, 1879-04-15
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IT,. h"'an;' y csy, ny ~ % a,,M'M' at 'east of
country p '.ny. 1'y this statement he thuwr,i
tl"t IN al 'lts great terrtury pnv 2.g7 .n1lirra
ara ktu'lm'cl Within t1lsa do.nain forty five
1nrfit'cnf!oha lEg manned atuI cevnfl nrscl,uls
a''out sixty soll!r1a. rle Ilut,nra,,Io Hena:'r M
lroIn Delaware was alarnleL ntn,t tm over
riding nl tlc ropuar t,allo. by truopa Of the
United States, but .1rre Is
NOT stSaiE FEDERAL. eoLp,R BIZ IN DELAWARE.
Tts: houorahc senator from West Virginia
tiefelortt} had ab''kcn "f hs atato hc!,lg trud
sintIs uniform, IN tic soil ot West
virrinia. H. Maryland. lp3 nrtiltcry1ncn
M,,.i.a,' H. k"rt ,Mrlicnry guard II. cntrance To
"a srilDol nf practfrr at Fortress Alul,r,e: oit
sue Dl that scoOl t.lcru "a not Federal SOL
,licr ~ ths State. 1lrrn Rre but thirty sulfcfs
ii Softt Garolit'a guattipE fort NJ tllc tnoutf,
q i1 Cnm Fcar River. IN South carolina thrrc are
l.lnftilrrynen ogl.aEst the entrance to Charles.
TOT Hartnr. There arc twcnty.1Iinc soldiers
tn Gr'rc!n. nn,l 1S.. in Florida Tltru Is not one
III Icnncsscc, kentucky, or Missouri. There
nfa n nisy.ssven tn 4.fkansas, thrty-swo in Ala
natna. NM .D III Louisiana. The grrnt State Of
;Mstssfssiri' has not one Oh its soil, ,,ol Inns
Ic1ak. exrejt tl,uso guarding thu frontier on
th' RIO t1rntidc. III allc tntrr Snut, sa'tt Mr.
blaiue. there are l.. 81 soldiers to iutmdatu.
oyctrun, opprcsF, and dcstruy tl,c liberties If
l5.NN,oo0 Of people In l,ua3 counties, Or not
quite
ONE SOLDIER 70 HAcH COUNTY:
one soldier TO nbout 7ol square miles Of .crrt-
Tory. There WIS M nid Rayln.. he contLn,.etl,
tlat ts:re wrrc st,tllsaycrs in Rome who cnn'i
not look cHcf other III itse faec without smiling.
ht'tl no two Dc'nocratic seuat0rs on Tho floor
run 70 Into tle e!pah-rnon, aud louk cact other
III the face without smiling, Or snt!er blus,!,,
oycr this talk,-tllr sh0le thing WIS such
iniseta!'lc pretelIsc, sucl' Mlscrably lnanufac-
tuttt false issue,
IN New England thcy had $50 soldiers, or alout
I9o 10 every million people. wtIercas tlc ratio
" tic Sont WIS mt quite 10; yut the peop1u OF
New England never complained Of military
power. TlIs tendency Of tls talk rs ho had
said, was to mtsrcfreannt us abroad, ant tie
Len'ocrattc purity stood Indicted, n,,l ho hereby
ctiarued them with public stAst'er OF their
country, creating an Impression IN thu civilized
worlu that VIC tro under military desputtsn.
But, coBttHtttll Mr. BLAINE, the rtal fnDlyc of
the Democrats must be lookrd fur elsewhere.
