, 1876-01-21
How the Cutting.Down Process Has
Been Applied to the Diplo.
matte Service.
hIr. Morton Arrives Mt Another
Period III His mississippi
Speech,
Outlines Of tho Pacific Railroad Bill.-.
4 Postal Telegraph Scheme.
THE CENTENNIAL TALK.


Spsc,a. D,4t,ateh to Thz Ch,cdoo Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Jan. 20.-When ben Hill
ssuo back into tho Union and to tue American
Congress-, "hugeing the Constitution and
dossing the loyal North, he did not undcrstsnd
tho people ho insnltcd. When Tucker yesterday
{the old Virginia gentloman) aired bfa plantation
manners and babbled thAs tho word " national
IL not In the Constitution, and that tho United
States ia not nation, he lad forgotten that tue
hundred Northern mon around him were not tho
dough-facea ot tho old days, and that they
would not koop s!lens. Tho strict con-
s!1uctionists vere answered today. During tho
debate which has touched Upon tho vital qucs-
tiona Of the past, those have beon areoclica
eloqueneo. caEneatneas. aud diligence in defense
OF the Union eauso. but 1t WAS left for
MARTIN l. TowNBEND, or NEW YORK.,
70 declare what thero is left OF Ca!hountsHl by
tho nkillful, effective. trenchant blade Of Aatl1e.
The unreason and absurt,ty Of the dead dogmas
Of the State sovereignty school which have been
recently revived by tho npostles OF Calhoun
could not have boon bettor hold up to
seorp . aud rid, ridieule than %oy, thy, ~eTo 9To
reminded old members BY his appearance aud
manner Of Tom Corwiu, and a1l will conccdo
that Of tho now men, wllero wit and satire are
concerned. where Townsend sits is tho head
OF tho table," uia epeech Ia to be used % =
leading campaign document. The bcss Of the
Bpoech was on tho Centennial appropriation.
No analysis could do Justice to
THE TEln11lLE AnRAlaNHENT
Of tho abBurnitcs aud inconBlBtcnoies OF tho
Btriot constructionlBts, He found tbosn be-
wAiliog the 1unconstitusinnality OF the Legal
Tondor net. He found tlBm now clam-
osing for tho greenbacks ~ the peoples
money Tho United States was not
\ nation, yet Mason moved national nppropri-
alton OF $40 600 to Bcarch for Sir John Franklin.
Tho United Etatcs was not nation, but Calhoun
voted to seud food 10 starving ireland and to
catch tho Irish vote. Robert Il. Leo vent out OF
tho Union because tlia State did. Breckenridge
took atms against the Union because hie State
did not, and when tho final Judgment OF tho
Court Of Appeal vas ensared At Arpomatso1
Court-1Iouse. Aco1oa Of the ata!d construction
lists Of Fisginia
Hn1GRATED TO nRAZn
to enjoy rudisturbed the Constitution and tho
principles Of '98 and last year Republican
CougrHsa Of tho country that Ia not nation
brought them back, famisAod and ruined, ut
Government expense.
Gen. banks, in his speoch Was not iess earn
est In h!s denuncatiou OF the strict construc-
tlonlats, but while he claimed not to be man
without : country, ho insistod that 10 IL q poll
tciAu without party, and iu lls magnificent,
shallow WAY. he appealed from tue represents
tiyeH Of both parties, and aaid: II Haluto the
majesty Of the peopie TINT atand behind you."
lie adopted. then, Hills motto Of reconciliation
No have como homo to tic house Of our
ethets, aud no haye como homo to stay"