The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-17
NEW ORLEANS THURSDAY APRIL II,
CONGRESSIONAL.
AN ANIMATED POLITICAL DEBATE IN
THE SENATE.

THE SENATE.
Beck vs.. HOar-SOme sharp RetOrts-
Dawes Reviews the History of slavery.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, April 16-The time OF the
Senate was occupied this morning In the con-
sideration OF unimportant bills and resolu-
tions.
A bill was offered by Mr. Hill to allow the
have printed for their own use the argument
In the ease OF Spofford VS.. Kellogg. This was
agreed to.
The Senate then resumed consideration OF
the army bill, Mr.. Beck continuing the re-
marks ne began yesterday, and concluded
this afternoon, occupying nearly two hours.
His desk was loaded with books of reference,
not only com prising speeches Of the Repub-
OF Burke and Macaulay's History Of England
and many other works. He said that the
Senator from Massachusetts FMr. Hoarl, who
had introduced resolution declaring the
present attitude OF the Democrats to be revo-
lutionary, had recently entertained a different
opinion. In his argument In the Belknap i'm
peachment case he had pointed out some of
the glaring failures Of the Republican admin
istration. What the Democrats have pro-
BOOK some obnoxious iaws1is justiaed 6 sIisy BY
long line OF precedents. reaching back
to the time of Charles I Of Eng
land. He quoted passages from Burke
and Macaulay, showing that the spirit which
which predominates among the Democrats
to-day. Since the time OF William Of Orange,
William the Third OF England, there has not
been single veto OF any act OF Parliament,
much less OF .the repeal OF an odious law
but what Englishmen gloried in its asser-
ton OF their liberties.
Beck reviewed some Of the Legislation Of
the Republican party. while In power, and
quoted decision Of the Supreme Court of
1872 that no aes o. congress eoHla oe de
district or circuit Judge without the concur
renee Of six Of the eight judges OF the Su-
preme Court. He also cited the political in
dexes which were attached to the appropria-
citement and the time when California was
admitted into the Union. Gentlemen who
voted In favor Of that legislation were now
prominent In the Republican party. The
President had been coerced In those cases into
than have recurrence of that terrible his
tory he would wipe out the army Of the
United States altogether. We could get
along without 1t. Jefferson said: "That a
well-regulated militia was the best defense Of
the State" and In that opinion he felt he could
concur.
Mr. Hoar took Mr.. Beck sharply to task
for what he said was an avoidance, II not an
evasion, OF the ISSUE In the dying hours Of
to Gnmnttse 40 had said tbot tn II
thn Rannhlicans rafnsad t1, allow naitical lao
iaIaiian is to naas there womld he an extra sas
sion, and then, II after the bills had again
passed, the President should veto them, he
dn,lar dnI n.Y For the smnnart ~ the nouarnment
Addressing Mr.. Beck, Mr.. Hoar asked: "Do
abandon it,"
,,,astinn as LITTLE short ~ imnartinent and
had very nearly said 80. He would not be
eatachised in that manner.
manner what he had said. but explained that
ha had Mt meant tn he understood To make
anv tbreats He had never believed and did
NOT now believe. that the President would
veto this bill
There was a sharp dispute between the two
what he meant by III Mr. Hoar insisted that
he had made threat which. If carried out.
would be an act of revolution Mr. Beck said
that the Senator from Massachusetts misrep-
resented what he did say. He had made
statements which we're not true.
Mr.. Hoar replieG that he should not be de-
TERED from his purpose by any exhibition OF
plantation manners
Mr.. Beck said he heard that remark before,
and should pay no attention to it.
At this point the Chair called both gentle
men to order.
Mr. Dawes spoke next, criticisin9 the DEM
ocrats severely for their record. He went all
over the history Of the war and Of the politi-
cal differences which led to it, and drew
picture of the unjust treatment which the
negroes had received at the hands OF the
whites since the close Of the war; At this
time, fifteen years since the close OF the war,
the country is governed by the Democratic
party, which is, in turn, dictated to by the
South, under the threat OF having the supplies
for the government cut off He spoke at some
length Of the struggle between the doctrine Of
States rights and the notion OF Federal unity
or nation
Mr.. Eaton asked If Daniel Webster had not
said that this was confederation of States.
n don't know" Mr.. Dawes replied.
Mr.. Eaton-Well, you had better learn.
Mr. Dawes said he did not know what
Webster had said about it. but he knew that
the question had been settled by long and
bloody war. He admitted that States had
to he interfered with. bnt there were cases in
which the general government had a perfect
right to interfere.
In the midst Of Dawes speech Senator
Wade HAMPTON came into the hall, and was