Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-09


Justice, OF tha. the district attorney wa:
not aware Of the proper mode and man
ner of securing Marsh = detention. There
was but one msthcd now by which
Marsh could be brought back, and thai
method was an iIfAli'ble one. 1t was
10 the power Of one man to have Marsh
Ia Washington City ia forty-sight hOurs
| il was a simple plan and one known tC
the legsl profession from the earliest
! dawn ~ Jurisprudence. If the President
! OF the United states really honestly and
sincerely desired the impeachment, in
dictment and punishment Of the late
secretary Of war, whose enormous
1 crimes had disgracsd his own sdminis-
tTstion aud han caused every American's
cheek 10 mantle with shame, all that be
had to do was to give assurance to wit
ness Marsh that il he would come before
the Tribunals and tell the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth,
! he shouid have free pardon, and Marsh
would be in Washington in forty. light
hour. MaTEh was not coming without
such assurances, and no sane man in bis
! situation would come without such as
surance after what had been blsz oned all
over the country. The question thereof
| presented Itself to the COMMITTEES, What
was most advisable FIR the house TO do?
And tho committee rad cOEclude1 that
! to present articles Of impeachment, with
the neral certainty that there would be
| no sufficient evidence to sustain them,
would be to put the house in an at
! ttude which would render 1t ridiculous
| in the eyes OF tbs world, And contempt
4 ible in lis own estimation. He did not
believe that there was more than one
man in the house who would feel dis
| posed TO place the house In that attitude,
| particularly when abundant Evidence
might, With OPPORTUNITY, be secured to
sustain tie chBTge.
/ az. Lynde, anQtheI member OF the
| Judiciary committee, sustained the re-
| pert Of the committee, and submitte!
that even IL Marsh were present it would
not be prudent to present articles On his
| testimony slone, Particularly when il
was app aren't that other important testi-
mOpy could be- procured. He regretted
the manifestation Of any partisan feel
| Ing on the subject, and intimated that
no member Of the house could ride into
the Presidency on the manner In which
this investigation should be conducted
At the conclusion OF Mr. Lynde's re-
marks, Mr.. Lawrence, also member OF
the Judiciary committee, tried to get the
floor, but biT. Knott moved the previous
question, and resisted the appeals Of the
Republican aem5sTs 10 Withdraw the
naction. The previous question wag Sec
onded, and the resolution adopted.
Mr.. Knott then moved the previous
question on the bill to protect witnesses
who shall be required to testify in GER
taia cSsee.
Mr.. Kssson appealed to Mr.. Kuott
not to insist upon the previous question,
but to allow some little discussion.
Mr.. Blaine-TheTe have been two
speeches made cD the opposite side Of
the house. Shouts OF order from the
DemOcrats.l Every man here is in
favor of the bill, cut We want one
short speech on this question from a
member OF the Judiciary committee.
[Csntinuous shouts Of "OEderW "Or-
derr'1
Mr.. Davi5-Ths gentleman from
Maine Is out OF order, and he knows it;
he ought to obey the rules OF the house.
Laughter.l
A vote by the teller was taken on
seeOnding the.plevious question, cut the
Republicans generally RETAINED from
voting, go that there did not appear to
be quorum. There being nothing in
order in that condition, except motion
to sdj0urn or f0f q cali Of the house, Mr.
Blsine agsiu appealed TO Mr.. Knott, as
saving of time, TO allow short de.
bate; he, himself, Cid not want to speak
mere than fifteen minutes.
MIR. Hosr said that there was some ap-
parent defects in the bill, and that the
previous qu' stiCn would prevent the OF.
fering OF amendments. He thought the
bill would easily pass.
Mr.. Blaine said the vote would be
unanimous.
Mr. Bnets declined to make any com.
PROMISE, so there was nothing for it but
q call Of the house. After the cSll,
which showed the presence Ofno quorum,
Mr.. Blaine made another effort to Sc
care s. chance for discussion on the Re-
publican side, and disclaiming anything
that had the appearance Of filibustering,
but his voice was drowned in the shouts
CT ''order" from the Democrats.
Another vote by the teilers had the
came result, aud there was another call
OF the house. After two hours con-
sDmed in this way, an arran cement was
made in which Mr. Knott aaid he had
proposed from the baginniGg-tbat half
of the hour left to the CoTn mittee, after
the seconding of the previous question,
should be given to Mr.. Lawrence.
Mr.. Lawrence yielded part OF that
time to Mr.. KSsson, who expressed his
regret that the statements which had
bsen made yesterday in tie heat of de-
bate, had, to-day, been repestsd by the
cool gentleman from Kentucky Knott.
Mr.. Kssson undertook to chow that
Marsh could not have been frightened
away by sny cabinet proceeding, as
Marsh hsd left Washington st haIf-past
eleven O'clock Thursday, three hours be-
fore the report was presented in the
house, and he could not have learned
anything about the mythical meeting Of
the csbiDet till he read 1t in Montreal on
Saturday morning.
Mr.. Lawrence also yielded few min
utes TO Mr.. Blaine, who said that he
wss authorized to say that there had
never been any instructions in the cabi
net TO prosecute Marsh. Marsh's case
had never been considered in the cabi-
net, but simply the question Of prosecut-
ing Belknap. II anybody said Marsh
had been frightened out Of the country
by anything the cabinet had done, he
stated that no foundation existed for the
assertion. In fact, the simple failure Of
luS cOMHIiItSe Oh S8ptHOituite III tAc
war department to discharge Mash
would have retained him here. He
8laineI would vote fox this bill, even
If it were full of outrages, aud he begged
his Republican friends to do the same,
but be ventured to prophecy that no mat
ter what bills Of exemption were passed
they would not get Marsh. [Several
DemOcrsts: "How DO you kEOWPp1
Mr.. BlaiDe-I do not know, but am
Yankee by adoption, and can guess; and
] gusss that he will Lot como between
the great dignity of The house in regard
TO the Indictment of Belknep, and the
hslling Of the Judiciary committee
shoCt impeachment. 1t looks to me as
if the late secretary of war would escape
and drop between the two stools. He
will neither be indicted, because its
against the dignity Of thu house to fur
nish testimony; nor will he be impesc6-
ed, because, on the whole, there's not
enough TO impescb on. A whispered
remark from Mr.. H0sr. AS my friend
from Massachusetts suggests, give the
case TO this side of the house, and We
will do both quickly. [Applause on Re-
publican side.
Mr. Lawrence asked which side of the
house was responsible for any failure 10