Daily Republican., 1879-04-02

was interference with elections In bor-
der States. Fourteen years have pass
cd and not ons petition from any Amer
lean citizen has come to US asking that
the law be- repealed.
Mr.. Wood: deny thatso far as | am
personally concerned | ever voted for
the bill, except as a substitute for
more pernicious and Objectionable
| measure.
Mr.. Garfield: All say is a matter OF
record. What say is that the gentle
man voted for that law, and every
Democrat in the Senate and in the
House who voted at all votsd for it.
The last act of the Democratic domina.
ton in this House was stirring anlhra.
matte, but it was heroic and hish souled.
Then
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SAID:
"You elect your man as President OF
the United States We shall shoot your
Union to DEATH" and the people Of
this country, not willing to be coerced,
but behaving they had right to vote
for Abraham Lincoln If they chose, did
elect him lawfully as President, and
then your leaders in control Of the ma
iority of the other wing of this Capitol
did the heroic thing Of withdrawing
from their seats, aud your Representa-
tiyes withdrew from their seats here
and Aung down to us the gage OF NOR
tai battle.
We called it rebellion, but We ad-
mitted that it vas honorable, that it
was courageous aud that it was noble
to give us the free gage Of battle and
fight II out on thu open field That
conflict and what followed We all know
too we'll, and to-day, after eighteen
years, the book of your domination ID
opened wher. you tnrned down your
leaves in 1860, and you are signalizinS
your return to power by reading the
second chapter (not this time heroic
oue). that declares If we do not let you
ias b a statue out of the book you will
not shoot the Union to death, rs in the
first chapter, but
| sTARvE 1T TO DBATF
by refusing the necessary approprla-
ton. You, gentlemen, have it in your
power TO kill the government. leu
have it in your power, by Withholding
the two bills, to smite the nerve CEN
ire Of our constitution to the stiffness
of death, and you have declared your
purpose to do it, if yon cannot break
down the elements Of free consent that
= no to this time have always ruled in
the government.
! Mr.. Davis (N. c.: Do understand
) the gentleman to state that the refusal
70 admit the army at the polls will be
th- death Of this governDrnt' That
is the logic OF his remark, If 1t mean
anything. We say it will be the pres
ervation Of the government to keep the
army from destroying liberty at the
polls.
C MIR. Garfield | have too much re-
; spect for the Intelligence OF the gentle
l man from North Carolina to believe
, tLat he thinks that tina: WAS my afgu
l ment. My argument was this, tnat un
: less soLe independent branch OF tnt
l log gIslative power, a-alnst It's "iil, IL
forced to sign or vote what II does mol
j consent to, you will use the power III
your hands to
sTARvE THE GOVERN MEFT TO DEATH.
TN. Democratic conventions OF 1881
:, AMI 1860 affirmed the right OF veto
4 What wSuld you have sad II IN lool
the Democratic ms jority in the Senate,
- t..E thA which IL
+ did, had simply said, "We will put an
amendment on all appropriation bill de-
claring the right OF any State III tine
Union to secede at pleasure, and forbid
a din. any officer of the army or navy OF
e the United States from interfering with
3 any STATE In it.1purpose to Sc 'ede' Sup
y pose that Democratic majority had
: said then, "put that on these appro'
y priatiou bills or we will refuse sup
t plies to tn" government. Perhaps
I thew could have killed the government
'. then by starvation. But in the mad
!, ness of that hour the leaders Of the Sc
o c,ssion movement did not dream that it
= would b., honorable to put their fight
s ON that ground. but they walked out
o on their plan of battle and fought ii
It out, But now in way which the
= widest Of secessionists never dreamed
t of taking it is proposed to make this
= new assault on the vitals Of the nation.
It Gentlemen addressing the Democratic
" side of the House,)
v VIZ HAVE TRIED TO COUNT ThE COST.
We did try to count it in '6l, before
r. we picked up the gage OF battle. And
"a although no man could then forecast
Is the awful loss in blood and treasure,
II vet having started in We staid there tt
l. victory. W. simply made the appeal
IT. to our sovereign-to that great omuipo
,, tent public opinion in America-to de
=. t.rmine whether the Union should b.
shot to death. And now lawfully il
our right and in our place here W.
pick up the gage Of battle which 20,
OF have thrown down, and will appeal u
y, our common sovereign to say whether
rs YOU shall break down the principle o
y free consent in legislation at the pric
to of starving the Government to death.
az We are ready to pass these bills TO-
to the support Of the Government at an.
a hour when you will offer them III tn
Is ordinary way, and if you will offe
n these other measures as separate meas
a ures we will meet you in the spirit OF
r fair and fraternal debate. Bat you shal
is not compel us; you shall not coerce u
r. -even to save this government-unti
20 the que shon has gone to the soVereign
q determine whether it will consent I
r. break down any of its voluntary pow
T. ers. And on that ground, gentlemen
e' we plant ourselves.
at
nt If THAT THEN, WHY NOT THIS NOW