The New York herald., 1877-01-21


co'dns 10 their cwD op'niou OF wha, may be I've pub
lie propreiy OF the occasion.
Having said so much. Nc President, for the present.
dismiss the subject 10 the hopu that the Senate wii
carefully consider whether u Is wise by stimulating
WISHES 10 overtuIn Their Judgment To send this Republic
OF ,he drst Thursday 10 February, or the second
tue poet has spoken OF. that tumb.lng into the
sea without u shore, or whether II is bettar that IA
the iar course OF equal law dispute shall be Justly
settled
The DEBATE IN THE HOUSE.
sPgEcEEs BY MEssRs. WILLIS, TARBox Ann
cHITrENpEN on COUNTING TIE ILEcroRAL
VOTE.
WASHINGTON, jan 10. 1877.
The House resumed the consideration Of the resolu-
tons reported by The Committee Privileges relative
TO the powers Of the House counting the electoral
vote aud was addressed by Mr.. WILLIS (nd) OF ~ y.
He SAID that before the election would have
believed that even Grsntisn could have Mexicauzed
freedom. No man would have believed that 10 the
short space OF eight years tho people who had In lssd
asserted their independence had become poisoned
and infected by bad government as TO unlearn al s
past aud forget all its memories After the clecoa
the papers all announced tho election Samuel J.
Tiden, she democratic papers with JOY and praise.
the republican with acqucscence submission bu,
when the unprlnciped republican party leaders bad
recovered from the shock OF their defeat they set
work and ha,ched q conspiracy to capture enough
votes IN the southern States Hayes The mvn
who attempted to hatch tho conspiracy were known
be strangers 10 honor, but they would recognzs
that hero public before whom their plots vooid
fall TO the ground. The republican committee which
had gone down South AZ the instance Of Prcsideu&
Grant had encouraged the conspirators IN thor work
OF inlauy. They had gone INTO concave with those
men snd had gwen them to understand shat zoe
army Of the Tinted States governments would
mig
nit ON bleeding peoPc, but he declared that
tho American people would never submn to Il
conspiracy under the auspices OF u Cesar Napo.
eon might be borne, but submission to conspiracy
under the auspices OF returning board composed Of
scaiawags and ofccholdcrs implied degradation 70
which Angiosaxon manhood would never iaii dc
criticised severely she action Of the President
ing troops 10 the Southern States dsporns the los Of
the Republic when It's defenders should become lis op.
prcssors He also criticised tho Returning Board os
LOUISIANA declaring thai all Its acts Illegal
much II had not lsd vacancy had occur red
IN u. lie argued IN avor OF the power OF the House
IN counting the electoral vote He thought that
could successfully deny the right and power VI the
House 10 object 10 the vote Of any state. Ia q
certain emergency tho constitution provides thai
the House should eiocs President, and u was
tunatc that such emergency should arise the present
House would elect majority candidate. The majority
OF the House was in harmony with majority VI more
than 1000 majority OF tho people He wanted 10
the candidate OF the people elected He did nos
want 10 see any one elected by legal quIbbie. Ia
the case OF Oregon Watts was andoubicdiy neigibis
aud Cronip might be legally elected Bus
where WAS the man thai would claim that
.s s' Ss n0ulS %,s S' wsSs sSnn'ea as, Tor m.. III
unworthy OF IN Congress should he proclaim such
as MS purpose. The people were sovereign, und shs
people OF oregon hnd givon their voice Hayes and
Wncc.er but when there fraud election who
would deny The power of Congress 10 investigate 70,
None but those who despiscd hated justice
with a bitter hate. The conspiracy which party man.
ayers hatched ia the South threatened fearful crime
against the tree insttut,ous Of abe country Il 40.
he "A
EovornmenL II party could perpetuate itself Tor our
years he askedwhy not ior iortyy whv not Tor all lime.