It Is simply 10 get rid of Federal supervision ut
elcctt1ns; 10 Ect rid Of tile c!rii pi,wcr Of the
United States IN tic election Of REPRESENTATIVES
10 Congress-, null, therefore, this bill connects
itself directly viii, tic bill which wns before
ConErcss n. tlN last session known MS the LeQ!s.
lattyc,. Executive. an! Juaicinl Appropriation
bt!l. Zig was awusc thNt parliamentary rules
forbade l'i't to discuss BILL pending before tl.c
that nothing forbade him 10 speak of what was
not done IN thu House, but III the Democratic
ca,,cus, where ths legislation wns performed.
slr. Blaine discussed the legal questions in-
Is 10 get ri'l LOT all civil officers Of ihc United
States under prctcnse u keeping troops away
from the polls, and tic amendments Which viii
be offered will
TEST THE SINCERITY OF TIE DEMOCRATIC SHE
on t|iat point, md show whether the Fedcrnt
Government would be allowed representation at
,. thc polls at al except hy two men OF !struw
He would 70 so tar MS to say that II the bill
went through In its present form the remainder
Of the lnw in regard 10 a1ars!sata md SupersI.-
ora would be worth nothing, since there would
to enforce It's provisions. We arc told, said
Bla!ne, an.1 It Is rather noycl thing, TINT Il
wo 10 not ogrcc 10 the bills as offered
wn arc not to |,ago the appropriation. That has
bcen announced In both branches Of Congress-,
fe suppoaed on authority Of the Democratic
caucus.. Not merely the armY appropriation;
they did not stop there, but in tlu Legislative
bill, a. It came from the CAUCUS, there wns m
sppropriat!on for desraylnE the expenses Of tho
Cortsoi tlu United Suites, provided that certain
sections of the Revised STATUTES bc repealed. lie
hal always understood TINT the Government
was divided into thsce distinct dopartmcnts,-
i1eGiia!atiys, executive, a1nl judicial The iegss-
Executive docs mot stgn the bills 1t offers
IT WILL sTAHvE TIE JUDICIARY.
This raa carrylng the matter further than
llo had ever known IL to 20 befurc, nnd bc-
stdess starving. the judiciary, the other aldo
would refuse to approprlate d0tlar for tho
for PUBLIC printing, Or for tho Congressional
library. The Department Of Stale, Of wlIiet
the country lad rcnson to ho proud for Its
conduct Of It's foreign affairs, WIS to he dis
unless tho President Signs these hills. Tic
bcacons md warning lights OIL 1900 miles OF
coas. must 70 out; tho mInts OF Ncw
Orleans, Denver, San francisco, md rhiiu-
delnhia must asop: tho Pension Duronu
functions Of tic Government arc takeu
by the throat In hIglwarfnnn style nl!l cpu-
manttcd 10 stand and deliver In the name of the
Democratic caueus; 4 leading Democrat, au
eloquent man, WHO had courage. trant;ness, u,ll
many good qualities. boas.s publicly tlut tho
Democrats nre IN power for the first tino III
eighteen years, and that they do not intend to
stop until tley flayn wiped out every ycsttgo Of
)sepnbfcau war measures.
Forewarned ls forear,ncd. nnsl the Democrats
begun properly ou measure signed by Abraham
Lincoln.
THE PICTURE WAS BTntKtNG oNn
md strange. Tie time had como when men, frcsl,
from the battlcfictls Ut the Rebellion, took their
seats here nnl rronoscd to repeal tic lawa en-
acted while they wcrc srylngtn destroy the Union.
Tho ce-Presfdento of tile Cunfederacy Ind suited
TINT for sixty or seventy years preceding tho
from tho formation OF tic GOVERN
n!c.t. tho South, though III minority, hati by
With what he termed Tho nnt[-ce1.
trllssts III thu North ruled tile country, utul in
issW Tic sarc gentleman sal,l IN n specc! heforo
the Georgia Legislature tllnt by return to Con-
7resB thu South might rcpcat tlla experiment
with tic satno success. lie tlila1nc} had Tend
TINT snecc!, Ut the TING Of It's dc'iyery. and Ind
little thought h1 would Hive TO sec th. prophecy
fulfilled. But nnW we see thusa tncasilrrs mn
turctl In Democratic caucuy, tn{whcll tho South