TA)' The Republican Senators and Representativ-es IN CONGRESS WHO SUSTAIN TiHE RECONSTRUCTION DATED WILLARD'S HOTEL, MAY 21, 1870. A C T S. .-:?~,' _ WASHINGTON.: CeR-O'IOCLE PRINT, 511 NINTH STREET. 18:70. Ie,. I i 116 -- :f-l I I 1:'::? i'i ~ i'~~:-:~.',:.,..,. J-r~ j To the Republican Senators and Represen. two years, or at least until the 20ti ~ tatives in Congress who sustain the re- January last, Georgia has been in i construction acts: hands of a rebel Democratic legislati v: GENTLEMEN: I regret that duty to organization. But as the remark iSl myself personally, and to my official po- dently intended to apply to the 1Rui sition, requires that I should address licans of that State and to myself:- i myself in this manner to those with the head of the State government ~/ whom I am politically associated My shall refer to a few historical facts reasons for so doing are found in the the purpose of establishing thei following extract from a speech made tice, to use the mildest form of -ext by the honorable Senator from Connec- sion, which is done by the Senator t ticut, Mr. Ferry, on the 17th instant: the Republicans of our State and to "But I do say that had Georgia for myself by his remark'' the last two years been in the hands of On the 4th day of July, 1867, a con men of high patriotism; if it had been in vention met in Atlanta to organizea: the hands of men who were looking to publican party in our State, it opposi the welfare of the nation instead oftheir tion to that kind of Republicanism own pecuniary advancement, we might which claimed Andrew Johnson a have had a different state of things its chief. That convention resolved there from what exists to-day." And to sustain the reconstruction acts also in the conclusion arrived at of Congress, and to endeavor'to;; by four Republicans and one Demo- establish a government for the State? cratic member of the Judiciary Com- under and by virtue of those acsi mittee of the Senate that in paying D. It was a small beginning, and the mens, C. Forney, the publisher of the CHRON- who participated in that organization ICLE, bills as rendered for printing were surrounded by all the malignity oi f pamphlets, extracts, and speeches on rebel hate, inflamed and embittered by,: the Georgia question, I did "use im- the endorsement of the convention iq: proper means to influence the vote of favor of the enfranchisement of thecolX Senators upon the Georgia question." ored men so lately their slaves, And Were these the production of Demo- the little band who thus bravely met:: crats, neither my voice nor mypenwould were threatened on all sides and their ' be raised to notice them; coming from lives were by no means secure. Republican sources, they are worthy of In November of the same year an elect:Af 4.. notice. tion was had to decide by a vote whether:?? In noticing first the allegation of Sen- a convention under the reconstruction!: ator Ferry, "that had Georgia for the acts should be called, and at the same: I: t two years been in the hands of men time for the election of delegates to the : of h patriotism, if it had been in convention should its call be ratified:'-,: ,hanhof men who were looking to the Inthis election the Republicans ofte pi,N -welarof the nation, instead of their State were successful. The convention i-H -own pec iary advancement, we mighit was called, and during the winter o f - X.2:\tR have had Xn di~fferent state of things 1867-'8 a constitution was framed in Add thy ere from Whtexists to-day," I would which there is no sign of proscriptions 0# -say that from m# stand-point T. can fuo~vi' test oaths, no disfranchisemnt.;'l -con-c,d~eul wiRth the ecrtJT in hrie tt*t men of sound mind) who have no>t be mient, frcm the tac~t ha for the lash conavicted of felon,andhoac whaenty H i~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:4, i i, X... - rzS I I f ~ ~: ~ one:years ofAl,ean~dresidents of the their seats some twenty-eight of its:': ate are undenit entitled to vote and members, who were of African descent - \ to;hold~office. 