The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-14


every respect; is clerks are ut the desk;
its eIgeant-at.Arms is at his post; and
The pages and messengers are all alert in
the performance of their duties
| can very well see that during q session
If important appointments were to be made
or treaties to be negotiated, or if other
things were to be done, and a minority
should announce it's pur ose that none Of
these things should be doue until the tx
would place itself before the country 10 q
position Of facetious parlisabslp. But
here nothing of that kind exists. L IS sim
ply IL proposition upon the one side hy
lbirty-eight members, one bali of 'hia body
that The whole Senate shah proceed to the
discharge of The business for which il was
called together agd which every Senator
upon The floor admits ii to be his cousiitu-
tonal duty TO attend TO. and which every
pressing urgency.
MIR. President, think Of IL Que moment.
We are charged with announcing doc
trine repleie with the elements Of treason
and revolution for making mnfinns against
which not even parliamentary point Of
order viii lie; treason nnd revolution for
making motions with references to which
not even parliamentary inqliry can be
made.
| shall not pursue this subject any fur
ther, sir. ! proceed ut once to address
my self to TIE question Are we. having
the power 10 do this thing il accordance
with the rules Of this body and The pliGci-
pies Of the Constitution, jastfi d Ia exer.
csing that power as we have d0nt2 Upon
the pyi0s1 ftc'q case, ms The matter sands,
to those who look npan it simply as it
presents i.s'lf upon he face Of cur pro-
ceedDgs the thirty eight members upon
this side must be justified Their course is
sustained by the uatroken usages Of the
body and also by the very terms Of The
proclamation which cunvokcd us here.
Teen why should we not proceed in &C.
cordance With these usages and IN confor-
nifty with The call Of the Executivc2 Why
should n resolution be pat right at the
threshold of our executive sessi on and ibis
body stand baked and paralyzed so that
it can do no busines,g Gentlemen tell Us
that majority, a constitutional majority,
thiity-elgnt members aided nv the Vice.
presiden'. wish to remove CERTAIN officers
and pu. others in, and tbat this alone is a
sufficient reason. Idiffer from gentlemen
on the other side On that point say that
II so grave and serious departure j. Insisted
upon with such inf xible purpose, there
is no reHson why the will Of the mai rity
should be submitted 10 constituted as that
majority is by the casting vote of The Vice
Prcsieenr, aud that they. Senators on the
other siir. insist that wien the majority
If The S, nate de- efm:ne TO change IFS Off
cora ID Is the daty If the r,inoritg IN allow
It TO be done. and that 70 prsyept II is 70
ly in the face of The Constitution ! connot
concur in this view. In tbs first Mace you
are not the m4iority IN this s. nate. nor at.o
we the minority. We have rs many vote
"a Won have. I'm, f,ci lbat II Ia vrnr ,riil
mn 10 proceed ~ tbaIacslip,at.h IN. VOC e
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III 10, az,
that such ia the will of the constifufionsl
majority. The fgainsrs Of our Constitution
took a great step in political science aud in
the practical advancement of human RIGHTS
when they proc aimed to The world and
wrote it iB their organic law that minari
lies should never oppress maiorities. Int
Il was a still greater step ttaig4ye minori
lies the right and the means of protecting
themselves against the oppression Of
maiolities.
/ admit that if any especial. overrulinr
dominating reason for this depnrturr
from tha usagt Of the bod, these thirty.