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Show 'labt mmii GENERAL. FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. fi;ATK. Washington, 5 Thurman called ip the senate bill to provide for and regulate tho counting of vdtes lor resident and vice-president and the eciniori of the question arising there n, which paeflf-d the acnato on Hi J4lh ol March last, but thu vole on i Li final passage whs reconsid'-rcd on 'fie l'Jth of April. Ho paid bin object vus tj have tho bill p-.v:d now with-ut with-ut debate; that it mitit no to the nii-" und be p'jrlected this session, il possible. jMeMtighiiyKcn moved that the vote-y vote-y which the bill wh ordered to a bird rinding be reconnidcrerJ and hut it bo further arncn'Jtd in the niiip before being Bent to tho house agreed to. inu matter was then laid aside vith the uri(lertnnt!inx that it should m tiikitn up after the amendments ..lioiild be prepared. Morton movod to tr.ko up tho rojo-ution rojo-ution to print JO. (XX) extra copies of lie pmt id ant's nnwaijo and accompanying accom-panying document in reference to tie trouble at Hamburg. liiuniitin hoped it would not be ken up because it would give riflo to very uhiiIirs debute There was more important Ihimncm before the vault) than printing papers as more iJecnoijeeriiig documenti!, The niol ion to take up tho ruaolu-ion ruaolu-ion was agreed to. Thurman then moved to lay it uiide and take up the bill recently oported from tho cominitlou on the udiciary to provide for the erosion of sinking fund to snttlo Iho indnhtrd- fVH due from the i'acifio railroads. Itcjpi;t-d by strict p'irty vote. In tho courflool the iliHCiixwion Moron Mor-on said ho agreed with his friend irom Ohio that there was but one object in having these documents printed and Hint wus to circulate them I among the people a nd convey to tltem in formation on this subject.' He regretted in observe in reading tne letter of T;iden and Hendricks that they did not see fit to taUe notice of this transaction at Hamburg and tran?jtctiuns of a kindred character throughout the south. They had much to say ;;bout the finances, economy a:id inform, but nothing ab;mt these nn.idcra. The discussion became entirely political, und was continued throunout the morning, being participated in by piiiterson, Tnurman, Cameron, Gordon and McMillan. Mc-Millan. The chair thou presented the unfinished un-finished bu-iiiGss, tho hill to establish post routes. I Buutuell submitted a joint reBoln-tion, reBoln-tion, au'iiuj-'Uiig tho appointment of a cumii.iiiicit to consider the expediency expedi-ency ot issuing silver dollars and making tho same a legal tender. lie f erred. Morton read from the repirt of tho attorney general of the District of Columbia on the Hamburg difficulty, and said tnat terrorism existed in nearly evc-y southern state, which prevented uio punidhment of any man for killiug a negro, and challenged chal-lenged any democrat to name an instance in-stance of the puuiahmcnt of a white man for kilim a nrgro. Merrimoti and Withers said it was often dune in their statu. Moatou ea.d it was possible if a white republican and negro were righting tiui white republican might ob punished. Morion predicted that Governor Cuaiubcilain's Lffort3 to punish thu murderers would be in vain. If tho leaders of ttie democratic demo-cratic purty would denounce these tilings, and demand justiccon the perpetrators, per-petrators, tne murders would be topped. Those murderers were certainly cer-tainly political. Thurman said Morton must make his Little Bp etch on this bill with the ame ancient sabre to stir up tne northern nor-thern mind and make hatred between i he sections. He supposed this was a chronic disease of Morton's. Noth-ng Noth-ng seemed to afford him uo much de-ight de-ight as to find a few colored people lilted south. He blushed for ttie .isiifltor who said Tilden and Hen iricts ha.- not mentioned the Ham-ourg Ham-ourg massacre. They would have oeeu tht laughing stock of tho whole country bad they uone it. Why did not Wueeler mention these things in lis letter? Why did not Hayes matte .iberal extracts from Morton's ((jeecnes, and hoi.-t the bloody 11, ij; i.istead ul t-pt. iking mildly and kindly towartis the .luuth? II tho attorney genera1 ot tk.ni'.i Carolina and Cnaru-terlain Cnaru-terlain were rilituhle, tne crime wai without desci ijion, il added brutality '.j cowardice The shooting of pns ners was u LvLne too great to be de bribed. LVuhUess there were hulls L'reet men isoath, aud they were tuc vorst enemies of the south. 'Ihe enure en-ure militia ot South Carolina were :nlored men wild aims taken from he whito companies. Grant s iid, 'Let us have peace," but there w no jnd of thirt crusade of hate agaiut the -oitth. Wn- a would peace come? Morton Wuen murders on account f race eca.-ic. Let killing cease, and -ho republicans ould eeuso talking ibuut it. Hi udricks did not condemn con-demn bloodshed, but condemned a party trying to make capit.il on ac-ount ac-ount of It. The couh. nee report on the Osage oill was ugrei J to 27 to 18. S-iuIabury rihumcd the discussion of ihe Morton resolution ngain.it the doption uL.d tor the punislnntut ot .he Hamburg criminals. McMillan, Maicy and Harvey spoke. Whtr. McCrcery aiked that the prty debate skip, and that the 5eui.lo oaio ;Lo bill for the relief of a AOriny oM man, Edmunds said he ivuntul to do justice to many old met. one to their graves through the oolitical associates of McCrccry. Pending the discussion an execuuve ae&sion look place, after which th'1 senate adjourned. |