Daily State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 January 1869 — Page 2

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1b * tpeftoh in the Stofttft th« othftf day, Mr. PoftTBB Bomb OM9M0M •onfrfttuIfttftd hlflMftlf sbA hift •OBfMrM fftaftnlly, that Is • few daya th« p«opl« would b* heard from la thuodera of rebuke agalnai the Republican ftenatora and ReprewntatlTM who eondemn tba attempt to trad* ar dicker for the high office of United State Senator. Well, the people have keen heard from, hut their Totoe doee not accord with* the eenfideatlp «- preened expeotatlone of Orn back's Obvbcs. The daolnnatl Cbmmtreial, one of the beat indexes Of Republican eentlment In the Weal, tehee an entirely oppoeite new of the eitoMton from what the Porter county Senator anticipated. It can not see anything lotbly In the character, or anything to be admired in the would*be Senator Cumbacx. Itleohe upon him, In feet, ae a eery ordinary peraon, puffed up like a patent pill ad' vertteement Into some little notoriety by correspondents of not much appro* elation of merit, or else influenced by some Interested motive. The Ctmmeretal of Saturday last makes the following short work'd the “Christian Statesman,«. ae his OTcr-sealous Mends term him “The account of the debate In the Sen ate of Indiana on the conuspondenM between the Ooternor and Lieuteeat Ooeernor ol the State, which we reproduce this morning from the Indianapolis new*papers, Is reading matter that wlll deeply Interest politicians throughout the country. No cool observer can lail to see that the effect of the correspondence will be damaging to Combaok. It »

him in the caucus,

■nn BAMSa-CVaSACK COBBBSPSB. MICE.

■S»3B30OX 03T HOIf. JAMS:* HUGtfXHffi 11 Seaster fresi Moaroeaad Lawieaes. DtHvtrtd In th« Indiana Stnalt Ohambtr, Friday a/Umwm, January 16,1669. The senate having resolved Itself Into a Committee of the Whole-Mr. Bellamy lathe Chair proceeded to the further consideration of the resolutions Introduced the day previous, having reference to the Baher-Cumbaek correspondence. Ae a basis for the action of the Committee the day before, Mr. Hngbee had proposed the following!

_ _ didn’t hurt because that was al-

unusual In Mr. Cumback’s request- the! Baker so warmly resented. There

lucet, that

■u. .here may

Mr. ‘ ' nt and IntMiraar lot

surely ^or an race for

Itles

SSSiS-rX resign, shows lack of information or an Then bis anxiety to get Ms letter out of Baker’s hands indicates a ooneoious weakness and poor spirit. Bis “sohelp me

i MlthT^Iwas contentedwltluhe word “ improper.’’ I declared that ail 1 desired this Senate to do was simply to relieve itself of all ths responsibility foe the action of the Lieutenant Governor In making hie proposition to the Oovernor. But the very feet that 1 struek out the word " corrupt ’’ from my resolution as flnt drawn, etatlng at the time the tea* tone: that I wanted to putlt In thelenst offensive form, wee seised upon by the Senator from Madlaon [Mr. Robinson! who took It m an admiaaion that X did not consider the proposition corrupt, when I had introduced n resolution previously declaring that It wm corrupt, and

voted tor that resolution.

At an advanced stage of thle examination, because we got «Im correspondence, paper at a time, by pieoameal. dragging it out as though wa ware pulling taath— after we bad got It all by orders of tbs Senate, after the question of etiquette bad been thrown bach once or twioe between ths Governor and ins Lieutenant Gov•roofa w# obtained tba Ooaarnor’a l#tt#f f and wa found there the expression characterising this proposition as “corrupt and Indecent,” iha Senator from Tippecanoe [Mr. Stein] embodied that language In hie resolution. Upon a motion to atrlka out, this committee, very near the doee f&rX&UZftze&jg <<rviwffnnt and indacent/ In Othar

mare

Pending debate thereon— Mr. Stein had offered a subetltute for the reeolutlene submitted by Mr. Hughes, ss follows!

•eMset MSltertc*

efteverswest.

my views upon some-

rinlon

, vtwwm _ _ tlonal obligation tomeet thaiaanefalrlyand decide which of the two Is right In thle matter. The committee of the whole Senate or the Republican caucus. I understand that tba Governor baa been In effect rebuked by the action of a caucus: but sir. at thla stage of the proceeding, I do not desire to see that action duplicated and Swdy aomethlM^rSiM to*ths tntagrtry —something la due to tbabonaaty-eome-thing la due to the high sense of honor that* haraoterlsed the Governor’s eourea In thla transaction. And as tba question is prssentsd to me to-day, sir, altnoujh it oomes from one who is the Mend of the Governor, and who baa with all modaraof tba resolutions bars, I can not consent to abate one Jot or tithe from the expression of the resolution under consideration; mltfoc by going directly In a oontmy direction from the last vcAe we took before striking out those very identloal words. They stand In that rsaolntlon aa the

moved toamehd by striking judgment of the Committee. Now, Mr. i ‘'corrupt and tndsoent.” chairman, upon tfaesa words canter the

r the word ‘ improper” in whole qua '

the efisloa of the It BeEer is prompt-

sropodtion eon bees eoamend

ee ef Ike sppeintiDi power la ear lyetesi

Mr. Hnghes, by consent of the Senate, had withdrawn “ ■* “

when the subetanee of the letter wee known, waa a grotesqne abanrdlty. The lobbies of ths Indianapolis Hons# oan roar with applauses! evsrv commonplace the Lieutenant Governor may utter, but they do not.represent the public opinion of the country. After this it would be a kindness to Mr. Cam back to keep him at

boms.”

