Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-11

The main excuse made by the = morrlis
in Congress fer attempting To crowi through
political legislation by attaching to aprro-
priation bills clauses which wouIi stand no
chance Of becomio5 laws Iy themselves. is
that the Republicans have attacA,i riders
to appropriaticr Liil- before now. Gni- AZ
best is worth anything only ou ,!.' pTircirlc
that "two wrongs make one right Bat
the cas,s DO n5r happen 10 he parallel one
When the laws quoted ~ Troc1Icnt~ ly lhc
Democrats were pi,Sci. the executive aai
legislative departments OF tie Government
were in full acco-i. So that there Wis r1
coercion of one ~ the other. 10 The
case of tine army appropriation hill
of 1867 (rcicrrcl 10 by Mr.. Chad
mers), which President johnson signed
under protest, the provision go which he Oh
/ jected WAS attached t. the hi purely as q
matter OF convenience. The Republicans
having more than iwo thirds OF the mcn,ber-
of both Ilonsc- could have enacted the pro
vision separately IL 3. Institutional manner.
and it WIS not attached to an appropriation
bill for the purpose of compelling the Presi-
dent to give his assent to a measure which
could not be enacted in any other way The
attemp; Of the Democrats Low to eJerce the
President is an entirely different matter. aud
it Is the first time i'll the history ot the
| Government that snch unconstitutional
methods and revolutionary threats have been
resorted to as 4 nrclns Of securing t3'c c..acl-
ment OF special measures Of legislation.
Tux passage from Mississippi Paper,
quoted by Mr. Frye. of Miinr. in tie Be
bate in the IIolsc ou Tle~lly, w. trsm thc
Osolona (Sii-- N,p.5.rl N,a',s. and W. IL.
follows:
O how ft--low passing fl; it was ihlt
the radical party ,hoalj breathe final hiss
at our confederate president as it, diving ear
clss was horne from the Senate Chamber of
the States Union Hating all that is good
and pure, and grand and true, ii was
peculiarly proper that it should hate J5llr-
son DAVIS with jcathleSs hate Its history
was enc long lie and crime T. hun- our
country into the war. l. muricred Stsi .Oul
gallant Southrons. like the common cut
threat that it was, it gave our homes to the
torch, like the common inccndiary that it
was it pluadcrcd our pockets and Golfers,
like the common thief that il WAS it sent its
nil-birds to lord it over Us. and imprisoned
the purest patriut- Of the NOrth like the
common tyrant TIN; it was; it corrupted
whole generation. Ike the common pimp
that it was. Finally, with bloody bands and
pockets bulgins wilh stolen moneys, it tell
before the wrath oi an indignant and ont
ragged pcOrlehOCd. But i;S malignant spirit
was stron. in dca.h, and while the rattle
was sounding in its Shiny throat it managed
to utter 4 farewell hiss at our illus;rinuS
chieftain. Let this fact be l1rsctlc>~. Il
contributes one more shining Leaf 10 the
splendid lLurcl Grown Of glory that circles
the brow of our grand old Confederate
President 1t iutcn>itrS the immortal love
and honor for our second Washington We
have captured the capitol. ard the namc ot
Jefferson DJyrf will hereafter D, spoken
with reverence in its historic walls, while
his picture viii Vet grace and his memory
Will yet Slcriiy the place forever
\ Southern member denied that this fire
eating i,urnal represented the more respect
able portion Of the Southern Democracy,
but there is no denying the fact that the
outblaSt quoted above inliea;cs the temper
in which large ii not controlling portion
nf the Southern Democrats regard the Re-
puhiclne Of the country.