The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-05-22
Mr.. Fishers Speech.

that we have only room for the con.
GLIDING passages
1t is argued here because a Brit
ish king has not exercised the veto
power for one hundred aud fifty
years, tho Executive should not I;
that the two forms of government
are analogous. With the distin-
guisbed gentleman from Now Jersey
(Mr Robortson) / deny the analogy.
What an analogy exists between the
House Of Lords and the Senate Of
the United States What analogy
between the Sovereign of Great Bi.
tam and tho Executive of the Unit
cd States 7 None. The former is
hereditary, tho latter is chosen by
the people every four years. Indeed
tho Executive is closer to the people
than arc our Senators certainly
much cloeer than a hereditary king.
Our Executive cannot declare war as
does the King, nor has he the kingly
power to dissolve the House Of Re-
representatives. at will as the English
sovereign can dissolve Parliament,
which power is exercised. / would
remind the gentlemen on the other
side Of the House that if the Chief
Magistrate Of this nation had such
right and would now choose to OK
orciso it your lease of power here
would in all probability be just two
years shorter than il 10 now
Tho gentleman from Kentucky
in the chair (AIr Dlackburn) in his
beautiful peroration apostrophizod
tho Father of his Country, and de-
clarod that il he should step down
from yonder franc and resume thoso
powers that the grateful people Of
an infant Republic conferred upon
him as their first Chief Magistrate,
even to him ho would not consent to
yield dangerous and unwarrGnted
powers. Oh, no; no ono hore could
believe that Washington would ask
it, but if it were possible for him to
step down in living, breathing and
animated form, ii is much more rea-
sonablo to believe that ho would leaf
over bis last and best legacy TO the
American people and address some
of tue gentlomen on tho other side
with this paragraph
"Tho unity of government which
constitutes you one people is also
now dear to you. 1t is justly so, for
it is q main pillar in the editico of
your real independence, tho support
of your tranquility at home, your
peace abroad, Of your safety, of your
prosperity, of that very liberty which
you SO highly prize. But as it is
easy to forscc that from diileren;
causes and from different quarters
much pains will bo taken, many ar
tifcos employed to weaken in your
minds the conviction Of this truth
as this is the point in your political
fortress against which the batteries
internal and external enemies will bo
most constantly and actively Though
often covortly and insiduously) Iii.
rected, it is OF infinite moment that
you should properly estimate the
immense value Of your National
Union TO your collective and indi-
vidual happiness that you should
cherish q cordial, habitual, and i'm
movable attachment TO it, accustom.
ing yourselves to think and speak Of
it as Of the palladium of your politi-
cal safety and prosperity, watching
for its preservation with jealous anx-
icty, discountcnancing whatever may
suggest even suspicion that it can
in any cvont be abandoned, and in
dignantiy frowning upon tho first
dswning of every attempt to alien
ate any portion of our country from
the rest or to enfeeble tho sacred
tics which now link together the va
rious parts.
Could you in reply say in tho
words OF the young man in the
Scriptures, "All these procopts have
l kept from my youth up. What
would you say , Oh, what could
you Say
Several gentlomcn have taken oc
casion TO disavow tho sentiments of
a certain Mississippi paper quoted
from by the gentleman from Maine.
Bnt Il papor whose character and iu-
ilnenco no ono will question, tho
Louisville "Courior-J ournal," says,
This is @ nation" solelnnly said
Garfield. We arc indeed MI. Gar
field, II nation OF Statos, thirty. eight
in number, " And il this all tell
us gentlemen on tho other side, is
that tho whole Of il Do you deny
that We are forty-fye millions Of
people living under one Government,
obey ono Constitution, aud recog-
niziug one flag = Do you see moth
ing above aud beyond thirty-oight
States We of the North believe it
to DO a union ono and iudiyisiblo.
We have heard in the course Of this
debate of wrongs aud injuries with
out parollel inflicted upon the un-
happy people OF this country by the
Republican party during the period
it has shaped legislation. Not one
word had We heard of tho magma
nimiiy OF this great party until tho
gentleman from Tennessee (Mr.
House) yesterday, in his speech,
paid q merited tribute 10 the Re-
publican party in these words
Mr. Chairman | ain not un-
mindful Of the fact that tn, Ropub-
lican party when thoy woro in mower