That’s Just It. The applanse of Cuxhack's claqtiers in the lobby ol the Senate, does not represent tbe public opinion of the country, The Oommereiai goes still further than this. It remarks that after the developments that were brought out by his oortespundencp with * Governor Bakhr “it would bo a kindness to Mr. Gumback to keep him at home.” It would be ntore than this. It would manifest a regard for tbe obaraoter of the State to keip Mr. Ouxback out of the Senate. The contrast between the character of Mr. Ctrxa*ox and hta predecessor, will make the deficiencies of the latter the more apparent. Mr. Hawbkicks has the ability, the accomplishment* and the high ebarsotor that glvs him prominence in what has bean regarded ths foremost legislative body In the world; while Combaok, if elected, but God forbid it, would be the repreeentatl ve of an oppoeite element. Tbe would-be-Senator looka upon the office as a oommsroial or merohaatsbl# article, to be bought and aold for fovors like oattle upon the market. No doubt cross-roads postoffloes, route agencies and other little fovors of that kind, have bean freely used and probably the church has been thrown in aa a bait occasionally when other considerations hive foiled. Outside of the Influences we have named, ws aak If there la a high-minded and honorable man la the State who would not ftel degraded, In view of the foots that have been developed, by the election of such a man to the The speech delivered by Hon. Jambs Hbaxas, on Friday last, upon the Ba-kbr-Comback correspondence, portrays with s master hand the moral delinquencies of Cumback—the mooring spirit and the graveling agencies by which be hoped to accomplish his ends. If the would-be Senator represents the public opinion of the country, aa claimed by Senator CHtmoii, we oan only say that we have follen; upon evil times indeed. The elevated sentiment and honorable ambition that onoa impulsively governed ear public servant*, If aooh men as Cpmbaok become their successors, enust have departed and the office of Senator will be no longer regarded aa the evidence of merit, worth and honor, but only the prise of the most suoceasfal trader. As Judge Houmus remarks, In the speech we publish to-day, thetimespent on thequestion be discusses, Is time well spent. For that reason w* hop* hia speech will have a general perusal. We can not hope for a pur* and free government, until the political .fountainsAre kept untainted, so that honsety, manliness, purity, and honorable ambition shall And foror with ar reward from the psopls, II Is currsntly rutnorsd that ths Chairman of the Ohio State Central Commitwlll visit Indianapolis to-morrow, accompanied by several other prominent Republicans of that State, forth* purpose ef coaxing or driving the refractory Republican membars of tha Legislature into the party traesa. Those gentlemen might ns well save their time and tronbls, for ws osd notify them In adranoe that sock a mission will not be suooeeefnl. if thsis should be a split In the RepubHoan ranka tha faction will be responsible for It, that is determined to force a candidate upon the party whom a portion can not vets for without involving their honor and aolf respect. Tbe outride Intermeddlers In our domestic affairs will do wall to remember the story of the old woman and the bear. A domestic community may tolerate squabbles among thsmselven, but when an interloper pats In bis nay, all differences are suspended to msbe common war on the intruder. —Robert Clsske A Cow, of Cincinnati, havi Just received. from Europe, pur* chasm by their agents then, 687,000 worthef rare works, gathered from the great libraries and private collections of different kingdoms and prinolpalRlea. This valuyble collection was purchased for Mr. H.W. Hayes, of Lnwrtnoebarg, Mr. Hayes uvlng lately built a palatial mansion thek for lie reception. The collection einbnuse the meet rare and costly works that oo\id be found. Another lot for the same pa\ty, of the value of nearly 610,000, U nupsehd hr the next a|ea«n*r.

his resolution and ac^S^dlvtolono? tha^umtionhad been demanded and tha flret resolution waa ^rSsMseeond resolution being under con-

sideration— Mr. Fisher

out the words

and inserting the word ‘ improper This amendment being the pending

qneetlon before the committee—

Mr. Haghee said; Mr. Chairman, , suppose the question is on the amend ment of the Senator from Wabaah(Mr. Fisher). I do not hold the opponents of the resolution responsible for the amendment of the Senator from Wabash, for hia votes heretofore show him to be one of the friends of the general proposition. After considerable delay on yesterday evening, and a great many dilatory motions, the Senate adjourned, as I under•tood Hf upon tbe dlstioot uadereteoding that we were to come to a direct vote upon this second reaolutlon. Two or three attempts to adjourn were made and repeated and Anally iheJ-leutenant Governor himself, by permission of the Senste. msde an appeal for delay In the

following wordsi . . , t

Mr. Ganbeek—1 •implr detire that wh«a the rotea are takes ea thote reeoiutloat we aar

pretest, eod then I deelre the role.

Mr. Hughe*—Upon that appeal the Senate scUoarned. Now, when we meet again ana go Into Commutes of the Whole, tbe Senator from Webash submits hie proposition, for which I do not hold the mends of the Lieutenant Oovernor responsible, and a friend of tbe Lieutenant Governor, ss ha has shown himself heretofore, comes in with ■ proposition to indefinitely postpone, which hbnot before tbe committee now beosase the chair baa rulad it oat of order. I desire to know, sir, If soy good faith is to be kept in this thing by the friends of the Lieutenant Governor. I desire to know if they are bound by hia ipeecb, or if waare to bava a renewal of the dilatory motions and apeeial pleas to-day that hava characterised that aide of tbe question from the oommenoement to the present time. Is there no pledge that can bind these ment Is there no agreement they will live up toT When we held them yesterday evening by a positive majority upon this floor, shown by repeated test votes, and finally yielded to the personal appeal of the Lieutenant Govarnor to waft for a full Senate, and wa have Just had a call of tha Senate, are we now to be- met with motions "kT&iFTZZ*,', InMrrupilag—Is there a motion to Indefinitely

postpone before the eommitteeT Tbe Chairman—There la not.

Mr. Hughes—For tba simple reason that the dnatr ruled It out of order. The Senator from Madison will not say, I preaume, he did not know befor# hand that

—Grandmothei Hootsn, aged cam kuna dred and sixteen years, died at the residence of her frindsou, Robert HooUn, near Hlllbam, Labels County, on Wedaeoday, Decemberflfl, 1666, Bke waa born 4a 1766, and waft therefore twentjr-fonr years of sge at (he elgnlng of the Declareiion of Independence. Sbe waa never alek> in her lifo, up to|frtrty-six hOuM

foafore her death.

of Madison—I do say

it would oomo.

tha/i did noUtqow before band it wouI&

did not

Mf. MUgaefl—A aewirv VO stave vnat a uiu know it would come. This la wbat I say— Mr, Gray—1 deaira to say that the first I heard of it came from tha gentleman’s

ought to press that inquiry further, the committee having so daddad. I know of

Thd fleeratary than read a follows!

[Bavslops marked "Private.”] “essssssrso, Iks., Jaaasrr 6, MM,

"Oovsssos Baub—Dias fsissc—If I had net i tkoa^sd^tbfoira te demaad mr *

*%orr.]

••Boa. ma <£&*' Sis: Touree' fere me. lotion mm .„ mm ■put either of them from

ar atteatioa tkle eea yea- 1 will m eaimeetlaai I

r .atioa, the (ZplfnaUon shoqldMmade with! i the eeaditlea. iane.ted. Per eaeb a pnrwopportattitr will be offered if deeired. The

ositton 16 received and accented.” and bad found tbe Lieutenant Governor the next week electioneering againt him, and seeking te prevent his nominallony a well founded and just charge of perjury would no* have lain against him in tba Judgment of all fair men? That la my construction. The Senator has pat hie upon It. Hie two oan go to the committee and to the Senate, and tha Donato can decide. I say further, in reference to the corrupt i.ngn.jp. 0 f the proposition, which is the direct question before tbe committee now, that If tbe Lieutenant Governor had alhed to bis proposition these words: ‘‘I not only ratire from the contest, but will pay you a bonus of 96,000 in cash,” it would not have made it any more corrupt. Tbe principle involved la tbe

M|# v Mr. Hoghen—Now, Mr. Chairman, I desire the ooramnnication given to the Senate by the Senator from Wabash, (Mr. Fisher) read. I will then state the action of the Senate on that. Tbe Secretary than read aa follows: ■Ibfe that a part ef the •MTMpasAmt.a MiMfer to wm?*£: Btor sfieida he laAmM ef the aamtor ef hMsn s^&.SS.*5.rsri!sKlA ef th« l.tUra, tar to roa that th.ra wm fear in ail, dstto as follows, rii

come. . . . Mr. Church, Interposing—I

“'SSJ SJ.'STfS’A™ «......... I did

“ This ia what I say

hat the fir gentleman

side of the house.

Mr, Hughes—You heard of it first when

yon heard it read, didn’t you?

Mr. Gray—No. sir.

