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BrownviUe, Nebraska. Pole agent Tor K. W. Smith's Patent Truss Bridge. Thestrongestandbest woodenhrldge.nnwin nse. . CHRIS. HAU30LDT, . , . . ERCHA!TT TAILOR, No.G2MJitn-st. , Has en band a splendid stock of Goods, and will make them up In the latest styles, on short noUce and reasonable terms. , JULIUS GILBERT, COUNTY' SURVEYOR, Post OSioo address. Crifton, Nemaha Ccanty.'Nebraska. :mrs. t. :af. graham, TEACH.EH, OF HUSIC. Booms, Maln-st. bet. h-nnd5Ui, Mrs. Graham gives Instructions in-Vocal and In strumental Music, and is agent for the best "Organs and Pianos in the country from the Jlrnts of Hoot fc Cady. Chicago, HL, Bradbury, Steck," Chlckcrlnc. Sunway, Halns Bros., Calenbarg and VaupeL JUl yarranted for five years, and wiU be Bold at manu ficturer'B prices. n J. Hi BEASON. GENERAL BLACKSMITH, r ilalnst Brownvllle. Neb. is prepared to do all kinds -of work in iron, on Jhort notice, and at prices in kcepieg with the tiaes, 21-y J. W. & J. C. GIBSON. lACKSMITHS fc HORSE SHOERS. .y, Flrst-st., bet. Mala alVd Atlantic " ah 'work done to order anil twtlsfactl'ju guaranteed, jt: ESTABLISHED 1856. Senator Tipton's Speech on the Ad mission of Georgia, April 18, 1870. Mr. TIPTON. Mr. President, X must confess that I never attempted to address the Senate when I felt so much solicited in regard to the decis ion of the case as that which I feel this, morning, and Senators present will do me the credit to remember that I never under any circumstances force myself upon the attention of the Sen ate. I offer that, however, ,a3 no apol ogy for appearing to-day. I appear, if you permit the paradox, reluctant ly and yet willingly, when I consider how dark were the clouds that sur rounded us when we commenced re construction, how many prophecies we had that we should never be able to succeed constitutionally and legal ly; and when I remember that now we are about to "vote on the subject of L admitting the lastone of the States so lately in rebellion,.! recollect also that a few mouths ago there was no man, not one, ia the State of Georgia who did'uot believe, as much asba.beUsved in' ma. uwii existence, inac ueorcia was a caiate oi ine union ; and 1 say to every Senator hero and to every man everywhere in the United States, that when we a3 Senators returned to our homes in the summer of 1868, and the question was potto us whether we- had received the Senators from Georgia, we all replied that they were not elected until two or three days after our adjournment; but of course they would have been received just as the members were received in the House of Representatives,. if theyhad been elected in time. No man in the United States doubted in that hour that Georgia was admitted ; and when I take the position so triumphantly I know that hereafter when I take it before my people they will all respond, "True, it was the understanding of everybody that she was admitted." I do not propose by any vote that I shall cast upon this occasion to de prive myself of the privilege of going before my constituents on this ques tion and telling them that I held in the Senate as true that which I aver red to them upon the stump was true; and to accommodate no man here or elsewhere, shall'I quibble or equivo cate upon this question here or else where. Very well. If so confident, therefore, that Georgia was a State in the Union, you will allow me to refer to tho facts : and I regret as much as you do that I am compelled to deal in f dry detail with facts in this matter! To touch the constitutional argulnent I should not think of doing, particur larly after it has been so clearly and so irresistibly done by the Senator from Wisconsin Mr. Carpenter .recently. ' By our own legislatipn we said to the State of Georgia, in the-presence of the whole, country everywhere, that "she shall be entitled and admits ted to representation in Congress as a State of the Union when the Legislar ture of the State shall have ratified the amendment to the Constitution of the United States proposed by the Thirty-Ninth Congress and known as article fourteen, and when her Legis lature by solemn public act shall have declared void" a part of article five, section seventeen, of her constitution. That is the legislation of the Congress of the United States on that subject as to Georgia; and whenever she did that, in the selfsame hour, whether by day or night, whenever that was consu mated, then we said further: "And thereupon the officers duly elec ted and qualified under the constitu tion, thereof shall be inaugurated without delay." No waiting or post poning that inauguration until they shall have heard from Congress fur ther; no waiting or postponing that inauguration under any. circumstances or forany cause ; out thereupon, witn out delay, the legally constituted of ficers were to be inducted into oflice. I do not say that the action of the military department is conclusive in such a matter; but I do. say that ev erything that was done by the State of Georgia was done under the eye of tho military commander of the dis trict and . the eye of the General-in-Chief General Grant, and each step in their progress was noted and re ported to us here. Indeed, so careful was General Mead, that as sopn as they passed tho ratification of the fourteenth amendment, he made re port of the fact and said he thought in a few days the State would have civil government established, antici patingjurhost the action of the Legis lature.'and watching it and reporting it at every step of its progress, and on tno same uay lie sent tuis uiapatcu .10 "General Grant f HEADQU AKTERS TnXRD MlLITAn X DlSTItlCT, ' .' : Atlanta, Georgia, -Jply" 2i,l6C3. Both-Houses of the Legislature' of Georgia having examined into andtlccided upon the quallllcations of their respective member, under fourteenth article constitutional amendment, I yesterday instructed the pro-, visional Government to communicate to each House that I'consider their organization lo-;J gal and withdrew any opposition to their, proceeding to tho business which had called them together. To-day both Houses, by de cided majorities, have passed the constitu tional amendment known as article four ;tcen, and wIU, without doubt, at once other wise comply with the requisition of tho act of June 25,1603. GEORGE G. atEADE, Major General. General