Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-04-10

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tho government the responsibility would DO
on tho President und not Upon Congress
He concluded: Ii the attempt to break the
chains of tyranny from the pcopIo was rev..
olutiou, it was revolution which tie
people would applaud, but he hoped that
the President would not attempt to coeroe
Congress. lie hoped that in republican
America the spectacle would not be pre-
sented Of the highest officer Of tho land put.
ting himself between the operation Of the
government and the people.
Chalmers, of Mississippi, followed in
answer to GarGeld's remarks of Saturday,
aud denying the statement of tho latter
that the Southern Democrats of 1861 had
threatened to shoot the Uoiou to deoth.
In answer to an ipterrcgatory from Price,
Of Iowa. "Where was tie first gun frcd?"
chalmers s::,u the first gun was 6rod near
1iarper's Ferry, when Southern blood WAS
shed in tho soil. Loud applause on the
Democratic eide aud 10 tho galleries. He
then proceeded to declare that if the pro-
posed legislation was revolution then tho
Republican party had accomplished rcvoIu
ton after revolution. Ono of the most
Ubiquitous acts of usurpution ever perpe-
trated by tho Republican party was the
attempt to violate the constitutional right Of
the President 10 the act which President
johnson protested ngaiust. In continuation
OF his speech he cluimed that he had struck
TO the ground the declaration of the gentle
man from OHIO (GarGcld) that the Demo
cratic party was the inauguration Of rcvo.
lutionnry methods Of legislation. and showed
thut it was the purpose Of the Republican
party to stnrve the government unless it
was permitted to stranglo freedom of
election at the polls. The name of rcvoIu
ticn has no terror for US. Sncering demon.
strations on the Republican, side We
leurned to love it in our childhood. 1t
brings back to US that grand struggle for
freedom when our revolutionary ancestors
left their footprints stamped in blood in the
SHOWS Of Valley Forge, 80 that we thoir
children "mny take heart again" whenever
the hour Of peril shall come upon US
Mlitury despotism now threatens us on
every side Troops have been assembled
at the polls to intmidato free people at
elecio Troops have been assembled at
tho Fedeaal capita! to intimidate the
House of Representatives. in counting the
electoral vote. The battle cry of 1880 has
been already started a government of
law is not to be administered by the judci-
ary, but with an army strong enough to
enforce it. Whenever it comes to the
question between freedom and despotism,
the Democratic party will be found standing
where our ancestors stood in l776.
Gonger, of Michigan--l desire to ask
the gentleman from Mississippi whether the
second revolution of 1861 had any tcrrors
for him.
Chalmers distinguished gentleman
is exceedingly witty, History tells US that
English kings were in tho habit of keeping
testers at court with the fools cap and tcIIs.
1t seems that Republican Congress has
supplied itself in the same manner laugh
teri; hut instead of the FOOLS cap and ling
lirg bells, which might perhaps suit very
we'll, it has dressed its jester in swallow
tails. Loud laughter on tho Democratic
side
Cunger-I asked tho heroic gentleman
from Mississippi plain, civil, simple qncs
ton, and iostend Of answering he jumps
upon his music box and makes grmaces to
the country and to the House. CCouoter
demonstrations on :he Republican side,
members clapping their hands ADD in.
dulging 10 loud laughter for q considerable
time
Chulmers-Tho gentleman is mistaken
shall certainly oot undertake to play
game at which any monkey can beat me.
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Frye, of Maine, next obtained the floor,
and made speech Of considerable length
in defense Of the Republican party, and
charging the Democracy Of the South with
numbering citizens. IIo declared TINT the
Democratic party would not get control Of
the capital, and that it had as much as il
could attend to keep possession of the
House.
There was much feeling manifested in
the debate, which was further participated
in by Steele and Davis, Of North Caroline
Hooker, Of Mississippi, Carlisle, Of Ken
lucky, Hurd, of Ohio, and others.
| MIR. Hurd said if anything had been
settled BY the Legislation of the last quarter
of century it was that general legislation
itself might be attached to an appropriation
bill, and certainly no ono would dispute tho
proposition that measures ia regard to
economy and bearing on tho revenue were
required TO be originated in the House.
The House was tonight insisting that these
Objectionable measures should be repealed.
tie should not speak to-day of the test oath
bill, but oolY Of the two ibeusures that relate
to elections, because they were both gov
erned by tho sauo principles, and both
must be settled by the same constitutional
doctrines. Tho House insisted that the
law should be amended so as to prohibit the
use of troops at tho polls, end that super.
visors of elections appointed by Federal