The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-05
ENDING THE GREAT DEBATE.
RAyDOIrH 7UCKER'S SUPERB APPEAL
InK IRI.HDOM At TIE POLLS.

uer,orrnts Mr.. unwIcy Closing for the |
Re.ubilcans -Garaeid in n TrRp-his Tn |
.ucce..r,i Attempts TO Wrigxie out OF II. |
wAsu1SGroN, April i.-Gcnernl debate on
nc Army Appropriation bill closed in the
uouse this afternoon. and vote upon tho bill
wilrroh,lly be- taken tomorrow. One week
sg,to.Jn, the discussion on the clause prohib-
u,nr tl,, u-r 81 troops at the polls was begun
ThrJ..u,rnto Efforts of the Republicans to cm-
br,lih, House iu sectional debate have fniled.
s..i/.rn Democrats have learned since the
amnesty debate in the Toriy-fourth Congress
o-,n,r.l tha, IL i. wise to keep their mouths
ei,..I when the bloody shirt IT, flung to the
hr,. Ne.r'y cvcry Republican speech
-, u,, discussion began has con-
,,,.l fling ut the Southerners
int.nled ta arouse their ire. The Republicans
boye s,ujtnusly avoided consideration Of tho
p,,.rit. d., rl. ie. station Proposed They pre-
f.rrcd rather 90 howl about revolution and CO.
,r.ion. Tic Demo rats lave spoken manfully
1,r, fr..Nni.af uu.rumiucilod 10y the presence
of the military az ibe polls. They have eX-
pouu,lrd Tire constitutional principles upon
xhi.l. their demands are based with rare logic
and ncumen Tho leaders OF the Democratic
marty In the House are well pleased with the
r,.Ord of o., las, weeks proceedings.
Eopuhiieans aud Democrats alike were made
I'D a.
uo floor. Weaver. De In Mu,yr and Jones
ure urehi .-hie in tho National Grccnback
rariv delivered speeches. Barrin.. what these
disciples Of iahation said about finance. there
wa.ru.h sound sense in their remarks. Tho
ncn.lci- paid close attention to the speeches oi
ue throc gentlemen. Weaver in particular
distinguished himself lie is middle-aged
ordinary looking man. A large sandy gray
heard and lair a. sparkling blue eyes are the
only striking characteristics OF face which
gives token ot considerable power. He paws close
attention 90 all that IL said on the floor and seems
amused rather than deeply interested in the pro-
cccdines To-day he cut right and left in his
remarks H. said that the country had listened
for many years with impotence to sectional
discuss ous. /. he understood public sonti-
meni not soul outside of politicians cared a
III, for the sort Of talk that had been occupying
the time Of Congress for the past week. Tho
cid strife had been kept W in tho Forty-fouu
ana Forthwith Congresses. and now In the
Forty-s.Nth Congress the same old differences
had been introduced. In war times the cx-
preston all quiet on the Potomac" wills
very familiar. but now 1t is all quiet
everywhere except on the Potomac The
riots in New York ot ls6S. the Kansas troubles
the war q the rebellion. the sending OF troops
ly George Washington into Penns ylvunia to
quen the whiskey rcbellions had all been dis
cusscd Tho speaker thought that before the
Washington monument was completed. n CON-
miteo had better be appointed 10 learn whether
Washington had not oyerstcpped the bounds OF
constitutional authority la sending the troops
into Pennsylvania He said that the Greenback
party wanted no soldiers at the polls no ties,
oath 81 jurors. no Federal Marshals. 1t did
want % Constitutional amendment 10 give the
President lower To veto such parts
Vi bids ~ 30 bot meet his approval and to APP
prove SUN parts a. he sanctions. IL wants the
Apprupratons Committee deprived Of much Of
IT. present authority and wants greenharks
issued IL last as national bank notes can be- re-
House.
l.. In Nntyr's speech was in the same strain
r. Neaver-. hut much shorter. IL WINS deliv-
cred with the same monoionous orotund tone
81 voice with which be has often preached to
IL Methods it nock Ia Indiana
Committee with but few words. shall simply
cundense and emphasize what my friend from
Iowa Mr. Weaver has 80 fully elaborated.
