The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-04-18

Dem"cfatic foiicy la Cougress-A sting
ing ~ joinder Ca GARFIELD.
in the House Of Representatives on the "a
The Army Appropriation bill being unde,
consideration, Mr.. Blackburn said
lie was but "a poor student Of his copn,rv.,
i-tofy who was not able 70 satisfy hfm-el
That from the foundation OF the CONSTITUTION
uown - the present time II has ever been be ID
ihnu thht by the highest authorities Ia fhs
lant) that Il was IA the power of the House "a
control the employment Of the Army by with.
noininx supplies. In the very natufe Of things
the proposed repeal could not be revolution.
airy. Negative legislation wa. never revolu.
uonary- The Constitution did not give the
right 20 the President 20 send armed forces
ny, any state. even 20 suppress domestic VI
olence Nv no mean-. IL required the Presi.
ucnt - protect any state from invasion. but
on'y conferred upon him the right 20 send
s s1durrs " TINT state g suppress domestic
or the Governor should make a requi- ifion
upon him. lie was not permitted 10 anrlci
pate Domestic violence. Neither he nor tile
Legislature nor the Governor. Domestic yio-
lence must have been I'm existence and tpat
TACT must have been certified 10 him bv me
Legislature. More than nn@-fhird ~ all tue
permanent legislation affecting that arm of
the government had been put upon the STINT.
ute bnoks NJ riders upon AN Army approprsa.
tioh Diii IL lectures we're 20 be read to the
Democrats let them come from some utiar.
ter and some member not convicte,i IN
The record. Did the gentleman from Ohio
!1aril-id) remember the record ne
amendment 80
by Mr.. Wilson Of Iowa 20 an appropriati.n
bill proposing to reyolutfonize tine Judicial
system 81 the conntry-prnpo-ing 70 ROB the
co-ordi,sntc branch III tile GOyefnment-pro.
posing 20 strip the supreme Court of tne pre-
negatives and powers that the Federal ION
stitutfon had clothed il witns Revolution,
what Mas there that the party that gentle
man so ably led had not done in that eat
aloguc Of crimeSs In HIS speech saturday the
gentleman IRON ohio had CHI allen ged al com
ers 20 show single instance In tn. history 81
Nfl1sV In.a
tive had been cnerced- He (BlackburnJ ac-
cepted the gage OF battle which tue gentle
man had thrown down. Ne wonld read from
the record anu show him an instance: ON
the % Of March, ls6s. Andrew johnson mad
signed an Army appropriation bill under pro
test Was there no coercion ther-s Why. the
record was fnil OF Instances He found that
IN the Thirty ninth Congress that had occur
red which would never fade from the minds
o. the American people. lie referred to the
EFFORT which WAS made, which came 20 nigh
resulting IN the successful impeachmcr,r ~
the chit Executive of the country There
were two principal counts in this Indictment
on which y was proposed 60 impeach the Ia
ecutive. One WAS the exercise Of thu veto
power and the other his interf-rence-not In I
eiectionr-but 20 prevent interference Of the
Army power in elections. The count had been
yotef on more than once, and the gentleman
from Ohio was on record every time AZ vot-
ing In it, favor, and he had been supported in
his action. and had standing by him,
voting side by side with him 70 i'm. /
peach the President for the exercise OF the
veto pc wer one then comparatively Obscure
and who, but Tor combination OF accidens :,
would have remained to this day. and until /
his dying day. In that obScurity for which
nature and his Creator seemed 70 have de-
signed him. Side by side with the gentleman
from ohio, stood and voted Mr.. Have. Of the \
same state Applause on the Democratic side \
and In the gxllerie-l, and now by what sort III +
authority had the gentleman from Ohio come
g threaten the House with the probable and
possible action Of the Exec.tives what pro-
vision of the Federal Constitution undertook 7
10 ciothe any body. either the President him
sell or one Of hi- frivy Council even including Il
his Premier, the Secretary OF STATE 70 it, a.
he had done. on the floor Of the House last
saturday and by his presence aud approval
seem 20 fnt'midate, overawe and browbeat
The Amerlc an Congress lderisiye laughter on X
the Republican -idel- Referring Mr. Gar.
neId'- statement regarding Mr. Powell. Mr. 4
blackburn said. did not the gentleman from
20 wells bill had been incorporated in Il upou
motion OF senator Pomeroy. and that q .srv II
Democrat had voted against II. senator Pow
III among the number; IL was not candid. IL "a
vas not fair. for the gentleman frnm Ohio 10
,Iace the De statesman I'm such false posi-
Ion Let one take the darkened pages OF his
md Rad u carefully and tell M. then
whether II lies in the mouth 81 this
eader OF q once great but now waning
,arty 70 read lectures TO any body either on
rancouS introduction % legislation on an.
'ropfiatinn bills Better far, in the face ~
ne record which they have made. better 70
i-ten patiently 90 a confirmed in~briate as
IL dwellS on the virtues OF temperance or .
etter let the queen 81 the deml- monde elab.
rate on the beauties ~ female virtue. or let
ne devil pirate OF a scheme Of universal re- ,
cfnpti0n. than for homilics on good morals
nd lcci ure- on revolutionary legislation TO
e delivered from such source n [Appiause ,
n the Democratic side. Let II 10 70 the
ountry that one party IN this Congress as
crfs that the manacies shall fall from the
mb- ~ freemen, and that the Army snail :
oycrei n. and that the other party declares
hat rather than release its grasp il vail bring
~ Governments 20 starvation. and those
it'll whom stand identified are williag 20
cctnt the is-ue-aye. more. we 20 farther =
nd admit that we are the ones 80 make the 4
sue. aud we are ready for yOu 70 accept IL .
lanting ourselves on this broad ground we
elcomc controversy. For the fret time in
years the Democracy H. back in power In
9th branches Of Congress. We propose 20 2
-lebrafe our return to power by wiping from o
n freemen, and by striking away the U
nackle- Which partisan legislation has i'm
oscd. We do not intend 10 stop until we
ave stricken the last vestige Of your war D
Ieasnre- from tine statute book dixie those !
hich were born ~ passions incident 20 civil Z
rife. and which looked alone 10 .
v ahridxement 81 the liberties ~ the cifi-
nd until we have an untrnmmeied election
MI unsupervised ballot. and an absolute o
ee right for citizen t. depo- n his ballot a. u
condition. the precedent for which we offer Il
you Tor the passage OF this bill II the q
from Ohio T. 20 be excused (tor a
'rfnfnly he can not be- iustifiedl for parnding y
fore THE House the argnnscnfam In fcrrorenn '
a veto that - cut and dried % be put
pom bill which has not yet passed. and VI
/. ~ 10 he pnrtiontd for warming the House ID
int the Executive branch OF the Govern |,
ent will never yield its assent 20 this meas. =
q IN it, present form. ask whether may Y
u he warranted anu justified In EMPLOYING :,
Iual candur In assuring that gentleman and 4
: associates that the dominant power in n
~ Congress, the ruling element ia this
'dy. s. also equally determined that until its
- dem ands. sanctioned by all laws. human
~ divine protected and hedgcd around by
cccdent- without number. de nanded b. the
suple OF this land without regard 20 section.
amored for not BY the Soutn alone. but in