0At this point the contest originating !n~ i April, 1868, the constitution was from the enfranchisement of the colsnbmitted to a vote of the people, and, ored men was renewed with all its:! ,t thtie same time, under an ordinance of bitterness. While the question of ethis t,- convenlltion, an election was held expulsion was being considered by the :~r the officers provided for in the new Legislature, I, in an official communicostitutioni, a Governor and members cation, impressed upon them, inI ,. -he General Assembly, who, by vir- the strongest terms which I was capa- tue of the ordinance, were declared to ble of using, the great wrong which was be provisionaI officers, and who, if au- about to be perpetrated, and, of course, __ / tOized by the commander of the dis- thereby stimulated a renewal of our po d were to enter upon the discharge litical animosities. Earnest appeals i tiheir duties as such, and were to con- were made to me by frightened and dis p provisionaI until the State was re- couraged Republicans to acquiesce in -:. d to the Union, when they would this outrage, and offers of high political P Uon B eir terms of office as pre- preferment and ad ancemnent were indi ibd i. the constitution, This cam- rectly tendered to me by the opposite - 8/ gnresdilted in'the ratification of the party to effect the same object, accomntit utiun, and in the election of my- panied by threats of the vengeance that ~i,:,and a General Assembly, whose would be visited upon me if I did not e yars, a, elected, were very evenly accept their terms. - t siied between the R:epublican party, Upon this state of facts I submit to [h^e party favoring the reconstruction the honorable Senator from Connectie and the Democratic party, the cut, and tothe Republicans of Congress party opposing those acts. who have sustained the reconstruction :Under and by virtue of the act of June policy, as to whether "high patriotism" -!! ,, 1868, the General Assembly convened and the "welfare of the nation," or my nthe 4th of July of the same year. "own pecuniary advancement" were the Among those elected by the opposite moving causesin this political situation. rty there were at least thirty who were Notwithstanding my protests and apPecially prohibited by the act of June peals, however, the Legislature persisted: ,and by previous acts, from holding in maintaining the expulsion of the sffice, they being disqualified by the 3d colored members. And information of ction of the fourteenth amendment. the fact that the reconstruction acts., isfact was earnestly pressed upon the had been disregarded in the organiza atention of the commanding general by tion of the Legislature by allowing I yself, as will be shown by the published thirty or more disqualified members =port of the military commanders and to be seated, and the evil results, -: the Judiciary Committee of the Sen- which had followed this failures - t::4 Ne.:otwithstanding this presentation execute the law in the expulsion of the - faes,'however, the commanding gen- colored members from the organization' al deemed it wise -to make no objec- was transmitted by myself in a forme 5 ii to those- members retaining their manner to Senator Morgan and Re: - ats, and the Legislature thus orga- sentative Schenck, in whose handt X 4 eizd in-violation of the law, having left the question of a session of Cor es gne though the form of adopting between its adjournment in JulyAnd.itS e conditions then required in the regular assembling in Decemer,.w os-$raction- acts, t~he State, by mili- the request that should a Simon In0 * order, was remanded to the civl meantime be had the-ma~ter shotid bo: ~ernment thus established. haid before Congress. As is well know n: s eptember of> the same year this no session took place, but onf th lative-'~gan!zation'ex(ude4._r0m.a;mnbling of. Congre. ias - ., X ~t il' -k ~ ~$/ ~ ~~~~';i~j I formally presented the facts heretofore referred to. And from- that hour until, upon the recommendation of our firm and patriotic President, the act of December 22 was passed, by which this defiance of the reconstruction laws was rebuked and the outrage perpetrated under cover of it redressed, I have been instant in season and out of season in using every proper means within my power and control to bring facts bearing upon the matter to the attention of Congress. During this terrible struggle of nearly two years, when delegations of men from Georgia who had been true to the Union, men native and to the manor born, have presented themselves and their grievances here at the feet of Congress, surrounded as they were at home by threats of vengeance and of violence, their assassination publicly recommended in the newspapers, the hope published that they might "perish by the wayside," and that "Georgia should be no more cursed by their hated presence"-followed, as all this was by the prompt murder of several of them as they passed on the highway from the railroad station to their own firesideslet nme ask again of the distinguished Senator from Connecticut if "high pat-. riotism " or "looking to the welfare of the nation $7 would have caused me to press on, or whether my own "pecuniary advancement" would not have been largely secured by surrendering