The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-26

President OF the United States bV AID
/ with the advice and consent of the Senate
/ before the 4th of March, 1859, shall beeoTne
I vacant on the 30th Of June, 1859. lie said
he had always though the House was
entitled 10 have OpiaiOnS OF It's own. he
knew there had been good deal OF work
/ done IL re this morning by certain gentle
/ men to aave the Senate amendment con-
/ able to the President. r. the members had
/ no minds Of tnetr own, IL they were to
/ be used as pack-threads, 1t was time
| TO stop legislat on. he insisted that the
| Senate amendment made the bill worse
/ than in It's original shape. He declared
! that this was d struggle for power between
/ the Executive and the Ssnafe; that vas
I All there was II The Dill ha0 been
/ aud now the Senate was determi aed to
hOld the power in its own han Is. Did
anybody believe the Sena was 2 gIng up,
9u his amendment, one iOta OF p0 er?
For his own part he was not to : sWerved
from his duty by the insinr GiOu that
He appealed to the friends the PreNi-
| dent TO tand by the bill repe fling the law
or to adopt his am nendmeut.
WashDurne opposed the snate anne T.
ment. He hoped the Ho Sc would not
concur, aud would refer aud insist on
the unconditional repeal 1.-THE law. that
law was passed for pa ticular purpose,
and to cheek the usurpations of a wicked
Chief Magistrate 1t had answered the
purpose I its enactment, and should pass
away with the cause that brOughf it into
being. The President was responsible for
the execution OF the laws, aud there had
never been time when there was the
same necessity for the President TO have
ample power TO remove dishonest and in
competent officials. IL had been said the
President was satisfied with the Senate
amend dment While he (Wa,hburne) knew
nothing about that. he did not believe 1t.
II tie President was satisfied he was not
the man he had taken bin for, but they
We're not legtstating for Gea. Grant; they
were IegisfatIng for the country which
was nearly unanimous on the subject He
hoped the House would insist oa its un-
conditional repeal. The President might
"a
was not He believed he repreSenUed all
his constituents in demanding its repeal.
tarnSwOrth argued in favor OF concur
ring In the ameDument, which he eA-
pialned.
In reply to a question by Logan. Butler
declared the amendment was 4 new ten
u e-0.-Office bill, more wrong IN principle.
more fatal IN action, ana more destructive
10 the privileges OF the House and OF the
people, and was cOnierriug more power on !
the Senate, Jhan the present bill. 1t fet-
tiers the Executive more. II he ButIerl
were TO vote for either, he would vote for
the one now on the statute book in prefer
enee. The Senate was an irr sponsibIe
body, and an irresponsible one was ever
dangerous.
Poland inquired how the gentleman
fFOm Massachusetts Justified the passage
of the Fenure-of-OHice Bill originally.
ButIer replied that he had occasion TO 90 |
into such a Justification. Laughter on /
Poland - But the gentIeman's political
assooiates have abundant reason To 20 T
into their Justification.
Butler-There were many things we had {
to do 10 save J9e lie OF the count IA war I
for which Justification cannot be fOVfd IN /
the Consultation. There we many ugs I
we had e. do under Andrew JOh Sou /
which had better never be done again +
and which had better be got ria OF as soon /
as possible
Butter went on to characterize the SEN
ate arm u.neut As declaration OF e want I
of confidence ia e President What good +
Ia ths law ever done? Had 10 curbed "A +
bad PreSident2 hutnlessly and + N defiance +
OH. andrew Johnson had turned Stanton +
f9f gE-h ne Fnl
peacaed MN therefor, the senate nad hlm +
a Quilted Il free.
Farusworth suggested mat Senator'S who f
had voted TO convict him ha1 voted Zoe /
this agneuiEueIst
Butter did not snow who was in favor OF +.
the amendment. IL had been pas, Ell "A f
secret caucus. but he knew tue vote on the /
repeal OF the amendment did not bear out I
the gentleman's statement.
Far swQrth--In vote on The amend
inent does beer me ouf.
BusIer-Oa, rsli nddIestieks! Lqugh- +
ter.) L WAS m sue matter OF caucus GIc- +
tatioa. Il was agreed 10 a a compro aise. /
and all comprom omtseS in legislation are 4
vicious 1 nave been told tue Pes dent Is /
satisfied with the law. / dtd not pretend I
TO have knowledge about That which 9TH 4
efs claim, nut 1 have no doubt that II I
toe President said anything about tt IL +
was under the ciIcumstan~ e. OF Sen /
ate Committee going 20 him and say T
ing: ar, you are Ouf President. We are +
In tr8obie IA the Senate. II YOU do not /
agree 10 this. we shall have didicuIties +
among ourselves. And the President may /
else, rather than sou shOu a have trouble. /
90 not mean 10 put myself In youf way.
i do not me n to raj e any difficulty ia I
your party, Dut IL / said so, % was because T
rel ed ou the sentiment of the country. {
He Tefied on the House OF Re eDresent ttives. i
He relied on our sense Of our own IgHity: /
on our SENSE OF our right; on our seuse OF F
our own CONSISTENCY, 10 save him from The +
dt-1r8cefui law by Wnich his hauds are to +
be tied.
Davis moved to amend the motion to
refer by adding instructions To the C M /
mlLtee To report the provisions nader /
which the cOnsltutiOnali.y of the Tenure /
Of Office Law could be determined by the !
Su ureme Court
But.er moved the previous question.
Bingham appealed TO the House not 10 /
second IL previous question.
TIE House, howevef, did second ito /
to 50
Bingham called for the yeas and navs on
ordering tue main question, but the House
refused 10 order Them including the mo-.
tiOu u aui 5urn, which WIS VDieI down
and ttfen tue main question Nva- ordered. /
Dawes amen menJ was y. jccted.
he senate anesd ment was then refer
red, tnelu3tng IOEan's amend uent, 10 tine /
Ju dietary Committee. Yeas -. nays ~. I
Oniy ten Democrats voted in the negative. I
AT hair past four the House adjOurned. /