Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-24

United States army, breaking up the legislature Of
Senator Randolph said that General Mcclellan
was then acting under the orders OF his superiors
orders were POSSIBLE was a strong argument against
the laws under which they could be given.
! Senator Blaine said there was no evidence that
Mcclellan acted under orders from bis superiOIs. II
remained for the gentleman from New Jersey Iran
| dolphl to subStantiate that statement:
Senator Gr0Ome obtained permission to make d
| statement He said he had menti ned In his for
mer speech the arrest of the Maryland legislature 10
| 1851, aud cIndemned that outrage. IL was peculi
ary unjustlabe in view of the fact that before the
| arrest the legislature had, BY a vote OF 63 to ID
adopted the report OF Its committee on Federal re-
lations against Sc cession. He added that he would
| protest against such oUtrages, whether committed
| by Democrats or Republicans.
| Senator Blaine said that as no Democrat seemed
to have cared to quote General MCellans letter Of
instructions to hts subordinate officers, he would dc
| so himself He then read the letter.
| Senator Morgan commended that General MClel-
lan's action was based on orders of the secretary
Of war TO General Banks, but Senator Blaine said
General Banks was subordinate officer to General
se0a;oT sIorran called Senator Blaine's attention
I u exc etaTy Ctnleron's order to General Banks,
\ dated september I, 1861, in which he instructed
him that the passage Of the secession ordinance By
Senator Blaine said that this was not contradic-
| tory OF what he had said. and ne supposed that
Senator Blaine said In conclusion that the question
he arose to dsess Was this: II the the , senators
net shall not be present at the ballotbox nor the
bowieknfe, the life and shotgun, let them say So,
| but If thsy did not say so, the people OF the
United States would understand them to want to
the government OF the United States OF the
grounds, and being warned of they would take care,
as In South Carolina last year. control the elections
by violence. threats: weapons and hioodshed,
choose He then alluded TO Senator Davis lIl.l and
said that SENATOR after polsng himself to the Demo-
cratic side, had said in his Speech drop all this,
aud Try something for the relief of the country u
| Now, continued Senator Blaine, that senator had
been here three sessions and what measures for the
relief of the country had he proposed? He re-
geled that the senator not now in his ZEAL but
he denied 10 that senator the right 10 carry the tradl-
| tiOnS and fame and glory of Abraham Lincoln into
| the Demccr ttic camp; he might go there himself,
and he might sit on that side or the senate where he
| was the only man that gave Lincoln any support.
] Had Lincoln lived, as the senator had said, some
thiugs might and others might not have happened.
But the thing that happened was senator on this
floor, elected By Democrats over Union soldier,
and Speaking as the representative of Abraham Lin
coin The senator had right to go when and where
he pleased he had right to address to the living
est OF the last ten centuries Iuto tine mire OF
party that he would have opposed to his death.
The senate then adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
Mr.. o. Turner complained of the corre-
spondence which represented HIM exhibiting
great excitement in the debate of the
| eighteenth. He presumed that it was his
| colleague L. Turnerl who was meant, and
hoped the correspondents would recollect
| there were two Turner's from Kentucky, both
| Democrats, and would indicate which Turner
| they referred to. Thereupon 7. Turner re-
marked that when his colleague and name
| sake had the same experience as himself, he
would not show so much seusiGveness In re-
gard to the structures of newspaper CORE
| spondents. He admitted that he was the
| Turner alluded to. He denied, as is alleged.
that he had called Mr.. Burrows a damned
| liar. 1t that had been, however, he would
rather be denounced than be the poltroon
who submitted to 1t. [Laughter.I He COM
| planned also of the structures on him at the
| last session, and said that on the occasion
| when he had been charged with intoxicaton,
| he had not tasted drop of spirits for three
| days. Laughter
three thousand dollars to meet the expenses
Of the labor committee, and granting the
| committee leave to SIT during recess.
Ga motion of Mr.. z. w. Wood, q resolu-
ton was adopted requesting the President to
! consider the expediency of entering into con-
ventlOn with France Tor the negotiation of a
treaty which shall secure more equal inter-
change of the products and manufactures OF
each country.
| The house soon after went into committee
of the Whale ca The legislative bill.
