Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-04-01
OUR RESPO NDENTS
WASHINGTON. ID. G.. 4
March 26th, 1869. 4

Decidedly the heaviest sensation OF the
week was the speech Of Little Spraguey"
of Rhode Island delivered in the Senate
on Wednesday, while the bill to repeal
the 'renure-of-pfiicc act was under consid-
Grafton. The Senator. however. did not
contuc himself to the narrow limits of
debate OF. the pending bill, but took a
wider field. and launched cut into bitter
denunciaiio!.s of the gross immortality Of
the time, which he assumed. aas mainly
attributable To the inctficiency AID chican-
cry of that vaun,ed and highly aristocrat-
the United S.ai,s II the Senator's att o.
on the representatives OF the legal profess
sion la the senate on Friday the 10Th inst.
was an unexpected shot IN their senate rial
lockers. Ia, furious onslaught nt last We'd
nesday was regular bfoaisile which so
a>tonislicd both friend and for. that a reply
OF ANY Kind 10 his impetuous rhetoric. was
stte.ly out ot the question. On the preyi-
ons OCCASION The only Zcutieman bold
enough to attack the valiant little
Rhode Islander was the rough and ready
Nye of Nevada who cllrl him very bad
names. among which Was "Buanrrges.
He doubtless n,eant Il Ia a Pickwichian
sense. however but his ljtilr opponent will
never forgive him for the laughter FROM
the galleric, which greeted the "Epithci.
aud on Wednesday last ,ouk occasion To
refer to Il III no very good linmpr. and the
ilIerie> got the worst oi IL Tor th,if levi
~. Addressing ihcm. the gentleman
from Rhode Island proceeded to conpIi-
meat them by sly.n- "A At they we're better
clothed ,hlH tho m1-,r-. upon winch to
their eternal shame. be il said. the gallo
rics .'snichcrei IN unison with the gri,-
tlcmen on the door 81 The Senate
Then came the srycrc-t rcbuAe OF all.
The Senator did nas wonder that the .Al-
lerics laughed a His warning The
teachings e the past had cducaErd them
to make light ut serious things. and ma
made them OF 4 frivolous. thodghtle>>.
scnsele-, disposition. IL reminded him
oil the idoiic inmate 81 burning dwelling.
who laughed at All warning and persisted
in tire ilamc.. lie would nevertheless, ~
pea, his warming. Senators. Democratic
aud Republican did their best % suppress,
the aggricyesl senator, but On he went IL
wing hca,:long into ouf national legeurra-
cy and bringing ur y.cc Ia solid chunAs "
before TIE gaze al ,hr a>,oni,hed legi>f,-
tos,.
seriously, the sceur Was A- hunilaiiug
4. j. M, asn sing. aud when Mr. ~pragur
at down a iec.in. " i1tru,c rcli came
over every body both on Tie hoor and in
thr galleries. II The pres Nd thr country
woail speak 81 s4I.lIr occurrence, truth
tul,t So should 10y seldom be called
upon j, conscientious journalists 70 maze
a note "t ihein. ..e dcgencracy That pre-
cedcs the Gon...- oil nations Is marked
by just such SCENES and the sooner the peO-
pie take measure, to prevent their repet-
ton the better for the Republic.
ruE TEN HE-oF-otFICE BILL.
4, amended b. the senate ~ Wcdnc.-
day l. perfectly satisfactory 10 the l're,i-
dent, and viii undoubtedly be- 20 To- the
!lun-e, hifli j, vii ~, s...-.-. A---, .s-
-r"--'u a Dill repeating the act uuconIi-
ti'uliiy. fhe Latter body will now be
called upon ~ act On the Senate amend
R~nt. aai it j. generally believed that il
Will Pc disposed vi wlthpat ,uuch debate.
rmE ADJOURNMENT.
Two weeks ago to-day the House adopt
ell concurrent resolution providing TOR
adjournment to day. (thc 25lh.) On ac-
count Of the debate on the rcnure-oi-ofiic--
act the Senate has postponed action on lie
resolutions. Both Houses will probably
adjourn next week o. the week after as 4
Majority are ia favor Of such action. 4
few. however. desire 4 longer session III
order 10 perfect southern ircunsfructiDn
aud 1t j. possible that it Thu subject j.
brought forward the sitting 81 both House.
may BE- prolonged lar into the summer.
Since tie imau- urttion sense 81 conf
dencc aud security ta- taken the place VI
di>iiu>t and insecurity. and the members
OF both House, OF Congress. row feel that
they can ret,cto their respective homes.
with none 10 modest OF make them afraid
a did the retired gentleman from Tenue-
zee.
No FICHT BETWEEN the SENATE AND ruE
PRESIDENT
With all their ingenuity the Democrats
have failed % create "a rupture between the
Senate and President Grant. The position
of the President has been plain and frank
throughout. lie did not hesitate To avow
himself opposed TO The tenure-ol-oflice act
for good ard sufficient reasons. nor did lie
he-itate to say thai he shout. carry the
law out to the lette. in case it stood unre-
peated or unamenled. He said in effect.
Il shall wait and what action Con-
gress takss il the act i, repealed. good
If not. | shall send ia nominations a
usual. and in making removals shall take
care that charges and specifications are
made out against the decapitated officials,
it would aid me very greatly. ii Congress
would repeal the law. but if L does not, /
shall execute il Just The same us shall execute
ererg lac cfthe idad.
Here speaks ont the true eXecu,iye-an
officer whose function il il to carry the
laws into effect and not to evade or violate
them as did Andrew johnson. When one
reviews the career of that man John son.
| his dcnnnciation Of the last making power,
his defiance of legal enactmcnts and his
| ignorant moathngs about the constil ution.
it must be confessed that the American
| bearing to an extraordinary degree. A
| few. and but few Senators. were dispos-
ed to be Guerulous about the tenure-of-
Office bill. The great majority have shown