The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-04-13
senatorial Blasphemy RebHked.

From the Washington National Iutellgeucer.
When, on Thursday, motion was
made to FIX the hour on Friday in ad-
vance, 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 turgid cutburst of Wade
Immediately arose, blasphemously
thanking God for the affection of those
Senators (known to be opposed to the
bill), and constituting il as a PrOviden-
tial interference for the sake of afford
ing him and his party the present OPP
portunity 20 carry the bill, insisted on
vote forthwith The Senate was
shocked. Mr.. AeDOugall rose and adj
ministered a most effective rebuke,
which was pronounced by Republican
members as most fit and Just The
scene was most impressive. The whole
assembly seemed to be in full sympa.
thy with Mr. McDougalls brief speech,
and the countenances of all, save Mr..
Wade, plainly responded amen to all
he uttered Mr. McDougall said
Mr.. President, the Senator from Ohio
is in the habit Of appealing to his God
in vindication of his Judgment and
conduct IL is q common thing for
him To do SO; but in view of the present
demonstration, it may well be asked,
Who and what is his god3 In the old
Persian mythology there was an Gro
masdes and an Ahriman-a God of
light and beauty, and God of dark
ness and death. The God of light sent
the sun 20 shine, and gentle showers
10 fructiiy the zelda The God of
darkness sent The tornado, and the
tempest, and the thunder, scathing
with pesiilence the nations. And
in old Chaldesn times, men came
10 worship Ahriman, the God of
darkness, the God of pestilence
and famine; and his priests became
multitudinous they swarmed the land;
and when men prayed then, their
offerings were: eve will not SON Geld
of grain; We will not dig well; we will
not plant tree" These were the Of
ferings to the dark spirit of evil, until
a prophet came who redeemed that an
cient land. But he did it after cruel
iiXiOn, like our great Master. The fol-
| lowers of Ahrimsn always appealed 10
the same spirit manifested by the Sen
ator from Ohio Death is to be one of
his angels now, TO redeem the Constitu-
ton and the laws, and TO establish lib.
erty. Sickness, suffering, evil are to be
his angels, and he thanks the Almighty,
his AiujgkW that sickness, danger and
evil are about 1t may be a 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 commu-
nicstes evil thoughts, that communi-
Gates evil teachings, that demoralizes
the youth who receive impressions as
does the wax, it is by such lessons as
the Senator from Ohio teaches by word
of mouth as Senator in this Senate hall.
Sir, the President of the United States
is constitutional officer clothed with
high power, and clothed with the very
power which he has exercised in this
instance, and those who conferred upon
him those powers were men such as
/ Madison and Jay, and Hamilton sud
Morris, and Washington, and a host Of
worthies-men who, / think, knew as
much about the lsws Of government
and how they should be rightly balanc-
ed as any OF the wisest who now sit
here in council Ii is the duty of the
. President Of the United States 90 stand
as defender OF the Constitution in his
place as oonservstor Of the rights Of the
people ss tribune Of the people. rs il
was in old Rome when the people did
choose their trlbunes to kG into the Sen
ate Chamber among the sristocracy of
Rome, and when they passed laws iniu-
rious 10 the Roman people. 10 stand
out and say, Il forbid it, That is the
veto power, incorporated wisely by our
fathers IN the Constitution, conferred
upon the President of the United States,
and 10 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, or can prevent 8 Just considera-
ton OF the dignity of the Senate body
by persons who have Just consideration,
/ who feel that they are Senators. 10 is
Asuange thing, an exceedingly strange
/ thing, that when tex Senators in the
/ city OF W Washington, III 81 their houses.
give assurance that they can be present
70 SCI nPOn great public question on
the day following, that we should hear
piece Of defamation, the Senator sp-
Pesling 10 his God, snd saying with an
10 fr,muTtf air, well or III, God has
made them i'll Sir, the God of Desols-
ton, the God of Darkness, the God of
Evil Is his God / never expected to
hear such objections raised among hon
oraole men. ] never expected 10 hear
such things in this hall, and I rose sim.
ply 10 say that such sentiments were 10 /
be condemned ard must receive my /
condemnation nos sad here. and if il /
amounts TO rebuke, trust Il Eay be /
q rebuke