Mr. Logan. That was when you belonged to the other side.
Mr. Hill, of Georgia. The first time I ever heard of that Senator was when I was battling in the South for the good old whig principles and he was an outrageous Bourbon democrat. That amounts to nothing. You had a right to change, if you have changed; I do not say you have.
Mr. Logan. I will only say, if the Senator will allow me, that when I saw the light I changed for the right. The Senator saw the darkness and changed for the wrong.
Mr. Hill, of Georgia. Ah, that is not argument.
Mr. Logan. It is true, however, just the same.
Mr. Hill, of Georgia. I hope the Senator will see more light and change again.
Mr. Logan. I do not think I shall.
Mr. Hill, of Georgia. He needs a great deal of light.
Mr. Logan. No doubt of that. I do not expect to get it, however, from that side.
Mr. Hill, of Georgia. I object to this style of interruption; it is unworthy of the Senate. I am not here to indulge in such remarks. The Senator has a right to change; I have arraigned nobody for changing his opinion. If the Senator from Virginia has changed his opinions he has a right to change them; I have not said he has not. I do not deny his right. I admit that a man has a right also to change his party affiliations if he is convinced he has been wrong; but a man has no right to hold a commission which was given him while he was a democrat and because he was a democrat and given to him as a democrat, and change his opinions and act with the adversary party. It is his duty to return that commission to the people who gave it and ask them to renew it upon his change of opinion. That is all I ask.