Mr. Hughes—The vote shows that tha Senator who moved aa indefinite postponement, voted against the passage of the general proposition. 1 take if that his position lb shown by his vote. Mr. Robinson, of Madison, interrupting—Didn't the Senator from Monroe, (Mr. HuKhes,) vote to adjourn yesterday Mr. Hughaa—The Senator from Monroe roee and said that if tbe friends of tbe Lieutenant Governor wanted delay, be would vote for adjournment. Tbe Senator from Parke, (Mr, Rice,) said he did want delay, and when tba Lien tenant Governor said wbat I bare read, vlst “There are now some ton Senators absent. I aak, for that reason, and that ealy, that the eonsideration of tbls subject maybe postponed antilwa have all the Senators present, and then Idceirethevotc.” That

is a vet* on the resolution.

Mr. Gray, Interposing I will explain, aa tha Senator who mode the motion to adjourn, that I made tbe motion for this reason i 1 heard It rumored that this Senate would toe continued In sssrion too late to held the Republican caucus. It waa not for tbe purpose of staving off the ^Mr^Sherrod—There seems to be some misunderstanding la relation to the motion to adjourn. I voted against an adJoormnont, until the Lieutenant Governor mad* hts remark*. I then stated after hearing these remarka, I frit It to be a matter oflustlce to him that tba Senate adjourn, and made tbe motion myself, hoping w# would come to a vote to-day, Mr. Huffbes—On that qneetlon I simply desire again to read the speech of the Lieutenant Governor upon which the adjournment wee obtained, after a vota by ayes and naye almost unanimous against

adjournment

‘Mr. Oankaek-I iImplr darira that whan tha

raaointtoai, wa mar hara 1 tan B-natori

ad that oaly.

whol# question la controversy In this 9 *Mt. Robinson, of Madison, interrupting—I will oak the Senator If ha did not make this statement In his remarks lest evening. That If members were Intending te flUlbuster to prevent the vet* upon toe resolution on last evening, then be would advise tha Senators supporting It K araiEr.".»"TL. » the friends of the Lieutenant Governor— Mr. Robinson, Interposing—And I will aak in the same connection If you did not propose to etrike oat the words now ^Mrlfughes—Certainly not. I proposed that the friends of the Lieutenant Governor should make choice between the two adjectives. The Senator had bettor rely on tbe reporter nnd not on bis own private notes hereafter. According to parliamentary courtesy and practice, it would have been my privilege to doe# tbe dleouamon ef this preposition yesterday afternoon; and anrely evary Senator will admit that nnlaaa tha nttorancaa of Senators over the way were passed by as tha idlewlnd, enough has been said leveled personally at myaalf to Justify a somewhat extended reply} but for tha purpose of saving tlms and disposing of this question, I was Inclined on yseterday evening to waive the privilege of a general reply to the speeches made ia behalf of tbe Lientenant Governor. He. In person, however, and hia friends daslre daisy, and to-day we are mat with new motions for postponement. Therefore I deem It proper to review tbe discussion and tbe developments which have token place In ita program, and attempt, as far aa I am able, to lead tbe Chair back to tbe true question before It. And I aay sir, that this body can bava no more Important bnainms befor* it than tba settlemeat of this question, and that the tlma spent in deciding apon the simple proposition to which it is redaceable, is time aa well spent m it could possibly be by this liegialature or this Senate. And, sir, I desire to get tbe question again bsfore the Senate. Tba question, from which I think some Senators have widaly wandered in the discussion, 1 desire to get back before the Senate clearly and almaly m it is. 1 aak tha Secratary in tha flint place to read the resolution calling for the correspondence from the Govarnor. And I wish to aay, sir, that I desire my remarks to b# reported in lull or not reported at all, concerning wbat I bava spoken to tbe stenographer. I have to complain, aa tha Senator from Daviess, of being partially and incorrectly reported, and I Intend to protest myself from any misunderstanding of thla speech by haying a full report, and I intend to embody all the correspondence In U and *M the

issues Involved.

The Secretary not being able to find tbe

correspondence—

- Mr. Hnghes said: We will Just consider the resolution read, aa evary member of tba Senate knows wbat it is.

It ia aa follows!

fMMi wiwovt ■y reply eeiDy produced t x fnell ■ laiist (as its laasaac# alfkt be deemed I) ea IU predsetioa i but ia that csss pea •ss far that ay reply wee aa Indisasat pleaee return to me unopened, anltn a part ef tbe eorreepoadenee U predeeed wtlhoat predaelaarltab. la the Uet named eveet. pea will, la adoitfea te earns for me wbat I have be ere iadleated Jar before tbe beasts the copies el tbe tetters of Ptbroary. 21 sad a. MM. Inelosed ia “ff^tlM^wmsyoadsass sbell be prod seed. or If mere ef it shalf be preesnted, pea will have occasion to eat in tbe matter, sad la either -j» will retara the eavelepe eoataiaias the “II It becomes aeeassarp for pea te take sap aetfos. pee sea either read this oommaaieetioa to tbe icaato. or mako pear owa stale meat ef its seateate. ‘‘Tsars truly, “CONhtD BAKBB.” Mr. Hughs*—Mr. Chairman, altar tbe prssentstlon of that latter to the Senate by the Senator from Wabash tha debate want on upon the flnt letter of Lieutenant Governor Cumbaek. Subsequently, apon the same call, his second letter was read. I do not remember bow, bat M was called out In the course of debate and furniahed to tha Senate. Tbe debate proceeded apon the flnt letter of tbe Lieutenant Governor, and resulted In n motion calling upon tha Govarnor for the real of tha correapondenoa that motion being made by a Aland of tha Lieutenant Govarnor aa an amendment to a motion mad* by me and accepted by me—my original motion being that tba Lieutenant Governor abonld produce the correspondence—and they voted against that motion, although it proceeded from tbe anthortaad friend of tbe Lientenant Governor, tba Lientenant Governor sitting by hia a toe, and the friend of tbe Lieutenant Govarnor also voting against bla own motion, thue, In my opinion, seeking to auppreee the correspondence. And to be just to tbe Lientenant Governor on tbat aubject, I propose to read, as part of my apaeeb, the reasons assigned by the Lientenant Governor bltnaelf for tailing to predno* tbe whole of the correspondence. Mr. Haghee read aa follows: 'Mr. Oambaek—I riae. set with a rlew to make of thliqnartion. butiimiU

rote* ere taken on tkoae rcooiatioat, we mar bare a hill Senate, There are sow tone ten Senator* abrent. I atk, for that res***, sad that oaly, that the eoDfideretlon of tbi* *ahf**t map be

sssKuaS.r-x'irM"^ ‘" u "‘ Mr. Kit her (Interposing)—I with to state In behalf ofuovernor Oambaek and kla frlMda, tbat no one ever suggested this motion to me. It came from that ride, and I wish the Senate to understand that they are not chargeable with this

amendment.

