Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-09-22

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were. in fact cast. aud decide the |
case upon the very truth Of the cleo
lion. And after that when the bill
passed aud he became one OF the
fifteen himself, he voted every time
that they should not open the door
of investigation, but that the law
closed the door, and said that Kel-
logs certificate and the certificate
OF the returning board was strong
er than law and the Constitution
and the Judgment of Congress.
And his vote was the eighth vote
against the seven that decided that
thew should not go behind the Re-
turning Board. Applause. What
would you think ofme as a lawyer II
Won were 20 hear me express my
opinion upon "a question OF law.
that have no doubt about 1t and
/ address the honored Court and
SAYS "this is the law, well fixed and
decided aud the next day ! come
10 be a member of the tribunal TO
pass upon individual and public
right according to the law, aud
that next day | say what | said
before is not the law and ! decide
against YOU upon the statement of
the law different from that l had
made the day before. As Mr..
Julian said, when he stood in the
house it was Garfield speaking,
but when he was upon the Com
mission it was the party demanding
power, money and Office Applause.
Let me read YOU this oath he took.
! take it from Mr.. Julian's speech
a, James A. Garfield, do solemnly swear that
: vii nuparuuliy examine and consider all the
questions submitted TO the Commission of which
j ann q member, and "a true Judgment render
thereon agreeable 90 the Constitution and the
llws- so help me God" Applause and laughter.l
They say he is preacher.
{ Laughter | don't pretend to be
anything but a lawyer-that's all
but there is not wealth enough in
the State of Indiana TO get me, in
my place in the House or in the
Senate of the United States, to
say: If you pass this law | hold
that it opens the door TO investiga-
CATION, and we can go down to
New Orleans and ascertain how
the vote was in fact cast, and then
after I got upon the Commission to
turn around and say that the Re-
turning Board aud its findings are
conclusive upon US, and we can
not investigate at all. would not
do it for a thousand years tenure
in the great Office for which he is a
candidate. Applause.
] said to you a fortnight ago that
whatever the truth might be about
the De Golyer pavement, whether
he did take the fee against the in
ierest of the Government when he
was a representative receiving a
salary F.: whate yer the facts might
he about the Credit Mobiier,
whether il was a terrible fraud or
not, ! will not stop to speak Of that
until this other and greater question
is settled. The question whether
as a representative of the people
as a juror sitting between myself
and Wheeler, between Tilden and
Hayes, he was a true man or q false
man. Applause. And if have a
case in your Court and you are call
edupon as juror, and no questions
are asked you at all, and you have
a bitter prejudice against me, and
a judgment against my case, and
that you can agree upon no ver-
lict at all except against me, would
you go and take your seat /! Would
it not come mp that "this is terrible,
and that my oath would not allow
me TO do il, and | know that you
would not. Yet Garfield, after he
ha I'd helped to make up the case
down at New Orleans, comes to
Washington, and without protest
or apology or excuse, he takes his
seat and he votes day after day
contrary to what he said in the
House was the law. No, gentle
men, he will never be President of
United States. This is a great
office. He is man of ability, and
the more ability such a man pos
seses the worse it is for the office.
| don't want him, because when |
have a President in Washington,
whatever his politics may be, want
20 feel that he is as much my Presi-
dent as he is yours, and as much
yours as he is mine, and that as
President he is free from those
preiudices and passions which per-
vert the Judgment and destroy
opinion. Applause. Now, gentle
men, have occupied your attention
longer tonight than | anticipated.
Now ! will repeat that when | took
my breakfast this morning | had
no thought of addressing you. 1t
was not a part of the programme
OF the business of the day at all.
When | saw that the Journal said
that if ] did not make this good
was disgraced, and if / did, then
Garfield was disgraced; then,
gentlemen, as soon as | saw that
longed to see you and speak to you
4 with mo,o oaruastnaos ood foi: