Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-04-19
[From the National Intelligence
Senatorial BIasphemY Rebuleed.l


hour on Friday in advance, in order that two sick
Senators could know when. to absent themselves
from their beds long enough to vote on the civil
rights bill and return, the intense but turgd out
| burst OF Wade Immediately arose, blasphemously
thanking God for the affection Of the Senators,
| known to be opposed to the bill and, constituting
it as provldental interference for the sake Of af
tordlng HIM and his party the present opportunity
to carry the bill, insisted vote forthwith. The
Senate was shocked. Mr.. McDougall rose and ad-
ministered most effective rebulze, which was pro-
nounced by Republican members as most fit and
just. The scene was most impressive. The whole
assembly seemed to be i'll full sympathy with Mr.
McDougalls brief speech, and the countenance of
all, save Mr. Wade, plainly responded amen to all
he uttered. MI McDougall said !: .... .......
Mr.. President, the Senator from Ohio is in the
habit of appealing to his God III vindication of his
Judgment and conduct It is common thing for
him to do so but in view of the present demon
stration, it may well be asked who and what is his
God? In the old Persian mythology there was an
Ormasdes and Ahrfman-a God of light and
beauty, and a God OF darkness and death. The
God Of light sent the sun to shine and gentle
showers to fructify the fields. The God of dark
ness sent the tornado, and the tempest, and the
thunder, scathing with pestilence the nations.
And In old Chaldean times, men came to wor-
ship Ahriman, the God of darkness, the God of
pestilence and famine, and his priests became
mulhtudlnous they swarmed the land and when
men prayed then their offerings were We will
not SOW field OF grain we will not dig we'll !;
to the dark spirit Of evil until prophet came who
redeemed that ancient land. But he did it after
crucitixion, like our great Master. The followers
OF Ahnman always appealed to the same spirit
manifested by the Senator from Ohio. Death is
to be of his angels, now, to redeem the Con-
stituton 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
1t may be good God for him in this world; but
if there is any truth in what we learn about the
orders of religion in the Christian world his faith
will not help him when he shall ascend up and ask
entrance at the crystal doors If there can be evil
expressed in high places that communicates evil
thoughts, that Communicates evil teachings, that
demOralzes the youth who receive impressions as
does the wax, it is by such lessons as the Senator
from Ohio teaches by word of mouthas Sena-
tor in this Senate hail.
Sir the President of the United States is consi-
tutional officer, clothed with high power and
clothed with the very power which he has exer-
cised in this instance, and those who conferred
upon him those powers men such as Madison
and Jay, and Hamilton and Morris, and Washing
ton, and host of worthies-men who, [ think,
knew much about the laws of government and
how they should be rightly balanced any of the
wisest who sit here in council.
It is the duty Of the President of the United
States to stand defender Of the Constitution in
his place as conservator of the rights of the PEG
pie, as tribune of the people, as it was in old
Rome when the people did choose their tribunes
TO go INTO the OenaJG CnlmD6f among The aT1SJO-
cracy of Rome and when they passed laws injtlri-
GUS to the Roman people, to stand out and say,
90 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
Senator to his God can change the Constitution or
the rights of the President Of the United States,
prevent a just consideration of the dignity
of the Senate body by persons who have just con
hO hiatt
1t is q strange thing an exceedingly strange
thing, that when few Senators 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 defamation, the Senator appealing to
his God, and saying with GO 10 ITimnphe' air,
we'll or i'll, God has made them i'll. Sir, the God
of Dissolution, the God of Darkness, the God Of
Evil is his God.
never expected to hear such objections raised
among honorable men. | never expected 20 hear
such things i'll this hail. 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 a rebukc, trust it may be re-
buke.
No Proclamation Concerning the Fenians---Their
Movements Watched---No General Amnesty Yet
1.-The Habeas Corpus and Military Trials.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.
WASHINGTON, April. Is.
It is not probable that the President will issue
any proclamation at present concerning the Fe
MAN movement, though it would be worth more
to the Fenian leaders than anybody else. The
President, as it has been rumored by some who
are likely to know his views on the subject, is too
shrewd to commit any such mistake, even if the
British ministers should express any alarm at the
Fenian menaces, which, by the way, he has not
done since the scare of ST. PatricKs day. 1t is
true, however, that the government is watchful,
through it's proper and useful agents, to prevent
any violation of our neutrality, either on the Cana
da or the Mexican border.
No 1ya1 Of 1c
ment not likely soon to appear. There is prob
ability that the President will Immediately take
another step forward, though, as he has repeat
edly said, he would take none backward. He is