Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-19

does not reach tins SenAtei Day By daJ, from
earth and heaven, the eIy comes 20 NJ ri. 81 ~
got my brothers. keepenn am ny br2,het'
keeper, and 80 long AZ have yeiee " ,hAll
be lifted here and evetywhefe W hls Dshsh
asked II the reconstruotion laws did not give
the President the power to put down Win The
whose military force Of the United States this
Ms' Drake dId not thInk these laws dld
The provisions In thoss laws compared with
his proposition as diluted whisky and water
eompafed with pure alcohol.
hut look at the effect Of the provision In the
reconstruction laws The President or the
Governor issues hts proclamation. What does
youi fmmsdiateiy on the proclamation being
Issued the Kluk lux disappear, ADD teappeaf
10 public meetlng., where they pass resolu-
tlons to ferret out the disturhera Of the peace
and tender their aid TO The authorIties 70 put
down the violence, hut ny proposition will
reach these rAaeala. A military force will be
down uPen them before they know, and then
they oan be reached even IN their haunts. The
Senator from Vermont, tMr. Edmunds,l In
that cold, sneering way calculated " put down
oyery generous and magnanimous impulse and
chilling every LOYAL heart, put In his opposi-
And here let me say in reference to the aneer
OF that Senator Agaiaatthe Governor OF ueor'
giA on account Of his presence here, that 10 my
to his loyal constituents than by remaining
here year u necessary to secure the enast'
ment Of the proper Legislation. The sep+tor
selves, that The militia can be called out, when
IN fact BY law which 10 YET 10 existence 80
far ~ ueorgiN 10 ooncerned, the militia OF that
State was dlabanied aud forbidden 10 reor.
EAnile. The senator from vermont pays
Fetallate, The senator from Mississippi
last admitted tMr. Amesl said to me In con
tAliate would be TO reorgAnize the entire febel
army throughout the whole South against the
loyal element. These rebels do not fear re-
tallAtion: They know they have the physical
Ia the power to call out troops 10 suppress
insurreotion there Is, 20 70 speak, 40 AlmiKhtl-
ness Of power which will surprise some
lag stars Of States tights will go out forever.
MT. ID. concluded by advoeating his amend.
mercy that could be bestowed upon the whole
Southern country. He believed In meeting
extraordinary circumstances with exttAordls
nary remedies. He believed from the bottom
He believed in lighting these American Thugs
with the bullet aud the halter. But you need
not hang one Of them. The very fact Of the
books viii be Surncisnt, il win BE- : law thai
will execute itself. The senators from the
States which are nightly drinking the blood
Of their slain tell you that this Il the very
thing TO give them peace.
why the objection to this amendmentl why
should not this rebel population be made to
pay Tor the depredAtionS Of the Klu-Rlux,
the pocket, NndthR IL the most tender point,
and these outragea will Immediately cease,
There was nothing during the war which had
such 40 ensst 70 make The rebel, hold ,hsiI
IL. Since the rebellion just such a law a. thi Ia
was passed 10 Missouri, and In but one county
did the Governor have TO send the militia, aud
10 less than ten days the entire population
almost literally went down on their kneeh and
begged the Governor to take away the troops
and pledged themselves Individually that nc
more disorder should prevail.
Let II not DO supposed that any rAncor E T.
listed IN his heart toward the southern people
Far from it, all that he wanted was peaoei all
that he wanted was 20 hear no more this blood
up to the Throne OF God himself, shall we shut
our ears to the cry Of blood that has come
from the Thousands that have been slain Ia
the South alnce the days Of Lees surrender
Dan we shut our ears TO the wall OF woe thal
comes up from thu blasted homes and ueao
lated hearthstones Of that beleAguered south
There was nothing that he would be NOR
willing to do than 10 lay down the poor rem
| nant OF the life that Qod gave him TO help Il
putting down these mufdsrous American
MI. sumner then took the floor 10 reply /,
ItTietuTea made ~ Mr.. Carpenter 10 BIZ
speeches during the debate, and denied tn,
i1@ptlons 81 MT, u sh"taets,illPg them NJ, |.
cousin In his advocacy Of States rights
Ignores utterly human rights. Mr.. s. rea,
from the Constitution, the Declaration OF In
great length, He said that Mr.. Carpenter wal
reviving 10 this chamber the Antiquated doe.
