The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-02-05
1,tu.ner u r.ear,ln.. Fool.


We lave had occasion more than once to
..scrt th:i simmer is simply learned fool.
~ aa,r now TIC means of proving the
;.r..A If the assertion. The following report
It 4 discussion between him and another Re
,u,tihan senator will convince every lawyer
%. least TIA, Summer is oft Of place in q
ir4i~hliy" body:
Fir. MORRILL,, Of Maine: Mr.. President.
:-- senator from massachusetts, while as
-uniuC - reply 20 L speech which had the
E#Iai' - address 10 the Senate the other day
....vG The constitutional power Of Congress to
,...' lnrp n law IN amendment offered hy
t. >gu..or to the pending bill, his in the
O.. -!... lart Of bis speech usSuncd 4 tone and
i:An.-rt IN assumptions which if were at
-. ,.,.>.livc should say were extremely Of
,l,c. When that senator finds no better
...-tIucut tor his proposition and no better
Ian. ut hand 10 answer IN argument, as
tioH-ht candidlv, am certain sincerely, adj
I'D 10 the Judgment and sense Of this
.,a@tr upon tic exercise OF their powers
3ndtr the Constitution, than TO tell the Sell
e.. l.i.t ! have I.!.,de il up out Of dnfcs1e!lum
iWGocgaric speeches, lie will hardly expect
iaat | viii admit that he has answered my
=
iar the EMPLOYMENT Of such language in the
late rs applicable to myself.
,low, Mr.. President, must say that the
n.aisc of lbc honorable senator upon this bill
~. lis has been exceptional from the begin
l!gy. This bill is not 10 be carried, so fur as
,sl.i senator is concerned, on argument.
from the beginning he has not addressed ar
:tuae.t to The sense and judgment Of the
Senate. nor does he do il to-day. lie brought
ina lin on this sui icct which he had referred
to Il" Committee on the Judiciary. He
i3Dw '&@; that committee were UNANIMOUSLY
d. POSED 10 Ii, ill, and upon the very ground
,.'i"h lave cndc,Ncrcd to present to the
s.u-.'l. OF tie ground that there was no au-
t'aYi,y in tho Constitution to pass it. That
,@- 40 eject al all upon the senator. lie
q. -e not defer TO the Judgment Of that COM
n.;trc, although il is the legal organ Of the
-oai2, nor does it make the slightest im-
l~.s,ien upon bis Judgment, certainly none
l,.n his purposes. How docs he answer
t..': On Il former occasion he read Tor n
vide day. during an entire session Of
!... nate. letters from all parts Of the coun-
lY from coorcd people 10 show-what: To
'liightcn Us upon our duties mere: NO, SIT;
:" mar" All impression upon certain senators
rom certain parts of this country who have
.satnrS here; instead Of convincing their
Judgment, 10 menace them with q new power
}aag the honorable senator tcllSyo in closing,
'.,- >ivlnc up in the country. That is the
ln.uo>itlnm. No longer, Mr.. President, is
=. senate of lie United states to beappcalcd
~ an l. iUd@iHcnt and it, legal sense when Il
rrcat constitutional question IS before us, but
Hcact 10 be told by the honorable senator
thai Few power has sprung up Ill this coun-
Try by which bills are 10 DC forced through
j.' Senate. Is not that so?
N.>!uS here to-dGy, US lie said, TO answer
rly argument, how has he answered it: lie
las had the grace 10 bring III argument here
f,Hn Mr.. Downing e. colorcd CITIZEN, re-
G?,Hhlo gentleman no doubt have moi the
pleasure Of lis acquaintance, but it. is none
l., less of an argument that it cones from
/. "Uf0rcd citizen; but is it III aSumcnt at all?
VIII that senator say that that is All Argyll
ucml? When Mr.. Downing quotes from the
Constitution Of the United States that it Is
i duty Of the Government Of the United
States 10 guarantee republican form Of
government to the States, will that senator
KY that that ilstifes his bill? Why does he
10, say it II he means it.? / challenged the
senator when he began 10 put his finger on
hat part Of the Constitution which Justified
this; and he brings in Mr.. Downing to say
tntt ii comes from that clause In the ConstI-
l4lion which requires the Government OF the
United States 10 guarantee republican inst-
trion3. Is there lawyer in the land who
believes that any such power can be drawn
from that provision Of the Constitution
Does the senator himself believe iti He
certainly has not said it; and have no req
son Al ali, therefore, to believe that he thinks