The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-04-07


In the debate Thurpdny upon the civil RIGHTS hill
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" .ao 'o'e "ni0n was ash'u tut IN oruer
enaoie the senators VINO were Ill 10 DO In atten-
dance when tho vote should be taken, and said:
1 am very frank to say that when gentlemen tell
US that IL we persist hero with all tho pbysioaI
power the Almighty has put into our hands we NAV
probably prevail Il Is not an argument against nv
staying here, standing by the Consultation. stand
ing by these powers that The Constitution has
me with and which have no right or authority 10
give up. No Senator on this floor has any rigbt N
surrender the authority with which we arc clothed
The moment President can rise and interpose his
interference with a question purely congressional
and legislative your Constitution Is not worth tho
paper upon which 1t is written. That is the reason
that urge and beg of nv friends on this aoor 10
take epy adUaniags that tie Almighty has nat ito
your hdRds to maintain uphold, and sustain that
Constitution that we have sworn we will support
Mr.. MoDoupalI. Of California. administered thu
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senator
Mr.. McDougall. Mr.. President, tho Senator
from Ohio Is In the habit Of appealing TO bis God in
vindication Of his judgment and conduct It Is u
common thing for him TO do 80 but In view Of the
present demonstration, Il may be we'll to ask who
and what is his God. In the old Persian mythology
there was an Oromasdes and an Ahriman-a god
Of light and beauty and god Of darkness and
gentle showers to fructify the fields; the god of
darkness sent the tornado and the tempest and
the thunder scathing with pcstienco the nations
And In old Chaldean times men came to worship
Ahriman, the god Of darkness the god Of pestlence
end famine and his priests became multitudinous,
they swarmed the land, and when men prayed
then their offerings were, 1--WE will not sow field
OF grain, we will not dig WELL will not plant
tree" These were tho offerings 10 the dark
spirit Of evil until a prophet came who redeemed
that ancient land but he did 1t after cruci6xion,
like our great Master.
The followers Of Ahriman always appealed to the
same spirit manifested by the Senator from Ohio.
Death Is to be one of his angels to redeem the
Constitution and the laws and to establish liberty
Sickness suffering evil, are to be his angels; and
he thanks the Almighty, his Almighty that sick.
ness, danger and evil are about! II may be n good
god for him In this world; but IL there Is any truth
in what we learn about the orders Of religion In
this Christian world, his faith will not help him
when he shall ascend up and ask entrance at the
crystal doors. II there can be evil expressed in
high places that communicates evil thoughts that
communicates evil teachings that demoralizes the
youth who receive impressions as does the way
II is by such lessons as the Senator from Ohio now
teaches by word Of mouth as Senator in this Senate
Hall
Sir, the President Of the United States Is q con-
stitutional officer, clothed with high power and
clothed with the very power which he has exer.
csed in this instance, and those who conferred
upon him these powers men such as Madison
and Jay and Hamilton and Morris and Washington
and 4 host Of worthless, men who, think, knew as
much about the lava of gavarpma,t al H. al -,