The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-23

would YOU do then? Where is power to
prevent it? Where is the army? Where
i the navy? What could you do? The
impotence and weakness of an unarmed
people when brought in contact with an
armed force, we all know would be
powerless, and / here to-day, in
The presence of this Senate, warn the peo-
pie against the approaching danger. l
tell my countrymen, Mr.. President, that
The Empire ~ ALead,
and that instead of having a'free and rd-
publican government, As now, we will
have kind of government which Is
called stratocracy. That is, military
government, where the country Is ruled
by military chiettain and where the
army is the power. That is this govern
mcnt YOU have got now; the army is the
power. We have got n stratOcracy; We
have not got democracy. We have
got a republican form Of government,
and that is all the form you have got.
How far of is the empire? How far of
is military despOtism? lwarn the people
ofmy native country against the danger
which is coming. Don't let US talk about
party, but let the people who compose
the government run it for while. Let us
bring the hearts of the people up to the
government, and arouse them against
corruption, against profigacy, against
usurpation of this administration. The
administration is trying to overthrow the
government. Let every effort be made
to sustain the government, and eject from
power. the corrupt and usurpng ruler in
stead of the resolution ROW before the
Senate. would go to the President
with the language, if was permitted to
prepare the resolution, that Cato used to
the ambassador Of Caesar. When the
ambassador approached him and asked
him TO capitulatc, saying that his name
would be second Ia none but that of
Caesar, | would say to this emperor, ]
would say TO this Dictator what Cato
said to the ambassador, go and tell this
emperor to disband his legions and re-
store the liberties of the people. This ]
would say to him, c"eu a. humble rs |
am. | would .tell him to stop his en-
croachmcnts upon the Constitution, and
close the gulf between the people, and
bring peace and property to the country.
Do this, and will mount the roStrum
and con,rivc to gain his pardon from the
r.opir Tor hi, violation of the Constitu-
ti"u Of his country, and the tranSccndant
impo,ili"ur that he has practiccd upon
the country.
An Eloquent Conclusion.
For the sake of peace, for the sake of
concord and for the restoration of pro-
pcrty, am ever willing to mount the
rOstrum and strive to gain his pardon
from an indignant people. You must close
up the gull, restore peace and prosperity
to the country. Let peace and proSperi-
" be restored to the land; may God
bless the country, and may God save the
Constitution. If now when | give ut
terance to this, it comes from heart that
never beat hostile to It, let Us come up
to this good work and let us forget what
has been heretofore, let us lay aside our
personal differences, let us lay aside party
discipline, let US give up our parties TO
the Constitution Of our country
and lay them on the altar in
Difference of the constitution. Applause
in the galleries, which was checked by
the President pro tem,)
At the conclusion of Mr.. JOhnson's
speech, Mr.. Bogy took the floor and
spoke in opposition to tho resolution. He
could not perceive or imagine any other
motive for the resolution. than to
strengthen and further the power Of the
Executive. A power already so vast as
to threaten the free exercise of the con-
current powers of the Government and
which required only Subservient Con- /
gress to render it absolute and imperial.
MeSsrs. Withers and Randolph oppo- !
scd the resolution.
Mr White offered rs substitute for the |
resolution proposed by Mr. Anthony on |
Saturday the following:
Rssoired, That the action Of the PrcS-
dent in the use OF the army of the United
States to enforce the unwarrantablc er .
parte order of Judge Durrel, issued on
December 9TH, 1872, directing the mar
shal to seize the building occupied As a
State House; for assembling the Legisa-
ture OF Louisiana; for installing and up |
holding AS the executive ofthe govern
ment OF that State William Pitt Kellogg, !
who was not elected to that office by the |
people; in torcibly reinstating the said |
Kellogg in said Office of Governor, after !
he had surrendered his possession Cf the
same, and'permittins, without censure or
rebuke, United States soldiers to invade !
the Hall of the House Of Representatives /
of Louisiana and to eject therefrom per-
sons calming to be members thereof, and /
thus destroying the organization ofthat |,
body. is contrary to the spirit of Rcpub- /
lican institutions and cannot be approved f,
bv the Senate of the United States.
Mr.. Thurman moved to adjourn.
Mr.. Anthony said he understood there |
were hut a few more Senators on the |
other side who desired to speak, and he
did not know that any Senator on his side /
of the chamber desired to do so. He felt I.
confident "a vote coult be reached at Il
reasonable hour tomorrow, and would (
therefore, not oppose an adjournment |
He gave notice, however, that he would |
call on the friend- OF the resolution to re-
main, tomorrow, until a vote should be
reached.
Mr.. Thurman modified his motion So
"a to have the executive session.
After few minutes the doors reopen
ed and the Senate adjourned.
Destructive Tornado.
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