U. S. Gkant, Washington, D, C. And then, one day afterward, oh the 22d of July, 1868, the general com manding says the State of Georgia is "therefore under the act of Congress entitled to representation" Such was the care that was exhibited by the military authorities in watching the process by which this State became a State of the Union. What then ? Then comes tho action of the State of Georgia upon tho sub ject. Then the Legislature of the State of Georgia assembled for the purpose of inaugurating her Govern or, just as all the States of this Union inaugurated their officers; and the Droceedings-aro-spread oiit in the journal, of .the House pf1.IliprcsentaR,jttijr was eettled the commitdtfwere five? of "tho State of Georgia; ififtjaf sljnon that the State would: not what is the record made up in iSBgrijd the nation would not suffer case? It is this: , t -4rS2rwas do admission of Senators TTnn. H. B. Bnllock- Governor-elect, r ceeded to address the. General Assembly -z "Tellow-citizcns, Senators, and Rnpresen tatlY.es: wo are assembled hero to-day under the fostering caro and nrotectionot our Gen eral Government. Through 4U clemency we aro permitted to inaugurate a civil govern ment for our State that will supersede tho military power which has been supremo In our midst since tho failure of an attempt to establish tho sovereignty of soporato States,f " A constllution lias been adopted1 ' which restores to us self government. "At the close of which tho oath of oGico was administered by Hon. John Ersklne. Judge of the UnitedStates Court, and ho was acciarca uio uovcruoroi mu ouiic ui.ubw gla for the ensuing four years." The proclamation .was made for what purpose ? D-eclaring formally that Rufus B. Bullock is "the Govern or of the State of Georgia for the. en suing ibur years.?' Thereupon he en tered upon the dischargeof the duties of his'office. Then the next message you find recorded in the journal is his message to the Legislature Of July 24, 1S68, in. which he said : ." "Senators and Roprosentatlves, congratu-, - ' "' " '"r"" . . " , . ' .."i.',.!.:. '" ' - . .-:', -, ,,. i s J.-.;..; -,- - : ,.u ) .-.-- : r Tatlng yon as the representatives of the peo plcupon'tWestahlishment of civil govern Seotandtho fact that Georgia Is once more nn integral portion of our national unity," &0. j Mr. President, when an honest man1 has stood before.the. people.of a great State, when he has awcrn to sustain! the constitution of that State, when) he has issued his State paper and: spread it out on the journals of the Legislature of thatState, when he has allowed himself to be proclaimed5 Governor for four yt'ars, when he has; congratulated his fellow-citizens that they are onceiuorean integral por tion or our national unity, and then when he comes before the Congress of the United States by subsequent mes sage and declares that he was never the Governor of- the State of Goorgia, that-all this process was a provisional process and an anticipation of some thing that subsequently was to follow, that he did not rail the truth when he asserted that they were an integral portion of theXThionatall, whatesti mate. will youplaco-on the man, or to' what extremity -for party purposes is her driven in order to corhuel him to go oacfc upon such a record as that? ' What occurs next; in the'journal of the Legislature'.1 The constitution of the State of Georgia provided, for a judiciary, and the. Governor is to nom inate the judges, and the judges are to be confirmed by the senate, of tho State. Twentyjudgesarenoininated, twenty judges are confirmed by the senate of the State of Georgia. The attorneys are appointed for the courts all over the State of Georgia, in ev ery county. The proclamation is made, and suitors and lawyers and jurors assemble all over the State, and theie those judges and officers have remained to the present time, admin istering justice in Georgia under the constitution by which they, havo Re ceived their appointments and their confirmations. What follows next in the process and in the order of reconstruction? They had not only elected a legisla? ture, but a Governor. The people of Georgia had also elected their mem bers to the House of Representatives of tho national Congress. Those Rep resentatives make their appearance in Washington City. They present their credentials in the House of Represen tatives. Then, what is the action of the Houso of Representatives upon that subject? If we are mistaken in this matter, we are mistaken in con nection with the House of Represen tatives, for, it. appears by the Congress ional Globe, volume-sixty-nine.-pages 4471 and 4472, that on July 25, lS68-f "afr. Dawes reriorted: Iain lnstructed-by the Committee of Elections to report baclc the resolutions. or uio ngtsiaturear -ueorgia ratifying the fourteenth article of amend ments totlieConstltationAvltln-the recom mendation that they he iiled in the State De partment." - . '- "WUfif.Vi'nH Afr Tlnnroti nf" Arifeanrlln setts, to do with the resolutions of the. State of Georgia, and the reeommenr dation that they be filed in the State Department? It or will find what,he Ua4 ft understood, whpn you read, the, next paragraph in the journal : -"air. Dawes. I am Instructed by tho comr mlttee of Elections toreportback thecreden- bers-elect from the State of Georgia, thatr Stato having ratined tne.ronrteentu amena ment of the Constitution, and in all other respects having, conformed to the require! ments of lavrin regard to the admission of that Stato, these gentlemen will tako the oath prescribed by the act of July 2, 1802." The House of Representatives went slowly and carefully. Mr. Dawes would not risk anything as chairman of "the committee, according to the re port in the Globe. He knew that that was renuircd of theaPin the act on Congress reconstructing Georgia, and he did not intend to be instrumental! in introducing any man on the rigor of the House until he ascertained that they had fulfilled the law, as in that case made and provided ; aud so he says: "Because Georgia has ratified the fourteenth amendment to the Con stitution." What.else? "And in all other respects having conformed to the requirements of law in regard to the admission of that State." Care ful House of Representatives, pru dent Mr. Dawes, to take ho step-but a step planted upon tho law of the Con gress or the united States!, - Under