to our enemries? No, gentlemen, the Senator but repeats the slanders and misrepresentations which have been heaped upon myself and the Republicans of Georgia during all this contest. I have the charity to believe that the Senator has beei misled by these misrepresentations. But be assured there is no "pecuniary advancement in the line of strict adherence to Republican principles, and the measures involved in the reconstruction policy of Congress in Georgia. Fortunate, indeed, is he who saves his life, even though he lose that which to every man should be dearer than life, dearer than pecuniary advancement-his good :ame and fame. nt 3%I 8 If away out on the'confine.! tion a settler is threaten( inh by the prowling bands of ImdiXan., are at once moved, money]iV{j spent, and the whole country i s for his protection; but, on thtI hand', if white and black friends: o; Union are whipped and murdered in-ii; South by prowling bands of disgus Kuklux, the President is prevent granting protection because the laIS not authorize him; and when meie delegations come to the capital frmi South to plead with Congress for:S and for their rights, haste is made to;,' them under "investigation with-:+ vain hope that the lies of:......;' rebels may have some foundation id Are Southern Republicans -:beyon3 pale of protection or justice?. Is. to odium which we have incurred is rebels because we have suppord - measures to be upheld here to bar':: from your approval? While we risky lives and our property, will ryou a' staking from us that which is dear(! all these-our good name and,: burr tation? These are serious questi; and the answer is anxiously. looked X by every Southern Republican. Now, gentlemen, permit me to ini your attention to the finding of a.,~ jority of the members of the Judici Committee. as AnC right here, let mer.l press my grateful than o ri of the committee who had the mangy to express their convictions, and tol "that Governor Bullock has acted hn ably and fairly throughout e controversy. 7 -: " i The Legislature of Georgia::vhg: ganized under the act of Decber,'a] in strict conformity with the previo reconstruction acts; adopted the seve conditions required by- Congress, elected Senators. Application was ma for the admission of the State intbo'i Union. Upon this the Reconstrii Committee of the House of Represe tires reported a bill for the admiS~iC Georgia precisely similar in. a i:~! to t hose by'which ~~irginia:a!;iXsml and Texas were admitted. fThis:b was and is entirely s-atiS'~actory-t>( I ~q: bliU ans -oqf Georgian But, upon the incgtpres flnted to the House of Rethrsactives, an a mendment w as :eame to, by'the vote s of a minority of :blythe Republican members united to the —./~:soid emocratic'vote, which seeks to nriet t he full eff ect of t he reconstructhen ol rmws, and to give t o t he revoluti onr otar e vdemocrats who revolutionized the tioegslature of 1868, t h e full benefit of - their action at that'time. When the bill oute to the Se n ate with this restriction beoeupon it, a maj ority of t he Judiciary tei mmittee of t hat body made hast e to uresPort up on it favorably, the bill, I be,:: ayeve, d ahavingbeen rece ived la te in the I, t evening of o ne da y, and reported favor.> Rablythe next morning. I be lieved t hen, ?k!.nd I believe now, that the effect of the ''I amendment to which I have referred is wh,plainly and undoubtedly to hand over ptheaGovernment of Georgi a to the coni;blef the.very men who so earn e stly and so vic iously opposed the reconstrucbtion measures of Congress throughanout th e campaigns which I have - before sp oken of, and t o surrender into their care a nd keeping all the republican features of our new constitution, which are as yet dormant and inopierative-the e school sys tem', the j ury system, the regis tration sy stem f or fair elections, &c. In this view I am fu lly sustained by the Republican organization in our State, andby every individual member of the party except not exceeding a dozen men, who, from motives which are plainly apparent, find their interest and their ". pecuniary advancement " in uniting with the opposition. Believing this and being fully sustained by the party which elected me, I felt it my right and my duty to use every proper means to place before Congress and the country the real situation of affairs. And in doing this I have been careful to avoid exaggeration, and to state only the literal truth. I have challenged, and I i now again challenge, a successful con*: tradiction of any statement put forth by lmyself or upon my authority, or in fact by any mnember o~ theX Rep: bli~'a?l-z 7ptatr 1yl ~ in our' State, whief.is not? or wade ~kot at.:! th pi0time,':fully sustained -I the facile!