The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-04-19
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DEBATE IN THE SENATE.
MR.. RANDOLPH ON THE USE OF TROOPS
WAsuINGTON. April 18, 1879.

| ~ Ah. hANDOLPf- ON ~ VI AAsp'' -
WAsHINGToN, April Is, 1879.
The Senate then resumed the consider
ati IN Of the Army bill.
Mr.. Randolph (dem.) OF N. j. sald that
the question pressnl cd in simple form
was lhis;-As a condition OF granting
supplies to the army, has Congress- IA
right to demand redress of what ma.
iorty of its members deem "grievances"
concerning is use? He had grave doubts
not as to the power Of Congress. but as
to the expediency of the use OF That
power; and in glancing at the history Of
New Jersey said the unceasing assertion
/ OF The right to couple grievances and ap-
preparation as made by Jerseymen did
| more to quicken into active life the
germ of State independence than all
other controversies antedating the great
Revolutionary struggle. In discussing
TIE consti' 'utional question involved IN
the present de- bate, ho said the Trainer
| of the constitution declared that of all
| the elements OF powers given under the
fundamental law this one alone, the
| army, should forever be dependent
one. He was proud eff the army and ITS
achievements, but he would be lost to all
sense of truth and remembrance of his
tory if he admitted for moment the
monstrous and dangerous doctrine that
this government held Its power, far less
| its life, in period of peace, through
| the existence of its army, or that the
total disbandment of IT would bring scri-
Gus danger to its life. An army must
needs be force apart from the people.
| Its composition and usefulness compel
| 1T to be SO.
HOW TROOPS HAVE BEEN USED.
Mr.. Randolph said in conclusion
| Mr.. President, 1 haye beeen witness to
the use of the troops of the United States
protecting so-called officials OF State
| government as they trod upon the Il ber-
ties of citizens and the rights of the State.
have seen the military power of this
| government put forth within three years
the Senator from Maine will observe
within three years, and successfully
put forth, and nnlawfully put forth, aud
| by the President of the United States, to
,, keep one so-called State Legislature in
| power and another from its rights, and
| OF that Legislature thus unlawfully and
! forcibly kept in, scarce one OF them TO-
day is not an inmate of of a penitentiary
under indictment for some mean crime
or a fugitive from justice. This was tue
| class of "citizens" that the army of the
! United States was compelled to ''protect
and defend" against the peoples choice.
Can ours be an idle warning to free peo-
pie that have seen and felt the usurping
power? Will 1t be sad, sir, that no
President of a republic will dare to mis-
| use this power?
TROOPS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
I know to the contrary. l mad the
honor to bear message in 1876 from
| Governor (now Senator) Hampton to the
| then President of the United States, re-
qus sting him to withdraw his troops from
| the State House of South Carolina, in
l "A To IpeiGinn af tina Slnrame
and highest court of that State. l urged
the importance of it with all the force of
language at my command. L told the
President that in the judgment OF emil
| nent lawyers, the Governor-then out OF
office by expiration of his tsrtn-had not
lawfully invoked the assistance OF fe1e-
raj power, inasmuch as he had made no
| effort to convene his Legislature, though
| easily done, and obtain their action on
matter so vital that the newly elected
| Governor desired the attendance OF the
| representatives of the people in their
State House, from which federal bayo-
| nets, as i myself knew, kept them; and
| finally, that the contest being one OF
purely State concern, regarding only the
| claims of State officers, and these having
| been definitely settled by the highest
legal tribunal that could ever take cog
| nizance of the case-that the Supreme
| Court Of South Caroina-I urged that
| the federal force should be Withdrawn
from the State Capitol.
WHAT GRANT SAID.
| You may imagine, sir, my astonish
ment and indignation when IN angry
tone and uuclvil manner, tina Presldenl
replied:
al won't withdraw the troops; / dom
regard the decision of the Supreme Cour
and If had any message to send to
HAMPTON it would be that his message
| to me is an impertinence."
| can impertnence," air, for the Cover
nor of State to communicate his
wishes, not demand his rights as he
might properly have done to the Presi
dent of the United States; an imperti
nence, indeed "Upou what meat dotl
this our Caesar feed that he is grown sc
preat?" No, Mr.. President, we cannot
| make haste to guard the liberties of free
men everywhere in this broad land from
the chance of botting the pages OF oui
history with a repetition OF the usurpin ne
act of a President less than three years
ago. may say, sir, in conclusion, In
the eargest, forclble and stirring Ian
guage of the patriot Jennings, Speaker
| OF the New Jersey Assembly, IN his ad-
dress to the British Qneen more than q
| century and IA half ago:
| "Liberty is too valuable thing to ba
parted with, and where such mean IN
ducements procure such violent endea
| yors to tear it from us they have not
either heads, hearts nor souls that are not
moved with the miseries Of the country
and are not forward with their utmost
DO wer lawfully TO redress them.s
The President pro tenn. said he found
/ in the handwriting of the Vice President
| a list of Senators who desired to speak
The list had been. enlarged, as Others
wanted their names put down. He did
not think it novel proceeding, because
biz had of en- been done. Buff such an ar
rangement was disagreeable to the prac
tice Of the Senate it should be abolished
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