The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-04-19

should be rightly balanced as any OF the
wisest who now sit here in council. 1t is
the duty of the President Of the United
States to stand as defender of the Consti
tuition in his place as conservator OF the
rights of the people, as tribune of the peo-
pie, as it was in old Rome when the peo-
ple did choose their tribunes to go irto
the Senate Chamber among the aristocra-
CIV of Rome, and when they passed laws
injurious to the Roman people to, stand
out and say, II forbid it,"
That is the veto power, Incorporated
wisely by our fathers in the Constitution
conferred upon the President of the
United States, and to be treated with
consideration and no appeal of the Sena-
tor to his God can change the Constitu-
tion OF the rights of the President of the
United States, or can prevent just con-
sideration of the dignity Of the Senate
body by persons who have just consdera-
ton, who feel that they are Senator'S
It is a strange thing, an exceedingly
strange thing, that when few Sena-
tors in the City Of Washington, i'll at
their houses, give assurance that they
can be present to act upon great
public question on the day following,
that we should hear piece Of decla-
nation, the Senator appealing to his God,
and saying, with triumphant air, well
or ill, God has made them i'll. Sir, the
God of Desolation, the God of Darkness
the God of Evil, is his God. 1 never ex-
pected to hear such objections raised
among honorable men. l never expected
to hear such things in this hall, and |
rose simply to say that such sentiments
were to be condemned, and must receive
my condemnation now and here, and if it
amounts to rcbukc, trust may be Il
rebuke.
The motion to adjourn prevailed, and,
by agreement, 5 o'clock tomorrow was
fixed as time to take the vote,
Special Correspondence ofthe Ner York Ne~s
WASHINGTON, April 6.
MIR. Doolittlo made q ,-ost eloquent
and powerful speech in support of the
Presidents restoration policy. In the
course Of his remarks he read the instruc-
tions of the Legislature of Wisconsin,
commanding him and his colleague to
vote for the Civil Rights bill in order to
pass it over the Presidents veto. These
Instructions said Mr.. Doolitte, | shall
disregard. IIe then proceeded to give
his reasons for this course, as telcgraphed
IN the Congressional reports and thus
continued:
~ know, Sir, that if I disregard these
instructions and vote to sustain the Presi-
dents policy, that act will terminate my
public life. Be it SO. would not sit
here for an hour with the weight upon
my conscience, which | would have, if l
failed in this hour in what l conceive to
be my duty to my country. l respect
the opinions of the men who have con-
stituted themselves my instructors But
they have been deceived and misinformed.
If they were here, they would think and
act differently"
Mr.. Lane of Kansas also made a few
remarks in favor of the Presidents res
toration policy as set forth in his two
veto messages, and intmated his deter
mination to support that policy by his
vote and by every ether means in his
power Hon. Garret Davis also adj
dressed the Senate in his usual logical
and forcible manner, in defense OF the
veto.
+ In the course of his remarks, Mr.. Da
Wis said Pass, this BILL and the Freed
mems Bureau bill and you have a Gov
ernment that don't want to live under.
1 would prefer monarchy thousand
times over than such Government as
we will then have. Mr.. Davis concluded
+ his remarks at q quarter past six. The
Senate Chamber was then lighted.up, and
Mr.. Salisbury also addressed the Senate
briefly, but in the most eloquent and i'm
prcssive manner. Ho warned the Re-
publicans of the frightful consequences
that would result if this bill should be
passed. warn the Republican Senators,
said he, that the measures which they are
now inaugurating will revolutionize this
Government The details of this bill, if
carried out, will surely plunge the country