The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-18


lsags that this House H,nYs tal,e anybosiv. 81,
any prefence, end fnprssof, him af III nlaa.
siire, and that there does no. exist III the
laws today the slightest power OF relief or
review. / thank God again TINT i have mt
read law In that school. fReneWed plautiita
on the Republican side.l ~ $3.50
Dir. Tucker: have NO hesitation I'm say-
Ing, in reply TO the gentleman from Maine.
that what he took as a fling ct him, in reply
10 conversation In an undertone and inter.
rupted, was not intended to be IN any de-
gree offensive. thought that the gentle
man from Maine had clearly to his own con-
seriousness some weeks ago, in a discussion
between himself and the distinguished gen.
tleman from Mississippi lamarh shown
that whatever else he may be fitted to be-
whatever other position he may be fitted to
fill by the suffrage Of his countrymen there
was one thing he had never been trained to,
and that was to be lawyer. merely
meant to say that / thought the gentleman
had demonstrated again to-day, as he did OH
that occasion very signally, that he was not
a lawyer. But there is one thing he is il
not q lawyer, and that is he is Pharisee.
Applause on the Democratic side.]
MIR. Tucker: It seems to me that instead
OF studying the laws Of his country the gem
tleman has been studying up to see il he
cannot get points on his colleagues in the
Committee OF Ways and Means, and on
members Of the House, with which he may
twit and taunt them when occasion arises.
did not suppose that that opinion which /
gave pendeJatc 6ello-
Dir. Blaine: Oh, no! It was before the
| war.
Mr.. Tucker: Very well. It was good
whenever it was.
Mr.. Blaine Please state what it was.
MIR. Tucker: It was this: that the ques-
ton OF what Matchmaker a citizen OF q
State can reserve was q question Of State
| law.
Mr.. Blaine eagerly and triumphantly):
That. is it, and the gentleman holds that
| doctrine to-day, I understand.
MIR. Tucker: do hold it to-day.
Mr. Blaine (endeavoring to clinch the
point: That the Post-O Office Dep zrtment can
be arrested and interrupted in Virginia by
| a country justice OF the peace? [Republi-
can plaudits.] That is the opinion.
MIR. Tucker: hold that opinion yet.
The gentleman has shown that he is no con-
| stitutional lawyer when he does not recog-
nize this distinction, which is as old
as the decision of Chiei-Justice Mar
shall, between the commercial power
Of Inc Federal Government and the
is as wide Us the polls, and so wide that
even the undisciplined mind Of the gentle
man from Maine might have recognized it.
| Applause on the Democratic side.l
Mr.. Blaine: Where does the power Of the
General Government and OF the Post-O Office
| Department end, and where does the power
Of the States begin?
Mr.. Tucker: There is an old adage that Q
child may ask question which wise man
can't answer. Yet il the gentleman had
read the great case Of Brain Us. the State Of
Maryland, he would have found that the
distinction as to when goods ceased to be
imports and became commodities within
State Jurisdiction was taken by Chief JUS
tice Marshall with so much nicely that Chic
Justice fancy, who opposed at the time
while he was at the bar, approved it after
wards.
Mr.. Blaine: And therefore the gentleman
treats post-ofice matter as goods.
Mr.. Tucker (conclusiyely): thought TIT
gentleman no lawyer, but / supposed b.
mad read some books on logic; but now
do not believe that he is either q lawyer Of
q logician. Democratic applause.l
Ar. Blaine: According to the Virgini:
standard? No!
Ar. Tucker: The gentleman thanks Coz
that he was not brought up in the school o
States rights as was. BE certainly wa
brought up in very different school. The
difference between Us in our views OF th'
IFederal Constitution is very wide, but
will not 60 into that matter; am not to b.
tbetrayed into it. States rights is the grsa
bugaboo that is to 60 along with tn
"bloody shirt" in the coming politica
contest. I suppose the gentleman iron
Maine will bring it up on all occasions t.
isunt it in the face of the multitude. Th'
hero of the "bloody shirt" is at the othe
end Of this Capitol, and the hero OF tn
States-rights' bugaboo at this end. do no
know where the "great unknown" stands
daughter and applause.
MI. Blaine here arose and walked to hi
own side OF the House as il he took no fur
Their interest in the argument, which Ar
Tucker then proceeded to make III supper
Of his amendment.
The debate was further continued by Mr.
Jones, OF Kentucky, against the resolutions
of the Judiciary Committee, and by hessrs
Lord, of New York, and Lawrence anC
Hurd, OF Ohio, in favor Of it.
The question was then taken on hr
fuckers amendment, and it was rejected
yeas, Sc; nays, 149.
The substitute offered by Mr.. Lynde, O.
Wisconsin, directing the Sergeant-at-Arm
to make return to the writ and to produces
Kilbourn before the court, was adopted
yeas, 1865; nays, Is.