New-York tribune., 1879-05-10

49, House in advocacy of the Silver bill, The
o.torort TO force a settlement OF the Indian
Territory is still going on.
THE DEBATE IN THE SENATE
--n,crs FROM THE REMARKS OF Mr.. EDMUNDsAND
cu,NpLER-THE VOTE on THE CAUCUS
DILL ,BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRlBrNE.l
,,..o,,,,,crox Nav 9-SenatOr Edmundsis not an
- Donbtless he might be, but he never tries
- No tbrong Of pleasure-seekers crowds the
.r,oios and stand around in the corridors when he
onroprced for a speech; and nothing save the
- attention of the most tEOuChtful men III
a. Senate marks such an occasion as
ON unusual event. IT, however, ono familiar
yritb public affairs, whatever might be his
,o,itical opnions were asked, which Of all the men
n nublie life could by the mere weight of his eX-
,~essed opipior exert more influence for or against
arv new political measure which might be attract
;prpubrc attention than any other man, the an
sy,sr would certainly be George f. Edmunds Inc
sreecb of Mr. Edmunds of to-day Will not be widely
read bv the masses, but it contains the mateIlal
fr which viii be drawn the texts for the speeches
Of less studous men whenever the present pollucal
scenes are made the subject of public discussion.
The first hour in the Scuate to-day was taken up
1,v tbc reading from the Clerks desk of passages
from the Constitution and from the published
opuions Of its framers from the statutes enacted to
give if effect. and from the opinions of eminent
statesmen of later times bearing upon the question
at issue in the present discussion The books con-
taining these passages many of which were only
sentence OF two in length. sent one after an
other 70 the desk by Mr. Edmunds. who designated
the passages, and with q few words OF pertinent
comment at the end of each connected the whole
into broad and solid foundation for the super
structure of his speech.
The speech was eminently legal IN its character,
and fair and courteous in its tons. No one inter-
1upted and no one replied to it. The perOration of
the Senator was foTcible and eloquent. He said:
Is there any one Of the three amendments that those
men as body did not oppose Has not the same body
az men in aud OF Congress in ana out Of season,
frce snv Of fbsSc amendments7 Now for the first
time you denOUnCe the authority of Congress under the
Constitution 90 regulate the election OF its own mem
bers and by the refnements OF sopisies you seek 70
fritter the words OF The Constitution ana thls III
j. there not now before us scheme to
take away the iurisdieton OF Federal courts Courts IN IN
respect 10 appeals from state Courts and another 10
take away the right remove cases wherein the rights
OF citizens Of t9s United S5G5 % are ar sre from rom
going stop have faith Mr. President, that some,
where, spite OF threats and menaSes theTe VII sun
be found the supreme power OI the CVnsIIulIon @
that will stand like bulwark against the waves
of overthrowing this Government; and when
at last you from these emotions that nope are
bi Won viii have hat peace only when you shall have
by deeds q, we'll s %ori and the
free light of free speech and free vote everywhere
After the Senator had concluded his speech,
Senator Blame spoke briefly.
Senator Chandler then rose and said:
History Mr. President, is repeating itself. 1t has
been said that the old Bourbons learned nothing and
forgot nothing This, sir, is prominently true Of the
iS5 the Bourbons had absolute control of
ment-both houses Of Congress, the White House, the
xrlp1 nf nj
under their control You had majority IN this body,
majority in the other, when you brought up the re-
peal the Missouri Compromise. and you forced your
then, you are forcing them now 10 vote Tor hat
repeal, and you did IT by caucus dctaton Then sir
YOU pushed your Northern allies until you crowded
In 1s57 Wien irst took my seat in this body with
Mr. Jefferson Davis, there were here fortyOur Demo
crdts, twenty Republicans and two independents Or
these Democrats twenty eight were from the south ana
sixteen from Northern states. Then as now, the
Independents In this body upon every question con-
nectd with slavery voted with the South. You
Gus then decreed that stephen A Douglas because he
asserted that he did not care whether slavery was voted
up voted down. should be degraded from the chair
Inanship Of the Committee Territories, and there
but three Northern Democrats out of the sixteen
who dared TO resist caucus dleatlon ana you degaded
him and put him of from that committee An SIR,
then you crowded your men on the bridge, ana they
forever.
From California YOU had 2; from illinois, from In
Sns the pSmocrste senat0Ts from the North who
Obeyed aud those who did not obey caucus dotatoul:
a. ", 4
from oregon, . from Pennsylvania. from Rhode
Island, (which made the 10 Sir, of these 1G MEN,
the surface OF the waters of oblivion. You crowded
them of the bridge You compelled them to vote for
Would not sustain Sir. to-day you are doing
the selt-same thing. To-day you pg,,o have IN
and Independent. To-day. as twenty-five Years ago.
all questions connected with state rights the lnde-
pendent party unit votes with the Democratic
bow. T%eive Of them are from the NorthNffom Cali
1 . Indiana NeW-JeI-
bsy 2 now as then then o from ON ONO YOU
now and you had then from Pennsylvania now, and
you had Il thenj from Rhode Island you had then,
now you have none, but you have from Connecticut
now and then you lad noIe ana you have l ron
New-York Mr.. President as said to-day. history Is re-
OF The bridge aud the OF today, the men of 81,
viii sink into the waters OF oblivion, to rise 10 more
Look at the elections of this year. Look
sv a. '6f Of ae GhsBse s @ & s e people 'g are pS S o
oughY aroused TO-DAY against THE doctrine, THIS heresy
proposed pension jefferson DAVIS, and single
one OF your Northern alice voted 10 pension him. You
with Washington and all the patriots Of the keyOluuon
aud every one OF your Northern allies voted aye"
were poor that you suffering, and we found you
poor and suffering We found YOU ragged ana poor ana
We clothed YOU. We put you the robe OF Anlerl-
citizenship which you had forfeited, ana we ked
1Or you the ated calf ana invited you 10 lne le1st NC
supposed that after being clothed you were In your
right mind but when invited you 10 the feast, you
tad I've have always owned that calf and we are not
Aud now you inform us that you are going to repeal
all that the Republican party has done. What is this
sob that you have undertaken You are goiIns 70
undo all that the Republican party mas done. Mhere
will you begin viii you be gin at AppomatO1 or be-
fore Ii is very important 20 know where YOU Will com
mence and then 10 know where you propose 20 stop.
You have undertaken very large JoD lVr
q party Of your size, and what Will TIE people
say who are T. eft as judges 9p0n your your
acts You have undertaken iounscat man In TINS D0ly'
but you win deny that yOu have undertaken the J3D
You say you have simply undertaken TO nyeslgate 'he
ease OF Senator this floor that has been deOded by
the highest tribunal Sr there are twelve Senators on
that side OF the House that every man on THIS SIDE DC
eYes has poorer Ute to his seat thau the hohOlapie
senatOr from louisiana We believe that BY IiSud ana
Violence you occupy your seats Ia this BODY Now show