those circumstances, then, Georgia, with a Governor at home; with a judiciary in every county of the State, with a State Legislature iii session, receives her representation in the House of Representatives a complete admission into the Union of the States. Subsequently, the Legislature of the State of Georgia expelled tho colored member who held legal seats in that body, Uyjenty-five in ,nuinber,-pe'r-. haps.. . Tjfiey not. only.. expelled them, but they filled their places with men who had been in the miuority in th0 canyass in the State of Georgia;. When this occurred, the House ojf Representatives had adjourned; -the Senate had .adjourned. Under thqse circumstances, theaot was perpetrated, and it came before the Congress of the United States at tho next session. Georgia came up then to tho next Congress without any Representatives in the House;. but, she sent up her Senators, and those Senators came to us with the seal and the.signaturo of the Governor of the Stato of Georgia, attesting the fact that they were duly elected and entitled to admission to their places in the Senate of the Uni ted States. What action did the Com-, mitteeoii the Judiciary of the Senate. take on the subject? They reported this resolution: "HesoTpetU That Joshua Hill, claiming to be a senator-f lect irom ueorgia. ousiiit Jiounor to bo admitted to take a seat In this body." , Why use the word "now?" Wliv not admit him at once? He was not j rejected b' theresolution,not rejected bv the examination- orAhe committees butitwifs nojorioisthat there wafcj troutilejin regard tgthejjegfelature of 1 tne; oiaie 01 vxeorgia, auu ui;tii umv isr rS?a t rrri n. Tl l i fr f. for ft t Ti fi v"sh1 (Tt n 5. B-ihiuk on the subject, hut not ad J.TWV ." - U.V.K.UV .uv 1 -" r.f it flu rftnt f 1 mo . mit you now.'' Thatisns- far as the .action of1 the Senate committee went at that,time. . . . , . . , 'Theiibame belbre;the GongresSwDf the United- States representatives, from the. State of Georgia asking for additional legislation. Wcgave them that additional legislation ou thed day of last December; and forAwhat purpose? For the purpdsel of iixter fefing with 'the Governor in thesis charge of -hjs official duties in -the State" of Georgia? No, sir. For the! purpose, of interfering with the oper ations of 'theadiciary of tiie-State of Georgia? No, sir. Porwhatrpurpose, then ? For "the purpose of prompting the reeognizatiori'Of the'legfelaturedf .tnetitate or weorgia, anq.rar no.otner purpose whatever. In thatlegislawdri vou touched One eincrle point more:: you required thatj .tlie ,legislature.df weorgia, after it-should De reconstruc ted, should adopt the fifteenth ahipiid-j BEOWNVILLE, MlBEASKA, inent before the admission of Senators and Representatives. Tou would njofc, have thought of Jt had it not' been that you .found the Legislature dlsor organized ; otherwise, in the usual' way, you would have submitted the' fifteenth amehdmentto'herto b rati - ned or rejected at her pleasure. ,l3ut finding her in the category, and iii passing the act, it was required of her that she should also, affirm tho fif-, tee nth amendment to the Constitution: of the United States. Nothing more than this was contemplated. Hero I desire to nay one additional word on tho admission of a State into; this Union. The admission of a State into the Union may become complete beforo she- has any representation in, Congress at all. It was. provided in the case of Nebraska that as soon as she complied with the requirements made of her by the organic, Jaw, "thereupon, and without uny "further proceedings on the partof Congress, the admission of said State Saiotlie; Union shall be" considered as "'com- Fplete." -The State th;it T have, the honor in part to represent was declare ed t6 be admitted completely 'before, anymemberappeared in. the Half of the Houso of Representatives, or any man came hereto olaim a seat as a Senator. Nebraska, therefore, he it; remembered, was .a State in the Union completely and entirely without anyj repres'en tation here. . Georgia wag fur ther than that. She was not only recognized everywhere asji State, but she was also recognized in the House of Representatives as a State in this Union. She had more standing there, bore more character as a State than Nebraska at the time we came hero and claimed our eats. The distinguished Senator from In diana Mr. Morton the other day in discussing this subject, said : "Now, when docs that Stato government become effective ? From what period does it date? Wh'y,slr,it dates from the time that the State was admitted." ,. No, sir, the commencement of the government of the State of Nebraska dated from the time that she complied With the requirements of Congress Tt date'd from tnafc:hour; and froni that hour she.?as!in tho Union with out any representation here whatever. Again-tho-1 Senator, said : "Therefo.ro the State government, tho ten ure of the olDcers, does "not date from tho time the election was held, but dates from the time of the-restoratiOn of the State, when the military commander- no longer has.pow er-to remove them, whenthey are n6 longer under Ills control." Now, concede that as a true proposi tion and then what have you ? Then, according 4.o. this. idefinition, dfthe honorable Senator from Indiana, whenever the,, military commander has no lofigerpowcr to reinove"the.! State officers, that community is a State.of 'thexJJtiion: Sir, hi tho open ing 01 my.retuar.KS Leave vou the jdate,at which .the power- rpf-theimilii-j tay commander ceased m the. State of Georgia, aiid if t.tako thoSenatori's tflf-1 " v Y -- -vl tlinti fin (rt tl.ra ucuuiuuu iia uuc, iiicu Uil,l(iln,l tire restoration of the Stato.,of.,Geor-' ri.ir . .. . . t IPW- .- 1: "When thomilitan-commrthder no lnrfcor ;idqger,uridoV;Is control.",' has. power to remoye.th'emwhenithejiafe no J l i.