The New York herald., 1869-02-12

tne House that we shall proceed 70 CONSIDER 1t
which IS Importance demands. The question before
the P0use is one compounded Of facts and OF law.
IN. facts shall not speak 20; teey are known TO
some considerable degree. sAnd now let me ask the
House to pardon me II l do not reply to those un-
that never commence an assault. daughter on
the democratic sde.) II ! am very hard
pressed I return assaults in the way that
that had forever silenced assaults BY so doing
was once told on this floor that voted nfty-seven
such a way that thought the man who made it
would never make another upon me. II has been
the rule OF my life never to make one. NOW as TO
the defamation OF this case. As to the gentleman
from Ohio (Mr Bingham) who made that splendid
defamation about anarchy, that splendid decla-
years. about the .'miion Of men who had shed their
blood and with whose graves the land was rldged,"
must say that always liked tnas speech Shoafs oar,
Mr. Garfield who has chosen to arraign my motives
and to send me to the country branded, in parliae
hell, have only to say s'out Of the abundance Of
the heart the mouth speaketna;;" aa; maugn1eFJ q sEs
Mr. Speaker Ss Ssn aM that &C the
Vice President shall open the votes and they shall
be counted in the presence OF the two houses. !
suppose there Is no better rule OF law than that
where power is expressly given to an officer and
where that power Is given by intendment. M Ine
70 gvs as Votes 70
he has them in his custody; and i
stops there and then says they shall be
two houses. Why In the presence OF the two housesS
My friend from Ohio mr. Shellabarger) says In order
nn may y i done are
to dor And that is the question here. The
Vice President says he may do as he pleases
it right or wrong. What use is there in our
staying to be witnesses, If he can do 1t wrongs Does
or or dead, who viii undertake to say thatf what
use in our staying here to witness the cere-
mony II we have no power, II we are mani
witnesses. And yet we are in such condl-
ton that the Speaker tells us that the House
is ret Of 20 b he
House-and that the Senate Is in full vigor, with Its
Sergeantat-Arms to arrest its own members, and
yet we cannot interfere. Suppose that raise an
objection when certificate Is opened that the cer-
tifcats Is forged. "Oh! cannot hear that says
second ruler And do you not see the
concurrent resolutionsn Are we to count that vote
without knowing anything more about iti ! said,
and repeat 1t, that do not think that concurrent
resolution worth the paper it is written on: Whys
For two reasons-nrst 1t proposes to alter the con.
the vote Of each State shall be counted and we
have no right IN any way to abrdge, alter , or
should not be countedr' Because hold that 1t was
vote; that It was not the expression Of the will OF
state within the meaning Of the constitution, and
that she had not voted according to the constitu-
Sat 70 Ss s e 'Hs
leges to assemble the same day as 1t is for the
voters who elect them to vote on the same day.
some means OF conducting our business II the
Senate does not choose TO leave they may keen us
sse m % h ahs wo
have II they gave us the use OF theirss Can we go
into the their nan and ana stick, or can they come IN
ordinate. coequal-no, ! take that back. for
there is no power that is the equal Of
s ea IL sne "a the ssre
no man who has greater love, greater respect or
greater veneraton for old Ben Wade than / nave.
would attempt to take away the rights Of this
House or OF any human being. But 1t was because
was spa s courtesy viii mn not
allow me TO say that he acted as ne did. DO you
know that to-day the Senate OF the United states has
entertained resolution TO censure ZONE OF our
members for what was done here yesterdays l
think they viii have good time doing it, laugh
Mr.. FARxswoRrH-Is that any worse than for the
House Of Representatives TO entertain resolution
Mr.. BUrLER-I by no means censure the senate;
an censuring the action that was done here. do
not care who did 1t. only say that do not believe
body. Parliamentary courtesy forbids my saying
who, and would not say 1t. want to call atten-
tion to the resolutions, which / have nodded and
sent to the Chair, and ask that they may be read
The resolutions were read, as follows:-
na 4. a S,s9 Meus E S s
& in The Of he two houses IL counns ne vote 81
Georgia. In obedience to the order of the Senate only and
against the dssovng the convention
a. his own WILL invasion Of the rights and privileges Of
this House.
Resolved That the above resolution be and hereby
ferred to select committee Of fve with leave 10 report
any time and TO report by bill or otherwise.
Mr.. BUTLER concluded as follows:-If this COM
mittee can devise legislation which shall save the
country from revolution In Its hour OF future peril
then shall have deserved well IN my own con-
science aud my own breast whatever need Of praise
or dlspralse may be accorded me by others. and
there win have arisen out OF the spirit Of nell great
good.
Mr.. BENTON occupied the three minutes that were
half-past four O'Clock the House took recess until
half-past seven O'Clock.
Evening Session.
The House met again at half-past seven O'Clock
and proceeded to dispose OF private bills reported
from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, after
which the House adjourned.
The debate on the question OF privilege is to be
continued tomorrow.