The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1879-04-12

MIR. Blackburn said ho,was but a
poor student ofhis county's history
who was not able to satisfy him;
self that from thc foundation Of the
Constitution downit to present time
it'had ever been held, and that by
The highest'authorities in the land,
that it was in the power Of the
House 10 control the employment
Of the armyby Withholding the sup;
plies. Inithcvery nature things
The proposed repeal could not be
revolutionary. Negative legisla-
ton was never revolutionary. The
Constitution did not give tho right
to tho President 10 send armed for
ces in to any State, even to- sup
press domestic violence. By no
means, it required tho President to
protect any State from invasion,
but only conferred upon him the
right to send soldiers to that State
10 suppress domestic violence when
the Legislature Of that State or
Governor should makeya requisi-
ton upon them. He was not per.
mittel 10 anticipate domestic VIC
lentee, lt neither he nor the Legisla-
turc, nor the Governor. The do
nestle me violence nlustillavel been in
,e,xsiistance, ,,sii and that fact must have Y
been certified TO him bythe Legs
lat1ire.Nlore than: one:t bird goffall
permanentle Legislation affecting that
ji6rnlsofs the Government. had been.
put upon the=statute= =books=as s.
riders upon an army appropria
bill.Tf=lccturcs were to be read TO
the Democrats, let them come from
some quarters and some mcmber
not convicted on tho record. Did
the gentleman from Ohio Garfield
remcmber the record lie hud in
1865 on mn amendment offered BY
Mr.. Wilson, ofIowa, to an appro-
priation bill proposing to revolu-
tionizc the judicial system Of the
country, proposing 10 rob a co-ortli-
nate branch of tho Government !;
proposing to strip the Supreme
Court of the prcrogatives and pow
crs that tho Federal Constitution
had clothed ii with? Revolution?
What was there that the party the
gentleman SO ably led had not that
catalogue of crime? In his speech
on Saturday, the gentleman from.
Ohio had challenged all comcrs to
show a single instance in the his
tory of tho country where the corr
sent Of the Executive Ind ever been
coerccd. He Blackburn accepted
the gagc Of battle which the gen.
tle,nan had thrown down; he would
read from the record and show him
an instance. On the 2nd Of March,
1867, Andrew johnson had signed
IN army appropriation bin under
protest. Was there no coercion
then? Why, the record was full
of instances. Hc found that in the
Thirty-ninth Congress that had
occurred which would never fade
from the minds of the American
people. lie referred to the effort
which was made, which came SO
nigh resulting in the successful im-
parchment Of the Chief Executive
OF the country. There were two
principal counts in this indictment
on which it was proposed to inl-
peach the Executive. Ono was the
exercise of veto power, and the
other his interference, not in cleo
tions, but to prevent the intcrler-
ence Of army power in elections,
Tho counts had been voted upon
more than once, and the gentleman
from Ohio was on record every time
as voting in their favor, and he hnd
been supported in his action, and
had standing by him, voting side
by side with him TO iinpcach tho
President for the exercise of the
veto power, one comparatively oh.
scuro, md who, but for combina.
ton Of accidents, wouldthaye re,
mNined to this day and until his
dying day in TINT obscuritytfo1
which naturc and his creator dc.
designed him. Side by side will
the gentleman frnm Ohio had stood
and voted Mr.. Hayes, Of the same