Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-09

This is timely warning. There are centrali- zating forces at work which it would be wise if the people checked. There Is another 1 danger imminent against which our forefathers fought so efficiently in the revolt from Eng
 land, viz. 5 the placing of the military power over the civil. There is too much of the spirit in this country tending to aggrandize
 the military power over the civil. It has been
 stated in the course of the debate that the de- i cision of @ court martial was equal in I authority with that of a civil court. He dissented in toto from this posi- of 8 court is not beyond the civil power. It | is dangerous to talk of these courts being equal with the judicial power of the Govern : ment. What makes the articles of war i? | Congress Then the power that made it law can repeal it. It exists. therefore, subject to the repeal of the legislative power. We are accused of invading the powers of other branches of the Government This bill does not involve the pardoning power. Itissimply the pernnissive power that the executive may renominate this individual to the place in the | army from which he was unjustly expelled 1 executive had the power under exist ing laws with the consent of Congress. The speaker went into an elaborate argument as to the powers of Congress and the relative powers of the court martial and the civil courts. The action,sof the board of inquiry was
 
 against Porter, and declared that Porter's ac- ton showed not disobedience, but an obedi- ence to the spirit of Pope's order to advance rather than the letter, in the exercise of wise discretion. General McDowelrs testimony as to Porter's conduct on his own statement be- fore the board, was based on mistake as to the date of the action referred to owing to similar mistake in Gen. Jackson'sreport. The evidence further shows that Porter did not receive the 4:30 order until after o'clock, and the proof is found in the testimony of Mcdowell. Jack son's testimony is that such was the fury of the attack of the Union army that if the for tunate reinforcement of General Longstreet had not been made the Confederate army would have sustained de- feat. This was owing to the violent charge of the forces under Porter, and the glory of that day will ever be reflected upon the name of Porter. There is @ key note to the animus of Porter throughout these dreadful scenes in the dispatch of Porter to Mcclellan, in which he assures him that all his friends would give their support to Pope.
 At4 D. m. Mir Bayard took his seat and Mir. McDonald was recognized, but gave way to allow MT. Logan to reply to some of the guments advanced.
 The Senate then went into executive session and at 4:3O adjourned.
 HoUsE.-The first bill introduced was one by Mir. Sanford, of Alabama, to reduce the tariff on certain articles, and it was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. MT. Sanford also introduced a bill to repeal the duty on printing type, paper and other printing material referred to the Ways and Means Committee.
 There was considerable debate on the duty of the Speaker in regard to the reference of bills, and action on the above two bills occupied the House over two hours. The call was then continued and the following among others were intro duced By MT. Nichols of Georgia, to re- move the duty on wood and straw pulp, soda ash and other chemicals used in the manufac- ture of paper, and to reduce the duty on un- sized paper to , per cent. ad valorem by Gillette, of Iowa. to encourage the manufac turs of sugar from corn stalks and sorghum; by MT. Mackenzie, of Kentucky, to abolish all duty on agricultural machinery and implements; by MT. King. of Louisiana, to so amend section 25,050 of the Revised Statutes as to provide that all chemicals sub- stances and materials imported exclusively for the manufacture of printing paper and printers ink and all unsized paper used for books, pamphlets aud newspapers shall be ad- mitted free of duty by MT. Cox, of New York, to repeal the tax on bank checks and on lega- cies.
 The call having been completed, Mr. King offered the resolution heretofore agreed upon by the committee on inter-oceanic canal MT. King said he was directed unanimously by his committee to call for the previous question. The Speaker laid before the House message from the President in relation to the inter oceanic canal. Ordered printed and referred.
 Messrs. Garfield and Reagan hoped it would be printed so that the members could see 1t and it might get an unanimous vote. It was agreed that it could be called up at any time.
 MT. Sawyer, of Missouri, from the Commit tee on Elections, reported in the case of Bradley vs. Slemons from the Second Arkan- cfr fhof Had ko retain his seat. MT. Weaver presented a mi nority report, and both reports were ordered printed
 The House at 4:35 p. m. adjourned.