Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-03-25
CONGR EssIONAL.
Csnel.sisn Of Ye.,erday's Pr.eeedins

TRoCee0l0RD.
SEHXrR-Afser our report closed-ths Ten.
ure.of-omce bill being under consideration
MI Ross said he was opposed to placing any
restrictions upon the President in the matter OF
removals from office.
Mr.. Sprague said the composition of this
bodv was not Of such nature as to permit Of
their settling this great question Ia the proper
manner. He desired turning around and LOOK.
ing up to the gsllares) to say q word to the gal
leries. because the other day the Senator from
addressed himself to tbs galleries, and tue
laughter Of the galleries was re-ech oed on the
hoor. The galleries were here, and wer. in
some sense the represent atives of the American
people; they were, however, mucn batter
dressed than the mass of the American people
but whether these habliments represent An v
more inieIiigenee or any more virtue than the
less eaudiiy attired masses else w here, may
well be doubted. You docking steadily At the
galleries aud turning ali around slo gIy) hay :
oeen doc'rinated INTO laughing aud glib oerin z
AT every ming mat Is grave aud momentous ,;
into turning into riticule all warnings OF your
DANGER You remind me of q jeerIng idiot in a
burning dwelling.
Mr. 5. proceeded to say that there was no re
lief In gong from the dominant party of this
country to the other; 1t would be Jumping out
OF me frJlog pan into The fire. Now, as to his
views upon this matter before the Senata,
which he would read, they were not those of
any lawyer or any ludgs, but he believed they
were ioeicalsn con tituiionai. He maintained
that IN the Executive this DO wer was We ted
and not In the Legislature. No mauufactory.
no workshop In this country could De carrird
on tor single day under such a principle as
that now sought to be enforced by this Senate
upon the President. He Mr.. 81 had b .eu a
warm republicans; all his synpathies and hopes
We're for that party. HIS contributions for its
success had been greater than that Of every
OtUer senator on his II oor put tog Their The
day sitter me firing on Fort Sumter he had MT
battery of artillery to the field At his ewn ex-
pense, and afterwards regiment. The mau
were fresh from the pillow aud the loom, and
N to aach
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 dan .
ger yawning up before them now.
Mr.. Sprague here 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 tad il with mean.
ing. The condition of this country to-day WAS
not dissimilar to that which existed in Eng
land when this bad man lived. Then despotic
pow'r used this man 10 carry out its bahests
We have Just emerged from a great revelation
Does harmony prevail has The olive branch
been extended to these people are they MT in
a chronic revolution Is there a poor m an in
this country to-day who can 90 to court and
get justice from a rich man, or is the DO wer of
the Government used for his protection He
intended, IL he could, 10 paint the true condl.
ton OF this country But he had little hone;
the apathy which had crept into every nerve
and every vein Of this body would prevail IN.
TN the catastrophe was upon them. Emigra-
ton Is almost at q stfnd-still, your commerce
Is almost ruled, and there 10 not man on this
floor " no can give any reason for it except that
we are not pay ing specie for our notes; but the
real cause Is that capitalists are specializing
upon the labor of the country the policy no W
pursued would soon have them clamoring here
for tarin 10 protect cotton. The farmers of
the West are producing nothing profitable or
by wnlcn the wealth OF the nation can be en-
hancFd.
The people Will soon begin to inquire and
will demand to know why, with the most
MAGNIFICENT country, the most fruittu al soil and
the finest climate on the globe, the country is
so prostr ated, so Impoverished. The most dis.
asrous policy has been pursued relative to our
hnances-a policy which makes slaves of our
people. and which the Senator from Ohio (Mr
Sherm"n) himself distrusts The advice OF the
bankers had been potential in this chamber
and every Business man knows that he who
deals IN money knows no more about the rela-
ton of money to other things than they do of
things Of which they never heard. The men
who always fail In any other business are to-
day dictating TO this body the financial policy
which controls us, of which they really know
no more than II they had never lived. If these
deploI able RESULTS are the best you can accom-
pllsh, how car you dare to take upon You rsrIf
the executive functions! He would reserve for
future occasion q reference 10 The relations
between himself and certain members Of this
body which would show whether they were
capable. or the right Men TO tax, part I'm the
selection of the officers OF this government.
lie had, however, not yet spoken of
American society of to-day. In his Opinion the
tone OF ii was less virtpous, less m pral than
mat OF any other civilized country Of the
world. II was perpetual struggle OF the rich
10 De rlcher, and In this struggle al virtue was
lost. was II not the fault OF our leglslation1
You stand upon the verge of avalanche,
upon the brink OF an abyss. What father
what mother, can let their offspring go outinto
me world without the greatest fearsl What
husband can close his doors with satisfactjoul
The paralysis which prevails is wonderful
He had supported the election or Gen. Grant
he believed That he would have the capacity 70
zee through the intricacieS by which be was
surrounded. He had listened TO every word of
his inaugural and watched his countenance
ana he went away with sOIrOWIng heart
because of the passage IN which he said he
would protect the public debt, and he saw that
cancer on the American body polite had cap
tured Grant. But still he would not vet give
up the ship, but would hope that Gram would
rrpudiate and spurn this bad advice, and would
turn from II AS from a charne!-house.
When be went 10 the White House and saw
the pressure there upon Grant: when he saw
his anxious face; wheu he vent To the Treasur
Department and saw the members of this body
and OF the other house, all upon the same
erraEd, he thought what hope can there be for
the American people. He mad a sure remedy
for all this-one that would rescue the Amer
can people from slavery that was impending
over them; one that would give them freedo m
and peace and the Senate would do well now
to address itself TO the welfare of the psopIe
He knew that he had spoken words OF truth
and be believed that the com position OF this aud
the oth-r house was sure to bring on rpyolu-
ton. He hoped the Senate would consider
that he bad only been actuated by high and
honest motives. He had thought much upon
this SUBJECT, almost making him sick, and ne
would conclude with the hope that his words
would Rot be unheeded
Mr.. Trumbull said the bill was now in such
a shape TO relic the Pres dent from en- oar.
easement, and give him full power 10 appoint,
in his discretion, faithful and competent on.
GERS, while It preserved the principles which
underles the tenure.of- Office bill.
The bill was then passed, as follows:
ItGs-Messrs. Abbott, Anthony, Brennan,
Brownlow, Buckingham, Carpenter, Catt-iI,
Chandler, Conkiing. Cragip, Drake. Eimunds,
Ferry, Gilbert, HamlIn, Howe. Harlan, How
ard. kellogg, Morrill,, Os born, Patterson, Pratt,
Ramsey, Rice, Sawyer, Schurz. Scott, Spencer,
Stewart Sumner. Upton, Trumbull, Wiley
Williams, Wilson, and Yates-57.
Ndys-Messrs. Bay ard, Oasserly, Davis, Fes-
ssnde n, Fowler, Grimes, McCreery- Mcdonald,
Morton, Ross. Sprague, Stockton, Thurman,
Vickers, and Warner-l5.
The Senate then, at $50 p. NJ went into ex.
exutive session.
HoCeH-After our report closed
The bill To provide for provisional govern.
ment for Mississippi was discussed MP to the
hour Of adjournment. ~ Mr.. Butler, Of NJ ASA.
cbusetts. In explanation of the bill, and by Mr.
Beck, OF Kentucky, in advocacy Of MS amend
ment.
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