, 1880-02-26
H.. honds from 100000 to, perhaps, $780,
o; W1}son-"There would be no trouble
an5q' nq TTincle-" The objection make is that
81 inroice is necessary to make the basis for
THE DRIGADIERS.
THE PADDOCK REMOVED.


WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 25.-The pad1oc]
.,';cr Of the Democratic leaders has proved
faIip1a That golden silence which Sen
s.ar carbon proclaimed as the guiding prin
.;a,e for the Democracy, prior to the Presi
s.rl sant;al campaign, has been broken. Thu
W.: nj the Rebel Democracy have been un
1aa1ed Three months of the session have
s-<sed. and not word has been uttered it
s;thpr House that could give offense to Unior
On that could revive the memories of the
.a Dttr, session, or that could remind the coun
~ fhat those who once sought to destroy
:. ~ ara now ambitious enough to
.at .set to control its destinies. Al
IN beginning Of to-day's session Of the
c.rate. which lasted some eight hours, there
~ an innocent little bill called up author
,:rp the removal from James Monroe Has
Ill IT such disabilities as arise under Sec,
1als Revised Statutes. That section reads
ayo person who has served In any capacity
IN be military, naval, or civil service Of the
sa.ca)led Confederate States, or Of either of
tha States in insurrection during the late
rphe|llop. shall be appointed to any position
II the army Of the United States" Mr..
Haskell has
SERVED IN TIE CONFEDERATE ARMY,
.nd his Senatorial friends said that they had
,eason to believe that lie could be appointed
h. position In the United States army if his
disabilities could be removed. Why they
hid such on opinion they did not say. The
hill had been reported as a case Of exigency,
thp Democrats not being disposed, prior to
tbe Presidential election at least, to pass any
n The several bills that are upon the caIen-
dar to repeal this entire section. According
r. when this bill was called up iby
Senator Edmunds, whose interference in
such matters is always greatly dread
ed By the Democracy, there was
= murmur Of disapprobation on the Demo
cratic side There was more than that
Some Of the distinguished Democratic states
men who hastily gathered III groups to take
mart in the council of war were heard to ex-
press their dispieasure in very profane
terms Senator Edmunds proposed to break
the seal from the lips Of the Democracy, and
to tear away the hypocritical veil with which
the ex-Confederate leaders, during the crit
ica months preceding the Presidential CAM
paign, are seeking to conceal their designs. |
Senator Edmunds could not see why spe- |
clal blu Of this character was
BROUGHT FORWARD
when general bill for the repeal of the !
entire statute vas pending, so that any per-
son who had served in the Rebel army or
navy might be appointed to the United |
States army. He read the section above
quoted The Democratic Senators, who
feared before that trouble was coming, knew
itnoW, and that it was too late to suppress
the debate After a hasty consultation,
Sen2tor Bayara arose and said that the Com
mittee on Military Affairs had instructed
him to report this bill, because it was case
Of personal exigen:y. He could Not see
why case 50 EN- frely unobjectionable |
should not be considered By the Senate. For
his part be would speed the day when the
youth OF every section Of our country with |
their relatives and friends should be able to
testify their devotion to the publice service
b. serving in every branch Of it He said:
This young man went from Maryland to
virginia when be was only 10 years of age,
md he was under age when the War closed.'
5enator e. Edmunds replied in strong speech,
'a1ty to wipe out all war legislation, and 8
SAID THAT THIS WAS i
n effort to repeal statute that had been | s
nougnt wise and necessary when it was I
!assed. lie called attention to the fact that ! Y
be proposed beneficiary had not. as had
aany 1a ~! others, merely followed his State into
eoelllon; ne had left bis State and entered I
AT II there is anything in what the t
enator : IRON Delaware says about the time q
men nothing that existed On the statute a
ooks relating to the course Of history y
m rom le6l to 1865 shall remain, it n
ee oeS s not appear to me that this is 2
inv 49, t.
onti9ued M1. Edmunds, sswhat ali do. that
la1 gay has been apparently Fastening for n
5@e Hae. tlms past, tor think it may be safely .
a[mea that there is no single statute passed s.
~ er Il % support the war for the preserva- &c
u ai.r rlEhts Of the people preserved by the II
~ lion n mat has not been assailed within the n
- - t"o or three years. and to which it can "
w. " os Hat4fu}iy said there has not been "a
. esJa.ea sc and pressed measure to repeal N
ine 0as +ss; sassoe; and 1t has been proposed to po
SAFEGUARDS OF LIBERTY af af
ID equal rights from the statute-book. The ~ ~
. 49, nSs Is. been apparently Fastening when hc
r.: ri Sbalmark b Of liberty under law and Sc Ia
,cb ,cba' y law IS to be wiped out and to leave We
nas msat ~ Is called State-sorereignty the for f.
'ts ,tas a 1a safety Of citizens OF the United th
thoritv To end a5e endeaxorlng to execute tie
> If r,
- !, Is. 1c. resident; the day has apparently Sc
= ! ), ,Aasfenlng. Whether it is a day that j ar,
~ naslen peace and good order, which we of
i, =" much lore, has been grave Ques- ! "a
tSnator Sar Garland said he agreed with what }.to1
911nalor 31,aaor from Vermont had SO well said. r
st".e -tsle was no good reason for repeating i the
ta.ae III plecemea1, and moved as an ! ~
munent ~ substitute repeating the whole
NC q, TIeat excitement was at once man sid
I'm IN the Democratic side, but it was i
ul!y Qnieted, and the Democrats, with ! cal
Il gJ1!cepnon, put themselves squarely on bv
~. ~ n 1avor OF removing all restrictions ali
10y as cL Hle restoration Of ex-Eebels to The :: \
fu oC1tes army The vote was upon the :: tn
T. reading of the bill as amended, tha
1e .s yeas and nays we're called for by Mr.. i til.
u Jugs ~ Mr: Edmunds then called atten-n use
. ~ ~ sne lact that persons Young enough to puf
Me army through West Point were too i In
{ ~ tne time Of the Rebellion to have our
~ -, service IN any capacity to the Re frie
-, + aa9 the statute did not. therefore, Cor
10 their cases. +
fHE SOLE PURPOSE that
'nect Of this repeal, he said, was, there to
, 90 restore to the army Of the United hea
7 a;.inone :. others, the very men who de- ami
! y Il 70 make war against the flag that
1ao oeen educated and sworn to sup It
pos'
ca:ALoe agt Logan also made stirring speech, to b
sslae tne belief that the chief result OF der
lta1 Of the statute would be to place amir
ne ne retired list Of the army many Of men
>. "no lad left it to go in the Rebellion. and
:;tot thurman came to the front, as and
IN emergencies, and said that the people are
:, North were not so easily alarmed. | the