the monument of Lincoln; I was
recalling the incidents of Lincoln's life, the period of the war,
and referred, of course, to the Democratic party north and south.
I could not truthfully draw a more flattering picture. The one
was a speech as to the future to men who, I believed, were hopefully
looking forward to the disappearance of the feelings of the war.
The other was a recapitulation and review of the past. Every word
of it was true. If the Senator can point out the inconsistency in
these speeches, he will oblige me. There is not a single word in
one inconsistent with the other. I did denounce the course of the
Democratic party north and south, during and since the war, especially
in regard to the reconstruction measures. I did, at Nashville,
speak hopefully, and I feel hopefully, of the future, but it is
only upon the basis of the recognized rights of every American
citizen."

On the 16th of July I made a speech in favor of the passage of a
bill for the erection of a monument to General George Rogers Clark,
of the American Revolution. His march through the wilderness and
attack upon the British posts in the northwestern territory was
one of the most brilliant events in the Revolutionary War. The
bill passed the Senate and was reported to the House, but was not
acted upon. It is one of the obligations of honor and duty which,
I trust, will be discharged by the United States before many years.

On the 24th of August a message from the President, in regard to
the fishing rights of the United States, was read in the Senate.
I moved that the message be referred to the committee on foreign
relations. Before this motion was put an extended debate took
place mainly between Senators Edmunds and Morgan, though several
other Senators took part. I made a speech expressing my opinion
of the President's position on the fishery question, and then took
occasion to refer to the surplus in the treasury in the following
words:

"It seems to me that the position taken by the President is a good
deal like that held by him as to the payment of the public debt.
My former old and honored colleague [Mr. Thurman] is going around
through the country talking about surplus money in the treasury,
there accumulated all because we Republicans will not let it out.
Of all the financial management that I have read or know of, the
worst is that by the present administration. Here there was an
accumulating surplus in the treasury, day