The country was conrontn. a principle which must
be met now u ever. He did not car any resort 10
iorcc or revolution. Ia counting the electoral votes
oa.hs would be regarded traditions respected and the
glory OF the Republic would be Increased by resut
which would cxsmplfy the excellence OF the eonstta.
ton and the wisdom Of the fathers OF the Republic
AZ the end o: Mr. willis speech Ne Seeiye OF Mas.
sachusets, obaincd the floor but yielded to motion
the Indian Appropriation bili. pending which Mr.
Payne. OF ono, gave notice that he would on Tues
day call up Tor consideration tho bsil reported
from tho JOINT Committee on the Electoral vote Tho
debate to continue Tuesday aud Wednesday, and thas
he would call the previous question on Wednesday
night
The House then. nj txo o'clock went into CON-
mttcc vi the whoc Mr. Hatcher, OF Missouri, IN tho
Cnair, on ths Indian Appropriation bill. The appro-
priaton recommended by the bill - &]3sO, .59 i?
MI wILsniRA, ldennj OF Ark, addressed the com.
mtcc Ia opposition 10 tho doctrine that tho President
of the Senate has right 10 count tho electoral vote
Mr. iARDox. tdem) OF Mass, rising to make pSnti.
speech, Mr. WILSON, rep OF Iowa, made the pouS
OF oricr tnAi the gentleman must conne hrs remarks
10 The bL
Mr. rAaBox repl,od that upon the question as to
whether there was to be u country or net depended
The question whether there should be any need OF
lor the suppor RI or The
The CHAM said that he would wait unti tue gentle.
man rom Masach usrts had proceeded further before
hc made his decision.
renewed his point OF order out the Char ruled thai he
could aot say ~ sdvancc whether the gentleman from
Massachusetts would NOT make connection between
h's pontcaI utiefsnces with the biil before the CON-
mutse
SIR TAHBoS then resumed saying TINT IL ever q
spirit OF moderation should prevail among the people
aud IN the pubic council such a Time had nov
iived. The simple question was. Who hsd been
elected frcsldeatg aud there Was no power under
hcayen to revise tho verdict which ihu American
people had gwen al the ballot box Tho institutions
the country could endure corrupt auJ iicsp
tous Administrations aud not 10 utterly crushed out
That had been shown y but the induction
into oinec OF rulers who were nos entitled
10 ~ :ar aud honest election was the
oscrthfowsl oi Tree government the constitutional
rpbt o duiy cIccica Presidents TO re infinitely
greater than the divibe right of kings. The
scicnce and The srntsncn, os the people rcvoea AZ
any altempt conpromise On tth.s question or the
settlement oi u ny Executive a. II u we're per-
misshle tor TIE hSecuvc TO irierm ne as 10 Who lad
been c,eGscd President
Mr. WILSON OF Iowa, again raised the po nj OF order
that MI !arboS must connne MS remarks 10 tue pend
iug bii..
fne CHAIR ngsin decided that he coula not .orssee
whether the esnticDaas speech had Dot rcleogsc 10
the biii atdcf eousIctaton ana his decision was ap.
held bs
Nj BANKS OF Msssscha seus. WAC said that 10 one
cOu!j se vul tina, NE gcn,lcmaD from NassachuseMs
tNis hlsIt sukycstsNn ~ speccu 70
refer the whole Presidential question ~ couucii OF
the chsei Oi tue Indian u, ,bes. tlsuehtert
Mr. IAERnN proceeded W.T.. h;s speech, AUD sad
there was svcry genera bclic throughout the coup.
Try that there was conspiracy oi Dad 10 defeat
the vls OF the peop.c Nv iasc returns. The CHAIRMAN
the National Ecpuci.cab comm had announced
the day aisf .hc election that the republcaD capdi
da,e- Tor rrcsdcn, and vice.Prcsident had vsen
elected by MAJORITY oi one. tow did know thasS
HIS assertion OF prophecy had poeu based his own
Kuowiedge OF tbe base character OF the wno
In the states OF louisiana south Carolina and biorda
had tue control o tGs ballot boxes and The manipula
ton OF tho returns. He reicrring TO Mr. Chand!esy
had known thai when thosc realised ynat NE
o those States vers nscsssary 70 the swssss -