Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-02

the ships while his part of the coun
try did not run any. BY and by Il
happened to be the fact that these un
constitutional Yankees took advant
age Of the state Of things which tht
strict constructionists from South
Carolina had created, and they wen,
to manufacturing. BY 1924 our grca,
apostle Of strict construction had hi;
doubts, and by 1880 he discovered
that this method of raising means oi
supporting the Government by duties
on importations was altogether un.
constitutional. He could not find
anything about it in Madison's writ.
ing, and / presume he had the same
manual the gentleman from Virginia
Mr.. Tucker read from Yesterday
He was in as much trouble asa dis.
tinguishcd gentleman here few
years ago was about the proposition
to pave Pennsylvania avenue. He de.
clared that he could not find the name
of Pennsylvania avenue in the whole
Constitution from beginning to end.
Great laughter.l In 1880 Mr.. Cal.
hOun and South Carolina, his home,
Gt was different South Carolina from
what it is to-day and represented diff
fcrently,) resolved to nullify the acts
of Congress. Mr.. Chairman, we above
all others, remember who was Presi-
dent then lit was not James Buchanan
it was Andrew Jackson. And he
said, "By the eternal, / will hang
every South Carolinian who under
takes to nullify the acts OF Congress
higher than Haman." Mr.. Calhoun
did not give up his opinions but he
gave up the fight, as think a certain
other fight would have beengiven up
had Andrew jackson been in the
presidential chair instead of James
Buchanan.
From 1880 to 1850 we had it off and
on, in season and out of season, and
without any season and without cessa-
ton, arguing that we were not ma
ton, arguing that we had no power
to live. But even during that time
the great strict cOnstructionist, Mr..
Calhoun, had this question presented
to him: 1Shall this great nation suf.
fer the people of Ireland to starve in
their famine or shall the nation from
its abundance send them food 2" The
great father of strict construction
voted for that proposition. And !
commend TO the future studies and
reflections of the gentleman from
Virginia, who addressed us so elo.
quently yesterday. Mr.. Tucker. that
vote of Mr.. Calhoun. j am bound 10
mention incidentally that it would
help the Democratic party to concili-
ate tho Irish vote. Laughter]. dc
not think that Influenced their vote
no, he was above it. away up i'm thu
cercnlean regions of the Constitution.
Great laughtcr.l
Again it happened that Yanke,
adventurcr up in the polar regions ol
the icy North found the Resolnte. q
ship which had belonged to the
squadron Of Sir John Franklin, and
Mr.. Mason, OF Virginia. a great stricl
constructionist--and believe ii wa.
the same one that went To Europe
with Slidcll to help the Confederate
cause-belicved that il was his duty
to move in the Senate 10 appropriate
$4,000 to tit up that ship and send il
home To England. That was all nm
ucF stTtct CONSTRUCTION.
said could not understand this
constitutional question. do moi
want my friends on the other side
who participated in the slate unpleas
antness" to suppose that i'm what am
going to say | intend to say anything
unkind, for am not: | only want Il
talk this matter over little. and do
not want any gentleman to shake his
head at me. because that scarcs me.
am simply trying to find out whai
this constitutional question means.
About 1860 and 1861 it was held by
some gentleman that under the Con-
stitution Ipan owed his first allegi-
cncc to his State, holding that WI
were confcderacy Of States; and a.
one State after another went out off.
GERS of the Army and the officers OF
the Navy followed their State" be.
cause they thought they held
they might under the constitu
ton of the United States. One gen.
tleman after another left this Hall
because he thought it was his duty to
''follow his State" under the Consti
tuition. They went and fought gal
, lantly against our people. say moi
word in disparagement of them
stand here to give the right hand oi
fellowship TO any man who loves oul
political Zion and glories' in the
stones thereof, whatever may have
been his past antecedents.
Robert r. Lee, whose body il seem,
rests in the district and i'm the towI
OF the gentleman from Virginia, Mr.
Tucker held an Office in the United
StatesArmy He resigned that position
and and did SO under belief that il
was his constitutional duty to s.fol
low his State" Well, the fight be-
gan. But il was found as soon as til,
fight did begin that Harry Gil
more, of Maryland; Blanton Dun
can, of Kentucky; John c. Breck
inridge, OF Kentucky, and Hum
phrey Marshall, of Kentucky; al
felt themselves just as strongly bound
to follow s'the Constitution" and Ugh
against their own States, neither d
which ever went out of the Union, a
Lee and the gentlemen above men
toned did to fight for theirs! Now
how can /, a poor nnsOphisticatet
Yankee, living up where the air i
less pure, less cerulean, understand
what the gentlemen mean by consti
tutional scrnples! They must go OIL
because their State goes out; ant
fight because their State does not q
out. f
Mr.. Willis. May ask my collea
que whether he comedies that there i
no power in the Constitution 10 max,
the appropriation here asked for?
Mr.. Townsend, of New York. AL
that / have 10 say is that have her,
record that on a certain occasion
when man undertook to look afte
the poor, holding up the New Tes
lament, 1t was said that he did no
care for them. [Laughter.l
\ Mr.. Willis. l win ask The honor
able gentleman
! Mr.. Townsend. of New York.
have not time 10 go into that qnes
ton. | want my friend to get owe
his lcanncss. and slaugh and grow
fat" Laughter
\ MIR. Willis. / wish to ask The gen
tlcman whether hc finds his rule o
4 }COJiStTuctiOu III the uOok WHICH IL
holds in his hand or In the decision
Of the Supreme COnrtY
Mr.. Townsend, OF New York.
am not bothcring my head with that
am going on with my talk. cain
here to have it. ll.aughter.l
i Bnt ! have another constitutions
difficulty, and want particularly &
commend ii to the strict construction
lists of the other side. In the progrcs
of the war that we had in this ..nn
plcasantncss" the Government of thi
country. administered by "black re
publicans,-tellows that have head
shaken at them as the gentleman fror
Georgia shook his head at us the 9th
or day--found It necessary to issu
Igreenbacks. Now undertake to 81
that the tears that have been she,
i over tho unconstitutionality of tn
greenbacks on the democratic sid
during the war, before tho s'nnpicas
n antncss" ended, and which have bee
| shed by those who were against u
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