| The Republican party in Georgia in the terrible ordeal through which. they have passed have been the recipients, as have the loyal organizations in all the other Southern States, of the warm, continuous, earnest, and effective support of the Republican Organ at the capital. There is no newspaper published which so much attracts to itself the affectionate regard of the loyal masses in the South as the Washington CHRONICLE. Its firm adherence to Republican principles; its exposure of the political treachery of Andrew Johnson; its masterly support of the articles of impeachment against him; its manly maintenance of Southern Republicans against rebel slanders; its hearty support of our State organizations against the attacks of our opponents under various disguises claim ing to be Republican, Conservative Re publican, &c., has given to it an influence in the South which no other newspaper in the country can wield. But I am censured by the majori ty of the Judiciary Committee in that I did use improper means to influence the votes of Senator s o n t he G eorgia question by paying to the Washington CHRONICLE prices which I havesinace inquired into and believed to be fair, juist, and reasonable for printing, publishing, and circulating speeches, &c. This is the sum of my offending in influencing the votes of Senators. Were the friends of "free trade" or of "protective tariff" ever censured for publishing arguments, speeches, or statistics, as using improper means to influence the votes of Senators? Now, gentlemen, permit me to invite your attention to what in fact has the appearance of being an attempt to useB "improper means to influence the votes of Senators'" in an opposite direction On Monday afternoon, the 18th of April last, the evening of the next daf having been fixed by agreement to.ke the vote in the Senate on the Georgia bill, Senator Edmunds stated in the Sen:~:!ate thalt!1:i i-ad bed, illformed that. ag~;~ [leffort- had beenl: mad~le tio insoluence t_:;~ 6;~ 6 I t-s_ 7 ~oitruipt means; and offered a resolution which was adopted, instructing the Judiciary Committee, of which he is a member, to investigate the charges. As it was obvious that the investigation could not be made and concluded, and the result announced before the vote was to be taken the next day, and as the rumors to which he referred had been in circulation in Washington for more than a week before that time, it seemed to me that the resolution requiring an investigation should have been offered several days earlier, or should have been deferred until after the vote was taken; and that its introduction at that time did influence the vote on the Georgia bill. The most atrocious lies and insinuations had been telegraphed from Washington to different parts of the country, and circulated among members of both houses, to the effect that I had attempted .,to influence the votes of Senators by offers of Georgia bonds or money, and every possible means had been employed to create prejudice against myself and theRepublican party of Georgia who were asking for the admission of the State without th e Bingha m amedendment. These infamous lies have a common origin, a nd have been coineand and put into circulation by m en wh o hypocritically pretend to belong to the Republican party, but who are, and have been, acting in concert with the rebel Democracy in Georgia. For two years in Georgia I have been - pursued by threats of personal violence and assassination, and, during that period, my friends have believed that my life was in danger. For two years I have been pursued by the most villainious slanders that rebel ingenuity could invent, charging corruption in office, personal immorality, and in every way impeaching my character as a man and an officer. One after another these i~.Ganders have been worn out and aban'd>nd only to be renewed in some other form. lEvery attempt to sustain any one of them, and in every instance, has proved an utter and shameless failure. :: Ia- January, t859, after I had made an application to Congress to restore the-!ij pelled colored members to their, sei and after a previous denunci tion ifor official corruption, a committee of-9e::i lower house of the Georgia Legislature: composed of twenty-four D)emocrati;and' three Republicans, made al] exhau,striva examinat ion to find- i f possible, sonme groun d u pon whic h to prefer clharg' agains t me for imp eachment, but finatl reported back a resolution to the effe t that they co uld find nothing affecti.aoto my official or person al integrity. a I have said