The New York herald., 1877-02-13


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them political questions determine. which they have
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deney was and ought to 20 elected In mak;g their
cal sentiments education aud associations No legal
can attach to them for this hu, when you democrats
hands Of tribunal constituted. you committed bolA
and sI% po whose pS
and rights you BETRAYED and abandoned your
majority that in common dccency your this
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YOU ave e %nd Sows % yS saa and 1 into ssag
responsible for the result.
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pate such result that yon exDsed hshsr
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ent result than to expect thorn bush 10 bring hs
when your betrayed AND
% @ nsap "pa" ysns % heads Isnes
burning Outrage lies at your hands, aud your
truc dture aud defeat
ssS svn TOR II hollow s to
your tribunal as the cry Of stop thief tor
shal! have vented nn%ere anser unpon this tribunal
js Ssna,o and the Sans true win Ist' st last s ts
where 1t properly belongs The few only who had the
and contuuey democratic majority. dared to warn
rish, coapain OF the this davis labor Hut sirs
while they haye deep regrets ~ to tho action Of the com
20 heap upon the heads Of those wh" claiming
hour OF It's cxis,ence have proven either ncom
pctcnt from Ignorance or unworthy for base reasons Ke
Here then. in the OF Tho democr.cy OF the whole
may So that Of an honest mis.aHe and in tho maine q" the
great power denouncc the majority Of this House
corrup,iy recreant the confidence which i'm
posed IN them ana hess to the trusts confded la them
SPEECH OLE MR.. THOMPSON.
Mr.. THOMPSON, (dem.) or Mass., declared that the
finding OF the commission not IN accordance with
tho tacts but was declaring the faisehuod 10 DO tho
truth II had refused TO examine tho evidence, which
would prove beyond doubt that the Tildcn electors
had been elected IN Florida What IA spectacle Tor the
eyes OF the whole world! government which,
though II could defend itso against It's enemies, was
helpless before Internal fraud and corruption that tho
known fraud oi II low men could usurp the govern
that act but tho army and navy could DC used 10 put
into execution that fraud and compe the people
cept the usurper rs their lawful ru.er.
spEEcn OF DuNXELi.
Mr.. DcSNELL, trcp OF MIMI. who had been NON.
Of the Florida Investigating Committee
the action ot the committee in excluding from cv,
all that had been before the board OF
the state IN Influencing It's decision, aud hc charac.
terzed the statement 0f the majority that State
had gone Tor Tiidcn as surely as Massachusetts had
gone tor Hayes us stupendous fiction, showing that
tho age OF romance had not yct passed. away.
MIR. THOMPSON oil Massachusett chairman Of that
committeel. desired 10 ask Mr.. Dunneli u question
Mr.. DuNSktL declined 10 yield, stating that he had
been voted down In Florida but proposed 10 have his
ten minutes now The rest Of his speech was devoted
10 the question of tho Florida election.
SPEECH OF MIR. WALKER.
Dir. WALKER, dem OF Va SAID that ho was one Of
the democrats who had supported The Electoral bin
good faith, and ho would say 10 the gentleman IRON
Indiana mir CARR that II would take more than him
IA M Ia nd hmm
against that measure 10 read tho majority Of
the House cut OF the democratic party
Tho voto Tor that measure had been vi tho grand
est aud Ioitcst evidences OF democratic iath In Tho
honesty Of mankind. II tho commission hau not risen
to tho u height OF the great vccusion the democrats
who supported the bill would tho satisfaction OF
knowing that they at loas had done their duty and
made every effort to settle he great question accord
ing 10 law and right. He did not agree with The de.
cision vi the commission and he glad that ob-
lection had been made to it, because II gave the demo-
cratic party opportunity to enter its oocmh
against the consumnation OF an outrageous wrong
under nero legal ncton.
Mr. RonnIxs idcn.) OF N C., SAID that he had ex.
pected that decision would have been reached on tho
lofty principles OF right aud justice. but he had been
disappointed He was, however, proud Of the position
OF his party II demanded the Presidency the merits
OF the The Other party d:-''lf you can give
tho Presidency through any legal tcchnicality gvc
IL 10 US through that tcchnicality." Tho country
would take notice Of the moral attitude OF the par
tcs--0ne asking that the question should be decided
on the truth OF tho matter aud the other resting its
legal qulbbles II tho latter party received tho
Presidency ON those grounds u was welcome to take
II. But history would write that party down. would
write down the man who took Tho office, and would
write down the Electoral Commission to u place from
which hand OF could mover raise them
" the respect Of mankind.
KAssoy.
Mr.. KAssoS, (rep) of Iowa, submitted that the
debate had wandered rather widely from tho main
question. The commission had made its report, obec-
ton 10 IL had been Mod, and on this objection the
houses had Leon asked 10 act There evidence
before The House ON which II could act the OF
Florida. The question presented purely d ques-
tion oi law and that question was whether the
mission had acted contrary TO the constitution ard
law II II had ought to be overrucd, and II u had
not the House, OF course, ought to concur. II the
commission was right the House had no Jurisdiction
in the recanvnss OF tho vote OF Florida lf the com
mission was wrong then possibly II might be urged
that the House had that right. The declaration that
the republican party was relying on legal hctions 10
elect Tho President was incorrect unless the constu
tion itself was u legal fiction. Unless tho gentleman
could point him u some clause or phrase tho
the power to revise the action of State govern.
mcnts IN canvassing votes, then tho attempt
to do 1t was usurpa''on OF authority
on the part OF The House, or whatever body made tho
attempt Thcro here improvscd charges Of
fraud and the House had been told by the gentleman
from OHIO Mr. Hurd that fraud vitiued every thing
On that declaration no took direct pointed lis
with the rcntleman-evcn il the fraud existed. For
example. II bill passed the House by majority Of
VOTE aud II II attcrward turned that QUO Of
the members voting Tor II mad no. been duly elected,
aud Il he were unscacd, or II 1t were shown mat hls
had been purchased by bribery fraud that fact
would not affect the bill itself; IL would stand as law,
and could not DO Impcached. The courts had decided
That principle over ana over again. IL was, therefore,
say that fraud vtiatcd every thing in tho
sense OF its VII atug public and completed act
SPEECH OF MR. FIELD.
The debate was closed by Mr. FIELD. OF New York
who SAID -
Mr. srEAKEa-Scarccy had tho election taken place in
November hen the President representatives of the
republican party visit disputed States the
purpose oi witnessing Il counting o the declaring
did that President could AFFORD elected by
fraud When Congress met In Decemver acting In the
same spirit u sent committees of investigation into the
ransacked hosts of witnesses have been exaned piles
evidence been laid upon now all AT
sdscovered that the investga the Presi
dent of superfiuous oy aud that his
and the committees OF this House upon TOOLS
crrand. THIS discovery Is made w republicans
there is not democrat In either house of
Congress who does not disown and reject it, II be
whether the republicans lisuwn accept IT, Is
II to he that thcFepublcan pary has forgotten the
words and heroic deeds OF ts early days cry
evil be Thou, to and instal 10 aisohod
IN tho Chief Magistracy OF the land The against
all the history of Congress aud all the prccedents tho
past The Electoral Commission which have constituted
has resolved rst that vidcncc bc received
cebcnte submitted to the houses the
OF the Senate aud second that OF those certificates