-rThey were no longer under'hls'coh trolfrom the day.bf the proelama'tidn I w-iuitiraiviiig me troops ueiore turn ing over the institutions of tho-State of Georgia tothe civil authorities.' ' 2 jteorgia then being a Stato in the Union, the question isrhow camb she to, be .regarded, subsequently, as out of tho 'Union? Her own constitution hassomething to say upon that ques tion. Her own constitution has de clared : . "The State of Georgia shall over remain a member of the American Union;, .too. people thereof are a part of, he-American. nation1; evcrj' citizen thereof owes paramount alle giance to the Constitution and Governiiien't. of .the United States imd no law or.ordlnance Jn this State in contravention or subversion thereof shall ever havd any binding forcc'.'J Her constitution never .changed ber condition. "The State of Georgia shall ever remain : a member-;pfi,the A.rherican Union." uch is the .lan guage of the constitution of Georgia: And further, the constitution of Geor gia also has this clause : "Should.this constitution bo ratified by the pdople, and Congress accept tho same" It was ratified by the people, and Congress did accept it "wlthany qualifications or conditions, thei government nerein proviaeu loranu tup of ficers elected shall nevertheless exlH and ccfri'inuo in tho exerciso of their scvqral functlqns as tho government qf this State, so faras tho some may bl .consistent with the action of the "United States in tho preihiscs." Mr, President, that constitution of Georgia was modified in one. respect. The modification was satisfactory. It did not change the constitution gen erally,. In anticipation of the fact that h'er Governor would be holding ja.ii office when the State sljbuld be ad mitted, that the members ,of the'Legr islature would be' in their seats' when ;she should be admitted jthat thejudgr 'e's Would he undri thehehch'wl5'i3n She. s'hould be admitted as a State, thev provided that, Mthc government there in' provided for and. the officers-elected shall nevertheless existand continue," onward hi their terms is'themeauiug of the clause, until the expiration of their terms.. Their terms areuotito be .considered .as-exhausted with, tljetad missioni The' provision is explicit j upon that subject, ... . ;'; Now, Mrfl?resident, I ami ;opposed ito the bill :itt lotor butyet myiopinion jju.iiujs ,-suuject .cannor; prevnunerei for it 'has been the! will of the. Hbuse of .Representatives: to. send us a billi for the' roadmissiou of theuStote: of Georgia. If that bill were not here-1 would simply require that the Sena tors fir&tfelected in the State.of Geor gia should. come, forward aud be sworn into office. But inasmuch asitheiBingr :ham Amendment-haibeeiuattaoiied't6 fhebill. tho hill. isiree.f ram orTintfnnU nd-Dam in-tavbr- of4lKfaenlmeht: With that amendment the bill reads asao3IowSi3 V J7 5?5,:?-r!2n? Be it enacted by theScmiteand Howie of Rep rcsc4fjr;yi5 WStaUxSai Mucrica ill .Qjngrgss assembled. That tlie saldLstalo.of Gtrgia Is "entitled" to reprcSentmiohHii tho .Congress of tlQ United States JTovtdetl, That nothing Ux this act contained shall'bo construed to vacate anr of the Tifficn nm ililed in the-Stnte-of Georgia, cither br tho mtiiuii ui ni jwupiu oroy tne appointment of he Governor thereof, by and with, the ad- vicqaulu consent or tne. sp nqte. Qrsaia.Stnte neiUier shall this, act bo construecltriejctend the olllclal terra ofmy onlcerof said Statd beyond the term limited 4jv- tha const! tutinW L thereof.ilatlngxftom theeIectlQn.6'r.appolnt uncut. 01 aucu juiucer; nor to ueprive tne peo- itcui uivisiaui me rij;umaasriuei5;consti tution to elect Senators and Representatives of the State of Georgia in the year 1870 but said election shall be held in the year IS70, either pn tho day pamed in the consti tution of said State&ruch other ua.vHas tho presenLeglilature jny, deslgnatebylavr. That js the -language of the.Bing-. ham amendment, arid tha't amend-l me&t hbeerrcharScteriz5edirrr terms expressive, ,and I may say vindica lYT?fc.fesitth8Bng ham amendment has for Its object, and eertainly fox-its consequence, the turning .over, ofttbe.aloya!iipeQpJe of Georgia to the tender mercies oi the -rebels. Wyflr there, is liolh-i ing in tliat Amendment except this:, tliatjAVhe'reas the State of Georgia by DAY, JOTE 'her constitution has provided when terms of office shall :commenco and When terms shalepd, when elections. suaii do nem in ine, Mtate of Georgia, therefore in this legislation we, do not mieuu. w muenere witn tne operation ( - of or. the- constitution of the State ofj Georgia, but elections shall be held independent of us, independent of our win, inaepenaent 01 our wish,i and. all theprovjsions of the constitu tion of the State of Georgia shall be carried out as they are written down in the instrument. But why i3 the Bingham amend ment introduced at all ? The reason is obvious. The Legislature of Geor gia have already legislated upon tho assumption, that they afe a JDegisla-J ture. for two years beyond, their pres ent; term; and consequently, the at tention of the members of the House of Representatives being called to it, the Bingham amendment was offered and attached to thisbill.The Govern or -of'Gelrlmseir-wenTDefor6 thd Judiciary Gommittee of the Senate and said this: "All that I havq said upon that subject Is that when the .organization of the Legisla ture shall have been accepted -by Congress, and the' Stato shall have been (admitted to representationond thereby" became a Stale in the,TJrilon',,that' then tbemembers ofTtho Legislature" Will enter" as -members tie Hire "nnon the constitutional term -for which they were eiecieu." Again: "There is no.haif-wax ground In this mat terl Either tho government of Georgia is provisional to-day, or the action Of Congress in passing the act of December 22, 1863, con not be defended." Then the State Legislature, proceed ing upon the assumption that the Leg islature were" to be continued for two years more without a. new election, have elected a fifth Senator for tho State of Georgia". Why so? In what manner? .The Jaw requires that the Senator shall be elected by the Legis-latiire-which is iri existance immedi ately prior to the uwinrr out of tho .Senator whose place is to be filled. They assume, therefore, that for the nexttwo'yeaisthey will be tho Leg islature -of the State. They do not suppose that there i3 to be any ques tion in regard to their holding their terms; but they are to proceed upon the" assumption that they are the Leg islature for the next two years, and may therefore do what a Legislature constitutionally elected might do within the next two years; and there fore they, have elected a fifty United States Senator for the State of Geor- Sisi- . .n . .' MrJ?rcsident, M'e ought-to know and understand what is tho real trour UtX !., l. C."'