Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-31
Grant AS DICrATO e.

The effort Of the corspirators to make
Grant virtually dictator, and thus place
the power in lis own hands to elect him
self, has proved failure. Blood-letting
Chandler, of Michigan, who has taken it
upon himsslf to play the same role in the
Senate on the adjournment question that
Gen. Butler did in the House, found him
self as badly beaten on the 28th instant as
his compeer did when Mr.. Dawes solved
this muddle over the Essex statesman's
head. In moving to rescind the 29th OF
May resolution Mr.. Chandler was simply
carrying out that programme arranged at
at the White House which would
keep Congress here until the Ku-klux
Bill was passed, if it took all summer.
Notwithstanding the threats of a special
session to be called Immediately when the
present one should expire, the majority Of
the Senators refused to rescind until it had
been pretty generally understood that all
pending business could be disposed OF dur
ing the present week, when, by vote OF
~ to 10, adjournment was fixed at June 3,
at which time that happy event may be
looked for. When the consideration Of the
hdJeGS corpus suspension bill came up IN
the Senate several days ago, Gen. Frank
P. Blair, of Missouri, addressed that body
in a vigorous speech opposing the measure,
and making some points which are worth
weighing carefully. He said it was intend
ed by the act to give the President power
20 re-elect himself by force, and it was one
of series by which elections had been
placed under the supervision Of federal au-
thorities. When The original bill Of which
this would be an extension was passed, as a
feeler to determine how far the people
would allow their constitutional safeguards
to be taken from them, It was demonstra-
ted that no necessity existed for il, and at
the present time there was not even a
plausible pretext for such an act; there had
been no resistance nor pretence OF resist
ance toIaw at the South, though the friends
of the administration would give a high
premium for an outrage that would justify
them in passing the bill. In conclusion,
however, he thought the attempt OF the
President and his hackers to force a re-elec-
ton would be a failure. Already the peo-
NE were aroused to a sense Of the danger
surrounding them, and showed a dispose
lion to shake off the trammels ofparty to
save the country.
The action Of the House of Representa-
tfves On the 18th inst. was enough to salts
fy the conspirators that enough Republican
Representatives had sloughed of from the
Grant party and were acting with The
Democrats, to defeat their plans for per
peluating Grants rule through military in
reference. The Washington correspondent
of the Cincinnati Commercial says:
The interest of the House and galleries
ranfared upon the Kuklux bill, which was
called ND by Judge Poland, Chairman Of
She House branch of the committee which
investigated the order in the Southern
States last summer. Both sides expected
that some Republicans would join the
Democrats in voting against the contlnu-
aace of the Presidents authority TO suS-
pend the habeas corpus, but how many and
whether enough to defeat the bill WAS alto
gethcr uncertain. When the TOll-cah vas
completed, il was found that twenty-tlree
Republicans had voted with the entire body
of Democrats AGAINST the bill; and it was
freely stated on the floor that twenty more
Republican votes could have been secured
on the same side had it been necessary.
aThese tWenty-threc Republicans were
BTessrs. Amber, Blair, BuTchard, Cotton.
DonTa7. Garfield, Farnsworth. Fmkeln-
bur,. Goodrich, Hale, Hay, Kellogg, Lowe.
NcCrayy. Morphis, Peters, Sheldon, w. c.
smith. Stoughton, Strong, Sypher, Whitley
and Willard.
GJudge Poland had framed bis motion in
..cooro,-9ce with the suggestion Of several
of his RepGblican associates, so that II Gov
.oro5 the Whole ground, and its rejection
WAS eo1ivalent O. the defeat of the bill.
After The vote lad been announced, he
stated that, having Gales up the bill and
ascertained that it lacked 3 majority, ne
.sbould take no further action ullt1L l1lsIrucO-
ed by the committee. .s.,
atThe meaning of the statement seemed % /
be that he was glad the affair was over Anu