Year: 1876

Ia 10 shake the country 10 1tsvery cenIrt


Worn out lobbyists who have clung upo


the skirts Of Congress for years are rehs


bilitated and brought 10 the front, th
prisons, jails and penitentiary convict


are brought to the aid Of men who, ar


dealing out


sI,ANDER, LIES AND SCANDAL.


to bIacken the character Of some promi


nent man. The graves are asked to ali


and the dead TO assist in the work Of dc


famation.


He said he did not stand here to-day a


the apologist for any misdeed or dishon


esty, but in the interest Of honesty ant


fairness. Had the Republican party


adopted the method OF concealing ant


covering up from the public gaze the er


rors and frauds Of It's officials as did thu


Democratic party when in power, tn,


country might well complain; but we hay


not, let the country answer. The prima


ry object OF the investigation appears M


longer to be to protect the revenues o


the country and correct the errors, bu
to destroy the reputation Of thos,
who stand as the prominent candidate


for chief positions or those holding chic


positions. So long as this is confined tc


attacks OF individuals and the press, VI
have nothing TO do with it officially, nc
matter how much we may depreoate It


but when Congress or one OF its commit
tees is made use OF as we suppose, to as
sist In hunting down good names ant
slaughtering hitherto honorable charac


ters, II is high time for US to call hal
and look whittier we are tending. If suct
is the result Of the first slight taste oi
power by this disturbing element, what
are we to expect should it, through the
effect OF the swaying tide Of human sen
timent or an accidental turn OF the polit.
icai wheel of fortune, come into The
whole control of the Government


ALREADY WANT OF FAITH


in ..the possible integrity Of Govern.
ment officials IS beginning TO be rivetted
on tho minds Of the people, and yet that a
time when there Ia in fact, not SO much
corruption relatively, ,as during the palmy
days OF Democratic rule. 1t is time for
US to have the moral courage to say to
the accusers Of our public men and 70
scandal mongers that we and our public
service are presumed to be innocent and
that charges to receive notice, must be OF
a grave character, properly presented
with reasonable probability that they
will be sustained, and coming legitimately
within the surveillance OF Congress. In
other words it is time for men to have
the courage to say to all who come with
their stories that we claim 10 be party
OF honest men; that we stand here rs the
representatives and defenders Of honest
men and not OF thieves. Let all deeds
stand forth but let not


DAMNADLE GRIMES OF TREASON
and troachery to the country be covered
up by the vile villifiication and slander ot
the country's defenders and prcservers.
When party will allow the poor and
unfortunate 10 be murdered by whole
sale merely because they will not vote
the Democratic ticket, is not the fact
patent to all, that by force and intimida-
tion in the South, and bya villianous'sys,
tenn OF ISLANDERS inaugurated in the North
they expect to obtain power. Every man
that became prominent as soldier dur
ing the war against the rebellion and has
stood by his guns and been faithful 10
the Republican, party has been assailed
in every way possible to destroy his in
1uence with the people. In my Judge
ment, conspiracy exists to-day as much
Us il did before the war to obtain posses.
sion OF this government by the means [
have mentioned. The murder Of the
negroes, intimidation OF voters, with
SANDER, aud falsehood, and every means
possible to be used, so that the power that
failed TO destroy the government by force
Of arms may now with their Demo-
cratic allies obtain that possession.


Mr.. Eaton said that against his taste
and Judgment he entered into n political
on this floor. II seemed that
upon mere resolution Of the Senator
from Indiana 10 print extra copies Of a
message this political debate has again
been forced upon the Senate. BE would
not follow the lead Of the illustrious Sen.
ator from Vermont, and travel all over
Gods creation ont this subject, but would
Try to confne himself to'the resolution.
He then quoted from the message Of the
President sent to the Senate with accom-
documents. and said he would
try to keep within the rules OF order,
because he remembered the high posi-
lion OF the President, and he honored
the Office, as he did hot the occupant.
The Senate had made inquiry OF him as
to the slaughter at Hamburg, but the
President in answer to that resolution
had gone out of the line which becomes
the dignity OF his high office. He be.
came volunteer in this matter, and ar
raigned the people Of two States in this
Union about whom no inquiry had been
made by the Senate. What right had the
OF the United States to under:
take to volunteer information to the Sem
ate, the members Of which were his
equals in intelligence?


Mr.. Dawes said that the President was
required by the Constitution to submit to
Congress information in regard to the
State OF the Union.
Mr.. Eaton said he knew the President
was required to submitto Congress such
but what right had he 10 send
such information as this against the
people Of two States TO the Senate. The
President had, the right OF the political
arena as aninformer. II what he said In
regard to those two States was true why
was II that he had not sent the informa.
tion to Congress as the constitution d.
rected. He, Eaton, would make the charge
boldly -~''5 i'' ''f


THAT THE INFORMATION WAS NorTRUE.
There was no truth in this message in re-
gard to Louisiana and Mississippi, II
was aeolitical slander against the Dem.
ocratic party OF the United States.


He then referred to the argument Of
Morton 10 the effect that Tilden dare not
lenounce the outrages in the South, be-
cause he must have the support OF the
men who committed them, and said that
the remark Of the Senator was an insult
TO tile man, and an insult 10 the whole
party. ItShould never have been uttered.
The Democratic party, from Tilden
down, condemned the crime everywhere,
and il did not become the Senator from
Indiana TO make such charge. He
(Eaton) hurled It back in his teeth as
Lao nj MT to In tnIarafa1 nmnnU non /.