The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-15

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nlele 70 fix an hour on Friday In ,ad-
vance, in order that two sick Sena-
tors could know when to absent
themselves from their beds long
enough to vote on the civil rights
bill and return, the intense but tur-
gid bathurst of Wade immediately
arose, blasphemously thanking God
for the affection Of those Senators,
known to be opposed to the bill,
and. constituting it as Providential
interference for>the sake of affording
him and his party the present oppor-
tunity to carry the bill, insisted on a
vote forthwith. The Senate was
shocked. Mr.. McDougall arose and
administered 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
sympathy with Mr. DcDougall's brief
speech, and the countenances of all,
save Mr.. Wade, plainly responded
amen to all he uttered. Mr.. Nc
Dougall said:
"Mr. President, the Senator from
Ohio is in the habit of appealing to
his God in vindication of his judg-
ment and conduct. 1t is common
thing for him to do SO; but in view
of the present demonstration, it may
well be asked, who and what is his
God? In the old Persian mythology,
there was an Oromasdes and an Ahri-
mana God of light and beauty, and
God of darkness and death. The
God of light sent the sun to shine,
and gentle showers to fructify the
fields. The God of darkness sent the
tornado, and the tempest, and the
thunder, scathine with pestilence the
nations. And in old Chaldean times,
men came to worship Ahriman, the
God of darkness, the God of pesti-
lence and famine, and his priests be-
came multitudinous; they swarlned
the land; and when men prayed then,
their offerings were: We will not SOW
n field of grain; we will not dig a
we'll; We will not plant tree. These
We're the offerings to the dark spirit
Of evil until q prophet came who re-
deemed that ancient land But he
did it after crucifixion, 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
now, 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 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 communicates evil
thoughts, that communicates evil
teachings, that demoraizes the youth
who receive impressions as does the
wax, it is by such lessons as the Sena-
tor from Ohio now teaches by word
of mouth rs Senator in this Senate
hall. Sir, the President of the
United States is II 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 and Morris,
and Washington, and Il host of
! worthies-men who, think, knew as
much about the laws of government,
and how they should be rightly ba-
lanced 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 Constitution
in his place as conscrvator of the
rights of the people, as tribune of
the people, as it was in old Rome
when the people did choose their tri
bunes to go into the Senate Chamber
among the aristocracy of Rome, and
when they passed laws injurious to
the Roman people, to stand out and
say, i 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 con-
siderat;on; and no appeal of the Sena-
tor to his God can change the Con-
stitution or the rights of the Presi-
dent Of the United States, or can
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