Mr. Hughes—I understand that perfectly. Mr. Chairman, and ao stated. In regard to tha amandmant of tba Senator from Wabash [Mr. Fisher], it proposes to reduce this resolution to tba form In which It waa flint preaented. And 1 appreciate bla motive*j they arc evidently those of kindness and oourtesy to the friends of the Lientenant Govarnor. And I may aay her* that this courtesy toward* tbe Lieutenant Governor had characterised the dlaousaton, upon which I will for the sake oftb* Idea call (bis ay has not hsex inet^n^ tbe

■’Ano Wkiaats, A netaberef thii bodr ha* declared la debate, (a the preseaee of the Lientoaent Ooveraor, that be wad authorised bp Ineatenant Ooveraor Oambaek to »r that »o far a* be

tieaed. Mr. Hogbas—Nowl call for the read lag of the correspondence which we have bad. pieo* at a tlm*} bat I want It all read together. Ths fleoretary commenced to read the Lieutenant Governor'* 1# Senate. Mr. Hughes—That ia net egaetly the thing, i want to taka things In tl order. Tbe Secretary then read tha following message from the Governor} » sea m Mr that I tor* Mt wrftton'e llae to tbe featlewltaoal Mi fall authoritp aneqa rooallr espreH•d. Tear reielutipa deeler** that tbfo aataeritf hat been ■Iren, but fart there map be f feld•nderttoadtas ia relation to tbe matter. I have concluded (bet my doty under fee delleatoeirourottanoo in wbleb 1 am placed. wooM be beat performed bp placina copier of tho eorrarpon dense at 4ho oontrri of L|«i ‘ Cumbaek. I tberefore riault

If 'theri^i'acp miraad Llcatonant (tore

totover he i

“laeeatlve Chamber’, -At tbat point I

C"

wish to

state that*!)* Senator from Parke being called upon te aay whether tbe papers were at the disposal of the ken dtp or not, made the statement that apon opening the anvelope addreeaed to him he found an envelop* add reaped to the Lieutenant Governor—(the Lieutenant Governor Being seated by hts aide)—tbat tb* papers ware voluminous, and that they required

trdtt,

:W,. tin tho

befor*

> a stronger

Senator from

(word* “e

Jr^sa

morning a portion of th^omneepondefiee jrtlon and tbat portion aloha WM poaaaarton of the Sonata tvWeu the t eommanleatton from . , veraer, whtohiaahth* Secretary tA read. s The Secretary oommanaad to read the letter from Governor Baker te Senator arner com mu weeding to Mm ggy lf his flnt letter to Governor Baker.

AsMea astto' Caafoffr'om lfovt«' r |nu'd fee revolution, I told tbe Svaator from Portvr

ate eharnctor

i plain but*•rp Henntor.

id

^ . «r. I respond to every pel wbSebVbe'rMoUtloa^dheetod. 1 ^! tokKto ftea^ etor from Porter te mp to tbe bennto tbnt I removed tbe Mnli of seereep, nn •' ww wiiHne tb«t tbe Oeveraer.of Indiana sbeald pmbit>h that letter. The Weveraer Mat in bla meecaae roeurdap, not pnblivhl bat aaetiae tho rv

Hrs^ito r^tto'L^la^onto tejS: C3\ttofe4 , fei bodrTS/5w*I nS tobTto^ dap after dar. aad hour after boar, tbnt I nm try. fa# tocover sometbina ap I pnbUabvd the letter written bp mprclf. bit as far at pablisbioa letters from other* are concerned, 1 never win break the seal of privacy of letters directed to

me, m help me Sea.”

Mr. Hughaa—I wish to remark, Mr. Chairman, as a commentary upon that statement of the Lieutenant Governor, that tha resolution of the Henate did not pretend to foreehadow what particular letters ware in tb* eorrenpondenoe, but called for tba correspondence—the whole ofit with aqv indoraementa thereon. I with further to aay that tbat oorreepondenoe was placed in the hands of the Lieutenant Govarnor while sitting apon the floor of the Senate, and in the presence of the Senate. ’Tie but fair to presume that tb* Lieutenant Govarnor knew long ago what wm In tb* correspondence, especially as a newspaper article authorIsed by him and printed tbe day previously had admitted the troth of the chargee made against him aa to tbe ac-

tual contenta of the letter.

Mr.Camback, interrupting—What does

the Senator mean to charge?

Mr. Hughaa—I mean to charge the pa-

ternity of the article on yon.

Mr. Cu no beck—I deny the change.

Mr. Haghea—I can prove it.

Mr. Cumbaek—I demand the proof. Mr. Haghee—I oan prove it by Colonel

Holloway.

Mr. Cumbaek—By consent of the Senate I desire to say that I did not know there waa any article on the subject until that article bad been written, and I never saw on* word of it till H was published In print. Not a line, not an idea, not a hint, not a suggestion was made by me. Mr. Hughes—In Justice to myself I am bound to state td the Senate—and I am b* glad that the Lientenant Governor should

in tb* iMt speech I made, I believe it wm yesterday forenoon—tbe last speech but one in the session when tbe debate opened—after I bad condemned it. that Mr. Holloway, tbe principal proprietor, I believe, of that establishment called upon me and expressed hia regret at the appearance oftb* article, and stated to me that It waa Inserted.at tha Instance of Mr. Cumbaek. That Is tb* source of my Information. It may be right or wrong. 1 rive my authority, ana upon that auth rlty I make the charge. The Lieutenant Oovernor will find that I do him no harm Intentionally, while at tb* tame tlm* X will net ■brink from etatlng this case Jnet as I understand It, Mo much for that. And In eonnaotion with It. If be wants to traee the matter up, I will Mjr that X understand that the article wm put In—perhaps written at bis instance by Mr. Sulgrove.

Now he has tbe whole itory.

I aay, Mr. Chalnnan, that, pending the adjournment qf the Senate, between the time when the Lientenant Governor received tbe package of papers in tbe pree-

i Senate ana the time when he

to tbe Senate,

he, in

•no* of the

furniahed a portion of It

during that rntorniedtato period, h®, in violation, aa I assert, of parliamentary decorum, amounting almost to a breach of the privilege* of the Senate, made a portion of that correspondence public through the public press, as well m by reading it to nomerous private Individuals or members of the Senate—and I challenge a denial of that (hot. After the transaction Just alluded to, sod after re-

mends of the

Hia friend and advpsate, the Sen* Porte*(Mr. Ohnrch),sitting by

Ton go that we

upon the Governor.

I accepted the amendment. Hie friend and advocate then opposed hie own motion, and contended that this correspondence ought not to coin* before (be Senate. U was, in my opinion, a clear ease of rkppraaAe vert, which, in tba law hooka, amounts to ruggestio /aUi. But tbe Senate adopted my motion, as amended, and upon that order, and only In that way, earn* tha vent of the correspondence, being two letter* from tb* Governor fed Hughe*—I would rather hareiha totters reed In their order. Zdaglreth*

‘ ory oftb* matte*on

read m follows:

who rote tbiaka ho did ao wrong, had oksatad

hia opinloa.

“I hevo tho homer to bo,

'' K "*£Swnrru." * ’XxacvnvB DarASTaser, 1 “IkDUSAroLU, Jeasar* 14. UN. j

"OmUmtn qf tJu Srnmtti

*‘Ia rotpooM to a roiolation of tho Boaato, a eopy »f which ha* ja*t boae doiivorod to mo, I herewith r«*pe«tfoUr traa*mit a eopy of tho lettar shaded to la that re*olatfoa.

"CONRAD BAKER.’’

‘THMAkAroLts, Jaaasrr 1.1868. lion. WM Cumbaek. Ortmtbmry, Indiana s

“Sib; Year eommaaiostioa of tha 8th lartaat waa roonlved. aad abaaaM from tho city preventbriar rkoald m*aoor« mo by *o low a ataadard of

oemmoo morality a*.to make it.

