Daily Republican., 1879-05-12
THIRD EDITION.
Speech Of senator Chandler OF
Michigan.

day, Senator Zack Chandler made the
closing speech on the bill to limit the
control OF the President over the army,
when he said:
History is repeating itself to-day.
There IS proverbial saying that the
Bourbons never learn anything and
never lorgt anything. The proverb
is very applicable to the Bourbons OF
this country. In 1857, he said, the
Bourbons had control of this Govern
ment. You had majority in both
Houses and majority in the Supreme
Court and the whole of this Government.
When under your control, you brought
up the repeal of the Missouri Compro-
mise and forced your Northern men
then as you are doing now to vote tor
that repeal, and you did it by the same
means. Then, Sir, you crowded your
men until you crowded them of the
bridge. In 1857, when | took my seat
in this body with jeff Davis, laughter
there were here forty-four Democrats,
twenty Republicans and two lndepend-
ents III this body. OF those Democrats,
TWEEN y eight were from the Southern
States, sixteen from the Northern
States, and two Independents.
Then, as now the Independents in
this body, upon every question con
nected with slavery, voted with the
South. You, in caucus, then decreed
that Stephen A. Douglas, because he
q serted that he did not care whether
81 very was voted up or down. should
be de Lraded from the chairmanshlp OF
the Committee on Territories. when
there was but three Northern men out
of the sixteen dared to resist caucus
dicta,ion. And you did degrade him
and put him off that committee. Then
you crowded your men OFT the bridge,
aid they sank, to man, into the wa
ters Of oblivion-to rise no more for
eve. Sir, CT these sixteen members,
not solitary man from the North ever
came up to the surface of oblivion.-
You crow led them off; you compelled
them to vote for measures which the
North could not and would not sustain.
Sir, to- lay you are doing the selfsame
thing. To day We have in this body
fost, one Democrats and thirty-three
Republicans and one Independent
To-day, as twenty-five years ago, on all
questions connected with State rights
the Independent party as unit vote
with the Democrats. Laughter.
e, day you have as | said, torty-twe
m mbers IN this body, forty one, leav'
ing utlt the independent party. You
hay- twelve members from the North,
and they are arranged thus: From Cal
ifornla, one: from Indiana, now as then;
two; from N,.w jersey, two now as them
from OniG yon have two, you had but
on. then from Oregon two and you
had two then; from Pennsylvania you
have one now, you had one then; from
Rhode Island you have none now, but
YOU have one from Connecticut, and one
from New York. As | said history is
to day repeating what you did i'll 1867,
you are crowding your men of the
bridge. And the men of to-day, as the
men of 1857, will sink into the waters
of oblivion to rise no more forever
Look at the change that has take1
place since that time. Sir, the people
are more thoroughly aroused to-day
against this doctrine, this heresy o
State rights than they were from lN5
to 1851 You proposed to renson JET
ferson Davis, and every single one Q
your Northern allies voted to peusio1
him. You eulognized him as patrio
to be compared side by side with Wash
ington and the patriots of the revolu
tion, aud every one Of your Northern
allies voted yea.
Alter the close of the rebellion yO'
claimed that you were poor and suffer
ing. We found you poor and suffering
We found you ragged and poor, and W
clothed you. We put upon you tn
rote Of American citizenship, whicl
YOU had forfeited, and we killed for yo1
the ia ted calf and invited you to tn
feast, aupposing that you, after bein
CLOTHED, were in your right mind. An
wh n we invited you to the feast, yo
said, We have always owned that cal
and you have no interest in it.
lLaughtpr. Now you Inform US tha
Won are going to repeal all the Republ
can measures. What is the job yo
have undertaken? Do you begin q
AppomattoX or before! 1t is very in
portant to know where you commence
and then to know when you propose
stop. You have undertaken yer
large job for party Of your size an
with the people who are to sit as judge
upon your acts.
You have undertaken to unseat
man in this body. But you will den
that you have undertaken the job. lo
have simply undertaken to investiSa
the case Of Senator on this floor hi
has been decided by the highest trib'
nal that could act on that question
Sir, there are twelve Senators on tn
side of the House that every man {
this side believes has a poorer title
his seat than the honorable Senat'
from louisiana. By fraud and viz
ience you occupy your seats. No
show us the road to vacate seats
this body, if you dare.
Mr.. Eaton-I call the Senator to ord'
Mr.. Chandler--Verv well, sir, wi
take your point of order.
Mr.. Eaton-My point is that the SCI
;ator from Michigan is entirely out
order when he says that twelve Sen
tors on this floor hold their seats
fraud and violence.
Mr.. Chandler-I did not say that,
said they hold their seats by poor
title.
Mr.. Eaton-You said fraud and Vi
lence.
Mr.. Chandlpr--l said we believe
and so do believe, and so have
right to believe
Mr.. Garland asked that the eXa
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