The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-04-10

debate In the Sen ate, and when II tinai
came 10 be scted upon in that body, this
about the way the vote ran: Every Dem
Graf In the senate vosed for it, and eve
Senator who voted against it was Repu
lican. No Democrat voted against il, b
q every Democratic Senstor voted for il. Wi
were they? MIR. Hendricks. Of Iniiana, NJ
Davis, OF Kentucky, Mr.. johnson, of Mar
land, Mr.. McDougal, Of California, NJ
Powell, Of Kentucky, Mr. Richardson,
Illinois, and Mr.. Saul..bury, Of DeIawar
There were lever Republican Senators WI
who voted Tor 1t than there we're who vote
sgainst 1t. Thirteep Republican Senator
voted against 1t, and only ten for it. tn
bill then came over TO the House, aud wa
put upon Its passage here. And how di
y The vote stand in this body? Every Demo
crat In the House of Representatives vote
for i,-sixty of them. The total number c
p rsoDs who voted for it in the Houre wa
about ll3 and of that nGmber a msj)rir
we're D'moCrsts. The disiinsUi-he
e Speaker OF the House, Ssmue
y j Randall, vote for it. The dis
' tipguishsd Chairman Of the Com
= mIttee On Ways and Means, Fernand
! Wood, voted for It. A distinguished mem
Der IRON Ohio, now senator from tina
E State, Mr. Penilet ton, voted for it. Every
man I'll leading name or fame ia the Demo
: cratic party, who was then in the Congress
OF The UGited STATES, voted FIR the bill
aud not one against it. 10 this House Their,
were but few Republicans who voted
against 1t. l was one of the few. Thad
deus Stevens voted agoirst it. What wa:
the obj-ct of the i'll at that time. Ii wa.
tins: 1t was alleged BY the Democrats
that, IN those DAYS of war, there was inter.
Terence with elections in the border States.
There was no charge of any interference
In the States where war did not exist. Bat
lest there might be some infraction of the
freedom OF elections, large number of
t.puoilcans IN Congress We're unwilling to
give any appearance Whatever Of interior
Ing with the freedom OF elections, and voted
| az iin-t this law ~ an EXPRESSION Of their
purpose that the army should not he i'm
properly used in snd about any election
| Mr.. >tePhens-I wish 10 ask the gentle
mn II the country il likely 10 be revolu-
tloniz-d and the Govern ment destroyed by
| repeating d law that the gentleman voted
against. Laughter On the Democratic
side
Mr. Garfield think not, sir. That is
not the element CT revolution that have
been discussing. The proposition now is
mat fourteen years have passed since the
war, and not one petition from any Ameri-
can cltlz-n has come 10 els asking that the
law be re. ealed; not one memorial has
found its way To- our decks complaining of
the law, and nos the u mocratic House Of
X representatives hold that If they are not
usrnIIitd To force on another House and
the executive, ag inst their will and agaii Il
Their consent the repeal Il law that the
ID m"crsts made, il shall he suiii Client
ground for starving this government.
Mr.. Wort, Of New Gurk-B.fore the
gentleman leaves that part Of this discuss
ION, desire TO ak hiGn wheth,r he wishes
TO Ike the Impression on this II usP tha.
the bili introduced b. Senator Powell oil
Kentucky, which re-nited finally in the
law Of 1863, was The bill thst passed the
Senate and the Hons, which he stated that
the pre-en- speaker Of The House and nv
sell voted in favor Of.
Mr.. Glrtield have not intimated tina;
there were no ameniments- there were
smeF dm-nts.
Mr. W. ID wish to correct the impres- |
sion. l deny trat 20 lar a. | am psr-on Ily |
concerned | ever voted for the bill exc.pt |
"a SUb-lIiute for Il more pernicIDus and |
Objectionable Moisture. Applause On the |
De aocraiic side
Mr.. Garfield All say il matter Of |
record. What say il that the geutlem an
voted flr that law, and every Democrat in |
he Senste and III The House who voted al
all voted for il.
Mr.. Wood want to ssk the gentleman
whether. III 1860, at the time of the passing
of rhi- law, The war had really vet subsidized
whether there vas not a portion If this
counrrs in condition where it was impos-
-ible 10 exercise an elective franchise un
less there was some kind If military inter
ference; and VIII Their, AZ the expiration Of
IA years after the war has SUBJ ded, that
gentleman Is yet prepared TO continue
war measure in time of profound peace
in the country?
Mr. Garfield I have no doubt that the
psiri0tlc gentleman from New York took
all those things into consideration when h.
v"tei for that bill, AID | may have been
uupstriOtlc In VOTE g against il, hut he and
l must stand On oTr record ~ made up |
Lei 1t BE- uniers'n, d III AZ | have not at all
catered into the discussion of The merits OF
the case. / am discussing method Of
revolution against the Constitution Of the
United States.
THE PEOPLE NOT CoEIC-D IN 1850.
i desire 10 ask the forbesranca of the gen.
'iem-n on the other side for remarks ,hat
dislike to make. for they will bear witness
that | have in many ways shown INV de-ire
lhtr the wounds Of the war IN III be heai,d d,
NJ that the grass that God plants over the
graves Of our dead ma sIgnslizs the return
# the Spring Of friend hip and peace be.
ali - n. I |
compel ed bv the necessity Of the sit a.,
na,Ion 10 refer for 4 moment 10
chapter of history. The lat act of
iIouse eishieen years ago was stirring .
-oni. d. Then the Democratic party said =,
ri you elect your man as President OF the =,
United S,aes, We will snoot your Union ,
to death" Aud The people Of this couu-
try, MT willing to be coerced, but believing |
they hsd right 10 vote for Abraham Lin .
,oln, ii they chose, d d ei,ct him lawfully |;
rol OF The IN joriry III The other wing of !,
he capitol, did .he heroic thing of With y
irawiug from their seats and !
mortal battle. We called il re- !
1
Irabie, that il was courageous, and that it .
s a. noble TO give us the fell gage OF battle, 7
and fight it out in the open field. That
conflict, and what fol owed, we all know too I,
Seli; snd TO day, after eighteen years. the :
book Of your domination is opened where
7ou turned down your leaves in 1860, and !,
'ou are signalling you return TO power
~ re iding the TT cond chspter mot this
bSrala np.l that Il. bot, e
We do not let you da-h statute out Of the =
,pok-not shoot the Union to death as in /
he fret oh spter but stsrve il TO death by :
'.tn-ing the necessary appropriations a
Applause on the Republican side You, .
,entieman, have it in your power TO Kill :
his movement You have il in your pow 4
r, by Withholding there two bills, TO smire !,
he nerve centres of our constitution to the q
Iilness of death; and YOU haN e declared ;
'our purpose to DO it if you cannot break
'own thu elements of free consent that, up h
o this time, have always ruled 10 the gov !,
.rnment. a
.Ess HONORABLE THAN THE SECESSION .
PLAN.
In 1856, in Cincinnati, in TIE National d
)emocr attic Convention, and sill lser, in n
$50, the National Democracy in the (
Jni;ed States affirmed the right Of the veto .
IL one of the sacred rights of our Govern i
nent, and declared that any law which q
,ould not be passed over veto by two b
hird- vote, had no right to become law, Vi
md III al the only redress was an appeal 8
rom tie veto to the people at the next S
ieciion. Thst has been the Democratic c
locirine on that subjec from the r.motsst
iay-ceriainlv from Gen Jsckson's time q