New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-04-02


Mr. PRICE rep. Iowa)-Where was the frSt gun
fred Applause the floor and In the gailerPr.I
Mt CiAINERs-The frat gun was fired near lar
pers Ferry when Southern blood was shea on S0uthei
soil Loud applause on the Democratic Slue anu !" Wv
The CHAIRMAN gave notice that II such demonsrra "a,
lions were repeated he would order the galleries u w
Mr.. PRICE-The gentleman must know that John
Brown and hssxctn men were not gnlg me IInion
the Union aud that the first gun fred against tue Oho
Mr. CHALMERS went on to say that II the proposed
Iegis,tion waa revolution then the Republican party
had accomplished revolution after revolution. O0e oI
the most Ubiquitous acts OF usurpation ever
by the Repuliean party violate the CousntDtlonal
right the President In the act Nhlch frtsIuen
'G Mr. HRwTEY 9Rsp, conn, asked Mr. Chalmers
whether he was aware that the Republicans had then
more than two-thrd> majority In Congress ana eouI
pass the bill over the Presidents vetOi
BIr CHALMERS admitted that that was So
Mr. BELFORD REP, Coli asked llm whether 10 IDs
last election campaign any state Convention OF any
part OF the country had demanded that me President
should not use the army to project me cNrns az '"e
polls or that the election laws should be repealed
Mr.. CHALMERS replied that those we're the issues
that had been made by the last Congress, and mat
Democratic candidates went before the country on th2se
issues and were sustained In continuation OF ms
speech be he had struck to the ground the
declaration OF the gentleman from ONO tlr' "arheiW
that the Democratic party was inaugura.nH reFoiu-
uonary methods Of legislation ana deCaeu ssr tie
the purpose Of the Republican party 10 sarye we
Government unless 1t was permitted 10 strahse tnc
freedom of elections at the polls ,..
Mr.. BELFORD-YOu say that the Republican party
has been rfpudited
Mr.. CHALMERs.-I do; and thank God It Is true
IAppause on the Democratic slde.l ,.-
Mr.. BELFORD-In the last House you had seventy
majority and today you have but one. ..,, -,
Mr. CHALMERS proceeded with his, speech ana
asserted that. this question, the Republican
party standing on mere punctlio. with
a chip Oh it's shoulder, while the DemOcratic
party Vas standing on one " the vital principles Of lib
erty. IT." said he, this Government must die, and
die at the hands of such President then the Demo
cratic party look IN the face OF the dying Goddess
OF Liberty and say Snake not thy, cory
locks at me, thou caBst not say / did IT,
Applanse on the Democratic and jeering laughter the
Republican sldel "To this complexion has It come at
bended knee and pray to their worshipfnl nigh
Desses OF the minority to Tcdr grievances. or that
this Government must die. What was meant ny the
threat OF the gentleman from OHIO (Mr Garfield that
the Government would be allowed 10 die without
knows that his party poweress in this House and IN
the Senate What then does this threat mean BEFORE
sst he the Army We know that the Army
and the President the only Instruments by winch the
Republican party calry out is threat IL was not
mere bravado. a gavanc shock or eloquence,
intended stimulate the spina column OF the PRESIDENT
was intended as threat against the An+ilcan peoPe
that If dard TO redress most GricyOus wrong ny
putting its repeal on an appropriation Dll II would ne
denounced az reyoqnonary' ana that ne FttslGenl,
with The Army and Navy 10 his back, would put
down that revolution. The name OF revolution has no
lean sdel We earned 10 love 1t IN our childhood 1t
brings back to that grand struggle for freedom when
orr revolutionary ancestors left their footprints
sfanurd IN blood III Of Valley Forge, tGat
we, their children, may take heart asan when-
ever tine honr OF peril shaH come uPoh Us
Military despoism now threatens us on every side
fire people at elections. Troop have been assembled
a the Federal Cauital Ht the House Of Repre-
scnta;ly N counting the electoral, Vote' me balIe
cry 1880 has been already stdied-a government Ol
Law not be administered ny the Judiciary bat with an
army enough to enforce H. whenever comes 70
the question between freedom ana a. 3pOtsn the Demo
cratic party w BIZ found standing where our ancestors
Mr. TOSGTR Gep.. Mich)-I desire to ask the gem
item an from Mississippi whether second revolution
Of 9Gl rad any teoT1 tor hn cnom,r
is exceedingly witty. HIST ry tells Us that
English kings were in the habit OF keeping
IL ems mat Republican Congress has supplied teelf
IN the same manner iL!ugGterl But Instead Of me
ioois cap aad juggling bells (which might perhaps s1lt
very weID, u mas dressed is jester IN sWalO"-tas
Loud laughter on the Democratic side.I
MI CONCERT asked the heroic gentleman from
plain, civil, simple question; ana instead
OF answering I. heJnmps upon h musicn3N ana makes
grmaces to the country and the House Counter dem
Onstrd,iuus the Republican side, members capplng
their hands aud INDUCING IN loud laughter FOR consd
Mr. CHAiMERs-The gentleman is mistaken. shall
certainly not undertake TO play game al %hlch any
monkey can beat NE. Laughter on tho Democratic
SOME POINTS BY MR.. FRYE.