.r 1 t ' -JIT uic iu me owtu oi ueorgm. vuumj as well lopk that question in the .face here as well as hereafter. The truth is that in the State of Georgia tUero are aspirrtnts iii the Republican rja.rty ifo'r .all th'ei'prominent offices in the State.' Then therefore conie befdrel jCongrdss,. bne party to get a congres- muum act reuuguixiug tueir coniinu- ;ance in t power1, others desirmg that i-n.ey suau ue ,ieic uuuer tno constitu -"on tney re,-or when the hnd that there is to be "j an assumed extension. of terms, and tenures of offices they ask usto impose thcBingham amendment to arrest it ; arid others'again proclaim .that if Mte undertake to arrest it. and precipitate an election according to tuts itiiuis ui uie constitution, jusucq cannot ,be done to the colored voters of the State of Georgia Mr. President, I synvpa'thizerwith that idea as lar as 1 dare. What I could do individually to secure a Republican triumph in Georgia any man who 'knows me uiiderstauds I would1 do as heartily its any citizen 'of the State of. Georgia. I desire the tqumph of, the Republicans of the State of. Georgia, and. I have rejoiced iri .the fact that they did triumph at the'polls in the election of their State officers 1 (and their Legislature. But, sir, notwithstanding that, I am here the sworn representative of a State, arid itls'mj' bUsiness to look into the laws, not to sit herein the attitude of a cdurtof Equality for the-purpose of doing that which js most agreeable! to my own .desires in. this behalf, but to enforce the layy of Congress and en fdrce thecbnstitutibn, as far as wo le gitimately may, of the State of Geor gia. Within those limits I can per- frsrri m LmX. duty, Uutside of. those lines I Will perform no dpty whatever under an inllueuce either here or froin abroad. . But,, Mr. President, itlsafactpatent to all,, no. one can deny it, that in the wlible course of the dehatd on this 'subject, from the time we commenced witiiithe constitution of Virgihia.down .to the present, moment, there has been a distinct attempt on the part ojf a portion of those who discuss these questions . here to "arrogate to. them selves" 'and to assume for themselves, that they par excellence, are the. Re publican, leaders; of this nation; that they. and those who. think with them are the Republican party qf the'dohn tryjand. that therefore itisabsoltitely audaciou's'for any man to undertake to stand upon hi own -individuality and vote upon his convictions of the law and, he Constitution- -I have hotnihff to Complain of for myself iri this regards I have riot mixed in these "discussions 7 arid being so new in 4thisuHalli.. apd so humble in this presence,. ,1 as a matter of course, es cape with' impunity.' But I have seen it in the case of others. Senators who have tievoted'their past lives for years in defense of. tho constitutional lights of alLmen.os devptedlyj.asp.ersistent ly? and as h.onostlv as any others have been' deritiu need and. attempted' to be read out of the- Republican ranks for .taking .position; .upon, this ibject. I regard this as a. mpsft. unfortunate course of praceedure: and when Senators elaim. fo? themseLyes -that Liitjsu issuui)i.igiia lire lor iiii; pur pose of preservirig'theiritegrity of the Repttliliean jpaHvthe'vouKht toim- .derstaridjhumair naJLirro weli'ienough io know 'tfiat.Uierc are up iraasters in this 'CR'aTii tier ah'd'n'o owner's of men's conscieVic'es'or vdte3 Tiered ,f Thiscoxrrsri-ofo-cedare h,as been encouraged' by a portion' of -the publid pressL. EVery.thingi tliat is' low iuithd Pty demagpgism fof party canyassgrt has been introduced, hpre. " The ma chinery wasset'ih operatloh" in this city. The wires were pulledirom,tbe State of Geofg'la. "Whenever ib was necessary to alarm, solne timid f ner vous .man here,.a murderws reported to the Senates We have been told of a railroad 'riot pjaccquht of 'the Bing ham,, amendment! when there was rperhaps not among the operatives a mmi wiiu-wos aoie to spen tne wuru, :VBigbam., jf it had been placed on a.card ppipreiiiin. Jiut we are asked to believe thatuthcy were all so per- lft9.tly imbued with . the subject,- so rrrroroughiy-cotrvers'atit with the dis- uuaiuus ui me oeiiate unamoer, tuau .thenmeHiin the.trenches, with tbeir pickswereoyerwkelmed'with.thejdea, that the Bingham amendment was. about to prevail, ap-d therefore' they the State of Geofgia mobs. got up in Ith'bahheTs ah'd With- musical sup pose, arid.groaris, to make demonstra tions because of tho coming of the; 16, 1870: JJinghairi-amendment. Do these peo . ple tninKtnacyou and i,sirrare such fools, as to, believe the half of it? Why, sir, all these tricks have been "tried in every latitude 'in this country wu6 ";c, cav;ci iu. vniuuus jwew England. They are now revived and brought into play again, in this case. Why, sir, itjs paraded in. one of the journals this morning, forthe benefit of Senators, that the President of the United States basso completely gone Into this great discussion which js on the streets, and in the market-houses Of this citH that helms rendered him- hself entirely worthy of the' commen dation, or certain delegates" rronx Geor gia, and-hence it is written down in the resolutions which are' printed, that they "thank him for his sympathy and the exercise of .his influence im opposition to the Bingham amend ment;" just tos if you and I, sir, would believe that the President of the United Stated, was busy working aiuu uy-ajue wnn tnem against us in this.Senate "who difierifdrthe purpose' ui ovtjrinrowingtneiisingnanramend ment: The design of this publication in to let you arild me understand' tha as i3 tho idea of these fiebDlei no dpuht.'ouririasterin the WhiteiHouse, who holds politicalpower before us, is on their side 6t the question. Tney iusuii, tue uignicy or an ine. represen tatives of'th people here -by such clap-trap as that; they insult a Pres dent of the United States who takes no improper part in these discussions whatever, a- man who stands by and exercises' his constitutional' preroga tive., and then enforces the laws of this country whether ho approves them or not. But, sir, this is not the half of it. These people are: organizing into a general admiration society, and thev become the reporters and the keepers ui iu- jitu- mine or oenaiorgana mem bers -of the other House who work forthein.arid they, use the telegraph and they use the newspaper press of the country for the purpose