“Yhaye the honor to b«,

(ffw.1 t _ 5o,, ^M£ r S , AW” Mr. Hnghes—Tbe next document to which I deelre to esll the attention of the Senate, to a publication in the Stale Journal, tbe paternity of which I have charged upon the Lieutenant Governor, upon the authority which I have given, and which b* denies. Tha charge and the denial is before the Senate. I tend from the Indiana State Journal, January IS, 1869:

*‘m ooBBssroxsascs.

"Yoatorday tha rooolatioa of Mr. Tenor, of Davtoss, ia the Boaato, ealliao for oortaln allecod •oireapesdeac* hatwan Lioatoaaat Oovernor Cambaok aad Qovoraor Bakor.wa* amendod byJnda* Hncho*. of Monro*, whe, la proporing Ma amonndmant. rtatod what ho aador■tood to ho tho ekarnotorof MrT Cnmbsek’* proposition, whioh Govarnor Baker doollaod. Mr. Cambaok’* trioad* aoeoptod the (tetoment •ahriaatiaUy oorroct. aad tha* mad* tho adopUoa ol tho roMlotioa ia aay form, nanooosaary. All tbat it Maid aooomp Uh. *v*n ia the aalikoly ovoat feat Oovorea* Bakov woald raaaKilia tho right of ih* Son at* to Matmand hi* privsto *orTO«pyqdoaM J- w«ji aoMmpUihod by tha Matopolittetaa*. in pnnoit^ of o^fto*/aad of ifetoh

every mombor of tho Lorirlataro. nt or n, nffor i* a tpooimon. ‘Yoa veto for my

B JS

aad rll vote for yoara, or do *omothing ohligoyo*aa mneh a* yonr sonaont — 10 0o * -a-— - tho lattor woald appoint Um to tho vi

which it waa aatlriaatod Mr. Hoadnok* wo

mako la the Uaitod btatoa Boast*, la oi ~

■:sffi^srsaa-sysyi

lican aomiaatioa for Govoraor Govoraor aakor dooliaod. If ao politielaa had rvor made or *atortriaod may propoaitioa mor* •orrapt than thi*. wo ahoald have aa cloaa a bill of polmeal morality ia ladiaaa aa *aa ha oand ta ear eonntry wharo oOm. an obuiaod by votoa, and vatoa by

par*oaal inflaoaM or latoroat-”

Mr. Hughaa—It will b* remembered, Mr. Chairman, tbat in tha publiabaa facta it la distinctly stated tbat tba consldaration proposed by Mr. Cumbaek— and this a friendly publication—for an appointment to tba United States Senate, waa that ha would withdraw aa a candidate for tba RepubHoan nomine* for Govarnor. In regard to tha information which I have laid before tb* body, ae to tbe paternity ef this editorial, aa it came to me after I had denounced toe editorial upon tbe floor of the Senate, ae a public man about a public mat tar, I regard It as public property. I gave no pledge, and consider myself under no pledge, expressed or implied, to withhold it from

the public.

Thla makes up tha raw. Mr. Chairman,

upon the record.

To the laeue. Is this tb* correspond■nee? Aa before the committee, its authenticity js not denied. Whether the Lieutenant Governor suggested or caused tb* publication of this article in tha Journal or not, bis advocates on this floor, to defending him, bare aeaumed

|||0 QQggf ■mmIts

that tbe proposition contained in hta latter to Governor Baker waa nothing more than an ordinary transaction among politicians, and that It la Justifiable in mural* and la law. On the othor hand, tbe friends of this resolution stand upon the position assumed by Govarnor Bakar, wrben he refect*! tbe proposition, to-wit: That the proposition made was "corrupt tod Indecant.” That la tb* iasus to be tried upon this record. That is the question before thla committee, and tbat will be tbe question if the committee pass the resolution and report It to the Senate. Having stated tbe question, air,

flurty

anti the

— I understand it,

tinctly, I propose to give sons why tb* proposition aaaumed the friends of the resolution la cor and ought to be adopted} and why proposition maintained by tba friend the Lieutenant Governor, la unsound

ought to be voted down. This ground boa, to a great extant, bean traveled over already, and I have no deelre to repeat what I have heretofore eaid} and, sir. I Intend, and I beg tba Indulgence of tlM Senate, to place thla matter ao plainly before ths Senate, and the world, that it will present to al! partis* Interested, especially to my constituents, and to every member of the political organisation to which I belong, a frir atatomant, and, aa I conceive, an ample iaMlflcstion of the vote that I shall give, and a full defense to every charge that has been alleged against ma to tha oouroa of tbe debate, imupttog to me a desire to bold tbe integrity of that political organisation subordinate to my nrtvsto ambition. It Is atmply, air, a qnestton between honesty on the on* hand, and dishonesty on the other. It ia aimhigh public duty, on the on* hand, and on the other band, tha corruption of one high public functionary aeexing to make a corrupt bargain with another. And we are now at the point of voting aa to whether the words “corrupt and indecent'’ ah all be struck < at, and putting the standard of morality maintained by thin Senate lower then the standard of morality maintained by tbe Governor. I say to yon aad to thla Sanata, that this la no party question. It la a question between two members of tbe eatne political party. It ia a question of polities! morality; a question as to how the offioee of the State are to be disposed of by those whose oaths* of offio* bind them to the people to dispose of them alone from eonriderationa of the public good, and not of filthy lucre and peraonai advancement. And, need this Senate long debate which side of that question to taker Are there, Republicans here, or Democrats, who are prepared to vote that it ia right and proper, or not ‘‘oorrunt and IndMMnt *> in an.

who are pre-

or not “oorrupt and lnd*ront,’^to'aj£ proaoh tba Governor of the State and ask him ta appoint a man to a seat In the United State* Senate, to coneideratton that tbe applloant will withdraw from Mr. Gray (InterruptfngV-Doea the letter from the Lientenant Govarnor to tha

Governor promise that*

Mr. Hughaa—Bead the latter, Mr. Secretary, I want tha question and answer

taken down Jnet m it occurred.

Mr. Gray—Tb* charge made, by the Senator from Monroe ia, that he (the Lieutenant Governor) promised to sup-

port the Governor. .

Mr. Hughes—Ye* air, that's the charge. I didn’t aay it is to tha latter, Mr, but I

make the charge. The Secretary r6hds:

"Gaatsaacao, laa, Jaaoary A, 1661. «aak. I would com* op and *•* you. 1 will, thoaonro, vaataro to mako this Meaortioa: I thlak Hoadriok. will bo eho**a br ch. D*mo•rat*. and ho will, fortnioljr, (if ho Utond* to in-

yon will, other

aad

approbation, pl*a**i •ofcsvarop* Mpiy

hopofor t

propoaitioa doo* not moot with roar pies** roturn tbi* UtUr to m*. Lot

an aarlr '

•’“•"‘•"•’Staritamm... Mr. Hughaa—I dmiro to propound » qoMtion to tb* Senator from Randolph (Mr. Gray), whether or not tbat latter doe* not imply a pledge that b# will support Governor Baker for the nomina-

tion? » -

Mr. Gray—I answer: Not at qll, It is Alnd that tb# Senator mao# tha charge, it tbe Lieutenant Governor, Colonel mbwk, did promise t* support GovStr. Hutches—I did not any that tbe omlsc wm contained ta that Tetter: but