these as saults hkave a com-we:hia whont origin. So fa r as the assaults which i have been mad e here are eoncemedurn tu, Iare directly traceable to Air. Josh-u'a, As to the m o ti ve o f Mr. Hllo it s W cadi it known that he is o ne o f the Sena torn elected by the Legislature whinch( r tained in its organi zation the th ity Xvd th X more disqualified men, all of whom'vote~ for Mr. Hill, and afterward expelled fiort abo colored members, a nd tha t th e ado-Pt or th e rejection of the amendment ade for by his Democratic constituentSf i' affect favorably or unfavorably the lwgionth macy of his election. And it is equalp as well known that while the claio special consideration for having been p.i posed to secession and a U man liAon mt?as outbreak of the re bellion, yet duriang t height of the contest h e was a ceandedrtI for Governor of Georgia, and publis]he a letter during that candidacy in whiff he denounced Mr. Lincoln as an At tionist, stating that he 1-jelieve d the was being prosecuted for the a.ol of slavery; that he wanted and [u ha ve no restoration of the UnaioA undi such circumstances; that he did not i od pose the administration of Jeff David or the prosecution of the war; on te contrary, that the best blood of his ki-[ dred had been shed in the Contest,. that he had not denied them his suippor It is also well known that, since the closi ^ of the war, he has not in any way pu. licly supported the reconstruction inasures of Congress, but, onl the contr ary:, has expressed himself in opposition ~ the enfranchisement of the negro. It is also a fact not so well known that a: man.:<: living in Georgia, wh~ namied!~is clait I -- ^,'+3 -" I \-E.!,,,_- - ' :>^Wo-idi no id, he two le[ witnes~ s, Said- that;;'he :"6'ff%:Bou Sheart outbefore he Odti~d —e~er b-eb A,!od to'take his seat / rnor,,,:an-d wtio,: wh'en an'Order l by thie military for his arrest, d fom: Ge-orgia ailcd ca,m"e.toWashl~.~.;a~ndi is now here, as I'unterStaid, outin g "a";laim fol cotton "tain by e: [U'ists:'ed' Stat.6's during the rebellion, ?d;~Wi:6 IIIby hs. own repeated Statement, m' of the K'u ufix organization Adh ita~n, with thi -:record, made an ap[eation for the removal of his political ]~bilitiesi: ad"this written application ars tie-;]avorable indorsement and re:'/'.mendation'of "Mr.' Joshua Hill, who -X0-his'inldorsemnent says tliat he- has sin him for many years as a reliable citizen, and hopes that his Hiti'c~Idisabilities' ay be r-emoved, by 0fo gress. Mr. Hill was a'member -COngress before the rebellion; he" fight office under a'State in hostility to eJnited States, and gave aid and comlo' i:senemieS;'yetin Epublished ,li;e' admits ha~ving twice"taken eAt oaths!! Such is the' record of e: - ge~ntl iman Whose' "high patriot seems. ~o commend ~tself to the ..o ]bi, attention of certain Sen/ators. ,y An examination of the evidence as ,bished by the Jiidficiary omom"mittee eth' late investiigation, it is established at the Whoie affair is'founded" upon e machinations of Mr. Hiill.'The evince discloses'that one:r. Porter ied upon Mr. Hughes, as he'says, for e puirposoe of ascertainilg how cert'ain :':~i~r~S'we're likely to'vote, and in tiig or assertinfg that moneyor bonds :~idbY kealized if the pr6bable vote of eS Clue~nttiCould he'known in' advance. ~S,~'coniVers~aiion ywas co:?mmunicated .[:;ii Hugh6s to Mr. - ill,"with'the ~:lern'ervtlial: he ('Mr. i ughe~) thought !i:j::;ilI)''"had some interest, in i':ubj ecdt. 7! Xn r.I HUghe~s des'iied:to eve; 6o further'on'veirsa~tion...or~ eom~diieat'ion: Whateever sWi~thy:Mr. Por — If >:iai: 0this'n matter bu'fl S[r tilI'in-, !,/:~g'"'thy Ad-.r. Hfug.hes::: sh'~u1ld meet,; W~~~~4~o~thiln,, hI'o'o h sa-~(,. P, orte#';. siegon4 le,- Do +: — q~ mrtyed ~esden a nanfrom him~ w'hatever he c~no~ld t~at - Adh be useful to hin. Mr.'Mf havin;:? i t" this mahner Obtained a reporte upn -% which to'found a suspicioli, the evidence:: 'ii ext discloses that he sought to 0btain for' it publicity through one of the:'se:porters of the New York Tribu,e, bit.u failing-in this, it was sent to a W estern i paper. The reporterof this paperhaying - been examined by the committee, States:e upon oath that he had no knowiedge.of: any improper means being used;thathe heard so. On being still further pressed lhe states: "I heard that railroad bonds, indorsed by'the State of Georgia to the amount of $10,000 had been oereat: d Senator to secure his vote against' the Bingham amendment," and, after elose: -: questioning, he admits that he- heard it: fromMr. Joshua Hill, andis unabletogi-ve any other'surce from which the report: originated. As anevidence of the frailty of the foundation upon which the inve- - tigation was inaugurated, I quot.e the:0 following question asked of this repor-: tater: "Q. You may state what you have: heard, as that may put us on the track." By'the examination of Mr. Hill it is disclosed that he knew "of some publi-:-:: cation which had been made by a payty- swith whom I'[he] was familiar. One of the publications I [he] was consulted:X:! about;' the others I [he] was not. Theyi-.