of adding tothe eminence of those colossal men who espouse their cause in the Senate and in the Houso of Representatives. Allthat they can make bysucha.pro cess as this they can garner up and keep. I am not responsible to them. I go to a constituenc of men who are honest and oompetent to judge. But wo are toldv and with doleful vailings, that If we do not come to the rescue and perpetuate by law these officers in the State of Georgia we sjiall hand over the. colored mon tq what some gen tlemen.terni the woes of a second "death. I do not appre hend that there is any danger of that calamity coming upon them. They tell us that the people. :of Georgia do npt-iruend that, there shall be a fair eiecuon in tne year 107U. wny they tori fine"1! tJu? tli'e y.earlSTu'Tdo not nider3tSrKl', except it he that that is the time when the first election is to take place for-members of the Legis lature., Now, sir, .mark this: at the time when there were expelled from the Legislature of Georgia twenty-fi V6 colored membprs the deed, was done without any precedent; it was done without any consultation from abroad '-Mt was done oh account of the stub born, arbitrary will of tlie then major? ity. - What kind of Enlightenment hnVe they received from that hour up t.n thfti TirpiapTif. r.im? Whw ati,. fVi& supreme courtof the,State.of Georgia nas qeciucu tuai. inac action was ille gal. Therefore, in the future if they undertake to tamper witlithaxight to exercise the elective franchise in the State of Georgia, they do it in the face of tho supreme court of Georgia. What else have they? 'Tliey have learned ,a little of the, spirit of the American people. Since then that people have been adopting the. fif teenth ariicndraentj'which guaranties the, right-to vote' irrevocably overv- Lwhere,.and pledges: the military pow er oi tins nation it necessary, to carry out the amendment to the Constitu tion. That is asecond item which has Lbeen brought forcibly to their k'nowl fedge. -: There is another, item, and, that i$ the spirit of Copgress. They "liave ascertained by our legislation of" the OOl Anrrnf TnnnmHai loaf-" ! 1 'v tin " "J " iLWIUUClllHU LllUW V, lt, Heye .there is power. enough jn the' Constitutionto protectthecolo of the State of Georgia, and that we imeuu tuat tney snau oe proieciea. There they have a-thiril'item of intel ligence on the subject-' of expelling colored members from their Legisla ture. Then they also have evidence '.tifthe fact, under the Teccnt military rule of that Ktate, that the army of the United States can absolutely be .employed to enforce the laws of the United atates.. But, back of all that, they have, a littld 'more information still." It was boasted in this country when General Grant-was nominated for thePresidency that the probabili ty was thai he, would bo a conservative President and that he would not en force the Radical legislation of a Rad ical' Congress. These gentlemen in Georgia were trying tp lay that flattering- unction to their souls when they were preparing 'for their cara paigii'of ruthlessness ; but they have jearned thaf tho President of the United .States . will enforce Radical legislation. und there is no hone from "Iha't'sOurcel . Therefore they are cut tmirom sympaty mu sustaining m Jluence everywhere;, and: there isno inducemen-i as politipipu now for them for one'single momentjlo under take to interfere again WiJMpieiegili mate legislation of the JBJe of Geor gia. Hence you carinFterrify any man who. lias- canvassed this" subject with any : such dread apprehensions as "these. . . But',' Mr. President, pdlicy lias dic tated to tliem that this whole proced ure shall be changed. , It happens that the Washington, City Chronicle a day or.lwosincpublished, astjate irient whereby it"Ts afiirined tliat tld Governor of Maryland returned a bill to the Legislature of that State, winch aoes no.( ipousi u singia tepuunqap; member, and-that he -returned it be-j capse.it "prescribedjthat ip.-tbe elec tion .of town . "commissioners .only white citizens' should;' Vote: Cause: that feaid legislation Ayos'-in'eonfiicti 'with, the fifteen amendment, :and (though this was not proclaimed) tlie, Democracy cannot lipid ' Maryland against tue iiarmoiuous Tinu -vvnite KeptiDiicanSi At- the election for town cpmmissionHrSi.ftt Tpwsqntown andFrostburgontheththe Repub-lluuH licans Were victorious: and the colored men registered and voted wTchoatany - - i . interruptioif ;""and then the editor calls our attention to the fact that the '."Democratic attorney general of New Uersey, Robert Gilchrist," has decided lUUt , f "The fifteenth amendment makes void s& much of dor's tate constitution 03 on account, tof colprrtlenjesi tha right of any citizen of the The.articlepicedswith action af- ter actiqnof distinguished Democrat all overtheNortlf eve'rv where, ih'or- f'der to satisfy" us that; the" time for in dignation and threats and interference has passed by and that hereafter tho ;d lXt -1 YtoLu msfc! colored man is to have the privilege of voting without let or hindrance. It refers, us to the position taken by ex-United States Senator Thomas A.! Hendricks, of Indiana, recently wheh( in the South. It refers, also, tothe voting iu the city of Cincinnati, and tnen usays: "There; are, Indeed, no serious exceptions to tho rule. Tho revolution is complete. The colored man no longer votes In a section .under the protection of the bavonet. Re tsr sovereign In hhr own right all around the circle." That is the testimony of the editor of the Chronicle in regard, to the state of things now all over the northern country. And in that view of the case, 1 say that policy in tho South will dictate aeourse of Justice heroaf-' ter rather than a ruthiessnese.ln re-; gard to the exercise of the frahchse. by the cclohsn population. I apprehend. Mr. President: thAtl haye'aaid about, all upoculhis rabject' tuaL it is necessarv lor rao tosav L desire only to set the question In'suqh a ngub mat i& snouiu oa unaerstoou; what was the process1 by -which the people of Georgia. arrived, ata recog nition of their right to representation' in the Congress of the United States. If that did exist at any time, it was; never interfered with in thd least ex cept by the action of; theic ows Legis lature. That Legislature .expelled members without cause. Tho Congress-of the United States seriV an army into