The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-03-21

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The measures Ihas hare been recently
adopted BY Congress are a0 lately adepxsd
thasfs becomes any man, Who oaFefai aaassat
he ssyss 20 belgnarded ips w3sas hp teays ssf
thems Tbs prssiaept isaasa kgsa psoolausa
tions-bpth of them. b I hhass itsoysnsly
stated, I disappFo oved. Hs fssus0 b6ih be-
foFea epe9e Do shssl SshG Off Ocssbsss and
before gGavsrnor &ewsRd spokes aNdshey:of
ns saw anything 10 them which apreysptsd ~
from Isv0fing . vigorous prosecutions ol The
waF. II shsis 80 neahing then, Il u eaff.
saiai thasz zsheEs b uosbsng uOw. 4 Appiaass. ]
The bill, which has excited abe sensibjlitY
Of several geDtiemen- vaho have spoken in
New Jersey, ta0d sE a certain hall 10 this
city, Ibissess] wss . bill which gives extra
ordinary powers oyer the purse and The
sword to th . President of the United iStstes.
They are. bills which seek 30 protect by ia-
dsmnits she Presidents and those contested
With him from, srress. They are opposed
to another bill as understand, which bad
become the law, which authorizes the Pres-
ident, 10 HE discretion, 30 suspend the writ
Of hGbsGs corpus. Applause. IwiH state
noW, as briefly as / o8n,s what are my views
in regard to this. Ia the FIRST place, as 20
the bill which gives the President the enor-
nous power over the sword aad the purse,
| agree that it makes him almost q dictator.
| agree that it !s Very great stretch of
power.
A Voiee-ue ought to have it.
/ argue that, unless there may be ner
cesaity for isy it should not be done. Ev-
eryb0dy knows that in prosecuting o var
uuder Republican government, which con.
slsts OF several States, The great spprehen-
sieu 10 that there mey not be unity on the
part Of the States Sufficient TO to impatt
energy to the executive heads-ghat vas
predicted as one Of she grounds upon which
our government would fail. call the at
,tention of my Democratic friends to this
because there seems TO- be psFticular soliCi.
sude about them D0w. Langhter,l The
President was gwen the power of the purse
aud The sword IN 1889, when Great Britain
had directed fO-cIhle possession to be tax en-
uf: portion of the State of Mnine, and SIR
Ohm Harvey bad moved troops OF GFea
Britain into that tprFitary TO hold it. The
prestdnnt o! The United States called The
attention or Congress tJ 1t, and left II 60
Eheir nwu wisd8m what ought TO be 1fanh.
New, | hold IN my hand eapy Of the bib
that they pessed Oh that OCCASION, 10 1880.
will state TO you the substance or the va
rious sections without detaining you az this
late Iour by reading the bill. The ftsUsee.
tien puls -tba whole pAyah force of tbeIu.
States, and the mi!lida,; At, the disposal Of
the President. fApplause.l The second de.
cldres that tie tnriitia, wRhun called out, shah
be compelled Co serve sax months. The
third gives tbe Preside1g power 50 call out
6fsy thousand men, andHRas regarded as an
enormous authority. { Laughter. ] The fourth
section gives the President power 70 com
pIsse aod employ aii the ar@ed vsssels of
the UQined States, tbns putsipg the whole
army add navy Of the United Ssates ss bis
disposal. Applause. The Eth section ap.
proptfates $40, ,000, ,0V0 to carry into eEfec:
the provisioD OF this act. In those days
ten millions of dollars was aagreat, deal of
money. lLaughtet,l The sixth section ap-
propriates $l8,000to send special Minister
to Great Britain. The second section au.
thurize 50 him to expsnd asmiliion OF sdSlars
in flashing the forslfaatioDs on our, sea-
board, aud building them. The eighth sec-
ton directs that the militia and volunteers,
when called OUT, shalt be portions of the ar
my Of the United States. Now, how do yuu'
suppose that bill passed ? sput the whole
purse and sword into the &bsoI lutte power of
the President of the Unised States. CLAY,
Webster, and Calhoun, ,-mer perhSps iafe.
rieE to the soloBs of the present day, flsueh.
ter, we're members Of The, SAoale. The
bill passed the Senate, and these, three
Statesmen, although violently opposed, per.
sonaliy aud politically I'd the then pfesf.
dent of the United Stasss, voted for sIthsshilt,
aud i passed ths,Ssnats Raanimoualy. LAP
plsuse: 1t passed the House Of ,Reprssen-,
tatiVes after a full discussion, BY a vote OF
20H ii g, and shs 1eadsr OF that six was
HeurJ A. .Riss, [hisssS, the bold Brlgadlsr
who distinguished himself co. gveasly a.
Nsg's,Head, [laughtsr.J while bis brigade
was 6Ghting and his con dying. Applause. !
=. Now, gentlemen, there ID nothing
in nay humble jGdgmens, therefore, id The
Law passed. puttIng this eaoFmons peg sr ini
possession Of the Uoited Ssatss TO deter ma,
for asserting 10 a Vigorus prosecution OF
the war. 0heers.1 I Can fsry wen uhfer-
stand bow, If syrhpatbiEs with thst rebel -
IiOn--if j deemed that this War seboal6 fail
Il could spend hours aud columns 10 pick.
ing flaws 10 this act, Bat IL | believed thas'
subssantiai justice required that tie great
ends Of iprOeerssing the war dsmaAd thas'
the whole power Of the GOVernmsnt shall
be lodged BY .shs Congress Of this Uaitel
States Id the President of the United States,
wilf bow 10 silence TO the act, wlsether /
approve of Il or not. PrslOsgsd 3oheerssJ
If thes President Of thsI U0ited States had
asuFped these powers, there might ,be pro-
prissy 10 denouucing it; but when the, rep-
rsssbtstfves oF The people, legally elected,
AFTER dus deliberations, ass4sms the respon.
sih,Iity of lodging these tfasts 10 him. in
my Judgment, and certainly in view; of the,
precedent to which have reEerEeds no, wise.
man witt ever complain OF she act. zap.
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