both sides could fight on this
Issue, and then In two minutes stand up on
saturday evening like loving brothers and vote
to carry the House over MOnday-b!li day-tO
prevent the greenbackers from Introducing
measures for the relief Of the people. laugh
teri And he told gentlemen on the republican
side that unless they gave the people relief
they would forfeit their opportunity for victory
in 1850 by great parliamentary blunder. The
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Garfieid) had talked
about revolution In the most adroit and forcib.e
manner.