Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-03
been copiouslv copied, started off with,

back to 1854, to the days when the lugl-
tive slave Burns was taken from Boston
10 Virginia, 10 successfully accomplish
which it became necessary TO employ
the United States military forces. This
he considered the first attempt to cap
ture the capital. Then the war was
fought over: John Browns raid incl
dentallv lugged in, and other episodes
quoted to show that the South always
. had it's hands outstretched TO capture
the capital.
The Most Significant Feature
of the speech was the allusiOn made by
FRYE in about the following words:
"Yes, YOU have captured the House;
YES, YOU have captured the Senate; but
thank God, You have not captured the
President yet." The emphasis put on
the word PCT by Frye conveyed the I'M
preston that he and his colleagues were
very much afraid that the President
might be or WAS captured; and the re-
mainder of the speech seemed, rs did
Garlield's. to he delivered with the hope
that, il the Presidents backbone was
weak, few Stalwart speeches might
serve to stiflen his ycrtcbral column.
80 long as Frye kept on solely for
political effect he succeeded very well.
Near the close, however, he trenChcd
on dangerous ground. lie actually had
the nerve to argue the merits OF the
case from n constitutional standpoint.
Carlisle, OF Kentucky,
Literally Tore Him to Pieces
from asking him a simple question.
Carlisle drew him into acOlloquial, run
ming debate. He demolished every as
sumption which Frye advanced, and 1t
soon became painfully apparent 10
Frye's party friends that he had made
mistake in locking horns with the Ken
tucllv iurist. Alter probably ten min
utes OF sharp pcruSs-tirIng, Frye sat down,
considerably creSt-iallen, the force Oi
his speech made in the preface being
more than balanced by its sad ending.
Some of Frye's sentences were absolutely
beneath thedignity ola clown. FOrasam
pie, he said that by going down on their
bCnded knee the Southern men had de-
ceived the President into Withdrawing
the troops from the South, but they
would now find that they could not
ayain cucrcc the President 10y putin.
a pistol ut his head. This allusion, 50
uncallcd for, so iar-fetChcI and so ride
ulous. fell upon the House Ike a wet
blanket. 4 universal echo Oi disgust
came up from the Democratic side, and
the Republicans, while they made no
response, gave evidence by their looks
that the Maine politician had sunk al
most To- the gutter-snipe. The speech
throughout was 4 complete failure, and
no one knew it better than ne who
made il.
The Great Speech Of the Day,
however, was reserved for Ohio. One
ot it's Youngest members, too, bore oil
the laurels. II was after o'clock when
from away down in a moicst corner 81
the Democratic side came the words,
"Mr. Chairman. The gentleman
from Ohio" said the Chair. Nncrcup-
ON, Frank Hurd, who always attracts
the attention OF the whole House, pro-
ceedcd in hi> easy and graceful way To-
make an argument on the merits ol the
case Ills was an argumcnt-One based
on the constitutional features OF the
Democratic position, and which lor
logic, cogency, studied thought and in
controvcrtihlc deductions placed the
Democrats clearly on the side Of Constl-
tutional law and civil liberty. Alter
Hurd concluded, he met with quite I'M
ovation from his colleagues, and thus
far bears of the houors Of the debate.
Garfield Again.
One of the best evidences of the lack
Of courage OH the part OF Garfield Is fit
tinglv shown by the following iacts: In
his speech on Saturday last hc alluded
10 the withdrawal of the Southern men
from Congress i'm 1851 To engage in re-
bellion aS honorable and heroic. lie
meant bv this that it was more honor
able 10 lay down the gage Of mortal bat
tie and attempt 10 destroy the nation by
the sword than to starve ii 70 death. One
Of his stalwart colleagues waited on
him and told him ii hc did not take
back that portion Of his speech in
which ne said the mortal gage Of battle
offered by the South 10 the North IN
1861 was honorable and heroic, that he
lthe membcrl would denouncc such ut
tcranceS from his seat on the floor. AC-
cordinglv, in the Record, General Gar
field revised his speech in this particu-
lar. General Garfield said on the floor:
The last act Of the Democratic dOmina-
ton in this House, eighteen years ago,
was stirring and dramatic. ltwas heroic
and high-souled. Your leaders did tho
heroic thing in withdrawing from their
seats and ilinging down TO Us
the mortal gage Of battle. We called it
rebellion. but We admit that il was hon
orable. that il was courageous, and that
IL was noble to give US the fell gage of
battle and fight il out in the open field. y
What the record now saws he said, IN
lieu Of the above sentences, is as iol-
lows The last AIT vi the DcmOcratic
domination in this House was striking
and dramatic. perhaps heroic. Your
leaders, though holding n majority m
the other branch of Congress, were hc-
roic enough to withdraw from their
seats and fling down the mortal gage of
battle. We called il rebellion, but rec
o-uil. / - courageous and manly L"
avow your purpose 10 take all the risks
and fight il out in the open field.
The Outlook NowI Is
that the debate will extend into next
week. Indeed, II may consume all ot
it. Up to noon today seventy-eight
members we're on Chairman Springer's
list f1r speeches; an. as the debate Is
not limited, each oi the speakers can
claim one hour. The Democrats are in
clined to allow the fullest discussion
and it is not now probable that the pre-
vious question will be called until Satur-
day week - .r|
Lexington Centennial
CINCINNATI, April "A dispatch from
Lexington saws all business is suspend
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