The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-05-16

that these acts were unconstitutional, reyo
!ationary, and void, j was willing TO wal
!, IN patience until that party would be tri
umphant and apply the remedies ia thei
own good timc.n
4 Mr.. Hampton replied that he could no
Il say whether heused that language or nor
4 II he did, it was in the sense that he an
/ proved the words, and repeated that he die
not put them into the platform.
! Mr.. Thurman then addressed the Senate
Aiiuding to the clauses OF the appropriation
Dill relating to trial by Jury and elections,
ne SAID these matters had not been made
| the subject OF calm, deliberate, senatorial
aebate, but OF the most inflamHlatory and
uplustiiablc attemptsto array one portion
OF the people against the other. and TO make
sectiona! divisions in this country as per-
panent and enduring as the continent itself.
III these provisions ought not, on their
merits, to pass, why had their defects not
| Deen pointed out and condemned? One
third OF the general statutes were passed
on appropriation bills, and part Of the
very election laws sought by this bill to
be repealed were so enacted. Speaking
OF. these election laws. he said there came
| to him picture Of their operation in New
| York city-of Il cage full Of men suffering
! and sweltcring under the arbitrary and die
| tatorlal mandate of corrupt and contempti-
| BILE commissioner OF clections-and be could
| not suppress the thought that 4 transaction
had taken place In this country that could
| not have occurred in any other civilized
country without bloodshed. He proposed,
however, now to speak upon the ConstiLu-
ton, II that instrument might be mentioned
without offence, and first discussed the
jury laws, showing that trial by Jury
door 70 y
shielded the people from oppressive gov
eminent. Discussing this topic with great
earncstness, Dir. Thurman asked. was the
demand to return to the old, welLlrodden
paths Of Justice and legal procedure mat
ter to lire the northern mind and set all the
demaSogueS north OF Mason and DiXon's
line declamInS against the designs OF the
Democratic party? He analysed the laws
proposed to be repealed. He argued that
they were in the utmost degree oppressive,
rs they shut out intelligence from the jury
box and punished those who could not take
the IRON clad oath because they had given
cup OF cold water even to any one who had
opposed the Government. II the law was
jlstifiable in war it was not so now, at u
time when all should unite in the pacfica-
ton Of the country, and restore harmony
every where.
Passing from the subject of iuries, Mr.
Thurman spoke OF the subject OF elections
ard their freedom from political interior
ence, and the necessity and justice OF repeal
ing the present laws, which were instru-
mentallties Of corruption and fraud.
The Senator commended that even il these
laws were constitutional they ought to be
repealed, for instead OF being in the inter-
ests OF pure and honest elections the mind
OF man never devised q worst instrument
OF fraud, corruption, and oppression than
are these laws. He had intended to say
something about the army bill and the veto,
though he preferred to stick to It's text.
In his Judgment, there was never so mex
cusabie an exercise Of the veto-power as in
the vetoes lately sent TO them. 1t is the
first time that President has vetoed an
appropriation bill, and the first time bill
has been vetoed because it repealed exist
ing laws. The veto-power was intended as
a check upon unconstitutional, hasty, and
ill-considered legislation, or to enable the
executive department to defend itself from
cncroachment by the legislative depart
ment. II is also the first time President
in message has quoted remarks OF sena-
tors and representatives in Congress to
impute to them improper motives. He en-
larged upon the improperly OF such allyl-
sions. There were other strange things
about the messages. In the first message
The President was understood TO say that
troops could not be used at elections, I'M
der the laws; but in the second he tells us
that the Government might be overthrown
if the military could not he used on election
days. Was there ever so thoroughly shall
low-he would not say contemptible-bu
so transparent, a sophi>try rs this?
In conclusion, Mr.. Thurman said that he
had never been more panied than by the
course OF the debate in opposition to this
bill. It had been made the occasion Of re-
viying sectional hatred. He appealed to
every candid man to say il the course OF the
Democratic party, and especially Of the
southern members, warranted such Il
course. The southern States are an inte-
grail part of the Union, and its citizens are
us much interested as any in its welfare.
and as fully: entitled rs any to try to
promote that welfare according to their
convictions. If such appeals resulted in
making the North solid 10 rule forever over
the other section he would despair OF there
ever being real Union in this country.
He warned the men engaged in this attempt
to create sectlonalSm that sectionallsm
might in the future be drawn by other lines
than Mason and DiXon's. 1t ight take other
shapes, and they who are now most anxious
to promote it and to govern by sold North
may find that there is another solidarity
that will govern them. [Applause.]
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House resumed lin the morning hourl
the discussion OF the bill to amend the sta
tues relating to the removal OF cases from
State to United States courts, and Mr..
Ortll. Gi Indiana. continued and concluded
his argument against the bill, and was fol-
lowed by Mr.. McLane, Of Maryland, in
support OF ii.
Alter the morning hour the silver bill
came up. The pending motion was TO lay
the bill on the table, which was Iegativcd.
The previous question was then ordered,
with the subsequent agreement that this
order would only apply to the first section
OF the bill, which provides that gold coins
shall be Il one-do!lar piece. or 4 unit Of
25 $40 grains, a quarter-eaele, or $3.50, q
three dollar piece, an eagle. and 4 double
eagle. The section was agreed TO.
The question then REQUIRED on the second
section, which provides that the silver coins
shall be. a dollar or unit, half-dol!ar, 4
uuarter-dollar, and dime; that the weight
Of the dollar shall be 4.124 grains Troy; The
weight Of the half.doIar .12s grains:
and the weight of the quarter and the dime
one-halI ard one-Gith respectively OF that
OF the half-dolar; also, that silver dollars
in the treasury, when reduced in weight by
natural abrasion, shall be recoined. This
section. after some discussion, was agreed
to.
The third section, which provides that
any owner OF silver bullion may deposit the
same at any mint to he formed into bars or
into standard dollars OF 4.12a grains FOR his