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every now and then, had to administer some extra
ordinary tonic to keep him in Ifs. Now, sir, the
| Democratic party in this country occupies Just
exactly the position of that eastern soveroign In
| 1910, they received their death wound, and they
have only lived spasmodic life since
| tLnughter.l They have been kept alive by TONES
and stimuants. They took the annexation of
| Texas, and that was very salutary dose. 1t gave
| them new life Then they have taken various
measures, until they have run out all the ordirn-
ry nostrums, that nrc advertised in the catalogue
! of patent political medicines and there has
been Cabinet council got together, and they re-
commend now n strong dose Of Cuba, as the only
thing by which the party can possibly survive
other presidential election. tLaughter.l
Mr.. Hale, considering Mr.. Slidel as the
one who spoke the views of the President ra-
Their more than any one ese-something more
than officially as Mr.. Bigler termed
| it, assumed that it was an administra-
i've measure. If the consequence of debut-
ing this pernicious measure. was to be an ex-
ira session, the friends of this measure must
bear the consequences. He was ready for
the debate at any time when they pleased
to bring it on. The country should not be
left to suppose that those in the opposition
were afraid oft.
Mr.. Fesscnden had no fear that the people
of New England would misunderstood the
votes OF their Senators if given against the
taking up of the bill. They knew the quail
ty OF the Republican Senators, and no body
would accuse them Of being afraid to express
their sentiments on that question or any
othor That wns n" ,o"ev" "hJ ticy ei,o,.id
hai y,t ia, ucti
sure, which certainly could effect no harm so
long as it was kept down.
Mr. Slidell had no doubt the measure was
in accordance with the wishes Of the Execu-
tive but he had not consulted him as to the
mode Of getting it through the Senate. He
did not assume to be the Presidents organ.
Mr. Seward said whoever was heartily in
favor Of giving the President $50 900 600
for the proposed object would of course vote
fDr the bill. and Of course too would vote
to take it ny. Were he to vote for taking
it up, his vote would be interpreted as an
evidence Of his lavoring the measure and it
| could not be had therefore. lie did not be-
lieve any good was to come to the Democratic
party from the debate, but as they evidently
thought they should get some political adj
vantage from it, they must get the bill up by
their own votes-they could not have his.
Mr.. Shields said he thought the appropri-
alton bill of first importance. and would
stand by the Chairman of the Committee on
Finance, Mr. Hunter, ifhe wished them to hold
Il II. Il
to tn change Of order PROPOSED.
MIR, Hunter. In regard to that matter, should
have been very glad to have carried on the appro-
priaton bill separately but when found that
thi, matter was to be united to that / thought il
was best for the public interests Of the country
to let this he taken up first; and after the Senate
shall be satisfied that they cannot get along with
il, then, perhaps, they will let me take up the
appropriation bill. 1t will then be out Of my
way.
Mir. CoIlamcr If the chairman Of the Commit
tee of Finance. who has always by the usage of
this body tine light to insist first Of all upon his
appropriation bills, in which he is generally sus-
tanned by the Senate, chooses to give way for the
purpose of putting forward and giving preference
to this Cuba bill, wish it to be so understood.
trust am asking for nothing unreasonable in this.
If he will have Cuba, he must have Cuba for this
SOS on, and get ON with the appropriation bills as
well n he can for if we begin discussion on that
sulj ci we must 90 en- with it we must play out
the play. upprise the gentleman now, in
son, that he may have his choice.
Mir. 'untcr. In reply to that, have to say,
that have TO choose between this Cuba bill as n
separate uicasure, the Cuba bill a. attached to
the appropriation bills. much prefer that it
should he separate measure. 1t will be for the
Senate to determine, after it has been discussed
day two, whether they will not tnlo up tho mp
preparation bills in preference. think, there
fore, shall do better to wait.
Mr.. Doolittle of Wisconsin, looked upon
the proposed bill "rather in the light of an
attempt to change the peadngs in prepa-
ration of the grand presidential issue which
is to come off in 1880" He was ready t
join in the work of forming that issue, now
or at any time. The gentlemen on the other
side of t chamber might be sure that the
Republican party was "A positive one, and
that in forming the issue for 1850 it would
have an active hand.
We understand there is great suit going on in
this country, kind of ecctment suit, and it is
coming off in lsC0 before the grand jury Of in
quest We know where stand know what
principles we are going fori We know what Fede-
raj usurpatious we are going against we know
that tod it is true as Holy Writ, that the Adj
ministraton in power, judged by its measures
and its policy, is but a Federal Administration
Federal in all its notions, in all it operations 1t
is stepped and dyed In Federalism TO such an en-
tent that if il was possible for the spirits of the
departed to take cognizancc Of what is now trans
piring the very bones of old John Adams would
rattle in the grave at the measures put forward by
the chief of this Administration. On the other
hand the Republican party of to-day, standing on
the platform Of Jcferson-idcntcal in name, in
principle, and in policy, with the Republican
party of bodybuilding the masses of the people
of this country to its standard, marching on
ward and onward to victory. They are not afraid
to join issue with you in relation to this attempt
to purchase Cuba, or in relation to anything else
The sooner the issue is made the better, 1t will
be no Texas issue, you will find.
Believing however that as a measure of
legislation the proposed bill would lead to no
results, he would vote against taking it up.
lest it might be supposed he favored the
me assure itself.
Mr. Wilson reviewed briefly the financial
ondition of the nation.
When we saw the President of the United States
accept the oath Of office upon the eastern portico
of the Capitol, the ith of March, 1857, there
was in the Treasury Of the United States sur
plus of $4,000, 900. Two years have not yet
passed away, and those $50 600 900 have been ex
pended; all the receipts of the Treasury in the
meanwhile have been expended also and $40 ,000,-
600 borrowed to the current expenses of this
Government. That is the position of this country
to-day; and We are now summoned to prepare
means to carry the Government during the next
fiscal year, and to meet $50, 100000 of Treasury
notes due in the course of few months. We
have but nineteen working days of this session
left, in which to perform that labor Well sir
to-day we have listened to the Senator FIR Geor-
gia, (Mr Toombs), who has demonstrated the
fact that the expenditures of this Administration
have been carried up $50, 100000 the expen- |
diturcs of the Administration of President Pierce,
He has demonstrated the extravaganza, the un- |
bounded and reckless extravaganza of the present
Administration; and has told us further that We |
can retrcnch its expenditures, that can reform |
It's abuses. / agree with the Senator from Geor- |
ga, that we can reduce, and ought to reduce the |
estimated expenditures of the next year from |