The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-04-10
His Great Spseeh On the Proposed
Revolutionary Measures in
Congress.
The Bills Sought TO be Repealed
Were Passed BY Democrat
ic Votes.
The Democrats Could Use the Army
Fur Chasing Fugitive Slaves,
But No; For Protecting Citizens in
Their Right TO Vote.
coERcrvE LEGISLATION DENOUNCED


: meant nothihg snort @, fuoVerSi.n oi !,
Governmeni lie sSe,ched ihe foiht al
. sue betse-n tne TWO houses IL Tue Close
> the last Cong refs and Rad ir'n repor.
- one OF The Senate conier.e-, 10 the ene
unat me benocrA'ic conn Iees on me pa
oil the House were determined, unless u
: ACTON OF ibe House was eoHcuffeh I'D,
> refuse making appropriations 10 carry
!, the uoVe,hmen' ana ne also quoted irol
the -psech OF senator b OK, l.noIner oI u
confer 10 t'e eh.ct .,a' me D7uiocra
CT imed tn- Ti2ht ~hich me ii'use Oh oou
Lhoiis IN giald na'i eS's'ii'led si'.' !"
CENTURIES Oh cohiues', u say 'ha' th-
wou'd nor grant me money 81 t.e peop'
LINES 'hefe vas rtuf-7s X
ihe-e ProP'rI'ioh7' cln'iiueh vi, "'rhe,e
IN VARIOUS io,eS' more OF res SehenIent''
were r. p~a.ed III '''s TAT ii"ure' ana VIII
. III sltuation III ahIifS me session cam
nest ~ ciose Inc hspupiIcah msJ tit
III Tue eia'e' az" 'ie 'ephpiic II minor J,
IN .he siou7e' expresses tue deepest o-,iof
Soiicit"de 10 s'oid 'he eaia-rophe her
threat NED iheS expressed thtlr sirorg
eSt cesife 10 AVOID the Danger 10 III
county IN" 10 its business Oh An s&tfa Sc :
non Oh Oohsre7, ana ,'': expressed IN Il
Willingness 10 iet g" whH -h-y considers
ihe leaSt important OF the "r"r"slloHs-no
a. mater Ci coercion al an, bot az mat
ter OF l'lr auju -'hi' nj ana c"m'rninis--l
'h'N 'ouii Dc met IL, M spirit "' a, ri-t
m-ht "t 'i'r "ih+r ride' 1 NOR HhaIeiy, IL
spirit Il aHJn-th'h III appeared on 'he "'hei
sue - meet tbe"r ad' 'hcrS AT" no" 'hs
new congress Is Assem- 'ieG, rhh arr Ten
Gays ci de- n-ra'lon, me houS+ oi h-pre
S.ntalivr- mas resolved SUBSTANTIALLY to re-
am III me propositions OF us prrhect s-or-
and on these prop '-ltian Ms we are met tod ~
Inc question may Ice a1Sed wis we mako
airy 7trSi'' r-'i''s,'ce' 10 propo-i''4"s ~hich
sF-h' many gentlemen nave oec!sr5d are
10 o- con-ia'r oil no inpcrtance. - lar
a. This -ide Is concerned d,fire to say
| ih.s: w recosnZr you gentlemen a The
oihtr sac, a. -hlIIini Psrildm' ntafians and
sNiiliui -,rf :. lou have chosen wisely
ahd adf"iHy your line oil assault. You
nave Pat Toward, perhaps, The least Oh
l-c''"h'oie Il your MEASURE, but we meet
thit a. one part "I your programme We
rrPiy 10 u ~ an orIer "l oattl"- and we are
a. hiuch c"Ihpei ny the ioS'c 81 th> silu-
'hoh, 10 meet you on The sSirul-h line ~
We ~ouId D. IL y were at 'cklns the IN
H"h' hnents theLn'eive'. And, therefore,
On the thre-hold' We desire To pant our
case on me genera ground, on which We
choose 10 defend II Mt rdrh"id Then re-
irrr.d 10 what ne hed shid on the last day
Of the last Congress, rs to the division OF
the government into three parts -the ma
tion, The Senate and the Peonie; aud he said
iorsiSaer cootd point d'z'n ways In
~hich IN government couiu DE- Killed, ana
'ha' not oy violence vi course, an gov
er .'niehtS might DC overturned py the
Dut 'here were some "HsS 10y
"h-ch 'hl7 soVerhnien. misht be utterly
an'ihi a'ed without the hflng "i gun
Inc people Ill Sht say mat mes
would hot eject representa- ives
ih'' o' 'ouIse' was 'ioien', suppo-iu"n,
th're "dS 10 po7-ioie remedy i'f such
cEIi'ioh Vi t.ii"gS' sna wi n.ut House
al hepie-ehl ti'.s thefe conih De no sup
port oil government, AMI cpn-eq
mere uii b. NO Government 70 the
>tiie- might say throuSh th-Ir Legislatures
that theV "ouiu no. eject senators. Inc
very a'st1h ION from eitctinS So1atorS
would Absolutely destroy the Government.