trincs OF John q. Calhoun, the doetTinei
which were buried under the apple tree a
Appomattox, Applause in the galleries
The senator's Arguments have no strength
He 10 like the man whose gun, aimed at duel
| or plover, recolls and Knocks the owner over
Applause and laughter In the galleries
Mr.. Davis moved that the galleries b.
cleared on account Of the violation Of the de
| oorum due 10 the Senate chamber.
| The OhaiF INT. ThAvaFl aRRminr IN HIATT IA d
| In putting the motion,
Mr.. Davis, with some excitement, renewe,
his motion, and said that men who came her
| and behaved 10 that way did not deserve TO 81
here aud should be expelled.
| Mr.. Carpenter hoped that tho occupants o
the galleries would he allowed TO remain.
leIles had certainly acted In VIoIatIon OF I'M
| rules OF deeorum and Of the good order " tn,
Senate, and the Senatof would withdraw
upon a repetition OF the disorder the gallerlel
should be promptly cleared.
| Mr.. Davis said he would withdraw his mo
| ton, but would say that men who behaved II
/ that way were blackguArdA and ought not 4
be allowed to attend the debates Of the Amer
lean Senate,
ehusettH had taken week to prepare 40 at
/ awer to aome or fenpore rem Afks u AIDE by hin
aud which had been induced by the senator 1
the nrIt place attacking him. The Senate
superiority, applied the terms secession an
nullineation"to the arguments OF those VIII
MI. sumner, dntsrruptInEj used no sue
i terms.
Mr.. Carpenter. You dou't like to be Inter
tupted. I suppose the rules Of the SsnAt
apply 10 yon aS well as to any other Senator
| NJ, q, continued, In reply TO Mr.. Sumner
and Alluding TO his quoting from the Declare
tion Of lndependenee for grants Of power 4
| Congress, sad that was where fanatics wen
instead OF going to the UoaStitution, aud tina
you might as well look In the sermon on N
mount for grant Of power to Congress As /
look 10 the Declaration Of ependenoe. Tn
senator had also dragged up the name Of Nj
ChoAte to tell that Mr.. ChoAte once said tn
Declaration Of Independence was nothing bu
ElitterinG gendrallties, and that was just wis
Because Of the attempt then being made I
seek for powers for Congress In the DeelAra
tion Of lndependense, when the ConAtitutlo
vas the only plass to look for them: An
lawyer, which the Senator from MGsIAohu
sets was not. IL.ughterl
MT; Ta H.s asked s mr. Gss .rP to Eiy
Mr.. sumner to prove that he was a Soun
constitutional lawyer. .,-..... .. ..r
Mr.. Howard. One at time, gentlemen.
Mr.. Thurman then read some extracts froi
Aspeech Of MI. sumner, delivered August q
1852, and claimed that Mr.. sumner laid dow
there plainly the doctrines Of John U. Ga
Mr.. sumner denied that his speech va
susceptible Of such an interpretation.
| Further discussion took place betWes
mesars. Carpenter and sumner as to III
powers granted to Congress by the ConltItu
tion and the rights reserved to the Slater.
mr. Carpenter held that In time Of war
was necessary to exercise powers outside
the Constitution, and the exercise OF thos
powers was IustlhAble under circumstances
national perm. He alluded TO the order
President Lincoln In August, 1861, just aft
the draft was ordefed, foTbidding citizens
leave the country, and said that viewed 10
constitutional light no such invasion OF III
rights OF a citizen had ever been made, and u
as war measure II was OF lnoalculRble benz
nt, going great way to restore confidence,
MT sumner said that nothing IN Ado our grei
War minister more Indignant than for any Of
to assert that the war was being prosecute
outside Of the Constitution, and Mr. StAntS
was lawyer and good one. We have
much power under the Constitution to car
on war as has the Emperor Of France or u
CIAr OF Russia. Mr., y, then vent on to "a
that under the guarantee clause In tbs Cons
tuition, the powers OF Congress were trAnsoo
dent. He did not say, no one did, that the ID
hclArAtion Of Independence was \ grant
power to Congress, but he insisted that II vi
guide to the Constitution. 1t 10 more than
grant Of power IL inteTpTets the Constitute
from beginning to end, from the preamble
the signature OF George Washington,
The Senate at AS, p. IN. went into exec
tive session, and after = short time there
took a recess until $50. p. N.
EVENING SESSION.
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