< were in. thle shape of pamphlets..hey A swere published generallyin my absenCee";".and that he gave Mr. Bryant somemo,mfyo to assist him in the printing that]he' hd - d one'. In reply to a direct questlno-::if'':' he had heard by report of any'off'ers Of monley or efforts to use money, in any: way,,and if he could put the committee i; on'the track of any information on. th: subject, he answers: "I doubt,whter I have any information.,beyond what. the committee is in possessIon. I have never heard of any money being:::: used or attempted to be used except:a matter that was communicated - Ae by Judge Hughes, and another j'inattier: Do that came to my ears in regard to a'g:' i(::!; tleman to wh'om I have never spoken Jia.:0 -:; my life, and whose name, I thinkhis./ kinson, I will.go a little fca'fh':$:?~d .~~..; eX0S 8 !i I~i l~~ -jjt ~~' say thatIdidhear a -rumor that Gov their agents here supposedy ernor Bullock had in this city drawn for breaking me down they Ol a good deal of money, a good many down or greatly injure the:R thousands of dollars, how many defi- party of that State, and thereb nitely I could not learn. Ido not think -Congress from taking any st I know anything else about it." Then tain the loyal men, and hence the follows the question: "Q. In the same ble ordeal through which I hav~ connection, did you hear what he [Bul- But, gentlemen, I confess to yci lock] did with the money he drew?" I have been deeply discourage! "A. Idid not." In answer to the ques- Republican Senators and B:pre tion if he knew of any money being tives at Washington repeating, a raised for Bryant and others that came ing credence to the vile slanthere from Georgia, he answers: "Yes; I rebels and renegade Republicans, have heard from various sources and seemingto be anxious to find evid have seen it in the public press that the with which to justify them. Democratic party were employing Bry- It is possible to conceive of a tI ant," &c. of facts which would jUStif A correspondent of the Baltimore Judiciary Committee of the Seaie Gazette, who had made a direct statement sending for my private banker:i in his correspondence published in that lanta and examining the state o paper, charging me with bargaining for personal account; but when tha the votes of Senators, being sworn and done to find out some charge agaSt examined, states that he had no knowledge if possible, when every other att on the subject whatever, except from a had wholly failed, I can not help!r newspaper dispatch which he saw in a ing it as an infringement of my Richmond paper. In reply to the direct sonal rights, and as unjustifiab a inquiry, if he could give any information defensible. Such extraordinary ze or knowledge that would put the com- Republicans to assail the integrity mittee upon the trace of any fact going to Republican Governor in a Statel show that improper means had been Georgia, who is struggling wi used, his answer was, " No, sir, I do not elements of rebellion and violeas think ~could." I cause the party differs from the] This, then, is the flimsy foundation opinion as to what should be done upon which the Senate was asked to excite the astonishment of fairym authorize an investigation. And here Republicans throughout-the cour the question becomes pertinent as to But I will dismiss the subject of whether the means used to influence the "'investlgation" by saying that. Senate to order an investigation pending dollar used by me in my private: u the~ vote on that subject, by those whose lic affairs while in Washington w~ interests were to be advanced by the own, and in amount was not the adoption of the Bingham amendment, of what I have spent first and la were not, not only "improper," but in- the Republican cause, aand wa famous? duly explained to the "Committ Whatever else mayhappen tome, I shall and by quoting the following e xa leave the office of Governor of Georgia from the report of: the majority, in with clean hands, and without having they have the economical fairnesst -performed any act for which my children "Governor Bullock's testimony!:i ows or my friends shall have occasion to* * * * * * * that most.o 0i blush, but with my private fortune;, speeches and papers