, 1875-02-15

md frequent s1apsnaion nt this Sraas writ:
EhpeciAly would he retl.t having It suspended
in th: NORTH h. on n, pEete't stas 4 could - b
orders In tie sonth. This pro,oelt,on for
euspensi0n OF the writ unAko all previous oues |
proposes tn put It into tho han1s D! tho rresi- ]
power. no rrator vino the presdont may b.. !
speaker ltlhine said that, while lie felt h1mseIf |
Wiling to put this Rrea. trust In tt'e hantlA nj
President Grant l1e did not feel wiling to ento-
init himself to future Presldents that L!ght te
chosen.
rr WAS 4 DANGEROUS POWER
Gen. Garfield Hatd that IN 1871, in vie of th.
almoat uusnirnous spinion Of the Repu = IN
Congress- aud tho country. there was, =, Of
ansrcNy, amounting Utmost to rebeilr = the
Southern States. Congresa authorize = 'resI-
dent 10 ausneud tho right Of THO wr1 sS-..heaa
cntuus. under proviHo carefully III :: 'nd re-
strained. and which provided that =: susnen-
siop should uot extend beJoc = period
Of ten and onc-half monthA.' :, March
DO nne should have tie right |. - = that thir
raHt power vas placed in the hs the chief
txec,itiye officer during the pep~ Of q rrcsI
Dental election. This euspent:: ) %plred By IT.
o*n limitation niue months hsiJf the etec.ion
OF la72. at tho present time. howovcr. thers Ii
NJ such general unanHity among Re-
nublcsna with reepocs to tho d!'t'''hsa
1872. The South may be- Horse than IL pictured.
but It III not 90 unanimously believed as it wab
in 1877. bcc II of tho bill proposes an intfetl.
MITE aud permanent supervision Of this great wrl:.
before tho Presidential election. and that it shall
snspeaa a % tie rrt IL tho d.asarbcd Districts but
| throughout tho United Slater. from Maine to
| California. This. Gen Garht'd thong1t "aa
! measure 80 broad and sEeepinx In ta ter1ns Al
! would
trarlr A1AnN THE HANS or THE ANznlcAS
| PEorLE
| As political measure. ho thought It would
bring moro loss than gain. I1o wss willing to
| 70 ~ far u the IsfthoBt in prftectinF tue
| fights Of citizens within tho limits
| Of the Constitution, hus he batiercd that this
measure. in iss present form, would MT euro tho
evil Ho said II 1t wAa adopted it would he
| charged that il vas done ns IN instramentolty
for managing the Presidential election. and some
would he likely to say to enable the President tu
secure third term. Gen. Garfield. m the queH.
ton Of tho third term. gave no expression o'
| opiaion-
| Mr.. KAsHot. or IOWA.
thought that in attempting to preserve Repub-
! lieap interests at the Suutn laws should not be
raaeed to dcstroy Republican interests at the
North. With regard 10 the habeas coBpus. he
thought tho proposition wsH 20 dangerous and
| e2trkordillary that tue country would receive it
With alarm and great reluctance.
| 0rHEn oF1ainHr.
| George ". Willard, Of MsillEaa, expressed
similar opinions. lie npoke e-teria.Iy ol th4
thi1d aud fourteenth sections. lIe tuoastt tio
aloptlnn Of fu ntlsmenta condition. very urnoun
ana the sus} .euslon Of tho witt of haacaA curp1:
dangerous. and behaved that the remedy +"
Southern disorders waH not in additional polltica
legislation, but in the advancement OF til
material interests Of all soctions.
WhiteIay. of Georgia. VAS tho only Souther
Republicans, except Arnbler Smith. who oppose
tue caueus proposition Whteley wonEd not a.
nit the theory Of the third section that th
fundamental conditions were paramount 70 th
constitutional amendments. aod insisted thu
there IA po difference in the Stasca. as sucl
whether they hare been reconstructed or not.