The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-04-09

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friend, but every section ~ this Dill had econ
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has heretofore been wrong In the Vows nc
has taken, m ms duty 70 retract them, and
ne mad conceived u 70 DC MS auty 70 come
hero and give the senate and the countrythe
benent OF mis- anxious thoughts ana MS deep
rcnectons wnloh haa now become part OF
his nature: There Is no reason why bona
tors shouid not change, nnlese they wish 70
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Do the people OF the United States reflect
that there Is no check IN this bodyf Look
at the Executive. What o spectacle vas
there presented. was there mot an effort
which conyulsed the whole country when the
President OF the United states was broug NJ
10 the bar OF the Senate 70 be tried for what
the Senate deemed an undue exercise OF
powerf -. .E. a...
And what has been the spectacle OF the
last Few weeks, when this body has held TO
It's power with q tenacity unsurpassed IN the
annals OF tyranny. when thoughtful men
look al the three branches OF the Govern
ment, they must feel satisfied that the pow
ers exercised by them are far In advance OF
the powers exercised when the Constitution
was first made. We have in the country
two great religious societies, not only CON
trolling religion but politics and the SOCIAL
life Of the country. He pointed the reflective
mind to the growth which was otherwise
than that originally contemplated when the
Constitution was framed. Two great rail-
roads stretching across the continent arc
here before the Senate contendlng for vast
powers, and he asked the people Of the United
States II 1t was pleasant spectacle 10 them
10 sec senators ranged on one side or the
other OF these great corporations. Look at
the two classes In New. York, the rich on
one side and the poor on the other. VIII
they not respond to the words am utteringi
| .Iuc tiuen htu uhuiy ShhuBcu nthco nv
first came Into the arena OF public and phi
yate life: Everything that was great and
I powerful was throwing It's oyershadowlng IN.
huence all over the land. The example OF
the Government In arrogating to itself all
power Is followed as fast as II can be by the
people. He Intended to elucidnte these
! points, which had been prepared In words
such as he was himself not capable Of fran
ing, by those who could do 1t better, but for
the ideas aud the thoughts he would not
take the second place to any man In the
. Senate nor In the country. The words when
ne uttered to-day mad perhaps been uttered
before, but they had not taken the hold oil
the popular heart that they did now. Never
before had the future OF this country ap-
: ted States as now: They were weighed and
= pressed down by em forebodingsi they knew
: not what to do and they looked to Congress-
! for relief They listened to his words and
they felt from the foreshadowing OF the rem
edy that there was hope for them.
He bad no desire to create O sensation.
He did not care to come before the gaze oil
0 the people OF the country. He would have
. been glad to have gone and hid himself from
sight rather than to witness the impending
ruin which was surely TO come upon thif
$ country unless the policy Of this body WA
4 reversed. II had always been his nature
: from boyhood to seciude himself and to keel
: his views and reflections from every one
and he might have continued as member
= OF this body to keep silent and apparently
D lnattentive to what was going on arount
5 him, but he could not do It. He could mo-
keep still and see the ruin which was 81
: surely to bury this country. Things wcr'
a not half so satisfactory as they were yea
: ago. Letters were coming to him from al
e parts OF the country soliciting employment
z | am supposed to be rich, and am made tn,
1 objective point for oil these applications
How is legislation accomplished here Poo
n pie who have claims to push through get at
II torneys to help them, who come here AM
II familiarize the legal minds OF this body will
them, and they are put through despite tn
70 business men aud with no regard TO thu
e business interests. This country was nov
a IKE spain under Philip ii, when 1t wa
r Just going to ruin. .'.E
n He had a word to say TO the press,
greater power In The land than all the othe
powers combined. WIN TINS great power II
70 your hand you should WELD Is Tor the pros
perity OF the country. You are Represented
mere ~ your reporters and correspondents