The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-25

SDFaQue admlD1Ste1 a FEDuke 10 the 2di-
Ieries for laughing at him the iher day
for saying that they reminded him OF
idiot ic inmates of "a burning dwelling. VINO
laughed at all warnings ana perished IN
the fl lmes. He would, nevertheless, re-
peat hsS warning. The affairs OF Congress
were being nlismanaged Y laWy err Ete
had felt deeply Interested ia the success OF
the Republican party in he past. aud had
conIri buted to IT, he thought. As N ach Ia
character and a good deal more In money
than other - nat rs indeed ne believed his
contribution o the latter had been greater
than that OF all the other Senators COM
bined He denied Congress had re -loI ed
harm ony or prosp perity TO the cOun ry, and
asserted that the people IN the SOnta al e
rather in a state OF cHrOnIc revolution,
and That there WAS no justice Tor the poor
man or protection Tor the rights ana itbef-
ties of their citizens in this bOaSted land
of freedom. I'm "a igratiOn had fallen oil:
the industry ana agrlcu tar OF the c'un-
tTy were so pr0sI rated out west that Iu1ui
grants cannot find remunerativc employ
Inent, for tney cannot sell theIf pr0aucts
for enough TO supply themselves with the
ueceSsarIes of life. for the restSo8 thst l-5lS-
lttiOn and administration were SO shaped
as 10 encourage 1pitai 70 speculate upon
every Industrial occupation IN the country.
If this C ,urSe was to be continued. IN less
than five years there would be a ciamor
for a tariff to keep out foreign cotton but
great as was the IN miSmanagemt mt OF cur
affairs in every depart ment, the greatest
abuses We're in our finatcia policy. Ihat
policy WaS directed and controlled By the
bankers. They, no doubt. gave as good
advice as they could. nut -ex peTIeE &c had
atWaVS SHOWN IN At dealers "a money Knew
ttie or nothing ABOUT the fsia1ous OF
money to other Occu patiOnS and inE erests.
The bearing of ali this was, if the iesis-
iatOrS OF the country had done JheT oWa
work SO badly, how could they dare to
assume the powers and duties OF the
Executive. Also, the social condition OF
the couhtry was quite as baf as the
financial condition. There was less virtue
and morality in American society than IN
any other civilized society on the face OF
the earth. The prevailing Generalization
was frightful. What mother could send
her son out into the world with any con
fidence that he would be able 10 resist the
tenn otatiOnS that would surround him.
The country was On the brink of preci-
pice, and unless the people could be reused
from their apathy, all was lost. He mad
wished Tor and aided IN the election OF
General Grant TO the Presidency, because
he believed that President Grant had not
been contaminated by the politicians, and
had the capacity to see through and defeat
their Vaccinations. He had listened TO
the inaugural address with intense
Interest, and had been pleased by
the Presidents EXPRESSION OF his
purpose to be independent IN the
discharge OF his official dulles, but when
he heard the passage asserting the sacred
ness of the puOllc debt. he had gone away
had shown him the canKer that possessed
the American body polite. II had got
pOssion of the President also. Stili he W $
not without nope. He hoped the I'fest-
dent would yet disco yer Inc great error
INTO which his advisers had ied him, and
turn away from this policy as from char
mel house. With an inter esting btog aph-
ieal sketch of himself, Mr.. Spt ague nnlsh-
ed his speech.
The report of the committee was then
adopted as n substitute for the pending
bill, by the following yofe:
YEAS - bbott, Anthony, Foreman.
Brownlow, Buckingham, Carpenter, Cat
tell, Chandler, Conkling. Cragin, Drake,
/ Edmuuds, Ferry, Oil bert, HamiIu, ii Irltn.
| Harris, Howard, KeN gg, Morrill,, Osborne,
/ Patterson, Pratt, Ramsey, Rice, sawyer,
| Schurz Scott, Spencer, Stewart, sumner,
| Tipton, TrumbuIl, Wiley, Williams, VII
| son, aud YaJes-37.
NAYS-Bayard, Casserly. Davis, FssSen-
( den Fowler, Grimes, McCreery. McDou-
aid, Norton, Ross, Sprague, Stocton. THUR
/ man, Nickers, and Warner-l5.
Trumbult briefly explained the bull as
reported from the judiciary Committee.
| IT was designed, he said, 10 remove any
| obstacle which the Tenure once act
unchanged, might throw in the way OF
! the President In reform ng the pubic ser
/ vice, and at the same time TO preserve Inc
! principle which some senators. thousht
/ G. institutional - the principle underlying
| The Tenure Of-Otfice act The senator from
/ Indiana had said that the power re-
/ served to the Senate By this btll Wou q
/ amount to nothing. because n the oeu+ic
refuse to confirm the suspension 81 "a
| officer, aud hereby reinstate hiin, IN
! p e-ident might retHstate aim lifttne J.
/ afely after the adjournment OF the SENATE
! tie wouId ask tuat senator whe uer M
/ had not conide ce Ia the Presl en- 70 ot
! liaVe mat he Wouia act according 20 The
| spirit OF the law He ifr mbu y had surt
| confidence. and 40 fear y natcKef ihat tttt
I PIE sur se51td -se5s.- 10 tss - -" ~
any way.
| judiciary GommitLee lFruInbut!i ouSnL =
have eXpiHined the bill carrier in tue de
] bate as very few Se1at0IS yet unde sJopt
| its pToVI>i 1us. lie briefly crtUlclsrd ne
| biIl, and denied that il preserved the priu
/ CT pie underlying the IenuFe-o oi-cHl e Aft
The oilt was then passed.
The senate, at j:35 Went iuto executive
sess on, and soon after adjourned