, 1879-06-06


ner In which the bill had been hurled ti,ru,,p,
tho Committee and the Senate could not rcfus,
70 postpone the further consideration Of III,
bftl until tomorrow, that he might hAyo nm On
portunlty to cxatntuo It ieforc llo speaks agatns
It's passage. Other senators will doubtless
The caucua which had to be postponed wsl
ea!lea ttat tile opponents Of the Warner lfl q.
Inc Senate Committee on Finance might he dis
S1pi!hetl into voting in eonlfnittue t0 report It.
5nouia thla tall. an attempt will f,o made In the
Senate to take the bill from the Committee Oh
Finance, and pass It. as tho Ohfu Dcmocrutft
leaders say That a,vcto Of the hiIl by Keoublfc,
an President will help their ticket.
THE DEBATE.
... n tbs TVta.tFn Assoetaftd prtts
NY MAsm'Noros; n1 u: T.. June b.-l5, vote Of
by NJ. Bayard, from the Judiciary Coln1ntttua,
relating to 5urles md the repeal OF aecs. Nl.
$40, md 82l Of the Revised Statutes, was takcn,
.Mr. Hampton, after briefly supporting tic
Dill spoke upon general political issues.
In the course Ut hls speeeii air. liatnpton stfi,t
TINT be would not, In any event, vote to deny
the necessary appropriations to support the
army nn4 Departments OF tho Government.
1ority IN Congress-. al1d were responsible for
wtat they approved mud supported ae wei, as
for what they suggested. Mr.. Hampton could
not cfain to speak N leader Or l,ts party,
out, speaking for himself, hc would never try 10
enlelu hiEnsolf from the consequences OF his &C.
tlon behind aty man OF party. II the policy sup
ported b. him wns revolutionary and trpaaona-
bic, be was reyolutlontst anu truitor. but
what policy IL before Congress worthy Of such
Continuing, Mr. Hampton said: By 90 yoto
Of mine will the appropriations necessary for tic
efficient maintenance Of the army bu refused Il
u cotnpetcnt for Congrese to declare under
what Limitations n'l.l upon what conditions those
HnNfnrffHfjrfH Ah01 ha A1n
which this II done regard as tmnatcral lu
my Judgment 1t would have been best to
ADuEnE TO THE oENRnA1 ronu,
but, as tt has BEEN deemed advisable to make
thu necessary appropriations in another lna,I-
ner, shall, In order to secure urantm1ty.
But Ia no event can consent to aid In disbandrg
tue army ortnpaftng IT. efficiency. ltts the army
Of the South as well as OF the North; It is tAu
army OF tue whole country. In It's history from
the days Of the Revolution, through Its achieve
llayo soino reason, By right Of my birth md
blood, to be proud. In tic lnte civil eoutest,
on many bloody field, tested its vator, anl
no word or net Of mite shnll deprcc1ate It's
yalue or Iesseu It's usefulness. Because l 80 ro-
gard It, no act OF nllno shall tend to degrade #
from tta high rank. will not 40 legslate TINT
against Its own honorable instlucts ard tradi-
t!ons It shall be an Instrument OF tyranny in
tl;e hands OF any fictitious party or any Executive
It: Nor Shall assent, because of any differences I
OF opinion between the minority mud minority,
to close the courts OF Justice Ur einbarrass lii.
necessary and orderly life OF tho Government.
,..i's., lhe constltution haa provided means By
mined, and It te for the people to decide whether
tEe Pres!lent1al veto las been wisely USED to
uefeat the Will 81 ConEtcss, which represents
tac majority ot the people.
Af. hampton proceeded to say that ho had no
a"tcnuon 10
xMnARRAss TIE ADMINISTRATION.
While lie himself considered the nroyts,on. NJ
the bills as Just, he recognized tie dtfJicnlt
position IN which the EXECUTIVE found himself
-Mr. Qa1npton's people femcn,bcrcd thut il, n
critical period Of their blstory, when auy inju-
dent, hY u, conscientious construct,on Of his
duty, rcmoved tho Untttl statca trot,nss ram
Louisiana und South Carolina, thus enabIi,r
thu puuple to restor1 their lo:at governments to
those WHO rcpreaented. tue Lopuiar viii, Us well
rs the ehasaeter,4s Intelligence, mud
property Of tlie,ul two Htaset. Fnr
tlila wise ind patriotic arfon
la was grateful, aul:Hhia III tho necessary
pntty d!ifercnees which must arso III d free
cy Vi wicl, Tic President WIS % III rcprese1,tn- M
I've, that opposition would not bo caDtious nnr
Iucil rs to drive the President jutu coaiition
With those who would muddy trompln an tit.
lights Of the people III their struggle to rotain
Mr.. Hampton said bis party was now deuounc-
ID for Wishing to rcssrict thc Feierni ,,so ~
roops, though, men hiph in tbs RcnnIinn
,ayty, whose words he quoted. had nisn nnintsI
nut aud DENOUNCED The al,uaca a,'tl ,janrsr T.,
heir use. -
Continuing, he sntd there waa n u,fde.n,.od
octriue That the result Of lin War mi harr ~
1crcaso tho atrcnrth mn, fitnctions ~ ~" E,,, ~
raj GOycrn,ncnt. nnri that ~ r,t,,raI .,,,aa
encc It could rirhtjv uso tl,r ,rincrv ~ ~
Government, tucjl,ditiy thn nrny tn rnnilr1n sA@
.,,r,1 . rs.,-,, ,,o,,,,.,
NJ 49," AuD.o fo"An.
!, Nal. Hampton taouRnt the War had not /
aaneea " ny way tiio relative powers Of The
sates auu Ouluu. oae ot Stl1c principal factors |
! nuF auecess anu growth aas beGn tie play OF
'ea1 governmental! lt!1aanccs. 1t E9s not tho
n.AGulate ae!,oa o. u11 army tlmt he fcared,
" lhat ~ ultimate elect ot its mIauso would
nr,.." o,,1 1.";.,atio, n M VIZ ~ Woulu
.u1acut uowsr to otertero IN anv wat. WY WY
|cetIotl1. It was batter 10 l,ave tnrh,lc,rn IL
no or tet, great cties Than IN IIave miI.aru dns
otlsm it, tEe ,whoje country. II lad hccn' ca,r.
la!t,cd that tunfedcrute nfiiccra were s"nt hnr.
j lccssotoTa. .Ncarjv avery mnn +, I'm sn'.,t
ore 9rtus, uud sbo could artiIv h. bin,nc'f ~
'ust!rg her lptcreeta IN nns;,. +, thn.s tvi,1,
aked their liyra and fnrtnnes fnr hnr T., ,"a
o thouQht II tho Nnrtt haa - hnn,rsS - ~, T.,
ke tnGuuer those who fought her jMttles. thc
nhittered hv royjvsls NJ scct}on,i .trIra t, w
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