The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-02-02
HON. l. q. G. LAMAR.
sEss CENTENNIAL SPEECH
IN THE
HOu.e Of Representative.
N. Z. HERALD
go nrrrENNIAL APPRoPRIATIoN.

N. Y. Herald.l
~uv cK,SrENSrAI. APPROPRIATION.
tho COLL of the committee was con-
.,,1deJ the House, at one o'clock, went INTO
,Ia Committee of the Whole, Mr.: oou, oI
New York, in the Chair, on tue Ceh1ehiii9i
Appropriation Bill. "a -, At.,ssrs
The debate was conuhueu oy 80 80
r,,nmoson. of Massachusetts Robbins, OF
Nortb Carolina; Williams, OF WISCONSIN,
a.Sd Tomar. OF Mississippi, in favor Oh anu
Msssrs' Southland, of Ohio; White. on Ken
t,,cI~v. and Goodin, of Kansas, against the
bill.
MIR. LAMAR's SPEECH.
Tn the course OF Mr.. Lamar's speech, he
said that if he thought the onl even con
ssTrnctively violated the Constitution ne
shonld vote against it, for he aGreeu with
ractiemen who spoke against the Constltu-
tntonaiI-v of the measure that the sovereign
ty of this country lay In the supremacy Oh
the organic law and it's lnvlolaDiilLy; Eve
&c oct of the government which ola not
hring around il the clear and complete sane
tion of that instrument was lawless act,
aud established precedent tnat, persist
ed in, would result in the destrucGloh OF
Constitutional government. he argued
that the powers of government In fore Rn
relations were in the federal government,
and that the States had either dlVesIeu
themselves or had been Invested OF every
single attitude of power in their relations 10
forei0n affairs The States did not even
have as much authority in that respect as
the British colonies of Canada ana Austria
liza had to-day, for they could tax the Com-
modities of foreign countries and even OF
the parent country. He quoted Calhoun in
support OF his position, and asked whether
IL could be said that in view OF this plenary
power of the general government In regard
| to foreign affairs there was CONSTITUTIONAL
incomp etency in Congress TO invite com
missioners from foreign countries to bring
here the productions of commerce, art aud
industry. Was iG unconstitutional IN the
President to give the invitation which this
| law authorized him TO give! III not, 1t was
clearly and unqualifiedly
THE DUTY OF CONGRESS
20 appropriate the moneys for that purpose,
ReferringItO an alluson made last week by
Mr. FRYE, of Maine, TO the Constitution as
| an enigma, he remarked that 1t was very
dangerous for New England to take that
ground. If the people of the country were
TO rise and demand that Maine should be
struck from her equal right of representa-
ton in the Senate, she would hold up the
Constitution not as an "eLi2ma," but as a
clear, radiant shield to protect her soVer-
eighty
Mr.. Hoar, (rep.) of Mass, explained, in
Mr.. Frye's absence, that the word ''enigma"
was not used as applied to the Constitution
itself, but the various interpretations OF 1t.
Mr.. Lamar replied that on the same prin
ciple the Bible might be called an enigma.
grand, august, imposing reality. He favor
ed the celebration in order that the people
of the North should become satisfied of the
| longing desire of the Southern people TO
| live with them in perpetual union, and be-
fore that passion all others sunk into insig
| niticance.
He also deprecated an allusion made by
Mr.. Townsend, of New York, last week To
Preston Brooks, and intimated that the
inevitable effect of the allusion was to eX-
oil nos fn inf ot,sp anDifx III =,
awake the hatred of sectionalIsm He
quoted an extract from ore of Mr.. Summers
| speeches in reply to a similar alluson, in
which Mr.. Sumner said that no one had
unkindness, and that his name should not
be brought up to
AGGRAvATE THE PASSIONS
of political conflict and to arrest the longing
for concord. He (Lamar) advocated this
scheme because it carried out the spirit of
peace and recon iliation. Ii was some
thing like the image of the feeling of the
people who demanded chat the alienation
and distrust which had heretofore existed
between the two sections of the Union
should no longer obstruct the glories of the
Republic or the prosperity and happiness OF
the American people. AS God was his
judge he did not believe that that alienation
existed any longer. Never since jefferson
was first inaugurated had the entire mass of
the American people been animated by
purer intenser, broader, more universal pa
triotism, looking to universal brotherhood
and affection. He knew that that sentiment
had not found its full expression here that
it had been kept down and smothered in the
meshes of an intolerant political Urganiza-
ton, and that its voice had not been heard
amid the ciamors and appeals of i'm passion
ed partisans. But, in the political as well
as in the natural world, the agencies that
were most powerful were not the most
noisy. Violence, passion, fanaticism ami
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AIR with their tactious elamors, while the
deep and earnest feelings of great people
lay unspoken in their hearts. The currents
OF passion and lceiing might flow hither and
thlther, dashed by e1traneous agencies, but
there was In the great sea of unsounded
depth common humanity, a common hope,
common Interest and a common patriotisn,
which lay unspoken. (Applause.)
Mr.. Lamar spoke under a rule limiting
the time to ten minutes but as soon as that
time expired Mr. Garfield rose, and, being
recognized courteously yielded his time TO
Mr.. Lamar.