Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-06-11
Gran, Degrading the National Rs
putatlon.

Gran. Degrading the National He-
putatlon.
The New York Herald and the Ph'lade'pnM
Teievyaph, are both Radical papers, and support
GRANT for the Presidency. But with what con-
,stency thew can do so is a mystery to every non
est mind. Both these papers know that 0RANf
i. srpinr the Radical Senate on in its disreputa'
h,, course to secure his own election BY fofce' oy
fraud and by the illegal use of the Army ahd the
Navy How then can these papen deneunoe tAs
a;soraceful anu degrading conduct OF the Senate
.,d stnl support GRANT, Our readers will hnd
IN the extract We have copied from the Herald and
the following article from the Telegraph PROOF
sufficient to establish the charges which the Dem
ocratic papers have made against Senators M0E'o''
Carpenter, Nye and other "Blnfant dema9osae'
and polit,ca! charlatans," whose whole policy 10
dictated by sel6stness aud for the agg1ndlsement
OF themselves and their co-laborer' III the work OK
corruption and national degradation
From the rs,esraph (RadicaD of Monday.
HUMILIATION OF THE SENATE
Whom tho Constitution was framed, there was
.,ru,ple over the composition Of the legislative
body, and IN the compromise which resuNeo' pro-
vision was made for the branch to Be known as
the Senate Win tne view =" fsS'"6
and balance upon the direct representatives 0f the
people. By providing for the election OF the SEN
ators in a manner radically different from thas ~
which the members Of the House Of Rspressnta-
tiv.s are selected, by requiring them to be mo'e
advanced IN years AS an indispensable qualinca-
ton, ty making heir terms OF ofhcs three as
long as those OF the members OF the lower branch.
aud hv giving to each State an equal representa-
ton il was supposed By the frau-rs OF our funda-
mental law that the highest legislative body Of lie
Government would become pre--ninent'y conser-
vative, and could be relied upon to act on all oc'
ca.ious cheek upon the iinpetuos'ty' reckless
ness, and vaciilation Of the popular branch. foF
many years the objects had III view by the trainers
OF the Constitution were fairly secured Inc most
t,ented, dignltel. and statesmanhke men IN tho
country found their way into the Senate, and Tor
l,ng yea,s the deliberations OF that body were
characterized by as much dignity and wisdom as
the fathers OF the Government could have aht'c'-
mated under republican form OF government
But OF late years the Senate has sadly deteriora'
ted Blatant demagogues and political chdr1dta"s
have forced themselves into the seats once occu-
pied by such men as Webster, Clay. and Calhoun
and it has come to pass in these latter days that
the people lOOk 10 tne IloVse Va AsePASoehs''~
for the cnecs upon reckless and corrupt Legislation
to secure which the Senate was specially created
Bya persistent support of the in,g'titom lndi II
Ring, and By a shameful trade IN the Federal Of
fees, the Senate has rendered itself by-word and
reproach in the nation
But during the night session which commenced
at half-past seven O'CLOCK Friday evening ant
lasted until nine o'clock on Saturday morning, th
Senate INDUCED in proceedings which are happil.
without parallel III the history of the country
Our readers are already familiar with the scan
dalous course pursued by those Senators who nav
constituted themselves the special custodians 9
the honor Of the Republican party and the cham
pions OF the administration. In open violation c
their plghted honor, they avaiied themselves {
their overwhelming numerical strength to tack
the end OF an appropriation bill measure stric'l
partisan in its character. and having no plat
in an appropriation bill under any circumstanc
whatever. The introduction of tho Suppemel
tary Enforcement act as amendment to
measure providing money for carrying on Il
Government was clearly and palpably out
orier. The temporary President, howeve
saw fit to overrule the point raised by the n
nority, and in this ruling he was sustained
perpetrated, these reckless and unconscionat
partisans saw no merit in consistency. and VIII
1t was proposed TO add to the "omnibus bill
other measures which were not whit more
consistent with its title than the Enforceme
act, the Chair with singular eQuanimity ru
them out of order, and was backed up in 90 dol
by the same majority that had been 40 ready
pursue au opposite course whom it suited th
purpose.
lhe Senators who were not lost to all sense
decency and fair dealing-they were . rou
dozen only i'll number made gallant fght
were defeated in the end. and the "omnibus bi
with its incongruous amendment, found its =
into the House. There it encountered the tri
iation which it - richly deserved. II "6libusi
ing was ever justifable in the last hours o
session, 1t was most certainly justihabs in
House on Saturday afternoon and evening. A
it rs matter tor congratulation that the disre
table action of the Senate received at least . Il
porary check At this writing the fate OF
measure 10 not settled. 1t 10 possible that
Sunday Civil Appropriation bill msy fail. but
deserves to fail If it cannot be passed without
rying through with il the Supplementary Enfo,
msnt act. With the expediency or necessity of
latter, we take issue. Its merits not
VOWED III tie question II the country dema
Its passage, let it be passed III a iair and o.
manner, on Its own merits. and with the resp
sibilty Tor its passage where It properly belor
1t 10 possible that the faiiare OF tbs '.omnbus b
may necessita'e an extra session; but it woule
better to have Congress i'll session al summer I
10 have such an outrage a. that attempted by
majority in the Senate TO succeed. Doubtless
Seuators who gave THAR voses and vote u
action Of Saturday morning acted under the
lief that they were thereby doing yeoman ser
in behalf OF President Grant and the Rspub
rsrty But in this they were clearly mis-