The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-04-10

make afresdom shriek.D n I re-
collect alright, those gentlemen spent
4 considerable portion Of time In en-
desvoring 10 destroy the ConstitU-
ton. WHAT II the secret Of this
new-found reverence for the Consti-
tution7 Did they bear it away In
the ARK Of the covenant for four
years and then bring it back
10 rs a. In chosen guard
Isus, and be permitted In the same
instant TO tauut those Who endeavor
20 carry out the ideas Of national
growth and progress with being the
yiolatsrs Of the Constitution
There n o constant pleading Of the
oath that vas taken 20 support the
Constitution, e. II those who differed
with them In their Interpretation Of
the Constitution were peFtured and
OblIvious Of their moral obligations.
IL seems 20 me 70 will be q little
more becoming for those men who
are scourgiBg us, who bold ne up to
public esstigatiOn, N they possess
the m )desty Of opinion 20 reeolleet
that their views OF the Constitutton
have not been maintained by the
people Of the country. There has
been no step In the national progress
Ia the last thirty-hve years against
which the senator from Louisiana
and the senator from Mississippi
and the senator from Missouri have
not arisen and declared 10 was
against the Constitution. reeol-
lect there was q great demonstra-
ton that there Was no power in the
Constitution 10 eoercs . state which
saw dc 10 gu out Of the Union. But
We found Il, Mr.. President; we
found &c somewhere iu the latent
recesses, "pubIIe welfare" "bless-
Ings Of liberty," wherever it might
De we found it. We were told that
the abolition Of slavery was without
warrant In the Constitutions, but we
found 10, and when u could not be
found In the letter it was amended
by the sword. IL 10 . fair warning
to those who attempt TO Insist upon
verbal and llngual Interpretations
against the will Of The people, that
whenever the elasticity, the capacity
10 carry out the wishes aud the Will
OF the people 10 not sufficient there
will always be found . way to
amend it.
So we we're told when reconstruc-
ton came that there was no consti-
tutiOnal power TO reconstruct the
rebelll0us states. We were told
there was no power In the Constiiu-
ton 10 make paper q legal tender.
We were told by the same men who
are now declalming against this bill
and against those who support IL A.
being ,prslenders aud insineere and
uncandid, that there was no power
under the Constitution to- make le-
gal tender out Of paper; aud later on
that there was no constitutional
power to resume specie payments.
The other day, when there was .
little resolution offered here to In
uuIre into some violation Of law In
Mississippi the whole organisation
rose up and said, at Is q violation
Of the Constitution. You have q
right to 20 to England, to Germany,
to Austria, to Spain, wherever the
n Shts Of an American citizen have
been assaulted, but there u no power
10 the Constitution to take care OF
the rights Of an American that have
been assailed aud overthrowu In
Mississippi" Aud later than that,
upon q little petty question Of con-
venleRce here In tue Senate, when
there was an order proposed for the
elestion Of o president pro tempore
who should hold during the pleas
ure of the Senate, up rose the guard
Ians Of the constitution aud said
there Was no power To elect presi-
dent Of this body except in the ab
sence Of the vice-presldent.
commend, Mr.. President, to
these construers Of the Constitution
the contemplation Of the results OF
their criticisms for the last thirty
years, and suggest whether IL IL not
barely possible that they may be
mistaken in invoking against this
effort to relieve the people, for
whom the Constitution was made.
Of one Of the great, crying evils OF
any century.
The Senator from North Carolina,
prematurely, l think, the Senator
from Alabama, improvidently,
think, said that the amendment
proposed by me was outside the linn
It's and purview of the Constitution
IN this, that it was O violation OF the
privilege and prerogatlve Of the
House Of Representatives. To the
two operating clauses Of the CoBstl-
tuition will call the attention Of the
Senate. Article I, section 7, says:
All bills for raising revenue shall originate
In the House Of Representatives
That 10 plain; that IL explicit; that
IL unmIstakable. II this bill 10 for
raising revenue, I admit that it IL
improperly introduced into this
body.
Section 8 says:
The Congress shall have power 10 lay and
collect taxes, duties, imports, aud excises--
For what?
20 pay the debts and provide f1r common de-
Tense and general welfare Of the United
States
20 further and I admit that ~
this measure which proposes 10 lay
g tax 10 q bill for raising revenue,
then it 10 not properly In this body.
| accept logically ali the consequent
ces Of those declarations. There IL
the major premises; there 10 the nal
nor premises; there IL the couclu-
sion. II 10 q syllogism. Bills for
raising revenue must originate In
the House OF Representatives; this
II bill for raising revenue; there
fore u eau not properly originate In
the Senate. Bns IL the power TO tax
and the raising Of revenue the same
thing? Are they identical under
the Constitution? Under section 8
In the exercise Of the power 10 tax
for the purpose Of paying debts, pro-
vldiDg for the common defeuse and |
general welfare Of the Uniied States,
Q bill for raising revenue? I deny |
Il. I affirm that this In no sense |
whatever q bill for raising revenue. |
IL IL not intended Ne q bill for raising /
revenue any more than the bill for |
the taxation OF oleomargarine was
intended for raising revenue. Ev-
erybody who voted Tor that bill or
against it knew that &c was not q bill /
for raising revenue. IL was q bill
that was Introduced and passed for
the purpose Of suppfess.ng the pro-
Of an article that was be-
lieved TO be injurious 10 the welfare
Of The United Ststes, whether that
belief was right or wrong. did not
believe in Il myself. |
Mr.. GRAY. Will the Senator
rom Kansas allsw me to ask him .
question?
Mr.. INGALLS,. Certainly.
Mr.. GRAY. The Senator from
Kansas bas Just said, and III
,hink said truly, that every one
rev the real object Of the oleomar-
rarine bill was not to raise revenue,
hat Il was for come other purpose,
o-wit, to suppress the manufacture
md sale Of Q counterfeit article Of
God. I ask the Senator ~ the real
,oieet OF the bill hsd been expressed