The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-25
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SENATE
SENATE

tle&Cuer WEBSTER, kaking an increase
her pension from so to $50 per mou,l
The lady WGs the only surviving Eepresel
tAliVe 81 Daniel Webster's family and be
been made poor By the destruction VI Ii
Manifold property. Referred 10 u
Committee on Pensions.
The discussion Of the Wallace resoluto
occupied the morning hour, after Whie
the army appropriation bill was taken up
aud AF. kRnklinR begun his speech, tn
floor and Kalieries being crowded
ME. CO1'ding began his remarks BY say
ing that Iuring the last fiscal year tn
amount OF national tax paid into the Treas
ury was S234, ,S3l ,46l. OF this sum $50,
10000 and \ traction over were col
lected under the tariff laws leVyini
duties on imported merchandise, An,
il03, 10000 and Z fraction on American
products. OF this total S23j ,OOO, 600, il
round numbers, the tWenly-seven State
that adhered 10 the Union during the Hal
paid S29l, l40,26s. The residue came trou
eleven States, namely: Alabama, Arkan
sas, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Missis
ippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas aud Virginia. These
eleven States paid SlS627, ,i92. OF thiI
sum more than 8. 500, 900 came from the
tobacco Of Virginia. DeduCting the latter
sum from the former and the eleven States
paid 81, ,l26, 1852.
This great sum was collected under Law.
The constitution require all bills for raising
revenue to originate In the House Of Rep.
resentatives. They are not recent laws
They have beenapproved and affirmed by
succeeding Houses and the lasttwo Demo.
cratic Houses were ruled over BY the
Democratic Speaker. The bills were re,
ported BY the Democratic Committee and
passed By Democratic majority. Both
Houses are Democratic and we hear OF no
purpose to repeal or suspend the existing
revenue laws. They are TO remain and
continue to Operateand take tribute OF the
people. II the sum Is to be less than 1t
was last year it will only be because the
tobacco tax has been reduced
This vast revenue is paid for three uses.
II is supplied In time OF great depression
and distress to pay the debt in which we
have been involved by the rebellion, to
pay the pensions Of widows and orphans
and cripples, made by rebellion, and to
maintain the government preserved at an
expense not to be estimated, Of life and
treasure. To exact money and then for.
bid the use for which the people paid it
would, indeed, be perfidious and abomni.
able. There was only one way that ii
could reach such uses and that is an ap-
preparation by law. The Constitution so
oriains. The Constitution permits no dis.
Cretion to u majority or to Congress,
whether it make needlul appropriations or
not.
The Constitution, however, does com.
init to Congress the discretion to ascertain
how much money is needed, but that done
the command to appropriate is positive
and absolute. The command to make an
appropriation is plain and preemptory
and refusal to do so is revolutionary and
reasonable. So, too, when the Constitu-
ton invests Congress with the power to
provide money to pay debts and provide
for common defense and general welfare,
the plain meaning is that Congress shall
do this thing and a refusal is disobedienCe
to the Constitution and subversive OF it.
II the members OF the Judiciary and
Executive departments failed to do their
duties under the Constitution they would
be liable to impeachment. II the mem.
bers OF the Legislative branch were like.
wise amenable to punishment for derelic.
ton OF duty, it would be braver il not
less guilty act to violate their exalted
trust. In ordinary times truisms like
these would be needless il not out OF
place in the Senate. They are pertinent
now only because an occasion has arisen
unparalleled in American history, and, 80
far as he knew, in British history. II a
precedent could be found it should not be
tn q country possessing a written Consti-
tuition plainly defining the rights OF all
living under it. 1t was not to transplant,
not to leave behind traditions oi the
struggle between subject and rulers, that
our foreiathers fled TO these shores. Il
was to render impossible here the caste
distinctions OF an ill.adjusted society.
He then referred to the speech Of Mr..
Davis Qlll, dropping into satirical
vein). Were rights secure? lie asked as
his friend had said when thousands Of
poor fugltives bravOd hunger, and posi-
bic death in their flight from oppres.
sion. "Nerily. order reigns in Warsaw"
The Republican party seeks peace and
prosperity everywhere, but disgusting the
truth will not bring It. The lullaby and
hush Of talk about the dying embers and
reconciliation had worked harm on all
sides it had created false sentimentalism
Mr., Blaine moved to strike out the sixth
section OF the bill. The motion was lost
yeas %, nays S5, strict party vote, as
follows:
YRAs-MOssrs. Anthony, Bell, Blaine,
Booth, Bruce, Burnside, Cameron Wis, !,
Chandler, Conkling, Dawes, Ferry, Ham.
lin, Hill (Col.), Ingalls,, Kellogg, Kirkwood,
Logan, Mcmillan, Morrill,, Paddock, Plat
Plumb, Rollins, Saunders, Teller-25,
N4Ys-Messrs. Bailey, Rayard, Butler,
Call, Cockrell, Coke, Davis (lllinoisl, Ea.
ton, Farley, Garland, Gordon, Groome,
Grover, Hampton, Harris, Hereford, Hill
tGeorgia), Houston, Jonas, Jones (Flori-
da), Herman, Lamar, Maxey, Morgan,
Pendleton, Randolph, Ransom, salisbury
Slater, Vance, Vest, Voorhees,, Walker,
Williams, Withers-S5.
Allison, Jones, Window, Etlmunds,
Hoar and Carpenter, who would other.
wise have voted yea, were paired with
Wbyte, Beck, Davis Nv. Va.), Thurman,
MGFherson and Mcdonald who would
otherwise havO voted nay,
Mr.. Blaine offered the amendment pre-
yiously offered and Withdrawn by him,
which is as follows-St the end Of section
6, TO add the following words: "Aud any
military, naval or civil officer, or any 9th.
er person Who shall, except for the pur.
pose herein named, appear armed with a
deadly weapon Of any description, either
concealed or displayed, within mile oi
any polling place where general or spe-
cial election for Representatives to Con-
gress is being held, shall on conviction be
punished with q fine OF not less than SSOL
nor more than 5000, or with imprison'
ment fo- a period of not less than sig
months, nor more than five years, or with
both fine and imprisonment at the discre
ton Of the court."
The amendment was rejected, yeas %
Mr. Wlndom offered the following
amendment 70 be added at the end Of tht
9Th section; "And any porson who shall
with intent 10 hinder, obstruct or prevent
free exercise OF right and Of suffrage, ap
near armed with deadly weapons Of AM
description, either displayed or concealed
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