The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-10

seatatves sahug shas they had passed trc bill regu
etes ana transmitting the act restoring the Bureau
o. indian Airlnrs 70 tho War Department.. This was
On motion OF Mr.. rDnysDs the senate took a re-
cess uIti one O'Clock. ~ n A1FM
On the reagsembnng OF the Senate the Presidents
annual message was received a. the hands of ms
private secretary, Colonel w. G. Moore.
RECEPTION or THE PRBsiDENrS MESSAGE
had a q me eaa % 70
gins with the words zone hundred Millions annually
are expended for the military force large portion
unnecessary and Unconstitutional" when
Mr.. CoNxgss (rep.) Of CAL, rose and said:--Mr.
RESIDENT move to dispense Win the further read
Mr.. DAVIS Of Ky:-s hops that extraordinary mo-
uon VIII not prevail. A., &.
ton OF the motion which have made undertake
to say that such message this has ever before
From the COMMENCEMENT OF its reading to the pres
ent moment 1t has consisted Of q TRADE including
loose statements against the Congress- OF the United
States and OF declarations OF the unconstIutiOnality
Of the laws passed by Congress- II Is In all respects
dlsrespectful and offensive document, ana cer-'
tainly the time Of the senate be better employed
than In hearing il read. trust therefore that we
viii dispense with Its further reading.
Mr.. DAvIs-it seems to me, Mr.. President, that the
message sustsins ITSELF hope it viii be read in
full. a f504
The question was pus on Mr.. councss' motion and
Mr.. CONFESS called for the yeas aud nays, which
were ordered.
Mr. HOWE, trep., OF wis., did not make the mo-
ton, but shall vote for It, and have only o word
to say In explanation. know that the constitution
requires the Preside to give information annually
10 Congress, but do not think that that provision
Of the constitution was intended to authorize him to
lecture Congress- and cannot for my life think that
the language used by the President In this message
Is respectful 10 the body with which he 10 commune
eating II does strike me in the light OF . lecture.
~ Goes strike me as lame attempt on his
part 10 reprOach and lecture coordinate
ROVnrnmGnL~
pose the constitution was intended simply
TO authorize the President to communicate to the
Legislature from year to year such facts and special
information as he might become possessed Of as the
Executive OF the nation, and not to authorize him
Legislature Certainly Congress- must ID supposed
10 know what IL has done as well as the President
can know It. know OF nothing either IN the laws
or the constitution or the United States which makes
IL obligatory upon us to sit and hear read an Often
svc message from the President any than from
any other person; and inasmucn as / do conceive
that the language employed In this message IL not
respectful to Congress shall vote to dispense win
the further reading OF it, The country win have the
Mr.. WHYyE. (dem.) OF Mol trust that Que sense
OF its own dignity aud proper regard for the public
.s nr . nra ~ 'ae
eminent, win induce this body to have the message
OF the President read IN fun. The President ~ called
upon TO discharge great public duties and In puru-
ance OF the command laid upon HIM by the constitu
ton OF the United States, he seeks to give to che
Senate and the House OF Representatives, in this
message Information as to the state OF the country
IL may be That IN doing 80 he uses language strong
In It's character, az Senators often do In the discus
sion OF subjects before the Senate He may even
use language irritating in character but IL should bo
remembered that he occupies the exalted position or
President OF the United states and In the discharge
conceives ought TO be communicated to this CO.
ordinate branch OF the government, and therefore
that he il entitled to the respectful attention OF
those who diner from him. do trust that now, and
during this session OF Congress, we may have here,
II not harmony OF sentiment at least respectful
hnA nf hnf M 1naa n a<sft
manner IN which the government should be con-
Quoted may difTey from ours; and therefore trust
e Conness viii mac not b S s fenasr
MIR. WILSON, (rcp) OF Mass.-I think the Message
is disrespectiu and untruthfu 1t IL the acrd out
turbed the country for years, and who has been at
last not only rejected by those who were politically
associated with him. but condemned by the whole
American people, who, In cCndcmnlng HIM, have but
anticipated the verdict OF history. But he Is still the
President Of the United States, and he mas sent In
read It and proceed as we ordinarily do on such
occasions. have no anxiety about the Judgment of
the American people as between the Congress Of the
United states ana Andrew Johnson-n0ne at all
ana therefore think we had better proceed a. we
usually do In this matter.
President Of the 6ned States desired to secure the
universal i reading q the Document ne would also
Rtor rom California The proposition laid down
here is that the President In the discharge OF his
constitutional duty 10 communicate information,
gress IfCongress says that 10 the country 1t win
certainly secure the universal reading by the people
Is not % o
ton either the wisdom OF the policy Il has adopted
or the consttuonalIty Of its measures basis for
dent believes that che legislation of Congress here
tofore has been unfortunate for the country
son X SO o ii Sns e c. Ss Sn,
20 express his views upon the subject. Now, the
President pm this Message, is discussing question
InsAr
which the people are feeling deeply At thus time
the question Of the pubic expenditure. he states
the enormous sums snat are being expended. Does
If the President Is In error In regard to the amounts
that A Qf course, proper subject Of discussion In
the statements Of 1rhodnts as be gets them from
the departments 10 certainly not reason for the re-
lection OF his Message. AT the very point which had
this motion male, the President goes ON TO make
suggestions OF reform, retrenchnsat and return to
dent to discuss and for Congress Z sonser and Tor
the people TO hear discussed by the president and by
Congress. ] do not think, SIR that the dignity or
the Congress the respect OF the Chief Magistrate
In involved In this motion. II ID aA expression by
Congress OF an unnecessary and uubccoming scDyt-
tiveness when its conduct becomes the subject or
criticism. No great body can relieve itself from
public responsibility by showing an excessive degree
OF constituencies when the proprety OF Its conduct Is
MIR. CONSEss-The Senator from Indiana mr.. lien.
drcksI Is little IN error, sir when he attributes the
motion that made TO constituencies IN regard the
discussion proposed or begun by the President. We
can well afford TO so INTO that discussion. We can
well afford to "le tue CALLED Jade wince- for ..our
withers are unwrung.n III my motion can result In
what the senator has told us II viii, namely, in
securing wider reading for this extraordinary Mes
sage than n would otherwise have, SHAH he more
than satisfied aud DC willing, as now am, with the
consent Of the Senate 70 WITHDRAW the motion. be-
lieving and knowing that 10 secure the reading
OF this document viii be 10 secure its con-
demnati0n A President OF the United States.
sir, has right under the constitutional require
ment that he shall communicate with the Legislative
department OF the government 10 onensveIy thrust
language and opinions before them, and Ia this
document as IN others preceding, the President has
taken that course this being, However, a. ! think
the most offensive one ,hat has ever yet been pre-.
scented. am prepared now 10 agree with my friend,
the Senator nom Massachusetts lMr. WILSON,, and
with the consent OF the Senate withdraw the mo-
ton nave made, but made II because i thought
tho opportunity ought not TO be allOwfi TO pass
without noticing the extraordinary oiicnsveness Of
this extraordinary Message Now. sir, II tho senate
consent withdraw the notion
Mr.. CAMERON irep1 OF Pa.--h the motion s with
drawn renew II. IN this Message the President has
cndeavored 70 make an unjust impression on the