Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-16
ALABAMA NOT IGNORANT.
30 MORGAN REFUTES MIR.
~ RLAIRs INsINUATIONS.

.,s,,a+yonal Bin characterized as a
~.emendous Menace to State hightS-
r.e.tdent MadfsOn's Writings an"
1,tt.a- Authorities Quoted Against the
Measure.
WARRINGTON, Feb. 15.-In the Senate
E, dav Mfr. Morgan took the floor, and re-
mod his argument against the constltu-
.t.nalitv of the pending education bill
so Tar as the State Of Alabama was con-
earned. he denied that it was the land Oh
darkness and lazaretto of Ignorance, to be
,.forred from the report OF the Committee
- Fducatlon and Labor. He read eX-
'roofs from that report, and expressed
,,ander that any man who had fought in
ho Confederate army or representing
southern state could agree to the matter
he quoted. ,
Air George remarked that Mr.. Morgan
was endeayoriug TO hoid an lnelhDels Vi
mat committee responsible for the lndlVl-
51oI opinions Of the chairman OF the COM
miftee MIR. Blair, and sin turn read from
ne report to show that Mr.. Morgan's quo
fstions were but the individual opinions
of the Chairman.
Mr.. Blair desired to make remark but
MI. Morgan declined to be further inter-
rupted.
TIRE SOUTH NOT HOODWINKED.
In the course of his su bsequent remarks
Mr.. Morgan said be had often heard IL
said that the people OF the South were
hood dwinked lot of slaves who had been
forced into the late war and secession by
their leaders. This he emphatically de-
MED. and asserted that on the contrary
tbe leaders had been forced into secession
nv the people, and that many coWardly
heart among the leaders would nave
failed and tainted but for the fact that
those leaders knew that they did not dare
do so in the presence OF the 1alUh OF an
enlightened and splendid people. he
characterized the bill under debate as
6ribe TO the South, but tor his part he
neither grew blind nor shut his eyes in
the presence of any bribe, no matter how
magnificent.
WHAT 1T WOULD LEAD TO.
The bill would prove a PandOra's box,
and would lead to what had not tnapprO-
priatelv been termed a condition OF "or-
ganized h-P between the States and the
General Government. He pTOphecIed that
under its baneful influence we would see
the people OF the North and South again
frenzied with excitement.
Mr.. George inquired whether Mr.. Nor
gan meant to say that, after making an
appropriation, Congress might then inter-
pose ia the State management OF the ap-
propriations?
MI. Morgan replied, "Certainly."
Mr.. George denied this, and said he
could nowhere see anything in the bill to
warrant such a construction.
CONGRESS- GREAT POWER.
Mr.. Morgan insisted on his point, and
argued at some length to sustain
his constructions. The State, he
said, had no way to compel
the Secretary of the Interior to grant
. It any part of the appropriation except by
an appeal to Congress, so that the inten-
ton was that Congress should keep the
matter sub judlce. SO that it might change
the conditions from time to time. Con-
gress could not treat with State on any
Subject over which Congress mad not con-
stitutional power. If 1t could do that, it
could make a compact with State to
abandon the very function OF selt-goYern-
ment.
MADIsoN's WALL OF ADAMANT,
The bill under consideration would put
Congress in a position where it could
place the hand of power on the throat of
state. The very theory Of the bill
would make the mere preamble of the
constitution the enacting clause of all its
ordinances. That preamble contained no
grant Of power. MIR. Morgan read from
the writings of President Madison and
other authorities in support of his ground,
aud maintained that those authorities
stood like a wall of adamant against the
passage OF the pending bill.
L Mr., George desired to interrOgate Mr..
Morgan, but the latter declined to yield.
After further remarks Mr. Morgan con-
cluded, and Mr.. Jackson took the
floor. He yielded, howeveYhtpr u motion
TO 90 into executive sesBIn. At 4:l0
o'clock the Senate went into executive
session. Fifteen minutes later the doors
were reOpeued and the Senate adjourned.