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lar with the People, with Congress, and
with State legislatures. None ever bet
Ter fulfilled the great purposes Of lis estab
lshment. But it unfortunately incurred
the dspleasurc Of the President; he spoke,
and the bank lies PROSTATE. And those
who were loudest in its praise are now loud
est in its condemnation. What object of
his ambition is unsaisfied! When dIsa.
bed from age any longer to hold The scep.
ire of power he desiguutes his Successor.
and transmits it to his Gavoritc! What
more does he wapi' Must we blot, de-
face, and mullale the records Of the CO IN
try to punish the presumptuousness Of ex-
pressing an opinion contrary 10 his own?
What patriotic purpose Is to be accom-.
plished by this eXpunglng resolution? Can
you make that not be which has bccn'
Can you eradicate from memory and from
history the fact that in March, 1891,
majority Of the Senate Of The Uoilcd States
passed the resolution which excites your
enmiy? Is it your vain and wicked OBJ
jet to arroga'c to yourselves that power
of arnihallng the past which has been
denied to Omnipotence itself? Do you in.
tend to thrust your hands into our hearts,
and to pluck out the decply-rooted convic
tons which are lhcre' Or is it your de-
sign TO stigmatize us' YOU cannot stig
Matte US.
Meier yet did base dishonor blur our name.
Standing securely upon our conscious
rect itudc, and bearing aloit the shield Of
the Constitution Of our country, your puny
efforts are impotent, and we defy all your
power. Tut the majority Of 1884 in one
scale, and that by which this oxpunging
resolution is to be carried in the other, and
let truth and justice, in Heaven above, and
on Earth below, and liberty and patriotism,
decide the preponderance.
What patriotic purpose is to be accom-
pIjshed by this eXpunging resolution? l.
it to appease the wrath. and to heat the
wounded pride, Of The Chief Magistrate
If he be really the hero that his friends
represent him, he must despise all mean
condesccnslon, all grovelng sycophancy
all self degradation and self abasement.-
He would reject, with scorn and contemp'
as unworthy of his fame, your black scratch
es and your baby lines in the fair record:
of his country. Black lines! Black lines
,, Sir, hope the Secretary of the Senate
will preserve the pen with which he ma,
inscribe them, and present it TO that Sena
tor Of the majority whom he may select
T as proud trophy, to be transmitted to biz
descendants. Aud hereafter, when W,
shall lose the forms of our free institutions
all that now remain to us, some lulur
American monarch in gratitude to thos
, by whose means he has been enabled, uDo
the ruins of civil liberty. to erect n throne
s and TO commemorate especially this eXpun
ging resolution, may institute a new orde
of Knigh,hood, aud confer on it the uppro
, pirate name of The Knight of the Bac
Lines.
But why should de,ain the Senate, o
, needlessIy waste my breath in frulless ex
:, ertons. The decree has gone forth
is one Of urgency, too. The deed is to b
done-that foul deed which, like the boot
J. stained hands of the guilty Macbeth, a
Oceans waters will never wash out, Pre-
coed, then, to the noble work which lie
before you, and, like other skilful excel
: TONERS, do it quickly, And when you hnv
e perpetrated it, 90 nome to the People an
t tell them what glorious hoX'rs you hay
achieved for our common country. TIE
q them that you have cxtiugulshcd one Of til
/ brightest and purcst lights that ever barr
at the altar Of CIVIL liberty. Tell thcl
k 'lIul yuu nave SlICUCGu one Oh tuc NouG'
n batteries that ever lhundercd in defence
the Constitution, and bravcly spiked tt
cannon. Tell them that, hencefol wart
u no matter VIVA, daring or outrageous a,
y any President may perform, you have 70
ever Theoretically sealed the mouth Of Ii
Senate. Tell them that he may fearless
assume what powers be pleases, snaic
from its lawful custody the public purs
command military detachment to enl,
the Halls Of the Capitol, ovcrawe. Con!
is ress trample down the Constitution, al
} raze every bulwafk Of freedom; but lht
Is the Senate must stand mute, in silent su,
Is MISSION and not dare to raise It's oppnsin
il voice. That it must wait until Iiou;
e OF Representatives, humbled and subdue
'e like itself, and a majority of 1t compose
? of the por,lsans of the President, Shall pr
y fer articles of impeachment. Tell then
e finally, that you have restored the glorloi
If doctrine OF passive obedience and non n
d sistance. Aud, if the people do not pot
'r out their indignation and mprecatinns,
, have yet 10 learn the character OF Amer
y can freemen.