for which he greatly diminished by the heavy ex- were sent and distributed in:Geo penses to which I have been subjected that, with the exception in round n :to sustain myself and the loyal men:of bers of the four thousand jollarsp Georgia. the CHRONICLE office,, and the five The rebel Democracy of Georgia and 4red paid the Gobe,and the:r - ~- -i - -- - -- — 'k- - Ie.i ,'t W~.. :; Io I -1 7 ;m '' Ir:N - tmdre4d & 4 drsloaned the cokered men, Hte balaneeOf the fourteen thousand five . t 1u?rd;dollars drawn by him while in c . ington was used about his own r eivt affairs, (the expenditure of the / rhe r portion of which he explained to i;::Ahe committee,) and without any refer o:ence whatever to legislation; that he did : Sotk w any person bythe name of Lewis : fPorter; that such a person might have been introduced to him, and he might -?k ow his face were he to see him; but !:'that h: never heard, except from what he had seen published in the papers, of ' any attempt through him, or any one else, to influence a Senator. t (X am opposed to what is known as the ? lghai amendment, or any proviso : ~substantially like it, because it seeks to deny.to the Republican party in Georgia t:-he fruits of the political victory that ihey have achieved after the terrible - trials of the past two years of contest; because it seeks to restrain the full ,efect of the literal execution of the re c onbstruction acts in such a manner as t?to promote the interests and the wishes ::of thevery men and the very party who h ave persistently, and by every conceiv >- able means and meanness, sought to defeat those acts; because its adoption w -ill be a rebuke to, and will destroy, ..the Republican organization which ,.-has maintained those acts and sup p6fed the administration and the :party in our State, and because a;y attempt to hold an election there for :.m,bers of the General Assembly be fore those already elected have enjoyed t!.tleir constitutional term of two years -a a:State in the Union under the new : constitution, will result, in the utter abandonment by them and by the party -of any further attempt to uphold and ::maintain the policy which a Republican i':ngress-has inaugurated, and which it :: 4ould thus be shown a Republican Con/'of; ess has abandoned. . In thhis connetion, the followin ex:i;:tract from the Savannah Morning iews, a,:le.aadingDemocratic journal of Georgia. -of the 1At- jin;-~t, irmipcrtuportaT.T- We agree with our atoe e temporary of the. iCotumbus %n:that the eompF-1ient-,Apt:,b the correspondent to the white peoplepof iGeorgia is deserved. They haye from te inception of this business given Radicalism~a figbhtthat it was totally unprepared for. It was in the original programme that Georgia should be reconstructed first. This was a tacit acknowledgment of her power and hn fluence. But Georgia would not and will not be'reconstructed radically save at the point of the bayonet. If the other Southern States had fellowed her lead in place of comnpro mising as Virginia and Mississippi have done, the Radical party would have been beaten at every point in the coming cantpaigns. I wi ll not deny that this result would bring peace to Georgia; but it would be the peace of death. Republican princi ples- would be abandoned forever, and the 106,000 loyal men who voted for and carried the convention and the constitu tion would be heard from no more. There is no "amnesty " with rebels for men in Georgia who have dared to be Republicans and to sustain measures which enfranchised the black man. There is no "relief from the disability except in death, in submission, or in flight. Gentlemen, the issue is before you. Your friends ask for the prompt admis sion of the State of Georgia on terms precisely similar to those which were adopted for Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas. The conditions required of those States have been performed by us. Under this action by Congress we will, during the term for legislation which is prescribed in the new con stitution for the General Assembly, give full force and effect to the great -and living principles of universal freedom engrafted upon our new constitution by securing the privileges of free education and of a free ballot to all citizens. Deny this to us, withhold it from us, and neither of these results will follow, but the responsibility for the, sacrifice of the reputation, the lives- and the property of the men who havebeen destroyed for daring to uphold your measures-responsibility for the utter de'-struction of RepublicaniSm in Georgi will be with- yourselves and not with us. RUFUs B. BU-LLOCX.; W SLLifD'?S HOTEL, ~V aSbingt