Georgia, and that Legisla-t ture was .restored again. -Then if tho Legislature is restored, and it it stands: as it did the very day before the mem- ners elected were expelled, Georgia is justin tho same condition now that she was at the time of theexpulsionr and so far as she is concerned she is in the possession of a Legislature, and as fair a Legislature as though no ob struction whatever' had ever been thrown iu the way of legislation in the State. So far as that Legislature and its action are coricerned the Gov- ernor of the State of Georgia, 6u the 16th of February, 1870, says: "It Is thArifrr Ttlllnlr nvlncli-ar.'f frrn,t1,ti uniformtaction of tho courts, and. of" fho Uni- vu suites aumorities, mat tuo laws or tho Legislature qf J8C3 ondlSGO, and its acts which were not of a political character, nrq perfect lyxalld, notwithstanding the United States, by tho act of December 22, ISO, has, In effect, declared that 'no legal State government cx Istedin thlsState'at that time; and that tha Impression which Is sought to ho created that contracts are Invalidated, that State bonds are repudiated, and tlrat corporations organ-ized-upon the basis or the Iato legislation are without Jecnl fonndn.t!nnr.Iint!rrtrwintrl "less. Such impression is ohl i' created fer tint purpose ofstilsleeding the public 'mind arid defeating the full eirect-and truo, intent and purpose of the reconstruction acts. Argu gumentupon this point seems tobosuper- uuuus, uuutii io tne material iact mat our bonds arQselabiejxt a higher rato than those of any other Southern State, .and that thd bonds of railroads, Which have indoriicd uni der tho authority of tlie legislation . of 1308! are selling" at ther full value." ' ' ! Now, Mr. President, while, the offi cers of thd State of Georgia ard lierq asking us to allow" them to "perpetuate their offices on;account of the calairii tips that lang around themw thoy comfe herfe'boqstfully pr'oplaimiligthat their standing as a State is'better than that of their .neighbors , that with .this Legislature, mutilated as it was, with this Legislature overpowered as jt was. lioW that it fs restord' the" State-stands with a credit entirely un impaired, and that her bonda are bet ter than thabonds of thesurrounding Stotes. Georgia, then, is not in a very calamitous condition in reirard to her material interests. . I tell you,. Mr. President, that if it wa,not bqca.use of apolitical qontest there, there would, be.no question here In reference to the attitude of the1 State of Georgia. Having1 cdnipclle'd her todoher duty, we would-admit her with the advice and the admoni tion, .that if ever again a hand is raised against the legally constituted repre sentatives of the people of the State of -Georgia, we shall send forth the power, of this Government for, the. purpose of demanding and' restoring to them their rights and no men hi this" Chamber will"- be more prompt to vindicate the. people -of tho; State ofj .Georgia than those who,, this day stand iip and plead for the Binghani Timendment. I will do anything that I may do legitimately, but I Will- not ..(, f i J -J: ,.!li V " t r ? ' u redme.nySv''r M ' lv," "'f"" State. In conclusion. 1 wish to suggest that if the -'"same thing bad been ddtte iu the State of Nebraska that is: done In Georgia,, J. would be" found this, day united "with all men .there, be they Democrats or he they Republicans, iri resisting the oncroachment and" in re sisting thi? tyranny.. Why, sir, when Nebraska was admitted it was on the fundamental" condition that she sho'd never interfere with the right of all men of all'colors and complexions to vote in; the State of Nebraska. Sup pose the Democratic party, who op posed that measure at that time, should-geb into power in the State of Nebraska and expel colored members from the State Legislature! I would demand, of the President of the Uni ted States that he should send into that Statd power sufficient to enable the Governor to recall and to reorgan ize that Legislature thus fn, a state of revolution. And after that was done, and after'the" troops were" withdrawn if a Demdcratlc Governor of Nebraska should say, "I bavanowheen hold ing under.the constitution of the State for two years ;r but inasmuch as tHe Legislature was obstructed for a tirrJe, aithough'it'id restored now, T proposd to hold two years-riiore wilhout sub ipitting jny claims to a vote of tho people',,r or if the members of the Legislature were to say, ag this Geor gia Legislature asks us to lielp'thcm'to say, J 'Though .We were- elected two yeaos ago an.d our; terms, have expired we propose tohoUn over two years more without look"ihtb the constltU-i tion or going To! lie polls to adjudicate! the- qtfeWOn ;y"fp ni&fj5sitrdiv Verd taken, in tlie State -of Nbrask T would, if it could not be done other wise, recommend force for the;p'ur poser of overthrowing tli'dTpflrty that uiide'rfook to tramiire,thU3o.n the-right of the people under the constitution -to change their own representatives. WhaVX' would, do thcr'e I wilt do here. J, will guaranty to thepeopre' 01 tnis&taie tne ngntr to vote every tiriie thqir 'constitution allows them U& right to vote,, and to Vote justr as often tjnd for all officers that may be voted for by that constitution r and ue ume cmnes wnen tney T - cannpfc fanye a fair election I amfeady then if the time coines when thev I rn Akr nrr V j- i rnn-rt- - j-. a aI . IV iVU iUJ jU1JJJ1CB3 lliU ilULCU IU, JJllUf- anteeing, their protection by, if neces sary, the military power of the na tion. More than that I will not do ; less than that Ipropose never to do, but always to act h accordance with the Constitution and with my own uninstrneted convictions of right. One who-was goincr blind cheerful- 'ly'sai'd?'' "I am going into the darK, bpt I .niean to see albican-' Before I; get there." It was brave in hirri not: to let the future shadow the present. ' -- ii . w. ' i" PEBsbxAi. Reader, pay your, debts LoMe?S.9'4 rtfeWiersa''siHefc, 0Mrfr BROWU-liLE, NEBRASKA. " Terms, ik Adraxee : Che copy, ee year 0e copy, six mtmtSs. rm." JOB 3PItllrTXNGr, . Of all kinds, deae oa sb&ft ece aaA at naigav ble rates. Decoration of SWfersf Grtfcs ai Al exandria, Ta., aTay dQtk, 1S7& Senator T. W. Tipton, of Nebraska spoke as follows : FfiLxow-CiTizENs: Moved by common impul3. vou are hers at tha I closinghours of day to aoL rathe than receive