What I was about to aay, sir, was, tbat w* hava arrived, in tbe progress of this discussion, at a difference of opinion upon tbe fundamental queotions involved here. Some of the gentlemen who have apoken on the other ride have boldly justified this aa a legitimate means of ootaining office; and nave virtually gone down to tbe standard of morality in the Journal, while the other Mde denonnee it as a vile species of immorality, n misdemeanor at common law, utterly corrupt, and unworthy ot the sanction of this body. In reference to that matter, Mr, I have been taunted, that my views upon a question of tbat sort were learned in the Democratic party. And I have been assured by tbe Church to which tbe Lientenant Governor always goes when be leaves tbe chair (referring to Senator Church, of Porter,) that the atandard of morality in the Republican party is quite different. Sir, to reference to that, I have to aay, that, if it is necessary, in order to learn common honesty to be a Democrat— Mr. Robinson, of Madison, (interposing.)—Will the Senator allow me? Mr. Hughea—You will spoil a good sentence I was about to utter. Mr. Robinson—I want to know what church the Senator refers to? Mr. Hughes—Tbe Porter House Church. [Laughter.! Isay, Mr. Chairman, that If I learned rimply common honesty in the Democratic party, it was a good thing. It ia a good thing to learn (here, or anywhere else. And if I can not practice it to tba Republican party, I would Ilka to shake bands with that party and leave it M soon m possible. But, air, I deny tbat the prindplee I advocate are the exclusive property of the Democratic party; and! deny tbat they ar* exclusively the property of tbe Republican party. I say they are principles of right which are not learned in parties, but they are learned at our mothers’ knees, in tbe aoboolbouae, and in the church—not meaning tha same Church I spoke of before. [Laughter.] They are principles taught by teachers of morality everywhere; and I claim, in regard to thla, tbat they are

am actuated by that motive to attack the transaction, and they say that others opposed to the Lieutenant Governor are sc-

.n.n-c,5j..‘ 1 %^ > SSl 1 L , KS SS enough of this discuasiou. Let us concede for the sake of argument that it ia true. What then is their position? A man in the exercise of a laadible ambition, finds an obstacle in the way—finds it corrupt, and attempts to remove it by proving ita corruption—but those who attempt to pat tbe corrupt man In place, stand up and defend the corruption and tbe man whose posit ion ih corrupt, this letter ‘ - — - -

ia to be

matters not wbat may that move those who bring it before tbe pnblic for examination, they are doing a public service. But if corrupt, the motives of those who, for the purpose of patting this man tote the highest public office within the gift of the State of Indians, and seek to accept him and his corruption together, where do they stand? Speeches were made upon this floor by gentlemen turning sideways, ignoring the Chair, and addressing themselves to s packed lobby, eliciting applause which earns. Speeches were made ontside of the record and issues, and addressed to the lowest inatincts of a mob. These gentlemen, avow the principle that all trading la fair in politics. I want to make a commentary upon that portion which has taken place in thin Senate, and that commentary is this: It relates to tbe appointment of the standing committees to this body. The position assigned in the standing committees to myself and certain other Senators on this floor, wga not the result of the part we have taken in the discussion of this question; because I had never opened my mouth upon this aubject until the Lieutenant Governor Walked in and took his seat, and sat in full view ot us all—and having no time to make these committees—it waa at a period before the resolutions authorizing the committees had been passed —and when tbe discuasiou was over for the time being he took the chair, and drew out the paper and announced the committees. It ia a plain fact, that the committee* were made before the office waa committed to him. How doe* it happen, that some men who have committed the crime of being mentioned ae a candidate for United States Senator, are to be ignored, sod their constituents

.because

aet nor

puoucao party also, it ia not for the purpose of the disruption of the Republican party that I am advocating these principles, but to preserve He integrity. I want to as* my party “first pure, and then peaceable}” hot I desire to purchase no peace inside of any political organisation, either Democratic or Republican, that ia purchased at tbe aacrtflee of the plainest

principles of common honesty.

Mr. Chairman 1 hove stated the question. If I have stated it correotlv, Mr, it D already argued. A mere statement of It la sufficient to carry conviction to evary unprejudiced mind. And, to show that Governor Baker was right, we ahoald anpport the resolutions as right; and that gentlemen who differ with near* In tbe wrong. They should be right from their premises, and we right from oura. Their premises are different from oura, and oan different from theirs. It la for tb* Committee end the Senate to Judge between the promisee we choose to assume. Wbat, then, ia the duty of the Committee? Will the Committee aay that this kind of a thing is to receive the Indorsement of the Senate of Indiana? Will the Committee refuse to express ita disapprobation, in some form, Inasmuch aa tbe Governor baa been aoaailed upon thi* floor, and his character brought in question here by Imputation of bad faith In tbe publication of private oorreapondence, and bv the statement, that be waa carried through the late canvaas on tbe shoulders of this Ajax? Had not tbe Senate better err upon tbe eide of justice and truth, and express its condemnation In tho vary lanpiafi la which tha Gov-

ernor has expressed hia?

Now, Mr. Chairman, what ia the defense up in behalf of the Lieutenant Gover- ’ here? In the first place, I am bound to say, tbat, never in toe course of my limited experience heve„I seen a charge of thla sort mads In a legislative assembly, met in the manner in which these chargee have been met. I have seen criminals defended in tbe court* of the country. I have heard motions to quash, and technicalities Interposed, ana special picas, and long lectors* and speeches upon the doctrine of reasonable doubts. I know that the#* are the reeorte of criminal lawyers, in defending guilty, and, sometime*, innocent men. But I never heard, air, to tba course of my experience, of a high public functionary publicly charged with an offense like thla, day after day, while profearing to be ready to meet tbe feane. evading it in every possible form, and finally dealing ont the correspond•no* piece-meal, and affirming that that was all that pertained to the qneetlon in the resolution, instead of giving it all to ua, leaving na to decide how much wee relevant, and, finally, wa had to appeal to the action of the Senate to get tbe rest •fit. And now, wears told It amounts to nothing. If ao, why oppose thla mat tar In tbe oommenoement? The Senator from Madlaon (Mr. Robinson,) could see nothing In the letter. It was one of tbe meet harmless things In the world. He wm one of the first gentlemen to speak in the defense, and I believe he resisted •very attempt to get the correspondence. And I commiserate him for the amount of bis pedeatrianiam in marching from the chMr to hia seat, and from hia scat to tha chair daring tbe trial, from the com-

mencement to this hour.

Mr. Robinson (in hia seat)—That is very

kind in the Senator.

