Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1881-04-23

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The two years that have sat in this
I have seen, the minority
upon that side of this.,hall violate
the constitution,t trample upon the
rules 4 ofcs them ssnste. cit here
aud placidly and, destroy a quorum L
BY refusing to vote, aud when the
rule Of the'ssnatei requiring them to
give. their, Ieasoas, tor. .AotIvo has
been read to them they woald receive |
It with HderiSion aud with. sneers.
But ths. senator from &c Ohiolsays that
no Id not respSnsfble for this i; he was
not then q, member Of the senate.
But The senator came into this hall
and hlibustered for two weeks to
will of.the majority. 81
!, The constitution of the United
States provides that . quorum Of this
body can orYsilize and proceed to
bnsiness.,nW Wermst here Ist. tho com
Of this executive session,
sent q committee to the
proceeded to the enact
ment of bus siness, and confirmed some
twenty-five or thirty nominationS IN !
executive. session. This senate was
~ much q senate then as If every
member had been in his. seat. We
heard the argument the other day
that one majority ais.as good as Q
hundred. When the senate was or
ganized and the presfdsnt was IAN
formed ief that fact, WASH + not the
senate Of the United States2 B. Ought
not q majorityisfi than senate then to
have prevailed ?7oI ask the ,sepatpr
from Ohio I.why did. he filibnstsr
against that majority? Oh, he says,
for delay until the seats upon that
side Of the chamber had been filed
up,va Suppose ,lit had taken q, two
months, three months, four months,
to Have flied mp, those seats, how
long would, the senator have Waitod1
Did be. not wait for q partisan advan-
'tage7 DID he not wait after the
senate had been organized under the
constitution Z Did he not then wait
for the organization by the republic
eau. party.afa and for. that alone3l 1.
want. to know where was the voice
Sir, the voice Of God upon the DEM
different intonati0n from the voice Of
God upon the republican side. The
Deity shifts. The majority that ex-
isted here then for two weeks was a
constitutional majority, and NO sena-
ter upon that side of the chamber
will .deuy it, Hay enlcn fiibnster7for
two weeks the principle allows you
e s%J Jf}iJR4RpaI'sf6 J4pI 6d fer Jy I've month. sr for
your own convenience aud your own
party policy, aud when democrats as
sert it, it is treason aud revolution.
Mr.. President, in what interest and
for what purpose arc these charges
made against the democratic party in
the senate2 am not here to attack
and assail motives. / care nothing
about motives. am here to discuss
political actions and political Sc
Quences. ~. ... 80, g; .- sa. .-a -0.a-.
| A coalition exists here, open, no.
torious aud unblushing. A coalition
based iup0u community of principle
aud mutuality Of opinion 10 legitimate.
Parties based upon mutually OF
opinion aud of principle between
their members are legitimate parties.
and command the respect, if not tte
admiration, OF mankind but coali.
ton without mutuality Of opinion OF
principle is contrary to. public moral.
ity, and should be denounced by
every fair-minded and right.thinkine
man. Where q coalition j. made aimp
ly for power, for Office, without com
munity or mutually ofnoplnion il
verges upon Q corrupt coalition, If il
i, not actually pne. When the, youul
Pitt stood upon the floor of the house
J of commons and denounced the coal
ition .between LORD North aud CHARLIE
James Fox as damnable aud incest
, uous union, and said, an the nam,
OF tho people OF Great Britain for
, bid the banns," the whole civilized
world said "aInen" to that denuncia
ton, and the people of Great Britai
! did forbid the banns. They stamped
, that damnable and incestuous uniol
under their feet. North and FO:
went into retirement, and Pitt az
t sumed the control, Of the govern
f ment. Of all the statesmen, in M
+ Judgment, whose names emblazo
= with glory the pages of English his
tory, the name Of Charles James Fo
, lis the first. But he, advocate Of hu
u man rights, hero of truth, orator
. statesman aud soldier in civil wal
J. fare, ever at the front, even he, wit
y his great name aud talents, ws
stricken down by that fair-minde
}, instinct for: consistency aud fair pla
= which courses in. the blood of q
# Anglo.Saxon people. - -a.Y'.e
If In our own political history q su,
picion was raised in regard TO th,
= great cemmoner, Henry ClRy ali
q Adams. OF that coalition, denonn
% ed by John Randolph, of Roanok
y. az the union of Puritan and black.le
r coalition in my judgment nev,
L. based upon any corrupt motive, Il
10 bare suspicion terminated the publ
10 career Of one man aud haunted ii
le death bed of another. ..... 49,. ...
I'd Mr.. President, what is this Goa
r. tionI Is there any mutually
D. opinion or principle between tt
10 republican party and the senat
a. from Virginia Where is it7 Do
the republican party in the sens
in chamber sympathize with the opinio
~ OF the senator from Virginia in l
I'd gard to rs-sdj justing the state debt
is that commonwealth? When did t
e. republican party, the great party
: public credit and national faith, t
at party that says, can honest dollar 1
lis All honest days work." the par
Mt that says, emo discount in the way
'c- silver or greeubacks or legal tende
10, but gold'-when did that party /
'r- come the ally, the sympathizer, wi
at gentlemen who propose not to rel
he date but to eliminate a portion
their state debt 2 eliminate !''
of good word. word very much Ii
in occupy" which Doll Tearsh
Of said was eau excellent good word
by fore it was ill,sorted 5" good wo
ao- but "most damuably abused" Kli
IA mate q portion of the state debt
nd The senator from Ohio stands b
on- to-day as the advocate aud defen,
he OF the senator from Virginia. He O.
7 a both parties In Virginia are seek
his to avoid the payment of an hon
ted state obligation. What would
ma senator think if l should say
W. eighteen months have elapsed si
the the senator from Ohio. as secret
Of the treasury, threatened with
ion mOval a federal official III that 81
ov- because he belonged to the readjns