The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-04-17
RATIONAL CAPITAL.
Mr.. Blaine Arises TO Remark Upor
the Army Appropria-
ton B II.
He Gives Expression to His
Ideas Theron in His
Usual EIoquen.
Manner.
a Logical, Concise Statement OF
the True Facts in the
Case.

Case
WASHINGTON, April II After Tie usua
morning business, consideration was resum
ID Of the army appropriation bill, Mr.
Blaine having the floor.
Various memorials ard bills were intro
duced and appropriately reierrsd, among
them the folloSing:
By Mr.. NANCE-To amend 20 much
Of the civil appropriation act Of 1873, as
provided for the pay OF mail contractors in
The Southern States-5eiore the rebellion
By Mr.. MOSGAN-To amend the Con-
sti,ution in regard TO appropriations.
BY Mr. INGALLS-F8r the payment OF
the Indian war bonds o: the States Of Cali
fnrnia: ard bill To establish a judicial
district in the Incian Territory.
The Senate then resumed the considera
ton Of the army appropriation bill, the
pending question beng on Mr.. B!aine's
amendment, prohibiting the appearance
| within a mile OF the polling place Of any
person armed with a deadly weapon Of any
kind, aud Mr.. Blame addressed the Senate
lie said that the method adopted in the
pending sc.ion, 10 get rid Of the eight clos
ing words Of the section Of the revised stat
utes proposed TO he repealed, namely, 'or
10 keep the peace at the polls, was an unu'
sual and extraordinary me nod. The ordi
nary way to r'pesl single sentence IL to
strike out particular words objected 10; buf
the N de chosen IN this bill is 20 repeal and
Re enact 2 whole section, except the last
eight words lie WAS Persuaded this UNI
sEal course was not taken accidentally, but
de.igusdlv. II he might suspect, it
came Of cunning, the intent being
to create the Impre sion that the
Republicans, In the administration Of The
general government, had used troops right
and ltfs in every direction sni thai as soon
as the Democrats got toto power they pro-
cseCed 10 enact thI- Froh,buery sixth sec
tion, aud the Democratic stump speaker
w.ud jOub less make great political
capi al out Of this idea; whereas, every
word # it, fsnm fi-t 10 last. WAS The enact
ment 81 The Republican party. Whether in
I, ntiUnaly or not, The issue thus presented
vas P dishon.-t ure The law was passed
by a Republican Congress. There were
forty Xix Senators sitting in the Senate
Chamber ST tie time, Il whom ten or a
least eleven. were Democrats, and the House
Of Representative was overwhelmingly
Rep. bIica1. We wee 10 the iuidst OF war.
The Republican administration had a
million or = s-ihi7 ore million
two hundred thousand biy0uets al its com
mard, and under the caTcTm-tauces, with
the amplest power TO Interfere with cleo
tons, had they 80 chosen, with soldiers il
every hamlet and county Of the United
States Tie republican party themselves
placed II a on the statute book and Aba
ham Lincoln si.red il. lie a-ssd atten-
ton 10 the fact thst this WAS the first in
stance in the legislation of the United
States in which my destructive clause
whatever was put upon the statute books, in
regard to the u-e oi tro"P- n the poll; ard
that il was passed 10y the Republican party
aud signtG hy Abrsham Lincoln, when he
hsd more tr.oys und,r his control than
Napoleon BonapaT1e ever had. But the
point il, said Mr. Blaine, to strike on; the
lev words authorizing Gi!ed States troop
TO keep peace 1t the pills, and the country
ia alarmed, or, be would rather say,
amused at the effort made TO create
the impression that the Republican Psry
relied for Its popular strength upon The
u-e cf bsyone;s. The Democratic congress
has attempted, by raising an Issue false IL
every detail, 10 create this impression not
only 10 America, Int in Europe and |
the civilized w0Tld-that cleo |
tons IN this country are attempted 10 he |
by the hoyouet. lie denounced |
the issue a. false, aud, though rot AZ liber- |
~ TO say that arv gen leuan mixing II |
knew its fslsity, aad though he hoped they |
did not, he proposed - prove AZ utter |
lack OF foundation. he held il |
his hard an abstr: Ct al all tie troops OF IL.
L nittG States east ut Omaha, Tic. ud!ng the |
States bordering on the Mississippi river
on the west, embracing a territory popula
ted bv fOEty-une million IT least uGt oil the |
forty five millions supposed to be in this |
to-day. By this statement, he
showed that ia all the great territory, only |
, .29 soldiers are stationed within this do |
mann, foriy-tive fOrtihcaiiprs are manned |
and eleven arsenals protected. To every |
million OF people, there about sixty soldiers.
The honorable Senator from Delaware was |
alarmed about the over riding OF the |
popular ballot by the troops of the United |
5 ates; bat Their, Is nOt 4 sIrgls federal SOL
iier IN Delaware. The honorable senator
rom Wet ViTginis, Mr.. Hereford, spoke OF
lis State being trcdd-n by the iron heel Of
military despliisuI; but i there solitary
nan in the United ; at.s uniform on the
,oil Of West Virginia. In Mary and 1872
artillery men guard the entrance 10 Bllti-
nore's beautiful harbcr In Virginia there
= schooi OF practice I. Fortress Monroe
Outside Of that school there is not Federal
'oldi.r in the Safe There are but thirty
iOdiers in North Carolina, guarding fort
1t the mouth of Cape Fesr river
In South Carolins, there are zen artillery
men TO guard the entrance TO tie Chsrles-
on harbor There are Ia. n y-nire soldiers
10 Georgia and one hundred and eighty
NO in Florida. There j. not one In Ten
q, see, Kentucky or Mis- ouri. There are
lily -s.ven in Arkansas; ihirty-two IN
Alabama; two hundred and thiriy-nine in
Louisians. TIE great State OF Mississippi
las not one on It's soil, nor has Texas, tx
3ept those guarding the frontier On the Rio
irande. In the entire South, said Mr..
3 aine, there are ! 800 sll1ieT- TO intiml-
lsie, Overrun, oppress and destroy the
liberties Ct l5.0O0,0O9 Of people, in one
hundred and twenty three count!es,
1r not quite one soldier TO
sacn cou6ty-oEe solIicr to about 7C0l
square miles of territory, There WAS an
bid saying, he continued, that there were
in Rome WHO could not look
each other IN the face without smiling !:
and no Democatic Senators on the floor
,au 60 into the cloak room and look each |
other In the face without smiling. or rather
blush ing, over this talk. The whole thing
was such a miserable prentenae-such a
manufactured, ialse issue. 10
New England, they had three hundred and
eighty soldiers, or. about one hundred and
enty u every m!llIDl OF people; whereas
The ratio in the South was not quite seventy
Yet the people Of New England never
Of the military power. The
tendency Of this talk. as lie had said, was
to misrepresent the United Ststes abroad;
snd the Democr itic party stood indicted, and
he hereby charged them with public slander
Of this country, by creating the impression
in the civilized world that sc are under q
Blaine, the real motive Of the Democrats
must be looked for elsewhere. II is SIM
ply to get rid OF federal supervision at fed
eral elections, 10 get rid Of the
,iyil power OF the United States
n the election of represen; a.iyes to Congress
I'D therefore this bill connects Itself direct
y with the bill which WAS before Congress
1t the last session, known as the leyisiatIvr,
.xecuuve and judicial appropriation bill
lie was aware that parliamentary rules for
,ade him to discu=s bill pending before
he House of Representatives; but he sl-c
,new that nothing forbade him to speak Of
that was done, not in the House, bat 10
he Democratic caucus, when this legisla-
ion was perfected.