The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-05-21
CONGRESSIONAL.

Michigan, met in debate, aud the
following synopsis of Hills speech
will give an idea of the kernel of the
discussions:
At the request of Mr.. Beck, the read
ing of the bill was interrupted to al
low Mr.. Hill to speak on the political
section in relation to the employment
of deputy marshalls and supervisors
of election. Hill thought the bill
passed yesterday had excited alto
gether too much discussion. Its eff
feet was bad, and it was kept up by
men who had to solidify different Sec
tions of the country, and array them
each against the other. He replied to
Mr.. Conkling's argument, made from
the report of the Chief of Bureau OF
Statistics, that New York paid much
larger proportion of the taxes than
many Southern States. He said that
the argument was fallacious, and de-
signed to deceive and was unworthy
of SO distinguished a Senator. The
Senator from Vermont, the legal ad
wiser of the Republican party, had on
yesterday caused to be read all laws
enacted from Washington to Grant
relative to the use of the army, be-
sides extracts from the Federalist writ
ten. by Madison, Jefferson and Jay.
and had argued to prove that the bill
passed yesterday was intended to re-
peal all these laws, to tear down all
safeguards which had been set up to
environ American Liberty. He had
assumed that the military was the on :
~ power which can be employed by
the government to maintain peace and
good ORDER. There was square de.
NAL of the spirit and letter of the con :
z stltution and traditions and practice
OF the American people, and whenever
the American Congress shall soIemnly
admit that an army is necessary to
carry on elections, then popular liber-
ty is at an end. He said that he did
not believe that the President woold
be so Influenced as to turn his back on
all that he has done thus far to retsore
harmony between these citizens. The
President had said she serves his par
ty best who serves his country BEST
If he rises above party prejudice, he
viii deserve tire exalted place he occu-
pies, but il he Insists on the right to
use the army at elections, the country
will be brought face tn face with q
great question, which he believed the
Democratic party would have the firm
ness and moderation to meet. all the
Republicans in both houses have voted
against All appropriation bill, and all
the Democrats have voted for it, and
the act of the former WAS unconstitu-
tional. 1t had also hech said tile Pies
idnnt WAS +" he cnrlced. He denied
this. Tie President was asked to do
nothing except his plain ,tuty. If he
can vet" this army appropriation bill,
because he questions the cxpediency
"f one vt the sect 'ns, he caa his largo
powers to, destroy the government.
Nj. Con ling WIS afraid that it the
hrtay "crc Withdrawn from the polls
. All e'ta'ti"n day, the CITY of New York
W 'a'd Re at the mercy of b I'd cltaruc-
tiers. Mr.. H. went into an elaborate
rx ,,iapi'ioa of III. rxsnat t., w'iic!. tt,
two elements nf iaiiona.ism aud Fed
fiiiiS,n entered Tito our constitution,
aud q lote,l I:herally from the Fedrrnl-
ist to show that III, fathers intended it
10 he Il Compounds
The Hnnse of Representatives is
National; thr Senate Federal or Con
telerate. Tho two elements, coisiL-
cred separately, as Ccn'ra!ism and
State sovereignty, have always been
the base OF tho country and both are
enemies to the Union. The one 20
stamp ont State indemnity; the other
to destroy ail binds OF union. The
ti1ctriHe of seeessiaH originated III
New England and never found Il ludg-
~ MT in the Southern States until long
after the war, but secession is dead
and there is 10 longer any danger
from it. It is a heresy which has had
it's day.. which has wrought its wrong
aud gone To it's grave, but the other
eit my to the Union, the spirit of cen.
tralism and monarchism, was moi
crushed out. 1t still reigus and threat.
ens and takes to itself the credit d
having saved the Union. This grea,
Contest, which for six weeks has passed
both houses of Congress, has no mean
ing, can have no result but to get the
absolute control of the States through
the Federal army, to perpetuate the
Republican party. Ii the President
shall use the veto power in aid of this
party scheme, and the people shall moi
rise ia Indignation aud drive from
power these men, then the Union viii
be at an end. The Senator from New
York had spoken of the Confederate
generals in the Senate as if they had
no right to he there. 1t was not al
evidence of disloyalty to repeal q law
which was never known until 1865
aud the men who had shed their blood
for their convictions were honorable
enough to observe their pledges tt
maintain the constitution aud the laws
Of the eleven representatives FROM
Georgia now in Congress nine were
against secession. lie himself went
into it under protest. He read from q
letter written to friend on the day
after Georgia passed the ordinance d
secession, in which he deeply deplored
the action then taken. The war of the
rebellion, he said, was caused by the
extremists in the North, who made
war on what the South believed to be