eived in return for these measures of
conciliation and kindness? How have these measures been received
by the South? What advance can we discover in them, of the
recognition of the guarantees of the rights of the Colored men
under the Constitutional Amendments? We see Jeff. Davis making
speeches as treasonable as those of 1861, and these speeches
endorsed and applauded by a great portion of their press and
people. We see also the declaration of Mr. Singleton, of
Mississippi, in answer to a question of mine on the floor of the
House, declaring that his paramount allegiance in peace and war
was due to his State.

"No gentleman from the South, or even of the Democratic party,
has taken issue with him. We see also, all over the South, a
disposition to resist the execution of the United States laws,
especially in the matter of the collection of internal revenue.
To-day there are four U. S. officers under arrest by the
authorities of the State of South Carolina, in jail and bail
refused, for an alleged crime in their State, while in fact these
officers were discharging their duty in executing the laws of the
United States in that State. Their State courts and their
officers refused to obey the writs of the United States courts in
the surrender of these men to the United States authorities. No
former act of this treasonable State shows a more defiant
attitude toward the U. S. Government, or a greater disposition to
trample upon its authority. I trust the Administration will, in
this case, assert in the most vigorous manner possible the
authority of the United States Government for the rescue and
protection of these officers. I have no bloody shirt to wave. If
there is one man in this country, more than another, who desires
peace and quiet between the sections, I believe I am that man.
Gentlemen may philosophize over this question until they are
gray, but you cannot escape the discussion of this question so
long as a Solid South menaces the peace of the country. A Solid
Democratic South means the control of the country by the spirit
and the men who sought its destruction.

"My own opinion is that there can be no peace--this question will
not down, until the menace of the Solid South is withdrawn. I had
hoped that the policy of President Hayes w