^ Mr. Hughea—In the first place, wheif the Lientenant Governor waa inaugurated and took his seat, he called to the chair the Senator from Parke (Mr. Rice,) and after a whispered consultation, the Senator from Porter (Mr. Church) was interposed and took the chair, aud the Senator from Parke took the floor aa defender of the Lieutenant Governor, and made a^speech, la whioh be spoke by authorTfr. Church, interposing—The Senator frera Porter was called to the chair. Mr. Hughes—I think the Senator from Portar went there ae though he waa sent by the Senator from Parke. In the mean time the Senator from Madlaon, who had ■Iroady spoken, relieved him, and the Senator from Porter came down and

Interest* of great questions and tbe public good to hia own private ambition. In tbe discharge of my rinty aa a Senator, I heard tbe subject r-itter of this resolution discussed. It interested me. I inquired into it and found there was truth in it. The eecoud day when it was up I came in here and made a charge which tbe correspondence has fully sustained. It only remains for the Senate to act upon it. The public press baa assailed me, and I have been denounced by the Senator from Porter, and the Cincinnati newspapers. Some one has aet the Cincinnati Gazette upon me in connection with thla matter, and some one has furnished the Cincinnati Commercial with a communication in connection on the same anbject. And some one haa caused the State Journal to come out and defend this corruption on the part of the Lieutenant Governor; ana some one has caused tbe columns of that paper to be opened to a communication opposing the recommendation of the Governor, and opposing the granting of the fund for an Agricultural College to the State University, situated in the county of Monroe. Not only am I to be punished in this way, ary influence in this body impaired, and my character and standing iu the Republican party assailed, but my constituents are to be punished, the press is to be opened upon me, and a great champion of

the Republi

made hie speech. We have had three reliefs—the Senator from Parke, the Senator from Parter, and the Senator from Madlaon. When one was up, the others were down; sad when the others were . W IU °P 6 wa * U P' And so we have bad it* ▼▼ 6 have had one in thp chair and two on the floor, aqd they were conduct-' lag the defense of the Lieutenant Gov•rao*—beaittlqg with them sad directing Mr. Rloe—-I never occupied the chair

but once to my life.

Mr. Hughes—Were you not up once?

Mr. Rice—I was.

Mr. Hughes—That is wbat I said, •aid that the multifarious duties of thla defense had been devolved upon those three Senators, and I aay wbat the Senate knows is correct. Rqt what ta the defenae? In the first place there was nothing in the letter anyhow. Then why realat it ko? In the next place—and it was very hard to tell from listening to them.

punished.

they stand in the wai

i party born in it, also re-

ssailins

this thing originated to

He dia not know

py 1 States Henatoreblp, aud therefore tbe Lieutenant Governor wm right to writing this letter to the Governor. [Laughter.] The next defense Waa that a large proportion of this Senate not candidates for the United States Senafnship, were opposed to tfie Lieutenant Governor being elected; and tberefore it was right that the Lieutenant Governor ahoald write s oomipt propoMtion to the Governor. Tha next defense was tfist they were for the Lleptfnanl Governor right er wrong for Senator, and nobody else ought to Interfere with their oomotostton. That la about the logic of ths defense. Tbe ofily speeches made on that aide touching the iMoe to question, were speeches ea the hour; and _$• eohtained Meaulta I do not know but that! fc*V0 been mad# tl|«h—U may result that «■»/. [Laughter.] I have adverted to thalreonstruotion r, said their advocacy of the q! tbe principle tbat ii (a right - way through ‘he world to M Phillip, of Macedonia, would town; for he oalff he coaid taka the goto of which ho

pabli intfl

com-

iion—and expe-

rience will prove that it was right—that the organization of the standing committee* of a legislative body ought not to be ■ought after of exercised by a candidate for tbe highest office before that body. It ought to be taken into the hands of the body Itself. Let me aay to you, Mr. Chairman, that before this session is over, in my opinion, this body will all be of the aafne opinion on that question, and hereafter the Senate of the State will not require those whose ambition permits them to overleap tbe provision to the Constitution (which I do not pretend is technically binding) to cast the committee# of this body. The principle avowed by the Senator from Porter and the Senator from Madlaon—the principle contained to the Lieutenant Governor’s letter, the whole principle underlying the whole defense in thla case, would justify the making merchandise of the chairmanships and places on tbe committee*, and permit the presiding officer ta procure an office and promote hia private ambition thereby. A great many aid# issue# have Been made, sir. The great trouble with the Senator from Randolph [Mr. Gray] has been: “How did this matter get in here?” He has made a few speeches—and very elegant speeches they were. Hia delivery ia pleasant—very agreeable. I like to hear him apeak. He is a courteous gentleman. But he never can get this trouble out of bis mind—how came thi* matter in here, and bow came the Democrats to have a finger in this pie? I suppose these Democrats are people that we will have to be troubled with. I have been fighting tbat party for seven years, and I now propose to capture the whole camp with one stroke of strategy. Here they are; and it is a secret I would whisper in the ear of the Senator from Randolph, that every Democratic Senator on thla floor has every right that he has; and they will introduce resolutions, and will

talk. He says this tf '

the Republican party. anything about thM until I told him, and I wish 1 w ere able to tell him the exact Senator. I have called for him, but he would not come out. The reasons why are multiferinum. A little personal hostility and a good deal of patriotism—may be. Wbat difference does it make, if the proposition is right? Some of the most mischievous gangs of counterfeiters have been broken up because some fellow among them did not get hia share; and would you turn your attention from the iblic crime, and Institute an inquiry the motives of the malefactor that told on hia associates, aa to what his motives might be? Tbe motives have nothing to do with tha question. But I have •pent too much time on this subject. In regard to tbe Senatorship. We are now to committee of tbe whole, where, by the rules of debate, a large latitude is alio wed, and the Chairman baa announced that ha will not be atrict. I may be ex' eased. If, after repeated throats have been made at me in connection with the Senatorship; and after repeated chargee and imputations of bidding for the office, and using the public newspapers and churches—Ido not know whether any Sunday Schools or not—after all these charges, I may be permitted to oav a word or two in

my own defense

Now, Mr. Chairman, th? fact that my name haa been used in connection with the candidacy for the Senatorship, ia not to be denied. It is certainly true; however, that waa no act of mine. It has proceeded from the public newspapers on both aides of the question, - and it has been more or lesa a matter in the public prints for the last two or three yean. The first instance that came to my own Immediate knowledge waa a public meeting in my own county, where a resolution was unanimously passed. I thought it Ill-timed; and said so; and suppressed the publication of the resolution for the reason, that it was long before the State •lection; and I thought we had better all go into the ranks and do duty for the common good, and have our competition for the Senatorship afterwards. Upon that principle I acted. And while I waa laboring in tbat cause, in tbe two counties which I have the honor to represent, and which were Democratic counties when the war opened, and whioh I have been incessantly canvassing lor seven years; bolding a life office when the war opened, resigning it for my profession ; asking nothing of the Republican party, bat consenting upon one occasion to lead a forlorn hope and be a candidate for the Legislature, and sacrificing my wishes. I got through with that. In those two counties the voioe of faction never waa beard till the Lieutenant Governor came along, seeking the nomine tion for Senator. These two counties got together, and, without my knowledge, unanimously requested me to be their •andidata for Senator. I aspired ta an other office. It was my ambition and purpose to put my services at the command of the State Central Committee, and go abroad defending the principles of the Union RepuUlwn party in this campaign, leaving It with the people, when the great battle was over, to dirtribate their rewards ae their roproaentatlyea mtoht see proper. Bat I considered tbe nomination In these two counties aa a call to duty. It £!?.,“ lw 7?v b##n “Y.P'M® to fight the i^a!ffa!*p2£L"iesas!(

bee always been

yr. 1

went Into thM field; and, in excursions

in the congressional dls‘-<-‘ -

bonoua and dangerous Lieutenant Governor or

t, spent n

period a# the

luiBUMMiaat . uovernor ar mt other ntAn, although he may have traveled over • greater tarMtoey/. Before the State •lection. I found a faction had been formed In one of these counties. Promisee for little office* wots made iu direst application of the principle involved in thla contest, to oppose me (hr United States Senator, which I was not talking to them about M all, bat which the pub11c prom announced thM I aspired to) A schism WM created among my own oonatituenta—from whom and from where a report never reached me. Whoever got H up I know not; but i* waa in the interest of the Lieutenant Governor for Senator. Sine* I knew of U, and after tha election, I wm invited to a ratification meeting, and, fearing that my usefotaeaa IMtardfeun^^^tC^’aid Tl£ro not been there since. I am to the totality where the State University la sttontad-a large interest—and, aa I have said, whenever I consider my olaima or anxiety for an United States Senatorship Paramount, I will resign my eeM hare. I want to de my duty hare. I state tone to-day thM I, a student of thM Unlver-afty-HB cittxen of that county for over thirty year*—and ones a professor to thM ln#ti(ut*ou am exelodecf from the OemnMca on Mwcatfonby th* aaaaiM aftlmt