MI Fr5e based mis- opposition to the repeal of the
Iaeir operation in the city Of New YORK, where he
said false registration, repeating, voting on the
had been pretty tfe tuaIIy stoSed BY the enforce,
nent OF those laws He argued that in that city
reference by FEDERAL authorit, WAS necessity, by
50 lar as II could be consttutionaly done, and mat
Il had purified the elections there. Why then was
this houses a repeal OF those lGWS2 Was it
| because their enforcement operated against Ia e
Democratic party rather than against the Republic
cam VI course IL did, Dat SO md the enforcement
OF any law against crime II the Yh9ie criminal
code were repealed, and the doors of all 1alls and
penit ni!aries opened The Republican party would
said: What spect .cle do we behold to-day, be-
tween the Confederate DEMOCRACY OF the south and
TINS Tammany democracy OF the NORTH Have they
forgotten history, and that it repeats itself? They
have worked together before worked for slavery and
against the rights Il man; worked Tor despotism
| and against republic. The one finally
made an attempt to destroy thesgovernment the
achieve It's terrible purpose; the other sympahz5d
but, coward like dared not help; The one sowed
| cringed and shiveTed before the blast. The one
lnourned over blasted hopes, broken families, Iu-
taej fortunes and devastated country; the other
lamenteg onl7 the loss or poiteal power, and now
aed hs al poaR 10 e s rs
dawn and that no civil or military officer shall With
the tb FepSn bGk s sf1 his
d Sha that SeS 90
| Shouts = Amen, end amen :" Tammany
demands that "tae tAie2ss. yagabonds and gam
| control the elections in New York; that corrupt
judges, false witnesses and perured applicants shall
esaa SSe their maiofitles that false registration
rene tne, SiBlatlng voters and manipulating votes
shall once more oSstoome The whole people. and
amen. Together they demand that the wTcke
wiz shall prevail or the army shall be starved and
all the functions CT the government shall perish.
But the old ship OF state saiis calmly she has
encountered deeper seas fercer waves, 6ngrier
/ storms, more dangerous Shores and has found
safety rom them all. The great plot is at her helm
aud fTelshted as 81 Is sitl the hopes Of man, ali
| Mi aaheson next addressed tue committee. 1t
had been stated, he sad, on the Republican side OF
the hoISe, that they gould yate Tor the repeal OF
those Laws provided the repeal was presented In an
Independent gee ion. Thai declaration had,wti out
u Ta p Se en- Y s MFe p
sented a separate proposition That was not only
different proposition but exactly opposite prop
O-itioD, because this amendment did nothing more
| than repeal an esceBtlGn TO restricting law and
far from repeating the law Itself actually enlarss
and 70 re5s9d Its scope. T1e gentlemen on the
other side seemed to a'gue and he believed that
they thought, such is te Influence of early education
and habit, that the people or the country were liv-
ing, not under the con Tuition of the United States
but unaeF oonfeteTacy of separate soyereigntiesi
whereas he Thought they EGse MEMBERS Of govern
ment established for the government of the pehpe
and not OF tne States-a g6yernnent tEat had ali the
attributes CT Cover nment Including sovereignty, and
that acted directly on the people, on their rights
he should never deny, no ma ter what was the end
EaSefSi goseTnjent we're and must be fonHd within
the wiIten constitution. flsaf vas the source from
rune @ n Sd6eE hRp e BE- & ss9
to be claimeJ nothing was TO be exercised, except
| government of the United States is a government
| powerful, sovereign, permanent, and, thank God,
enduring. 1t has people loyal, thoushtfu CON
at tee powers of government, not only for Its own
establishment a;d rs own perpetuity, but all the
\ every right which that government gtIaTaLtess 70
him. The argument on the other side, stripped Ct
It's artificial and technical structure, came to this.
La although rights were exclusively secured by Tbs
duties imposed upon the national government,
yet the power OF S-;for"lng those, rights
! or Of exercising those duties, 1nti, that
| power could be found named among
Inc express powers Of the constitution, did not
| ist. He conceded that tho United States had no
power to send supervisors into State Legislatures
watch oyer the election OF officers. The constitution
had adopted the legislature as its body and could
not appoint new officers for IT, The legislature
adopted as O whole and body, must { ct on that
subject according TO Its constitution, and the United
States government has no right TO question the title
of It's members. or to send officers in and make
them part of that body and govern control II:
hut he commended that II in the discharge OF It's
functions derived from the constitution OF the
United Stals state legislature was interfered with
by riots disturbance b. tie State law the State
| authority, then IL was not On19 Sac tight o. the
United States but its bounden duty, TO send It's mar
shas and its officers there to preserve peace, and to
see thai that legislature had right TO exercise the
United States functions given to 1t free from the in
reference of any body. Whatever power the United
States government found 1t necessary to employ Ia
the selection of United States senator that authOTI
y and power 1t had arght to apply and it was It's
duty ~ asset applause on the Republican side
He expressly denied ana d5eaiIred the right OF the