Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-08
Amusing Debate.

resumrtion act in the u. S. House of Repre-
sentalives, yesterday afternoon, Nlr. Price,
Uoaa,) though 10 favor Of resumption, said be
had voted 10 take the bill out OF the morning
hour because he was opposed 10 anything like
gag law or the suppression Of discussion. re
challenged contradiction when he asserted that
The national bank property Of the country pays
more tsyallon than any other species or proper:
ty, and that was the reason two hundred and
thirty three of them had voluntarily gone out
Of existence; 10 conclusion Mr.. Price said -
Il waot Tic country to stand by lis promises.
| do 10, want it to give Quito the world that
we cannot do anything What have We ever
tried to d. which We could not do? We stand
to-day on the highest pinnacle OF honor. we
stand tie peer Of the proudest nation on the
globe in point of honor and 10 point, also, OF Il.
uancial ability 10 the lexicon of this young
Giant o! the West there is 90 such Word as tan.
If We are true TO ourselves We will accomplish
ali sc have promised, aod re shall continue TO
BE-, what We are 10 day, the admiration OF the
civlliz,d world.' Arplausc.
Dir. kelicy,-Does the fact that the nation
has accomplished that which is possible prove
that it can accomplish the impossible
AIR. Price i should like TO know what sort
oil 4 question that is? Laughter.
Mr.. Xii. y--It is very dircc; 0ne, which
can b.. answered categoreallg.
Mr. p,icc.-W hen he shows ME aoythlog
that is Impossible to this nation | Will be pre-
pared to answer his question. y
| ! Sir. Kelley Vas it not tie argument OF
Peel aud Ricardo when the act OF 1919 was
passed hat, as gold and paper were then at less
thao ) per cent. difference, it was mere ques'
ton Of from 3 to 5 per cent. to be dltused over
t)
Ella, question Laughter will answer it 10 the
Affirmative What was the result OF ovelcom-
2 ing that from to per cent? Values were
reduced GO per cent, and The elder Peel said
to his SOP, "Rubcrt, you have made the for
tuJr at 2nur family, bat you have ruined your
couGtry.'
Three per cent. Was enough TO DO that.
Mr.. Price. i do rot know anything about
die elder Peels OPTION, and do not care much
about bis son. live 10 the afternoon OF the
nineteenth century, and am legislalng tor the
people who i've in the afternoon of the nine.
tceurh century, and while have the lamp OF
experience to guide my feet 10 the path OF the
future | am Pretty safe so org as keep IN II.
While values ir England at that time may
have gone Down sky per cent, values here
80 TO lO3 Do not compare this country with
, any other. There is 10 place to make a
country to compare it with. Laughter 10
Epslaud you may take 4 railroad car ID the
morning aud start out 10 straight ne, and
before the sun sets you will run over the edge.
IApplau,e and laughter. You cannot COM
, pare mole hills with mountains Y GU may
contrast lhcu, Int you cannot compare them.
Stcp cut from yonder eastern limit and see the
+ king IT day shaking the water from bis wings:
be takes his course westward. not six hundred
miles only, nor a thousand miles, nor two nor
rhres thousand miles only, hut he has tIaVersed
, neatly four thousand miles when he sinks tc
rest behind the golden waves OF the Pacific.
Laughter and APP lause. Or take your stand
UP at The frozen north, where the ice king
: reigns, and follow down through all the degrees
of latitude till you have reached the land OF the
orange and the pine, and there you have g
a country which for . diversity of cline and pro-
n duets has 20 equal or the globe. Coutinuou:
laughter and applause. And you cannot make
D such country anywhere else, for there ls no
j.. other place to make it in. Laughter. Thi:
: is OUT coubtry. 1t has one constitution, one
flag, and one destiny. and | purpose, $50 tar a:
my ability cxtends) to keep it in the pathway
Of duty until it shall arrive at the goal, and the
. capstone shall be put upon it 10 time. Shout!
;, Of laughter and applause
. @ssMr. Kelley (ironicaly).-Rig as The country
. is the American eagle can flap its wings over
t every acre and scream defiance 10 all creation
= Laughter 1t is great bird. | want to ask
Il the gentleman, as he says We have raised vel
ucs. how much The price Of Iowa wheat ha:
. gone up 10 the last three years?
, Mr.. Pricc.-lt is worth moro than it va:
i three years ago, am happy to say. We have
d.. got better crop, and it is worth good dea
more money.
Mr.. Kelley. Measured by what?
Mr.. Price. Measured by the silver dollar
D which We rcmo1ctizsd the other day.
G Mr.. keey.-ls it measured by cotton, iror
! or any other product OF industry?
! Mr.. Price - My friends from the South car
answer the cotton part of the question, and the
gentleman from Pennsylvania himself can an
: :>wer the iron part oil it. Laughter.
Mr.. kclcy.-fIas its price increased 10 Brit,
/ sh so7crcigns or French francs?
Mr.. Pfcs.-We do not Ia Ike British soverr-
! logs or Franch francs. We take American dol.
lsrs. laL ghtcr.
Mr Townsend (impotuously. Yes, wheat is
worth more than it was sixteen years ago, wheih
or measured in francs, sovereings or in our gold.
Mr. Kelly Ito Mr.. Townsend. DO you speak
i1r Iowa? [Laughter.]
Mr.. Towns ED Yes | do, for 1 have wheat
. sid bull ocks in Iowa to sell.
Mr. Eccy.-l never suspected thst tho gen.
temsn from New York Was q carpet Dagger.
Laughter
? COURT or AppEALs.-The following arc
yesterdays proceedings Of tho Supreme Court
Of Appeals now 10 session at Richmond. Bur
: roughs's executors w. Whiteburst's admits
traitor &c. Appeal allowed from decree Of
9 the Circuit Court Of Norfolk city.
, James, &c., VS.. Nance's administrator, &c,
Appeal allowed from decree Of the Circuit
, Court of Pttsyvan!a.
} Shackleord's administrator Vs. Shackeford,
&c. Rule 10 18th instant to chow cause why
: appeal should not be dismissed.
City Of Norfolk vs.. Chamberlain; City Of
Alexandria vs.. Washington and Lee Univer.
silly; carp vs.. Booth; Cheatham. SC, vs..
Hatcher, &c. Placed on the privileged docket.
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
; Railroad Company vs.. Martins administration,
&c. From Hanover Circuit Court. Dis
missed agreed.
Dickens Va. Stout. Rule against appellant