River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-10-14

calumnious Of the court, aspersing its integri
ty and its decisions. "MeTo drivel," 'pausi-
bic sophistry," packed, partisan and demor-
aliZed.n packed tribunal" decisions to be
observed zero tempore' only. dirty work OF
its masters" ''made political decision to
order" "fery Indignation Of an infiamed pee
ple"-these are some of the buffetings to be
found IN tire Congressional Record, delivered
sometimes from carefully-written speeches.
and sometimes received, the Record says, with
cloud applause!
To what does all this pave the way? The
Congressional Record will inform you. On the
26th of January 1880, Mr.. Manning, of Mis-
gissirp.-a State well known to be Jealousy
sensitive to the pure administration OF justice
and the rigorous punishment OF crlmes-es-
peoaly hideous, cowardly murder and maSs1-
cre-ntroduced bill to place twelve new ad-
(iional judges on the supreme bench. What
an EASY, effectual, and withal plausible, dispo-
sition this would make of the court. In
creased business would be such an innocent
excuse-the court could sit by sevens for some
PURPOSES, and meet in banquet for all large
+ purposes when State sovereignty and state
rights, amendments to the constitution, and
cotton taxes and the like are at stake. The
bill passed to s second reading and was re
ferred to committee, whose chairman few
days xftcrward came into the house ana de-
nOuncsd the court and said majority of the
present Judges were ''hopelessly lost Ill a
and bunglng to pass such bill ; veto might
SPOIL it, and il might spoil the result IN some
close Northern State. But let the Democ rats
elect their president, or rather their party
: for the party is running-and who will say that
this bill will not find Its way to the statute
book. You can all say what sort Of Judges the
twelve new ones would he.
But no new law is needed natures law, and
/ the statutory limit of age at which Judges may
retire, viii, during the next four years, vacate
ut least four seats on the Supreme bench.
With what judges would the Democracy I'LL
them?
The Circuit and District Courts are oblox-
ious also. They are still more easy to deal
with Like the judges of the Supreme Court,
! these Judges hold their places during good
4 behavior, but legisls ton, as has often been
seen in States and in the Nation, has ways to
plough around this stump. Ab0lishing cir
cult or district, or adding to it another, takes
his Feat out from under jGdge and gets rid OF
him fiually; he is "legislated cut"
Thus the whole judicial establishment OF the
Republic is at the disposal Of the law-makIng
power.
dictionary notions and dogmas, prejudices and
interests, what may be the fate OF questions
! affecting commerce among the several
States" revenue, bank and legaI-tender cur
rency, the taxation Of Government bonds the
currency in which these bonds are payable,
civil rights acts, election laws, claims growing
! out of the war, claims for refunding the war
tax on cotton, the late amendments, and many
/ other grave matters. no man can predict.
OPPOSITION TO THE ARMY.
/ The army too Is envied-its ''offence is
rank" Less than four lines of the revised
statutes are all that denies commissions in the
army TO men who, educated at the cCuntry's
cost. and p esented with their country's sword,
drew that sword against their country'5 life.
A bill to repeal these four ines is now pend
! ing in the Senate, already passed to a third
reading by the solid Democratic vote. On the
| 25th Of Feb uary last, Mr.. Heiskell, of Mary
land, was relieved from the operation of this
exclusion, and Senator from Arkansas moved
as avn amendment its total repeal. The ayes
and noes were demanded, and thirty-six Sena-
| tors, every Democrat who was present, voted
ave- Ohio New Jersey, PENNSYLVANIA an
New York contributed their Democratic votes
to this Southern proposition of reform =
Subsequently the mover and all concluded to
reconsider and drop the amendment--a saga
cous conclusion in a" Presidential year." Zap
plause.l
Mr.. Tucker, of Virginia. moved in the House
the repeal of this safeguard to the army as g
rider to All appropriation bill, bat it was mud
died cut of sight on point Of order-a
/ iudcious point in q presidential year..
| Applause. The Democratic majority put in
| the army bill provision that officers now III
! the army might receive advanced rank and pay
provision certainly. [ApplSuse.l But if a
body of army officers could thus be coaxed out
| of the service, there would be SO many vacan-
ces to be filled, and filed by the President by
and with the advice and consent OF a Demo-
cratic Senate. When this free-Eill Offering
was presented, cry arose about" gift bearing
Greeks" and other ungracious symptoms were
manifested on the Republican eide, and so
brevet rank and brevet pay stand over at least
till the season Of Santa Claus. [Appause.l
Meanwhile the army has been reduced TO q
skeleton, and whenever a scare, a pretence, a
speck Of war on the Mexican border or else
where can be discovered or invented, the army
must be increased and filed up. Filled up by
whom? That depends on the approaching
election. If Garfield and Arthur are chosen,
/ by Union men-men always for he Union to
| the core. If Hancock and English and the
Democratic party get in. by men who "went
with their states Confederate soldiers
would flock to the standard Of military as well
as civil service reform, and flock il fervor of
magnsnimity and devotion, ready to let by
cones be by-gones, and to forgive the ''usur-
| pations of Lincoln" and the Unconstitutional
| coercion OF sovereign States" GApplause. |
| Why shouldn't they?
| Who would be warranted to assert that
| Confederate soldier was false or immodesU in
processing patriotic intentions while seeking
rank in the army Of the Republic. No man
ought to assert it, and vet all fair men would
agree that, other things being equal, prefer
ments i'll the army should be given to those
who fought in that army, rather than to those
who assailed it in the dread extremity of the
Nations life.
D. MoCRATIC HOSTILITY TO TARIFF AND REVENUE
LAWS.
The present tariff and revenue laws are
deemed very bad by the dominant element of
the Democracy. They want to change them
They will change them radically whenever the
wayis clear. There is a whisky rebellion now
in several States and the Ulcers of the law are
powerless to suppress it. In Alabama the law
is resisted, and the process of the courts de-
stroyed and defied. Recently warrant was
issued for the arrest of one Penton, charged
with such an offense. A deputy marshal went
with posse to execute the warrant. In bis
report to the marshal he gays Penton assem-
bled from twenty-five to fifty armed men, and
| set him and the law at defiance When eau
| toned to desist, Penton replied, when Han
cock is elected this damn foolishness will
stop"
The thing to stop. thus piously predicted, is
the collection Of the tax on whiskey-that
mild beverage SO sacred to the Democratic
heart, so grateful to the Democratic stomach,
and SO nourishing to Democratic principles
The law is defined in Arkansas and the Off
GERS apply to the Governor for the use of the
arms of the United States loaned to Arkansas.
and the Governor replies that he dare not
permit the arms to be used, because If he