Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-20

unlawful to feed him, unlaw full to dlscharp
him, unlawful to keep him and unlawful t
try him. Gentlemen, he continued, we wan
to go home; we have borne the burden o
this long, weary, uncomfortable session unit
we are anxious to 60 home and rest, but VIZ
cannot, even under the pressure of the dog
star of our desire to get away, accept the dis
honor which this bill off.rs. 1t is a mora
bride to US; see the attitude in which thu
bill places the President of the United States
1t puts him absolutely between two fires
The fire of your law on one side, and the fire
of heaven and his oath on the other.
Mr.. NJ 'Mahon-How is the President at al
lnterfered with?
Mr.. Gar6eld-The President has taken an
oath that he shall see to it that the laws be
faithfully executed. You do not repeal thil
law. but you make it impossible for him tt
execute it without his assuming the danger
on the one hand of your impeaching him, OF
on the other hand without neglectirg his
duty and violating his oath. Now, take il
that no President of the United States car
allow himself to be put in that attitude. The
wisdom of the old writer of proverbs-"sure.
ly, in vain the net is spread in sight of any
bird, is quite likely to apply in this case.
do not see that there Is any probability thai
you can catch the President in this net, Oh
that he will allow himself to be put in DO
sition where be will be compelled to decide
between obeying his oath to the constitution
on the one hand and obeying this entangline
law on the other hand.
Mr. House, understood the gentleman
as threatening US with another veto.
Mr. Garfeld-Oh, my dear sir, we have
heard of wars and rumors of wars in Other
quarters, but in this house, in this digniied
body, conceded to be the only real sovereign
of this country, we have not only come Il
threats but have even come to blows. am
as far as possible from making either.
only say to you that you offer bill to the
approval of man who, if he did approve il
would be placed in a position where he would
have to choose between the law and this bill
l appeal to gentlemen to say whether that Il
not quite the thing. ] had very much hoped
yesterday that we would see a way to gel
through and have a bill which this side could
approve of, and that we might harmoniously
all prospects of home-we stay. This sen.
timent was strongly appIauded on the Re-
publican side of the house.
Mr. Springer agreed that the supervisors
OF election were not paid out of the perma-
nent appropriation fund, but still he would
support the report of the conference COM
mittse, for the reason that it did, 30 far az
possible on an appropriation bill, meet the
requirements of the situation This bill
withheld appropriations for 2 particular pur-
pose. Would any person lay that congress
was compelled to vote appropriations to carry
out every law In the statute book? The gen.
tleman from Ohio [Gar6eld] had said that il
was unconstitutional and notification OF
the existing law to withhold appropriations
for a purpose which the majority deemed
unconstitutional. The majority believe that
the election laws were in violation of the CON-
stitution, and utterly subyersive of the rights
and liberty of the people, and yet the gentle
man frem Ohio said that unless the majority
appropriated money for regulating these
laws it was a notification. He TSpringerl
had never heard of notification proceeding
from the law-making power, or that it was
a notification to refuse to vote appropria-
tons for unconstitutional purposes. If that
was notification the gentlemen on his
side of the house were guilty of IT. and
the gentleman on the other side might
make the most of 1t. If the speech of the
gentleman from Ohio was intended to
imply that the President would veto this bill,
if the PRECEDENT did veto it, he would place
himself in the attitude of saying to the major
ity, Unless you appropriate money for the
purpose l demand, l will not let you have
money to run the courts of the country" He
would put himself In the attitude Of delying
the majority IN congress and commanding it
to do what it deemed unconstitutional. The
majority would never do it. TCr1es of 'sWhat
NeverP" on the Republican side.
Mr.. SprinQer-No, never; not hardly ever,
but never. We will not appropriate one dol
lar to pay the deputy marshals of election.
[ Applause on the Democratic side.l
Mr.. Houk-You frighten this side of the
house.
Mr.. M'Mahon thought that times had sadly
changed when, on an offer Of an appropria-
ton bill, or any Legislation, somebody who
seemed to sit neaF to HIS Fraudulency, who
was known by the title of the President OF
the United States Ijeers on the Republican
sideI, seemed to be charged with the special
commission of coming here on the floor t.
tell the representatives of the people that
that gentleman, who had got into the Presl-
deDcy by fraud, was not gong to approve the
bill! which those representatives desired to
pass. There had been a time when she rep
resentatives of the Republican party had
thought such a course of action indecent;
bat they had progressed In that branch of the
public service. Who were the gentlemen
who talked about notification? Men who. q
year and a half ago, had voted against the
Bland silver dollar, and who now, under tine
lead of the swallow tailed gentleman from
Michigan tConRerl came int9 the house every
day, and hlibustere9 g general political as
sessnent biz, the bill relative to the removal
VI SaGseS l4Or4 s'9te CoutIs' anu Tue
when the majority had brought an
army appropriation bill, it had witnessed a
spectacle-but he would not allude to it,
although it had taken place not thousand
miles frem TIE capital. The Democrats were
in the majority. They represented the ma
joritY of the people and they were entitled to
have legislation, and when gentlemen on the
other side refused to vote it was nothing
&c L..
sional duties to partisan fidelity. If those
gentlemen desired to stiffen that membeF oil
the chief executive known az his backbone
if they wanted to aay that they would moi
vote for an appropriation bill unless it pro-
vided for deputy marsbals, the sooner thai
was made the issue the better; the people
wanted to 6nd where the Republican party
stood. Ia conclusion, he said: I'VE welcome
you on that field of battle before the people
Of the United States; we invite the conflict
we ask no better issue; we want to find oui
who are nullifers; who say, The elections
shall be corrupt, and If we cannot have them
corrupt there shall be no money to run the
courts aud justice shall not be done You
gentlemen lay down that issue, that you will
enforce that law rather than not have cor
.upt election in California, and we will well
come toat tight as fight which will forever
extingais:l your capacity for evil in this coun-
Try Applause on the Democratic side.
i aally discussion was closed and vote
was taken on the conference report. The re-
port was adopted 10y strict party vote
yeas, 102; nays, 79-Mr. Cox not voting on
either side.
The house then took up the bill to provide
for the exchange OF trade dollars for legal
tender silver dollars.
After debate, the house proceeded to vote
upon the amounts, and the following were
adopted:
On motion of Mr.. Warner, that trade dol.
lars that have been Clipped or restamped in
China shall be excluded from the provisions
OF this act; that trade dollars received under
this act shall not be counted as part of the
coinage of. silver authorized by the act Of
February %, 1878.
Mr.. Hazelton asked leave to offer an
amendment striking out the words lat par
and inserting "at their bullion value"
Mr.. Warner objected. The bill was then
passed without sdivision, and the house then
adjourned:
The following is the text of the bill as
passed:
enacted, etc. Thatthe secretary of the treasury
shall to be exchanged at the treasury and al
all the sub-treasuries OF the United States legal