Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-04-23
VOL. 5S--WH0LE NO. 2,6lS.

III. ~. NO. II. MAKING fnft fcx thn .r
port Of the Army for tho fiscal year ending Jun
So' 1850, and for other purposes
Mr. BLAChBURN said;
Mr.. CHAIRMAN, trust that in wha
| may have to submit for the consider
ation OF this committee | shall in n
wise derogate from, or lower tho plan
oi harness anu dignity with which, i
tne man, TINS discussion has been cor
Quoted by my colleagues on this sid
OF the chamber l trust that no u'
lerance OF mine Will give color to tn
charge tnat IN my Judgment any sec
uonal question IS involved in the con
sloeration oil the issue before this com
mit'ee'
10 not lntend, sir, 10 be persona
10 ahything that may say. There ha
como from different members CT tn
otner side OF the House during this de
oa.o that, whion IN my Judgment, re
qu'fes ana merits notice, and shal
go oack, before shall have finished
several days to reply as best | may h
.ne poihts that nave peen made by th
o,stingulshed gentleman from Ohio
mr. 1arheid'I take 1t, sir, that no
oouy ~ surprised at the appearance o
the honorable gentleman from New
Jersey lSlr' hobeson'] This maj
hooeson, VINO IS now member OF Con
gress from new Jersey, was Grant,
secretary oil the Navy, and was sharl
enough 10 escape impeachment, whei
MS Drothor war Secretary, Belknap
went under ana was disgraced; and
hooeson had his Just dues, he would b.
serving term IN the penitentlary in
stead Oh IN Congress.-ED. REP. whC
| last occupied the floor This dehat,
would not have been complete or fairl,
rounded out, unless some member o
the privy council of that imperialisti,
dynasty, under whose administrator
these yery vicious practices grew mn
which IL Is now sought bv this amend
ment TO repeal should have appeareo
upon this floor TO testify m their he
half
1t is charged. sir. rot that the amend
ment under consideration, involves oft
self an unconstitutional piece of legisla
ton, but. il is urged by various distin
guisbed members on this floor that il i,
revolutionaryinits its character; thatithal
no proper place on an appropriation bill
that il is out of line, and deserves tb,
condemnation of tho House because L
is an exotic in this connection ant
should have been considered as an in
dependent bill. 1t is charged further
that tho tendency and operation OF Il
will be to restrict the power of th,
President as Commander-in-C Chief o.
~ ->."y ~r a. u-i.-i ST.
NOW, Mr. chairman, ne IS put pool
student OF TINS conntrys history wn'
IS not apie 10 satisiy nlmseii that IRON
the very iormation Oh the federai Oon
stitution down TO thepresent timeitha'
ever been held, ana that py the hlghes
authorities oil the ,and ana never sue
cessfully denied, that IL was powel
not only OF tne American congress Du
power oil TINS House 10 controi I'M
employment OF the Army Dy a with
holding OF supplies
The debates upon theiormatlono OF I'M
Federal Constitution, which lie beior'
me, snow tnat Ine uriShVesI intchoou
assembled IN that convention asserted
this doctrine IN It's proadest terms an'
no man dared gainsay u. IL Is one o
those features oil English iiperty ina
come down TO US py ADOPTION.
II was so stated IN the dspates upol
the formation oil tAls instrument, al
gwen to us, that IL Is ever ana away
has been n the power oil the House 0
Representatives,, by copying the exam
pie OF the House oil Commons oil I'm
gland in withholding supplies, 10 con
troll absolutely the employment anI
conduct OF the Army iou may iol
low that theory down at snort inter
walls, and in lsls when an Army ap
preparation Dill was considered an'
passed in this Chamber and It was pro
posed to restrict the power OF the Pres
ident by specifying the purposes u
which the appropriations should be ap
piled, the very same argument wa
made against it then that our friends
upon the other side hurl against u
now.
1t was upon that occasion that MI
Mercer, one OF the brightest anon
the lawmakers of the Government Q
his day, asserted upon this floor, with
out encountering contradiction, that
was in the power OF the House OF kep
resentatives to withhold supplies alto
gether for the maintenance OF tn
Army II, indeed, that should becom
necessary to control its operation l
was then that one whose patriotism
has never yet been questioned, thougl
1t has survived through the create
portion Of q fading century only y
grow brighter as the ages go Dy-i
was then that not only KENTUCKY Du
American groa, oon'iono' ~. my ~
declared IN nus burning worus ~ W e'o
aucnco' u's1,ou a "n.io aI "" ~ ao ;.sre % ,r;,, I
ne was loauy " Va ~sv naa,. hiu, @ IJ ) iii, vii, M
.ne LAeous,so c.,e., I'a soaaos oer [ ;noarnor"ts'
.nc o'Jco,'onao'o ,'"s',1. ,a. m. E.dpn,;ra I
ln ~ anu 60. ~ say ~ !. .n' h,, scJ ~ vou a
o,gn' VI i9,'.' 'vsIs" aIs ,tas ~ 49,
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swer 70 YOU s"an ~, h"a nv .'",, ,.ro,,at s a.
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history oi .n's uo'ernn,.n. n",,,.,.;n na, ;,saj I
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"nicn gives 70 o1nRr.ss .no sas sI,s. :, y
pass .nese money a p,i'S 70 opros,uo 9s' os
lot ,nc supper. hnu ''a,asv aass;as ,s;,h ;
military es.ao'ish,"on', i"a. S nar, " &C. Co..
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