The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-04-01
Ths Tenure Of omoe Bill.

mot M. irnmpnii, IRON ths Judiciary Com
nistee, reported bill modifying the present
law, rspeaiing the arst and seooAd sections end
snaeting others In their place. The new bill
psessdss tina, the President shall have full oon-
troll Of his Cabinet and appoint or remove them
At will. Italso empowers him 70 make reuov-
ala Of eiieers when the eeasts Il 10 sssaion or
during recess, except judges Of the United
States Courts, without giving his reasons there
for, and appoint their successors Hs.h re-
CURED 10 communicate to the Senate. thirty
days after Il convenes, the names Of all persons
appointed and those removed daring the recess.
If the Senate fails to confirm the nomination,
| the officer who was removed or suspended Is
20 be Immediately reiusta.ed. The President
Is relieved from the provision Of the original
law Of giving his reasons for making removals.
and L. permitted to make any changes he may
deem necessary during areeess Of the Senate.
The amended bill was passed By vote Of thir-
tt-seven In IL favor to fifteen against it. All
the Democratic Senators voted nay, with afew
Republicans. Before the final vote was taken
speeches were made by different senaiors.-
Mr.. Sprague, Of Rhode Island, said,
The composition Of this body was not Of such
nature as TO permit Of their settling this great
question In the proper manner. He desired
| Cunning AROUND and looking up TO the Ralle-
ries) to say a word to the galleries, because
the other day the Senator from Nevada, (Mr.
Nye,) bad, In replying to him, addressed him
sell 10 the galleries, and the laughter Of the
galleries was re-echoed on the floor. The gal
leries were here, and were, in some sense, the
| representatives Of the American people they
hafta "A Al. ~
mass fihe American people, but whether these
Establishments represent any more intelligence,
or any more virtue than the less gandily aitir-
cd masses elsewhere, may well be doubted.
fou looking steadily at the galleries and turn
ing all around slowly have been indoctriuated
into laughing and gibbering at every thing that
10 grave and momcntous; into turning into rid
icnie all warnings Of your danger. You re-
mind me OF jcering idiot In a burning dwell
ing. This stern lecture was received with
becoming humility by the spectators, who
seemed considerably awed; but not so with a
dog which bad strayed into the gallery, and at
this point set up tremendous yelping.1
Now, as to his views upon this IN 1t ter before
the Senate, which he would read, they were
not those OF any lawyer or any Judge, but he
believed they were logical and constitutional.
He maintained that in the Executive this pow
er was vested, and not in the Legislature. No
mandatory, no workshop In this country
could be carried on for a single day under such
principle as that now sought to be enforced
BY this Senate upon the President.
lie had been warm Republican all his
sympathies and hopes were for that party
His contributions its success had been great
err than that OF every other Senator on this
hoor put together. The day after the firing on
Fort Sumter he had sent battery OF artillery
10 the war al his own expense, and afterwards
a regiment The men were fresh FROM the pillow
and the loom, and officers and men were. un-
known TO each other, and people looked to the
boy to restore order out Of chaos. There was
danger then, but he warned them that there
was much greater danger yawning up before
them now.
Mr.. Spraguabere read at considerable length
an account of"the life and doings Of Jeffreys
the infamous Judge. He said that be had read
this history, and he had read it with a mean
ing The condition Of this country to-day was
not dissimilar to that which existed 10 England
when this bad man lived. Then despotic pow
er used this man 10 carry out its bchests. We
have just emerged from great revolution.
Does harmony prcvail9 has the olive branch
been extended to those people are they MOI in
chronic state OF revolution Is there poor
man In this country to-day who can 90 10
court and get justice from rich man, or is the
power OF the government used for his protee-
ton He intended, II he could, to paint the
true condition Of this country.
But he had little hope; the apathy which
this body would prevail until the catastrophe
was upon them. Emigration Is almost al
ndsuil, your commerce Is almost ruined,
anu there Is not man on this floor who can
give any reason for IL except that we are not
paying specie for our notes but the real cause
10 that the capitalists are specializing upon the
labor OF the country the policy now pursued
would soon have them clamoring here for a
tarih TO protect cotton. The farmers OF the
west are producing nothing profitable or by
which the wealth Of the nation can be en-.
haqced. The people will soon begin to inquire
and will demand to know why, with the most
magnificent country, the most fruitful sol! and
the finest climate on the globe, the country i,
so Frustrated, 50 impoverished. The most dis
astrous policy has been pursued relative 10 our
hnances--a policy which makes slaves OF our
people, and which the Senator from Ohio (Mr.
Sherman) himself dstrusts.
The advice Of the bankers had been potential
In this chamber, and every business man knows
that he who deals In money kuuws no more about
the relation OF money to other things than they
do OF things Of which they had never heard
The men who always fail In any other business
are to-day debating TO this body the financial
policy which controls US, Of which they really
know no more than II they had never lived
III these deplorahie results are the bes, you can
accomplish, how can you dare take upon your
sell the executive functions? He would re-
serve for future occasion reference 10 the
relations between himself and certain members
OF this body which would show whether they
were capable, or the right men TO take part In
the selection OF the officers Of this government.
he bad, however, not yet spoken Of American
society OF to-day. In his opinion the tone Of II
was less yirtuous, less moral than that OF any
other civilized country OF the world. Il was a
perpetual struggle OF the rich TO be richer and
In this struggle all virtue was lost. Was ii not
the fault Of our legislations You stand upon
the verge Of an avalanche, upos the brink of
an abyss. What father, chat mother, can let
their offspring go out into the world without
ne greatest fears. What husband can close
his doors with satisfaction The paralysis
which prevails Is wonderful He had support
I'd the election Of General Grant He believed
tnat he would have the capacity 10 see through
the intricaciss by which be was surroundcd'-
ne had listened IN every word OF his inaugural
and watched his eountenance, and he went
away with Borrowing heart because OF the
passage in which be said he would protect the
public debt, and he saw that this cancer on the
american body polite had captured Grant
But still he would not vet give up The shin but
would hope that Grant would repudiate and
spnrn this bad advice, and would turn from Il
us from q charmed house.
when he went 10 the White House and saw
the pressure there upon Grant, when he saw
his anxious face; when he went TO the Trcasu-
~ Department and saw the members Of this
BODY and OF the other house, all upon the same
erraad, ne thought what hope can there be for
the American people. He had a sure remedy
for all this--one that would rescue The AmeI.
can people from the slavery that was impend-
ing over them; one that wonld give them free
dom and peace, and the Senate would do well
now to address itself TO the welfare OF the peo-
pie; He knew he had spoken words Of truth.
and De believed that the composition OF this