The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-18
WARRINGTON, April II
SENATE.


WASHINGTON, April II.
SENATE.
On the expiration Of the morning hou
: the army appropriation bill was taken up
Mr.. Morgan said, that hereafter he in
tended TO speak In vindication OF the atti
tude OF the Southern members OF Congress
1 which had been the object Of much uniust
! aspersion. The South was not responsi
BILE for the existence OF the question now
agitating the public. He had considered
II best ut present to yield to his friend from
. Indiana, Mr.. Voorhees,.
We ARE SLAVES, BASE, IdNoBLE SLAVES.
Mr.. Voorhees, called attention to what
he feared was not generally realized,
namely, that federal interference extend.
ed not only to Congressional, but to all
state and local elections. American citi-
Zens, by thus having overseerS put over
them, were reduced to the condition OF
slaves. The protection OF the ballot box
had been wrested from the proper local
officers and given to corrupt Federal OIL.
cials. The spirits that dictated this law
was the ,distrust OF the people and their
incapacity for self goyernmentun under free
elections. The whole power OF the Con.
Btitution was thus perverted. The people
would resent this insulting tyranny when
tha facts should be clearly presented to
them and the righteous sense OF resistance
would spring up In their breast He
hoped the people would read this law un.
til 1t should become an abhorrence Ia. the
public mind. There was no American
who was not liable TO arrest for no other
reason than that existing in the mind OF
tho Supervisor or Deputy Marshal, thus
placing every person. 8 liberty at the mer.
cy OF party malice or hate. Every rutfian
acting in such capacity was to TO deter.
mine q mans rights at the polls. The
constitution plainly guarded the citizen in
all his personal rights, but that instru!
nr;snnment E %S ~ ct;,sns o MI insn ;snt sa ~ i
rant BY malicious spies and informers.
,vv,S ,,orcy,yo o,u,oroptcity ',,,us,nvs
M - -. -, - ''1' %,
1he sPltlt tnat pt9uueeu Jaw was IKE
tnat Whlcn precsueu tne rtsnch revoli-
tlon anu SauseI llres " eVolutioa 70 preaK
.9rul, aha WIllGh naue every sitzen trem-
pIe WIN ieat oI u OioW IN he darN; II
eu'anAteu rouu sP"lL tnat Taieu III
venice, WheEe iook ot suspicion was
more 70 pe uIeaueu ~ man tne olow OF t9e
uiAsgst, i Ano tae u9olHea YlGum 70 Walk
tne Drug o. sIgns U P1son aha a.Wretch,'I
W " ueatI; ChalIes l. loSI hIs !hrone anu
george III. nus rue IN america ior less
sViLs tnah tliose inHlcteu ~ some OF our
federal laws. an history showed the ian:
ger anu lhlusuce OF leaving tne means oil
1Tsurplhg nDetEy on !Ne statute DOCKS.
Sesar, OIom"eIl anu NaEoleon l. were
neonie Ieft their Laws In nave tho w"v ~
despotism. We were not at loss 10 con.
lecture what could be done with the laws
10 which he had referred, and which had
been enforced over our liberties to an ex.
tent which would force anv people 10 re.
volt except the serfs Of Russia.
AiN"DoA to CoAE'
In re-capitulating his arguments he said
the laws to which he had referred forms q
complete system to withdraw all thepower
from the people and States, and to central
ize it in the Executive Department for q
revolutionary movement against the Con-
stitution, and for an ultimate monarchy.
In the early days OF the republic there was
a party in favor OF monarchy. The
party is larger now, and there were laws
in force by which the scheme could be
put into actual operation. Would anyone
here say the laws to which he had alluded
were required to test our liberties and
should be destroyed? Were the measures
enacted fourteen years ago to be upheld
for the government OF the Southern StatesP
II so, then indeed the North paid a dearer
price than the preservation OF the Union
demanded.
TELLER TELLS ANOTHER STORY.
Mr. TolIer followed Mr. yoorhoo. onI
so;d. H. % The Domocrotic nartv beIs, boI L.,ra.o anu
fore @ srsta;neJ The sxerc;ss of T tba o,es vate
,Sowar ,U.s r 'bw tho Democrat;c % prs.;den1 ,e.J
he could not T recall a single instance % the the
contrary. This law had existed fourteen
years without D:seilng objected to by the
democrats, anu II tTas W unconstltutlona! he
thought ad II strange tnat Tst tue @ iact mad Just