insfrttciion. k You are here trith theoholceetflo-w--era and garlands to deck the graves of our precious dead. And if an audible word islireathad to-day within the sacred rounds, it .should be adapted to affection, patriot' iam, uumamiy, ana iioerty. My only desire is to be, for a. iW moments, the medium: through which your sentiments shall find utternnnfti And as you have 'gathered the flowew anawineu the, garlands to.adora.th tombslso Uow,ine to cull.a few oau- tifulcreatiorisof poetry, that you TjaaV raaKse allitbe septeWHt ef HUmt old'and. familiar geme: l "HdwsJeop tho hrara.wao sink to ti V Ith all their" couatry's.wiahes blsetl When spring, wIMi'dewy fingers cold: Returns to decfcthelr haHowed raoold. She tuero'shall press a sweeter sod Than Fancy s feet skall evw trod I By hands unseen their kaell Is rang; By forms aneeea their dirge is aanS Thcra Honor eo)es, a pllgtlHi grayi To bless tho icrf th'&t wraps their clay i . ,AndyreedotdshaH'athllerepahv ' " To dwell a weoplnghenalt there." In this, general sentiment of patri- otism is hallQw,ed every grave of every martyr of liberty everywhere. ' Isithe graves of the loved' husband and idolized father of the number thaspread around us? Then. I be como thtfmouthpieca of the weepiha; widow to her orphan child "LeaVl on I for Thou art now rysolo remaining helper. Ood Iwthpokea, And the strong heart J leaned uponls broken . Andll have seen htebrow--Thq foreheatl of my-upright one, and JU53 -Trod by. the-hoof of battle lit tha dust. "Ho will jiotmeot me there. Who blest thee at.tho evenUdo, y son t And when tho shadows of the night steal os, . Ho will not call to prayer, - ' Tho lips that melted, giving theo to God. Aro In tho icy keeping of tnq sod.' Is the grave of tha darling eon hero, the treasure of a doting father's'heart a youth who had passed his pupil age, and was just about to dnter' tho race for professional distinction "Whoso words had such ameltlng flow. And spoke tho truth so sweetly well; They dropped llko heaven's sweoeat saow And all was brightness where they fell'V then I would personate that father in tho first hour of h'ls 'unutterable woo exclaiming: ' I ' " T were idle to remembef now, ' . -f $ h t5e Y.18.'.110?: thwarted echaaies I bear beneath this altered bm-af The ashes df a thousand deals.',, Only such a bereaved father' can tell the real price paid for our national union, ' Does there repose here one who died among strangers, and feared' thai the curtain of utter forgotfulnesa would drop, upon him, I would publish over his grave words, that would have cheered his dying hour : "But strew his a3hes to th'o wind, Wltosa:sword orYdicehas servedTnankindJ And Is ho dead, whoso glorlou&salHdi Lifts thine orr high ? T To Jlvo, in hearts- we leave Hehln4 ' .Is not to die." Tho thought of dying among strata gers and being buried away froni re lations and home, was" peculiarly1 dis-i treasing to tlie sick in hbsnftji n wounded-on the fieid, . jous, nerval ter. wnen thoemorgenoy shall make the demand, the soldiery" Will understand, ' What hallows ground where heroes sleep? 'lis not tho sculptured piles you heap;?. - but the spirit of the sacrifice, and thd value of the grand consumatipn,, of the popular' devdtion of tho peo ple' to the cause-of tlie union of the' States, and of the universal brother- hood of man. Their influence upon the living is to keep alive thefact thst so great a sacrifice of life iWati object demands a corresponding effort' for ltd perpetuation. We ard pledgeir to the ded that their work shall not fail;,bat that the foundation cemented by their" blood shall bear aloft a glorious tem-ple-Hjhduring as time. We are also pledged,. in tho event of ,otir country's call, to place the sacrifice of our lives hpbn our country's altar, and so faith- fully await the descending fire1, Tho man who. thinks he could jt&sm the ordeal promptly- and cheerfully, understands but little of bis heart and lifs'bwn resolution. In- thd afmy of the Slving'-we have promotions, arid 'in tHe distribHtftm of pensions, grades, and, distinqtions'.- xsut nere in ine. army 01 tue dead, the most fragrant rOsq may fall upon th6 graVe of One' who1 never had time in life, from daily.toil, 0 etiltivate a flower; while the humble. Violet may drop above him,fwhose wealth was profuse and his means 6f enjoyment unbounded. k Living, tho song of the one- miglt have been' ....... "Forme the minea tuohsaad treasures bring. 1 rom tub, health gushes from a. thousand 1 1 spi-lrfes, '.' ft Seasxoll .to waft mo, suns to light mo rise. ' My footstool earth, my canopy the 'skies."' . While'that of thetherrAight have been-: , - "H u- :-.- ."Ko foot at land doT 'possess;' ' ' No cottage in this wllderneMa,-,- , , APWr wayfaring man." ,' ' Buttorday, and hpre, "their common monument, might read' "Equal in death VT I came not here toinake a.speechi but to countenance this work o$loye to join in this act of pure patriotic af fectioh ' - : As years pass by, the order Of exer cises.wjll change; anil whendurhil Ulrens children n many future gene- ikiuuo cnuii BtauH among tneso graves, thd 'hisforlah will grouti' the events of the' great rebellion Arid - .count; the glorioUai-achia-8?cment3.iqf the dead, andestlHia.te the grand" are suiy to them.an'd theirs.' ' '." " auuii a tiuiej ouuuDuergucir an fnspiratidntheyt will exclainsras -i we liave.done, r . .,; u . : , , ,. "l?lUIthc Had par fathers !oyed,tt..,,.. , . TJie freedom, which they Bought'lo win I " Is thikthefcollttiey' trtxl'tepoBv' ,lt;oidi Are these thpsrayes tliey slumber fnJ AtjiI shall wc crouch tibovo these graves-? With emven soul and fetteceUIp,?,. j.,, 1S6 1 By tho enlarging souls that burstr"1 Thcbondsandfttteritro'dnd.nsjset; 'lis. Uy tlio free pilgrim spirit-nursed within our lniuist'bosom;yer, ' By all above, arouhdf below, . ., , Bo our the lnaig;riarhi answer, "Sol" iJ a. ' '. 'J '". A JnTfarrV'TfelF friend' is dollar o two, -saysakri change. TwoVlollara, or two-dollars, and a half. Is a bettei friend and so'.on up., . The moresq. tuiuuiti&Oi WHire Dr. Mary Walker was'-ldti"-turing'latefyifalrjeouth iiedontji'-Arb you the Mary that had a little lamb!" "No!" w:as the reply; "but? youj: muuier naa a niiiejacKass." izau ' 'When a man fells Horae:Greely h'b is "no gentleman,":. Horace ifepliea, "Who the devil said I was?'! That conundrum gets a inan the worst k'ind. m t