Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1856-09-20
Basklas Oal..yrhs ns,slpdsna,y Move.
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twill NJ Hsn I'm tur itwihos that ths Amy
Arworrsi,n nI finally fI..el ,le liou,o n Repre-.
'ehiiil,esou HE ~ u srpi,mler instant. vlihtui
The Kansas pfotI'o, ~ ml'.rty u three totes Il
s Known nov lut the courage Of these ,al,nus
knights u Hack nepubllennism had Efsck ihein
and ihcy reJoilsl many Il them. from the as-om-
P'hmoni Of their irc'sonaLlo purose, bsGrc the al.
jounmerd q the regular session Il COngvs., and
the passage Of the bill was then only defeated ly
resort to parliamentary tactics ~ which fins, vote
was STAYED oil until the hour fixed Tor adjournment
had arrived. On the morning u tho adjournment Of
the regular session, motion TO insist On the House
amendment was los, by vote II 9S yeas to O3 nays
twenty-five Northern members voting Ia the mega
tive, The remainder e the day. up to the hour Of
adjournment, 10 O'clock NJ, was exhausted in fac
t'ous resort 70 paramen a-y tR;tics and privileged
questions to proven, final vote Fer this We give
them no credit Nor 10 we give those Of the Repub.
liean party who finally voted with tho South on tho
passage Of the bill On oli Of &C III for pltrotism-
Tho sSulking towards shrnk appalled, from rcasi-
,icn Of the consequence Of their reasonable action.
Valoscus az heroes in ony pgotcasCns and ain &c.
r0us talk, their craven hearts sank within them and
their faces psei with fear, when the rsi,s, of their
trsorOus conspiracy met them face to flee. No douJ,
II they had Leen surroundod ly the mel o,ucy Of
Boston their courage might have cen screwed up to
the sticking point. Or perhaps If the Greclcys, d.
mas and Becchera had been standing by with lash in
hand to stripe their coward backs or If the 20OOpo
lii cal rarroto had been present to sanctify their
unhoy treason with impio grvsns and aacllcgleus
prayers; or IL the Slimans of Yale had stood in the
lobby, with their Alumni marshacl in battle array,
with sharpcs rifles in hand to dispatch the first re-
fraeory membcr-,hcy might have faced the music.
Bat before that solid phalanX Of Southern chi,alry
and national patr ctism, that confronted them in the
House, meeting the issue Of treason and dsuniUn rs
patriots will ever meet it, with firm purl o,c and
steady nerve, these shameless conspirat,rs GUIDED,
reooied, and finally fed That It was desigl cd as q
evolutionary moN tmeht to break up the go ernnCnt
and dissolve the Union, We have doubt Tn It they
did not carry it out only 10 attributed to innate
cowardiee operating upon guilty cerscencos, Could
th'y haze len RENO, ed to some remote and secure
place, and substituted laNlcss DULLES and desperate
rafAts in their places, they would Doubtless haze IN
cited them 10 the deed fran which Mty finally receiled
in fear.
Much spc ,ulation is afoat rs 10 what course it
would have been proper for the Executive to hive
pursued had the House persisted in its revolutionary
measure. AS it is the first time since the organization
IF tie GoNerrmCnt that such an attempt has Leon
made, wo are left without any precedent. The Con-
sthuon seems not to have contemplated the ptssi-
bty of there ever being majority in the popular
branch Of Congress ready to dsorgarzc the Govern
ment for the furherance Of sectional and f,natica
idea, consequently it makes no provision for Of
this Kind 1t seems never to have occurred to the
trainers Of that instrument that Congress could
rctuscto make the appropriations absolutely necessary
to carry the operations of the Government and to
protect the country from enemies abroad and give
curity to its citizens at home. The danger seems to
have been apprehended from another source, and con-
scquenty find provision Of the Constitution de-
claring that ono money shall be drawn from the
Treasury but in consequence of appropriations made
ly aw;'' therefore. hid the House failcd to pass
the Army Appropriation Bill, not cent could have
been taken from the Treasury for the maintenance
Of the army, without clolr an ptlplble violation
Of the Constitution Thus the army, officers and men,
would have been deprived Ct the pay and cmouments
due them 10y Law, the work at the public arnories
stopped, the arseuals closed the manufacture Of mill
itary clothing and equppage discontinued, and the
persons engaged thereon thrown cut Of employment.
But this would have been minor consideration
The omission to pay the troops at stated times virtual
Iy breaks the contract Of enlistment, and the army
would have leen inevitably disbanded. The army is
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900 miles; many would lie dis banded in the deset5
ofthc Western territories in the mountains Of Oregon
and antng The SHOWS Of .hs Rocky Mountains, with
cut the means Of returning homo 1t would have
turncd loose upon the extcns'c fl, ner o. the Union
innumerabc bands CT hostile sayagcs in tbs .
Western Territories at open warfare with the Govern
ent and everywhere else only held in check and re-
strained from rapinc and murder by imposing mil
itary force. 1t would moreover have in,ol, ed the
ruin Of thu sc whose all is inv esed in contracts for
the army, and the expenditure Of the most enormous
hereafter in listing, leorganizing, tuip-
ing and distribut ng Of the army. The GARD forth
f.atCns must have been abandoned and the interior
forts and gsrrsons given up with all their munitions
outfits, &C., and more than all, the National flag
must have been struck from every battement, fort
and garrison, and cur sealoard cities abandoned to
the mercy Of every foreign power. We shall say
nothing If the financial crash which such measure
carried u; wogld bring Bat III 1t would lie 10y no
Of the least to Le deprecated Of its corse-
quenccs.
In view Of these Consequences it becomes grave
question consider, what c,urseit would ha' lecn
proper for the Executive to pursue had the emergency
TRANSFERRED. The question has never been discussed
because such emergency has never arisen. But
future Executive may be called upon to meet the
issue in all its reality AID to act upon it, lie could pcs
sby negotiate with individual capitalists for the funds
to carry on the operations Ct the Government until
some future Congress should make an appropriation
lie could not, however, pledge the faith Of the Gov