The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-04-09
The Deadlock in WRshinston-PrInci
pie Against Power.

The prolonged debate in Congress on
the Appropriations still continues. Many
spec shcs have been made on both sides,
and some of them were wise and some
were foolish. 1t is evidently the set pur-
pose of Garfield, Robson and their Re-
publican followers, not only to feel the
pulse of the country a. to a~nti-Southern
sentiment, but to quicken and irritate
that pulse by most embittcriny attacks
and by shouting the old cry-"rhc Re-
puplic's in danger" Some Democrats,
and they not tho wisest, have jumped at
the bait and delivered furious philippics,
but the cooler judgment Of men like
Blackburn, Hutd and McLane has in the
main held their party in good hand and
saved the Democracy from its friends. In
another coluInn will no found some in
teresting portions of the debate.
A vote was taken on the Army Appro-
iation Bill last Saturday, and the repeal
ing section was carried by tho Democrats
rs follows:--yeas, l4sa nays, ID, majof!-
ty, 26:---a strict party vote. Not u vote
was lost or gained by all tho oratory. All
the G%rcenbackors except two voted yea.
Will Aaycs veto it. The House adjourn
cd until yesterday.
The Democrats had the best OF the ar
gument, and tho strongest points made
were by Hurd of Ohio, and McLane Of
Maryland. These two pnt the whole
controversy in a nutshell. Hurd estab-
lished tho fact that the right Of suffrage
emanates from the respective States, not
from the United States, and that there
fore the Federal Government cannot in.
fringe on State rights in this particular
1t is amusing to see how McLane shot
one arrow at Robson while he was soar
lug in midair and the great ex-Secretary
bird collapsed and tuInbled to the
ground. McLane simply asked 1.-THE
gentleman from New Jersey this ques-
ton, "Do l understand him to say thai
the government of the United States ha,
the right to keep the peace anywhere
within q State? Do I understand him tc
say that there is any "peace Of tho Unit
cd States at all recognized by the Su'
preme Court of the United States? ?" IL
vain did Robson try to dodge the
question and e%quivocate in vain did the
alarmed Republicans shout to their dis
comated leader, "Ch, 60 on" Ton
times did the persistent McLane bring
him back to the point, and when at las'
McLane said, 1.-THE gentleman from Ne"
Jersey understands very well that the Su'
prone Court of the United States has de-
cided that it has no powcr or jurisdic'
tioa," all that Robson could retort was
1.-THE gentleman shall have a chance te
speak on this subject in his w time"
We give our readers also the Presi'
dents view of the matter !; and they viii
be surprised to find that Hayes thinks
the Army too insignificant to be objected
to at elections. There won't be q soldier
he says, to spare for election day ! The
South has lost many things but it retains
its memory aud knows how soldiers were
brought from the Indian frontier in 1876
to garrison Southern States and elect a re.
publican President,---were mustered in
Washington to secure his inauguration.
Hayes has a memory too, and all the poe
try We wish TO quote for him is
Lord Angus, thou hast lied"