Or, surprising IA Al the Two houses were Ms
seu'nl d In ih.r u,uii ORDER, and that a
ntrs M Jprlty Ct one IN slthsr house should
hrmiE bl"d it-eh together ard say That II
womb vote 10 a'J urn AZ the moment OF
meeting esch uhF, ana wouin do t'at Tor
"o wears In succession L" mat case what
"ouin hatpeh' aha "hat w"nid DE- fhe
measure Oh r'ure7s' Inc Government
"oull "ie- ihefe c"iI1 not De found IN
NJ mole range "l JdiiciSl or executive
huihoti any remedy "hate'er- Inc e1-
e'n'l'e mao no power u destr"y ne Gov-
rrnnirnt LII me executive trsEei pHt one
inch beyond !he line oil law ana fhere was
'h- power al mp cam ~. but II the
electors amorg IN people VINO e'ecied h-p-
r"S.niatives, or II the electors In Inc , ATE
legislatures VINO crra ed na'ors. or II NE
>e"alSrs anG L. Hr'seniaiiVss them-. ives
ths'aih from tie perform sbee "i 'heir duty,
mere was no remedy: Al n'st view II
might seem rsmarKap!e, ne saiu, mat
rody oil WISE men Ike mo VINO framed
me constIiu ION snon'd nave irit the wh'ie
ide 81 the fabric oil Government open tn
such deadly assaults; out, on another view
III The Case, they were wise what was
their reliance! Ii was on The sovereignty
/ The natIon-on the Crowned and amounted
sovereign 10 whom al. America IN citizens
owed TIER allegiance. mat sovereign was
The body III The Peopse oil the United States,
inspire by their love OF country and
heir sense OF Obligation to public duty
Up TO ,hi- hour. he said our sovereign has
ever failed IA There had never been sucn
'b-tention ir m the exercl-e OF those prI-
nsrv functions OF sovereignty "a either to
ripple or endanger the Government And
now. Tor the first time IN our history, and
VIII saw, Tor 'he hrst time IN, Al least Two
Centuries, In the history OF English speak |
ing people has 1t been propo-ed, or at
east Insisted upon, that these voluntary |
lowers shall be used Tor the ds-tructIon OF
he Government | want 1t und-rstood that
he proposition which nave resd, and |
rhIch IL The programme announced to the |
American people to-day, l. this day. that II
We cannot have our way IN Certain man |
ner, We VIII destroy the Govsrnment 81 TINS
country by using the voluntary power, not
i the people, but oil our-elve. against the
Government To Destroy IL what IL our
theory oil law! Ii Is Tree Consent inst
II the granite ioand alton o. our whoie |
-uuc ure. Nothing In Uni. Republic CEN
be !iw that has not the Tree consent oil
the iouse' the Tree consent 81 the SENSE
md The Tree consent OF the executive ",
! the Executive refuses MS Tree consent,
hen 1t must have the Tree consent OF two
hirns OF each ondy. VIII anybody deny
ttat? VIII any body challenge iine OF
hat saiement-tnat Tree consent Is IN.
toundation rock oil all our institutions
And yet the programme announced Two
seeks ago was, ,nat II 'hr sIns'e fe'u-eu !"
consent 10 Inc oem sha Oh me fioust, ine
government should stop The proposition
va then' and the progrsmm me Il nov, 'ns'
iitn'uSh tnere Is no. o-ns,e 10 veto IL,
the legislative power OF the Government,
which il to be coerced at the Peril OF the