The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-02-01
HOUSE. WASHINGTON. January 25.

HOUSE WASHINGTON. January 25.
Of ho e 70 as to the s Of
proylding that tho system Of WEIGHTS and measures
the sasesstnent OF dudes Tor the customs service
Nj; Wiring presented EesoG int, Of the Peoria
table beng the orde JOINT com
mttee WHICH haG co me ron the Senate to the Com,
answer to a question: stated that the COMMITTEES had
the debate run al day. to-day with night session; that
row. and that he would call the previous question at
oT s E thu. a,rtnv thu last to,r ham. n,
the debate the speeches should be limited
Sies bet should have the to
MI Payne said lie would modify his request so as to
have tomoIrows session commence at 10 the last four
hours of the debate TO be consumed IN ten-minute
their speeches for the record This Was agreed to by
The bili was then referred to tho Committee the
Votss and was 9 bach P
proceeded TO read The bin IN ertenso
the BIN as pa ssed by the Senate was precisely the ill
tered recommt the bin in order TO prevent
amendments being offered to the bin ,-
said that after thorough, anxious
% s od e Sre e ne N oS Hao VIII
so1SlIsIob thst he b ouebt 10 1sss the eop t
was In the presence OF very great aud very danger
AFFAIRS which the fathers the Republic foreseen
history great statesmen had toTescen and dreaded
Tn9 un sSV9T 1eG9s0ng ha1 IeacneG te
when disputes existed to the legality of some OF
had arisen. the statesmen had commented the dan
srnmsnt e. an nccastor shonid aTse N bicb tbs S;s
puted votes would be DECISIVE OF the result This had
the country could be subjected; The country
of opinion the merits qHeston but 1t was Com
with the fact that American statesmen American
lawyers and urlsts, were almost equally divided not
authorities to be cited lie submitted that
that thai man did not come up the eTgencies of the
occasion VINO %g1a sI9P S9 IN 56e most en-
OF The question by tribunal whose authority nobody
aequesce There could be no greater danger Than that
the 0ueson there were some twenty millions Of people
who honestly believed that Governor Hayes had been
Of sny eeisston on the subject 1t was the duty OF the
other side there were some twenty millions Of
Ra4 BEEN elected and that the PTesident Of the
ate had authority to count the votes and that no
houses. II congress failed to pass the BIZ and provide
try would dIitt on the Ioek where the ship Of state
We're defeated and gress any measure
the subject the other Of those parties would
be without law without authority lie would hope
ARISE one or the other of Tie PARTIES
You'd danbs and vFy ears sa
would not he the He would ask the gentlemen
ton impregnable TO consider whether it prob
the possibility OF civil commouon and civil war. he
the question whether the PTesdsnt Senate had
the power 10 count the votes II had been said BY
opinions that the authorities were conclusive that tho
IN his opiuion The authorities on the other side
thaI il Would ne unWie ssd ue
patriotic for the House to refuse to adopt the Pr3pOsi
which this question might be settled Would IT be
entctn opinops unsettled and take the Chances Of
Vino Sd single Of
70 The gentlemen who held that opinion that they
nS to Tssa Coming or tne
claimed rs night Of the vice RTssdsni e sS1nt
danger that the people would NOT acguiesGe in IL:
be 5m and Ss is | y the
winch contained almost the provisions the
present bill ne thought the bin was constitutional
Mr. Bunton advocated the measure. He spoke OF the
tory Of the country and as more likely than any other
preceding that character into absolute
as aG@ Rb Country M the fss Fro
at least four states Of the Union two sets Of Electoral
grave question which had TO be met not in paria.
scTis esrmestIy AMI heartily to the doctrine that the
70 count the 0oies belonged 70 s9tn
Senate the opposite doctrine was held by one OF
Wiling ON that point the time had
np and stopt mode of settlement that would tide over
dtfncutes and avert the danger Of war He heid that
Joint Rule butthe organ Of the two houses the
ORGAN to do for what they themselves might DO
he also held that as the Two houses hsa right 10
ton to sgree to ny mode of counting that might seem
this bill were adopted no earthly power could pre-
snd an end of Repubhran Institutions in America
WAS therefore, high and solemn duty on the part
1fioaiy. ana tide over this eventfui period Of
MIR tioode said that the members Of the concurrent
h,iI % the bants of Congress and of the country
for their patient sefsacIihcng and patriotic labors
pared to accept responsibility. and to accord
s9pp sng p ae enS%efS,ed cTcu@stances iHoiud
ing PTes1s1t tSs Tn' Msyss %as Elected
that the stAtienng Of troops in the sSSth the manPn
said demonstrated the existence Of widespread and
GsVos He was convinced and he strengthened in
the earnest wish Of portion Of the Republican leaders
thar there ssSnd be no @ pS an M Sg P Gr
CO. would be agreed nPop Ine Sen ro ee rwe
would be a disbursement In that event
me ne House presdsar ana then there Would
either have 20 be an isnom01s suTIeTSsr or hsht
We're prepared latter aiternatve An p'iis
ihsy represen ted ready for contact Of srmsl We're
II fhey not lie appssi.d . them s. Al
before they entered struggle the end Of which
Nj. MoaE sayecs,sd N. bill He said tina. the dan
was NOT aae0ted by any fear o. C'vi, war S Or
hut contempt II serious they deserved the indignant
Rcorn nd condemnation OF the whole American PEG
Pile evil of civil war was not greater than the
could BE- mSTe Injurious to ePnsc than that
Aan should be put is the Presidential office whom at
one han the American people would regard
n usurper He could not conceive that the trainers OF
thought OF yIeldtng 20 the PTes
of the vast power OF counting the Eec
toral votes. That power was IN the I'VE houses OF
turfes rcgiIated all questions affecting succession
Ihe Gown The two houses of Congress the
tribunal by the pending bill had To execute this
en- &c Authority If they had that power by the Const
tuition Then IL untSturbed II needed forces OF
IawmakinC power confer It. then this bill conferred
~ The hill had spoken OF compromise. BE |
asserted that net drop OF compromise in
that be said TO compromise who. |
having lust nghteous clain asserted u, main
tanned IT, enforced by argument anu by proof yielded
rot iof or little submitted II Ia tribunal
constituted Its decision according TO jus
and righteousness he InouEnt tnst lnstIce arc