Demoine courier., 1856-09-04


remedy. l 60, therefore. with the House
OF Representatives. for The inhibition
which it proposes. You reply, tina,
If The House Of Representatives per.
~severe, the bill will fail, and thus the
action Of the Government will be arrest
ed. unless the Senate shall persevere in
the wrong. II both shall rersevere; and
the action Of the Government shall Be
arrested, Of whom will the responsibili-
~ falll Mus, the House necessarily
surrender its wi convictions, and adopt
yours. in all cases, whether they are
right or wrong If SO, pray tell me.
Senators, what is the use Of q House oil
Representatives, at all? Sir, the Senate
will find. if il shall assume the position
Of defiance agains. the House, tina, il
has no, weakened the strength Of the
House, tina. j, has no, weakened the
strength OF The House Of Representa-
ives. bu, periled its own. BY the let.
ter of the Constitution, The House oil
Representatives has exclusive right to
originate all bills for raising revenue
BY custom, Inherited from Grea, Britain,
and nnbroken since the Adoption OF The
Fedora! Constitution. the House Of Rep
resen'stives, exclusively. originates all
general appropriation bills. This exclusive
right and custom Of originating general
appropriation bills involves at leas. an
equal right. on the par, OF the House Of
Representatives, u limit or direct. the
application Of the moneys appropriated.
The House, in view Of the revolution
inaupura,ed in Kansas bv the Presiden,
with the aid OF the army of the Uai,ed
States, md maintained by the Senate,
nigh, lawfully, if ID its discretion i,
should deem such a course expedient, re-
fuse 10 appropriate any money whatever
for The support Of the army. The great
er includes the less. The House may
therefore suach The prohibition as a con-
d',ion Of the gran. Of supplies for the
army: The honorable Senator from
Maine (sir. Fessepden) has .ageIy salc
IN the course Of his excellent speech. tia,
the House has. by reason Of lis conssi-
tuition. a peculiar ard superior fsnes, for
passing on the question involved 10 this
debate. Its members are fresh from The
people, and they 60 hence directly, TO
render an account 10 the people Of the
administration Of the Naiiouai Treasury.
We Of the Senate ARE so far removed. by
the duration Of our terms Of office, as
practically TO be in a measure irrespon-
able. The House Of Representatives is
ccn,,i,u,sd by direc. election by the PEG
pie themselves. We Of ,he Senate are
sen. here by ,be Legislatures Of The res
pec,ive S,a.es. They are great political
bodies, and justly Represented here os
such. TO check, II need be, the TOO VIOLA.
tile action OF the pepole through the
House Of Representatives. Blu. they
are corporations, nevertheless. and the
Senate is a body representing corpora
tions. Moreover, the Senate. by force
Of it's constitution a. a council Of the
President. n appointments to office. and
in the conduct OF foreign affairs. Is mo,e
readily inclined toward combin tic with
The President, and OF course 10 depend
ence upon him than The House Of Rep
resen,atives, therefore, that the people
mus, look; and i. is upon that House
and no, upon the Senate. that the PEG.
pie mus, rely mainly for the rescas o.
public Liberty, if the time shall eve
come when tina, Liberty shall be endang'
cred, with design or otherwise. by tht
exercise Of the Executive power. Thus
far. Mr.. President, l have treated hi,
subject as mi involving only the inter
es,s OF the people Of The Territory 0
Kansas. Blu, you will see al once
without any application On my par,
tina, you are establishing, by way Of pre-
cedsn.. a system Of government for no
merely .ha, Territory but al the Terri
tories, presen. and future. within ,h'
United States. /, is worth while 10 se,
wha. that system 10. Il 10 the system
Of popular sovereignty. founued on tn,
~abnsga,io. Of Congressional authority
attempted by the Kansas and Nsbrask'
act OF 1854. But il IL the system o
popular sovereignty, with the principle
Of popular sovereignty left out. and tina
Of Executive power exercised with fraue
and armed force. substituted in its place
Since we have entered upon a career O
Territorial aggrandizemeni, AZ Rome ant
Britain and Spain did. respectively. W
can look forward 10 nj period when wha
we call Territories but wha. they called
Provinces or Colonies, will not consii.
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