have no aspiration 10 engage in this inglorious
debate. desire rather 10 enter my earnest
protest aga insi it, whole spirit and manner and
ABILITY It has exhibited Il has obviously been
ndeslerat" effort To revive d"ud and buried
issue. It's main result has been the uncoveriug
o. vuir"scrncc. There IL no mlsiakin rs ultl-
nufe design. which has been to rckindle the
hnr 90 sectional hate. and thereby turn The at
t'nton " n suffering people from most vicious
system IL financial legislation. which has par
uN2..i their industries. loaded them with debts.
ltl brought them To- poverty ana want IL must
law, boon the ms pirHtion Of that motive. which
in 'h. cNuberuut Imagination oi the most gifted
leader of one extreme of TINS body. transformed
.rthless chip into diamond OF purcst water
II kncw anything Of the drift Of public senti-
nItuf. tiIis wantou d play oi hellgcrrnt rhetoric
v utterly fail of it, unputrioiic purpnse. and
WI De- i-;nui!y rrhused by the people Of both
o.. Nurth and the South.
rsucccssly, appeals 20 the passions which
a sAuguInnry clNu war tanned 10 the utmost
fury. mude foe partisan purposes at every rl"c-
ton tor fourteen years. have exhausted their
Ilteury. and they viii 40 more respond TO the
oaU. Providence j. al last bringing at least one
good our OF the distress inflicted by the money
panic through tho Republican Admlnstraii on
a.. tue Government. Desire for financial RELIEF
Inc become the absorbing aspiration OF the
whole people. leaving no room or welcome for
tlr unworthy and wicked sentiments Of
sectional hate. aud the people, ne well as every
nniuisetf rruo patriotism and the whole
sir oi our holy religion. c"mmaud nnM
t..u to this sectional strife the best INTEREST,"
O.. ihf freedmen prominently demand thal
tlis war ol SECTIONS cease at once and forever.
foods whatever OF amin Nitv Is felt t1war Il
them I'm any section Of the South. and must bo
utterly impoieut 20 shield them from the effects
~ ii- uulmuSity. IL il my cleur conviction land
nfu es1ustical enough 10 believe that know
t1mriIing OF the present status OF popular
i"-Iugl that the lenders II parties now rang NJ
t"ir forces Tor 1850 would manifest more
kinlurSs IA showing some desire 10 relieve the
l~-pir than they do in utterly refusing q
suf-r the friends OF the people 10 even present
Hgy measure looking Ia relief and giving
themselves wholly to "A wrAngle over the firing
Linu sumter the returning to slavery ol
Luu-. thr lluscO Of John Brown. anu general
ordinations and recrl limitations.
dYut charge them anything for the suSges-
tOu. As % the statutes in dispute, favor TIC
repeal oi al but one, and the modification OF
tist, iNr two reasons; first, IN my judgment
NIns ar" expressive oi dangerous tendency
toward undue Capitalization Of power. Our
Southern fellow cti2rns-Hs we thOught-im-
I'r..rl our national lie by the n-rumpilon ol
Stat. rlgit-. and W. fought aud defeated them
On that issue. and buried II So deep that hut
i"W ~ them dcslr, ana none OF them hope lul
o. rr-urre ton. Now sir. in perfect accord
VISA t.e perversity oi human nature. We ar,
b. iif one checked by a shnguinary ciEu war
a. iu"s' rnactincnts are the fruits oil thhl ten
a"D ANA they serve 20 accelerate II, and there
lHi. am ia favor ui setting them aside, In my
l.Su-ut. our safety lies in keeping the bal
an. II power between the States ana the gen
trN Government As adjusted by the trainers oil
q. Constitution. Ny second reason for deair-
li- 'r repeal of all TUT one Of these statutes M
controversy and the mOdlt alton Of tLat one l.
t.t' l.nf are serving to IAN the fires of sectional
tt.", which every Interest Of the nation de
L4ant- Should be cAtiuEalshed
4hf section in dispute Of the bill now before
N"' YWmiueo. with the exception OF Single
c.'n-". ! regard as poTmunc. Tint il proposes
q 's-'n army expenditures 10, IN my ludg
h't'. too clear FOR dispute. and. taking no sio'b
~ Ntr argument that this body - prohihur,
-. % hy "a mere tcchuicnlity. ! shall vote iol
li"ill wiki u attached. While | do this. 1 an