, 1879-04-26

With no arrogance anil Without threats,
speaking, as he believed, not only Tor his party,
tnat'c such demands That they. would be sne.
ccastull5 opposed, not only In debate anu so'o
HEIR AND H1sEwnEttE,
but should the final nrbitcr bu appealed 70, on
tho bloody theatre Of war ilo hopcd tue s'nts At.
nt.t Stripes would ever be INC emblem O. ~
lie. on lan.l or acc, at home NJ vel! ~ nnroa1.
Mr.. Springer nrg,leA tlIat, ~ nndcr INC Coti-
st!tution tue Housr had tho right 10 make is
own rcs Il Tor inc tfeineai r lse.,t9on e aef
tho President should SEQ NJ to scto tlIe pot!inR
bill, he should hnsc to 1nd other a1 better fea.
sons for Its action than thy mei. that v9 tw9
the English Ho,,se Of Commons as authorlt!
Tor the proposition Tint It Ind tho nndoubted
mt! so!s right to determine, IN q shppsf o.al'
the emu, purpose, conditions, cons,uct"t'9Mns,
sa,nu exclusive right inlcfcd IN the American
House OF Representatives. II was iot The
House to soy what would be tho limitations on
Appropriation bills. :.
closed the debate on the Democratic side OF the
question. ilo commenced oy rcunarklnE Tint
the Republicans had snfLG1 on thu ptndtnH
lceisnsfon as pretext for the Inauguration OF
Presidential campaign on the issue Of sectional
ing their trial n,d condemnation At the bar
Of public n1llon for tho vicious lcEihlatton Tor
which they 80 richly deserved to be expelled
fronl power. ns would net yiela ons iot Or
Of tt.e attny section, but, a. a union soldier,
proud OF h1s service, md illlnE TINT anYthg
won should be surrendered, he denounced ths
legislation which 1t Eas nov proposed to sopcat
.ns plague spot on the body polite.
At this point of tho speech message an
nuunccd tho passago Of the ARMY Aupropfla.
| tton bill by tho Senate. ut WHICH announcement
there WI considerably h;'.esrpg, ,,,o', On r. IT,
GARFIELD G.totcd tl'e proserb that "lto laughs
| best WHO laughs last"
l. Nit. EWING RESUMED HIS SPEECH,
ind sa'tlthat he aud nls colleague tWarner) who
Ind left the Republican barty to 80 tnto tlls
| wh0 had left tho Democratic party to 20 into
tic nrmy, hail fought not fur purity Bltprcmacy,
but to preserve the Union unimpairctt. ile re-
fcrred to thu Utcr tnade BY Garfield nt the close
III the last session TO ncccpt two Of the propost-
tios,s Witch TINT gentleman denounced as reVo-
| lnifonnry. ,..--.. =.
Mr. Gartlcld-Are you willing to El7o up the
otherl
Of this Congress. notice Tint you have given
up one Of them, but little reluctantly.
MIR, Garileld-Not at all. ....
sir. Ewing (rcsumlng) asked what tllaro was
tlat Justified ths tretueudous charge Of reyolu.
ton made against tho Democratic party. What
cllnnges tad taken place between tic time that
tle Erntlenlau lGariell) Offered to accept the
| Qf1UQNlttu11S anu tins TING lffML H6 atuuHuEEu
ttcm ns revolutionary. Tic prctext Of tue
Democratic caueuk had not been set Up, but be-
fore Tie bills had bccn reported a Republican
cAucus had resolved tlat 10 general legislation
should 20 through, so that tho Democrats were
forced II they wtshcd' ~ repeal thcau lnws) to
put tho repcnl on Appropriation bills.
Referring to tllB reconstruction measures, he
DECLARED tLat tieir o61act had been to
PRODUCE RACE ANTAGONIST,
md tint Congress in that legislation knew, per.
ftctt7 we'll that II was organizing hell In the
South; that Federal Intervention had been the
Grcat and iasttng causc Of The race disturbances
| In the South. flu proof Of tint WAS, that IN
tue Stntcs of Virginia, Texas. Georgia, ind
| North Cnro1[na, from which tlieaFcdcral power
,sns frat withdrawn, there had been hardly an7
talk Of race disturbance. Such talk had come
from thu States where tue Federal arms were
longest kept, nnd where the election machinery
was MOS, thoroughly orrausztd. In those States
tho Republicans had kent up the hateful
| imprnctieahle, and monBtruu8 organization Ut {
party by color, where tho tt,reat OF black dom!
iution i,ad been constantly lna over tho whites
u,l where under carpet-bag direction there llnt
hccn II rule OF proiflgAcy md eorrnptlnn. LAD
! plnusc on the Domucratlc slide. Muat Negro
| Suffrage he Oil tllat account nbDltsicdt Not al
all, but thu c9lur-l!na must be ao:'ltehed.
Mr.. Ewing was proceeding to argue tic un
cut.atttutl0nalty OF tic Election 1aws when TIL
hour tu which the debate was limited arrIyet
ulHl cut of Ills further rcnlarks.
The CuMmtttec then rose.
The Speaker presented {ns enrolled md signst
BY hin,) the Army Appropriation bill, and til
!; House adjourned until to-morrow.
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