Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-05-16
NLViTU CONGRESS FIRST SESSION
SENATE.


said there exists express authority ior lh'
President to exert the military power oI
the government whenever the execution cl
+ the law, on any occasion AMI anywL re, l.
= obStrncted by combination, too power 81 iOi
the civil authorities to suppress The .itej
: STATE. mer-boIs IN, have express ;..Scr
, TO command aIl necessary assistance ia the
performance OF their duty. The H.. OF
I7nS afforded all necessary power to + tee;
the citizen from violence, and in the : ses-
sion Of his rights, and covered all DON .. OF
none. 10 protect, preserve and deieni the
Constitution, aad maintain public ira. iuil-
:ty. live surrender A. lhi- time til oao
thinp esteemed IN he s., snail by -,me
, and 50 great by those who seek t. ,.rry
Their scheme through, we Surrender all
Senator Eimunds analy zeI the bill ar al
the preamble ws- clntralictoTy Ci rs
body lie said the go75rnment does not
enter state 1t s. in every Gbre OF mu'cle
of every man lie wished it was in the
hearts Of ali m'n OF the republic. The bill
ported . namely that this govs5 nnent,
nearly century old. hoary with reuaNn
after So long indicating its right to exist,
should be treated as an extraneous noiehhOr
and sometimes as friend or foe. denoures
such doctrine. The amy is, in the end,
the power of the law. Men have denounced
the affirmative power OF the constitution to
regulate the election Of members Of the
House, aud by sophi-try they fritter away
the traditions Of the cou. titutiGr and deny
the teachings Of its framcr= and say there is
no liberty unless il bs obtained by the su-
premacy Of state right. Was there not
a scheme on lio: t, r:cyen: appeals rem
state to federal courts, thus taking away
the re ht~ OF ci,iscn~ Where arc you going
TO stop D | have seen the majority of this
body enter upon the consideration of a
measure viJlati7e OF the traditions lf the
! Senate. the spirit Of the constitution, and
the safety # the RsruAlic, and designed
to cvs7.nrn i decision that gaze to the
Senator from Louisiana (Kellope1 his
ssai ami .;,- h-n his dismissal in
order tha; a jfr.1t nan NAV take hi
p,ac,. u, v.uinau.tl,,.ry manner. in
your hour ai triumph. irtzai t. swe5pasay
eyerythiug which the 9iriom Of our father
acbisyed and the yslar If their -an. r-s-
served The bill before ns I. the fr.t .icp
:, ,,,, d;r,g.i.r Tbsr, - s,oevL.-a IN
The C,,-,,t,.i,,, r-l,.. ~. ,o INT, o,,,.rv
nov,- v,;g,. +, MN If t,r..,s will .t,nJ
As 4 bugv.rk ag,irsr III. ,a,,i +, h-e,k
down the constitution arl laws AMI when
yoa recover irsc ynn- ca,;i,nf. y,n viii
have the pe.ce .l Nbi,n .hs act Of Ien,
epeaks hpt van viii hay, re,,, at the r,lls
only wb,n y,g r,,,r,.-, Nv io,l o.. we'll a.
by word the rclit,r,l ,,1eIitv If all
cit.,,ns ard tbo freq mont If l.vfslIv
ro,irr pr..i.- iI., i.u-, and f,r the I,w /,
will nat Ls 4 uea,, of III, rsisn of terror
AMI tho oraye. tr, . psacs Of ins,i,, and
liberty a-.cr.cI -, = isral far,a jor an sx-
nr,.. i'm # the rpt'., viii wine, hynnrs.
viii he i,r,,rs ami r7s,. and barm,nv
or,rrvrhc-o n-.v,l i,r.lors,I
senator rlaicc All / da-i-c .;m.,r, f..
..a.-.t.,,. ,.i.., -. ,t., -. ~,
p4' pun '''' 80 '''' i''7''
things a. they arc no" E-las GA, aEj that
puuctuatiln rsiat /. To- mark the hi,h tide
ub;c,, tho ancient ,,,.,i,. og .,,.,r,,b,si !.
reschin3 IN thiS ''h2Fes-. ds-'Fe mere 10
affirm aLl point out that there never was
before the rehellioa. there never was a:
s,,, ,,r,, r., H., l;.,orr II ,i,,- q,,-.rv -
any suSh A-'ti'l'a oi 9'A.0 I'sH'-' Any >u'H
assertion oi the mastery OF >ta.e
oorarr-nert .v4r ito faterI ,,varn-
ihe"'' III - '"' H'"'A'|' a. -
here s. ertai hy the hers iIneai oi
Calhoun and BrcckcrIii,o We thought
,bo-otol i-,,, .,,,,,i;,.- ,.,,i ,- ,bi.
tu''-'on IA '"c 'J7''S "'' ""' l" "Ai'+u
mcnt7 to the c3nstitG.i,r. bat the hic. as II
now sveeps. Is On the ell. .laIths rawcr If
a., .,-.-.r,t.,.,-,i..,u ..,u.-u,,o-.
was neF,f - weak 4 lAe-e laws ana these
proceedings will make i. Pass this bil, -
nass il as a triu-uph uf q rf4cti3nary narty
ora:,,-, 49,, ,.oi.;, 3 .t,,rr+,, ,o.,;.-,
dehi"ce oi an tac lessons oi "a" teach'ng7
that have coma from bloody and abortive
rebellion pass it, AMI mark i; a. the high
tide Of that reaction, which, cvea il II cou-
tlnue to rise higher, could lead only to an
other and iormdatl' rch.l!Iol against
the legitimate authority o! the uniOa.
Senator Chandler SAID history Is repeat
ing itself to-day. he referred to the
supremacy Of soutbeIn Senator's IN the
Senate IN I-j-. ard said the case /
was the saEc today p then. lie asserted 4
that the peOplC q. .e IN re thor, u IhlY hTOus- Z