, 1879-04-24
IN THE HOUSE.
nOpESON'S BrEECH,


In THE HOUSE.
nopEsoN's srEEcM.
spteta' Dtspaseh to I7t Trtbhns.
WASHINGTON, d. e.. Aoril "3.-The speech oi
cx-scrsetasy Robcson upon tic Legislative bill
was tic great spccr!, Of tho ay aud Of tic dc.
,,,,. st,or ,nn,,tl, ~ tnit snoonn ,,,ot
s,s a., 1fa,ao n ~ ,,r, % ~ .,r"n, snoo"h
nous .he llouse Ios t"o nonss IL arsa. spsevn. .,
Yet Tor two houfs alr. Robcson commanded the
uu.lviicl attention of the House, Democrats
a,nl kcpublIcaus alike by the foree of Ills logic
and no,rer tf bie e1ouucncc It Was the StJopg-
rst ,sna,,,,tIo,,o, NJ. ntlc IN cItber aida
~ ~ ,,,o n"s. IT, w.. s' mo sneeh ] ,ych IN ~.
cry point is imprcgnab!e, and which places tlIe
Democracy Of tic South In a position from
,yhtrh there ia M cscane It was spcecl, wllIef,
tl,o o1a Cnnfc1crotc l.nlcr. nnnla,u1cl and for
which at tue close thu aolest mea among tncm
lasscned to
EXTEND THEIR PERSONAL CONGRATULATIONS
to Mr., Kopesyu. It va, I, strong, Logical, com.
pact' powerful presentation OF t1e hepuotean
case. IL proceeded upon the assumption tllnt
the United States is O nation; tl,at tt hat lfm-
itrd nnwcr, hut limited in number only. and
HUI Ill ue"9ec' '"t ""nni 'tc ''n''s ~ lo
powers It Is suprc1ro n''d absolute, anu that TO
Tint supremacy everything within tic boundaries
~ tho inlnn tnust hc suhtectcd nu,1 that notl,-
'no oon ass ~ .,:',1', ~. | s,,,, ..anors,
ls's put supeFso! tolec enoal" VI ena'4 pteFe""
t1le execution Oh its powers applfcu to tue PRES
ent situation.
| Mr.. Kobcson's argument was TINT tic power
Ut tic United States to mako controlling rcgula-
tions rs to Federal elections In the States Is con
stlttlonol. t1at IN n,, rs,,anrc NJ that authority
tt'sn.lo"al; rnat ~ pu.so4neo w. ..'ls au1ay ,
tlae Feacsal hleet'on la~s aoVe peeh passea' li'1
| siIOu5.D NOT B8@nE1'EALRD.
| Mr.. Rpl,cson's concluding paragraph, In which
In ,nnca1c,] In Tim So,lth In acrrnt the dccls}on
~. w. ~, ,,,o e,,os,;o, ~ stot. snvorafv,.
of The War oil lAe question OF otate oo7eFe'sn-
t., WIS ore OF the l!nest passages delivered IN
| Cuugrrss since tho War. Without q word Of
hh,stcr. witi,put tbrcat, without reference to
49,. t1,a, .t,rt ho nlaro,, III" nm, ,f I'm sortt
upon tlcar honor a1ls ehtfeatea tlle!h 10 aecept
liz logic OF events, and not to open In ls73 thc
| tu,ok where they hail closed Il Iu 1861,
Mr. tfobrton, for new member, lias achieved
,rc,t on,.rcss nr1 In. nlacr1 h,tnsrlf IN the
eea. easIse, ~ a." .'' 1,".,,aa ,na,,ors,,n H..
front rank u the Republican leadership. nc
corrected one erroneous Impression taat llas
rrcyaElctt 4iucc Gen. Gar1cll'h speech on thu
| Arr,v hItt Tn sntd I'M Ronuf,lirans warn
n',. w.. ~, ~a.. .t.tton -. =, Tho ar,-
""'''R W 'opsa1 ~. .,'a 80 ,..,. ~.
rloyment oi tl'e army AZ tsc po'ls' out 'hat
they "cfe noI "1'ln', W 'aao o"as '''e po"e'
Of thu judiciary A.d civil o!lcors 70 epto1eo Tic
lava.
rIn,ov ~ n,,,o c,oscd fin dct,ato tn.1ny in a
I'll uy' ..,. -. s.,'t''.. t.,asos.
"eaA specct' "'t"ou1 'utc'eo1t
Mr.. Fort, Of Illinois, reviewed thu history Of
In. .nun,rv t,nrr n. Var nml drew tla ron.
'"s 49,. w. n.... ,,., ,.,.na, ,,.,,,.".
enso tni @ a.aaiis, nv !t.1nsnI -" t"s .x"E
Ill., ase ELL r;.a. ~ n ~ WY r,35r1, nsss =,
Ihei. Messas; sapp, ne%csnS, % ,,,o. n,M HF1, ~ ~
1twa, oh.@lilea !sava 70 fFlt , spGsecs. tnu a',l
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