Mr.. FRYE UIep., MeJ next obtained the floor. He
said the other side dd square in the
face an issue whether not the majority attempt
ing to the Executive They preferred TO 20 lack
10 the merits Of the question to whether or not
soldiers should be allowed to keep the peace
at the polls. He did not know how long
Republican members would be compelled to SIT stl aud
Of the Republic drunken despotsm, Keeling and rcelinE
through the land TO the declaration that this
tary despotIsm. and that 1t was for the Dem,
peace. lie dd how long they should
have TO submit TO being told that they we're the
for fear they might offend some gentleman on the
other side. or might arouse the ghost OF the old
bloody shirt" He did not know bur that they ought
to quietly and submit 10 the charge mat they had
become military despots because United S;atc8 troops
had been NewYork CITY to Keep the peace. He
did not know but tha they should keep silent as 10 the
fact that the Democrats OF NewYOrk Cy had murdered
OF black men before amy United States troops
were sent there to Keep tue peace Perhaps
they ought submit to being called re-
Two gentlemen Mississippi had spoken to-day, and
now he proposed TO have read what Mississippi news
puper nad sad. He sent To tie clerks deNA &pd had
read the extract from The Okdtona (iIssJ southern
states thanking God that tBe south mad captured the
Mr. MULDRow said that that paper represented no
rcspectaDl element or the Mississippi democracy one
Of les editors was man VINO was u car pet-uaSger
from OuiO who went 10 Mississippi within the past
four years.
Mr.. Frye have heard again and again and again
thai cry rs the capture OF tie Capt. al. You have
been 1t than you are to-day; but yOu never
have put your hand yet upon the capital anu uhoer
God you never Will lAppiause on the Republican side
aud great excitement throughout the hali.I
Frye went on TO say that tins was not the fret time
thai attempts had been made t0 capture inc Capital
IN 1854, when LOO soldiers Dad been
the United states service, COMPANY after
company TO take TINS man anu after he IA" nesa Iahae9
huzzas had filled tAe air al over the South
IN honor Of the triumph which had been achieved lie
Southern neart had been filled with JOY because the
of the country had been supreme, aud the
law OF lana had been vludcaitd There never nad
been time when the South WAS nearer capturing the
Capital the country Than at that Tune and hundreds
and thousands OF men IN the Republic Lad come to
believe that when Massachusetts, had been thus
and placed her taco in the dust thai ne
Capital had been indeed captured Gentlemen OT the
south had believed aud had turned upon the Moth
and made demand after demand in rapid success SION,
and the North in It's Illumination. had RESPONDED rs
rapidly yielding point BY point, UNTIL IN their prdo oi
power asked too much aud then the solid North hid
said Not single step further. When you demand
tnls thing OF us is thy servant IL dog That
he should DO Itf" Aud then had not brought
by poor John Brown at la pers Ferry. when he
had Virginia with hfteen men and some old
nuskets; but serious Al another tlme the SoOth
had had it, troops the heights above the Capl
tai WHY had hey not tlkeh III lie could