Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-03-25
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The debate in the United States Senate
on Thur~dsy, upon the repeal of the ten
ure-of.of3oe Act, was animated and in.
teresting. Mr.. Edmund's argument com
msnced on Tuesday and concluded on
Wednesday, and is pronounced the ablest
that has been heard in the Senate
Chamber since William n. Evarts defend
Cd Andrew johnson in the impeachment
trial he took the ground that we have
government of laws instead of govern
ment of men, and that the Representatives
of the States of the Union, to whom the
Constitution has intrusted not only legis-
lative, but administrative powers as
advisers of the President, should pause
before they surrender power conferred
upon them by law. Senator Edmunds has
from his f1rst entrance into the Senate, a
the successor of Solomon Foote, attracted
marked attention, and grown in the con-
6dence of his associates and the people a.
gentleman of eminent ability, placing
him among the ablest men of that body.
His speech on the tenure of Office bill
has won fresher laurels both for him
and the State he SO ably represents.
Senator Edmunds was followed in the
debate by another son of Vermont, Hon.
Matt II. Carpenter, the new Senator from
Wisconsin This was Mr.. Carpenter
maiden speech in the Senate. 1t was in
defence of the tenure of office act, and
commanded throughout the attention OF
all Senators and the crowds thatjthronged
the galleries. He expressed the utmost
confidence in the President, apd his belief
that the Executive would be in full accord
Government during the coming year, but
he thought the matter should be looked
at from legal point of view. Seen thus,
without personal prejudice, the law was
all that it should be, and neither wisdom
nor necessity called for its repeal. In the
course of his remarks occasion was taken
to make some scathing illusions to the
office-seekers at Washington, which do
not HttIH 10 nave DeeH TtllSntu ny
noble crowd of martyrs, but with the ox-.
ception of this class every one else who
listened to him admired his oratoric.l
powers, classical language, and felicity OF
expression. At the conclusion of Mr..
Carpenters earnest and eloquent speech,
large number of the older Senators
crowded around him with their congratu-
lations upon his success in his first address
before the Senate. It evidently made a
deep impression, such as is rarely done by
a new Senator. Wisconsin has reason to i
be gratified at the commanding position
her representative has taken on his advent
into the Senate. and Vermont has good
cause to be proud of her son, who thus
early takes rank among the many gifted
men in the councils of the nation.
Another able Senator who. has taken
position with Mr.. Edmunds and Mr. Car
penter, is Hon. Jacob NJ Howard, OF
Michigan, native of Salisbury. On
Tuesday he presented his view upon the
bill with great ability and is among the
lthuiuR HiSiubttc VI tlLC
Senate.
The people of Vermont surely have a
right to be satisfied, and proud at the
success of their own distinguished Senator,
and in the honorable career of her noble
sons, who are the representatives of their
adopted homes, wherever they may be
scattered throughout our widely extended
land As Collamer, Foot, Stevens and
Finney have fallen at the post of duty III
the halls of legislation, Vermont has full
assurance from the examples we have
quoted, that she has able and gifted sons
whose birth was undcr the shadow of
her mountains and whose youth was
spent in her valleys, that will arise to do
her honor.