Daily globe., 1879-06-28

of United States marshals and their general
deputies. General debate on the bill was lin
tied to one hour. The debate was opened by
Mr.. Garfield. He grouped some of the leading
points made the present session on the Demo
cratic side. These propositions were that there
are no national elections; that the United
States have no voters; that the States excl".
slvely have the right to control electlons OF
members of Congress; that Senators and Rep
resentatives are State officers, agents or am
bassadors; that the United States have no au-
thority to keep peace within States and have
no peace to keep; that the United States IL not
nation but confederacy of States and tnal-
ly that the States are sovereign. He declared
that these propositions constituted the body of
doctrine mole extreme than has ever been
heard before except at the very Crisis OF Sc
cession. He believed these doctrines to be er-
roneous and vicious, and he proceeded to lay
down and to support by argument counter
propositions.
Mr.. Garfield went on to show the fallacy OF
the idea that States are sovereign, and declared
that the question had been decided IN the neg
ative not only by the supreme court in a long
list of decisions, but also by the great arbitra-
ment IF war, but that now it seemed that the
question was not to be allowed to stay settled
for the people had been told recently in the
South that tue Lost Cause" was not lost, that
the men who had fought against the Union
were not in conspiracy against it. In conclu-
sion, he predicted that the bill which had been
before wrecked in another hulk, was about
starting out q short, disastrous and 1gnoble
voyage.
Mr.. Hurd then took the floor to reply to Gar
field. In his reply he recapitulated the prin,
cipal points for which the Democratic
party has been contending. and.
in conclusion appealed confidently to
the patriotism of the country if on these issues
the Republican party were to be successful.
Such a result would mean the end of the re-
public aud the uplifting of an empire. Could
controversy. In Russia, Germ any or France
the result might be doubtful, but it could not
be doubtful here. Civil liberty could not per-
ish on its own Threshold and at its own fire.
side. The past and future protested against it
and what was of more practical value the Dem
ocratlc party protested. He could hear the
muttering Of the Anglo Saxon resolve against
it. He could hear the tread Of legions form
ing with the banners of civil liberty above
them. The contest was already begun and God
would give the victory to freedom and right.
The speech was frequently applauded on the
Democratsc side.
After further debate the committee rose aad
passed, yeas IS, nays 60. Though several
greenback members were present only one,
Stevenson: voted, he casting his vote in the
affirmative.
REvISIONS.
The Senate joint res; luton for the appoint
ment of a joint committee of the two houses
to take into consideration what changes if any
should be made in the mode OF collecting and
guarding the revenuea Of the government, was
referred to the committee Of the whole
CORRECTING ERRORS.
Mr.. Clymer. from the committee on appro-
priations, reported bill correcting the clerical
errors in the army appropriation bill.
Passed.
ADJOURNED.
MIR. Morrison, a question of privilege,
offered resolution for the final adjournment
of Congress, Monday, June 30th, at o'clock
p. NJ. On division the vote stood 80 to 49,
and the point, no quorum was made on the
Republican side. The yeas and nays were then
ordered and resulted yeas SO. nays 73. This
was a strict party vote with the exception or
Aiken. who voted in the negative. All the
Adjourned.
LADY CLERKS DISCHARGED.
WASHINGTON, June 27.-The lack of appro-
priation the legislative bills has made
necessary the discharge of fifteen lady clerks.