“ f ta the Lieutenant Gov-

sity—when found k fjj tfcjg m attar nr

aatad, tbatr ' I vota for h* would

baked me for assailing Republican news-

papers and Renublican churches. Now, sijr, I will endeavor to draw my

remarks to a conclusion, by a practical application of tbe case in hand. I have been challenged, repeatedly challenged, to go ont of the line of legitimate discussion here, and diseua* the question of the senatorship. I have said a good deal on the main question, and, I think, quite enough. 1 have been repeatedly challenged to go Into that question by remarks that have been made. I shall now say something on that subject. Sines this committee adjoarned, or the Senate adjourned, last evening, M the argent so-" lidtation of the friends of the Lieutenant Governor, after an ineffectual attempt to adjourn, in which the laborious chairman from Madison county failed. After that, when we adjoarned, after the urgent appeal of the Lieutenant Governor, something else took place. The ten Senators who were absent, and upon whose a be 3nce that appeal was based, all of them, who were friends of the Lieutenant Governor, I suppose, turned up in the other end of the Capitol—were not

very for off at tbe time that appeal was made. The Republican party, in caucus,

notwithstanding the enormity of these chargee and the plain proofs in the handwriting of the Lieutenant Governor himself, nominated him to the high office of Senator of the United States. When we

meet here to-day, he comes before ua not

only as Lieutenant Governor, but as prospective United States Senator, his nomination being assumed by himself aud his Mends as amounting to an election. By this act a caucus of the Republican party, as far as ita action could go—for the facts were before them—have forestalled tbe action of the Senate which waa postponed only at bis instance. Had be been innocent his innocence might have been made manifest by the action of this body before he went into that caucus, and he might have gone there a vindicated man. but he feared to have a vote taken in this body and asked for a postponement, pending tha charges, snd pending at his own instance, to procure tbe nomination, and he obtained it. By thM act the caucus absolved him from all blame in this matter, and took upon themselves the responsibility. And by that act the caucus cast implied censure upon the Governor and rebuked him for what he has done. The question Is, shall this matter now be indefinitely postponed or smothered up, or these resolutions emasculated and their force destroyed because by bis own act he now has Interposed tbe action of a nolitical caucus between him and the judgment of this Senate. I say to you, Mr. Chairman, that he has placed the Republican Senators upon this door in a very delicate position; and if even before this thing took place I had hesitated how l should vote in a case ot this sort, I should hesitate no longer. I would not ait here snd subject myself to the ImputMion of delivering up my convictions of impartial justice at the dictates of a caucus not to ahriuk from the responsibility of a party nomination, no more than the clamor of a mob could influence me in tbe discharge of my duty In the jury box or on the bench. No sir, we owe it to ourselves to pronounce judgment. Let us take the responsibility. It we think this is a harmless thing, an innocent thing, let us come up like meu and aay so. It we think it was wrong, to be just aud to do the fair thing, let us say so. it matters not if the judgment strikes the Lientenant Governor of the State and the caucus nominee of the party. And let me sav to gentlemen of the minority here that they have their share of the responsibility. The Republican party in my humble opinion—and I have never made any secret of that matter—will not be responsible alone fo. the election of the Lieutenant Governor. If enough independent men will be found within its ranks to repudiate that nomination aud vote against it, then that election can not take place without the aid of Democratic vote#. You, gentlemen ol the minority have to look to your own responsibilities. I have been compelled by taunts, and questions, and insinuations here, I have been driven to declare upon this floor that I would consent to be the Instrument to avert such a calamity from this State. And I will take this occasion to define my position upon the question of bolting. I nave never made any secret of it, and I make none now. There haa never been a period since the State election when tbe action of a caucus could bind me to vote for the Lieutenant Governor simply on account of what has occurred to my own District, and under my own observation. Of courts the addition of this correspondence makes it stronger. With that siogi* exception I was ready to go into the caucus and vote for any member of the Union party that the caucus might nominate, notwithstanding my provocation waa aufficient. After the Lieutenaut Governor waa made aubject to these grave charges of corruption I took the position that I neither would vote for him nor for tho

Governor in order to put him to

place, but I would vota for aoaae Union Republican ot high character and unquestioned integrity,and there tbe matter rests. 1 considered {myself entirely not of the contest. That waa my position then, and it ia my position now; and I trust in the providence of God that some man may be found, other than myaalf, who will concentrate enough votes apon him to thaa save the State of Indiana from the odium of having a man walk into the Senate of the United Staten with credentiala ta which the broad seal of this Stats ia at ■ tached, who ia morally convicted of the

charge of having tendered improper eon

sideratione to the Governor of the State to promote hia advancement to office. And if all parti** were true te themselves, they could perform an aet, not of hostility to the Kepublican organization, but Mi Mfi of friendship to It; and if no Mhet ««» be found—though I think some other •an be, and after tbe prominent part I have been compelled to take In this matter, I would rather labor for some other •xmi—-but If no other eendidate can be lonnd, I tell yoq, gentlemen, that their taanta and Imputations of motives will ?<A deter ma, and I am at the eervice of thla lAgfetoture, if the members of either P«riy choose to vote fox Bee. The Senate will recollect thM this declaration la dragged ont of me by the assault, of these gentlemen. I have not obtruded my name in connection with this matter upon this Legislature. And I want to aak the attention of those Senators who Mend apon conscientious aeruples to reBard to a provision in tha State Constitution, afleeting the high responsibilities that reat upon them in this mmtter #£ ISttngfor a United States Senator; aad I will lUuMrfoe what I have to aay upon that subject by referring to a matter o*

hfetoxy.

The laws of Sparta provided thM when•▼ora member of that community turned jusbaok upon an enemy In battle, he was degraded, hia property confiscated, ho w deprived of tha privileges of citiaeasnip, ana X believe forbidden to marry among the free citizens of Sparta; but upon a certain oocaaion She whole military fores fled before an army of ita enemies. When the authorities were called together to see who could enforce this law, they found that the offenders wero in aooh a majority that there was nobctffc to execute it. In that great etnergencr. ejadaovoring to preserve the spirit rather than the letter of the law, the great King aver after be ft fo& force.” ’ jss: s a ssauansa of toanH w«ionhointad talhrcffke M we often

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