The record-union., 1895-12-11

sachusetts-AIr. McCuilom OF lll1-
pois Addresses the Senate on the
Monroe Doctrine-''The Time Has
Come When This Nation Should
Put the Question Beyond Cavil.''
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10-In the
House of Representatives to-day Mr.
Mccall (Rep) of Massachusetts offered
the following resolution, and asked It's
immediate consideration:
Whereas. Thomas +. Bayard, the
ambassador OF the United States TO
Great Britain, is reported by the Lon
don Times to have said in pupllc
speech delivered in Boston, England, on
the I'd day of August, 1895, The Presl-
dent stood in the midst OF strong,
self-confident and often times violent
people, men who sought to have their
own way. 1t took a real man to govern
the people of the United States ana,
Whereas, said Bayard is further re-
ported by the press of this country 10
have said in a public speech delivered
in Edinburgh, Scotland, on the Ith day
of November, 1895, In my own country
/ have witnessed the Unsuitable growth
of a form Of socialism styled protec-
ton, which has done more to corrupt
public life, to Danish men of independ-
ent mind from public councils ana TO
lower the tone of the National represen-
tatiOn than any other single cause
Protection, now controlling the SoVef-
eign power of taxation, has been pre-
Verted from its proper function OF Gre
ating revenue to support the Govern
ment into an engine for selfish proht,
allied with combinations called trusts.
1t has thus sapped the popular con-
science by giving corruptlng largeSSe
to special classes and it throws legisla-
ton into the political market, where
jObbers and choppers took the place OF
statesmen; and,
Whereas, it is not one OF the Iunc-
tions of an ambassador to insult the
country to which he is accredited, the
people he is supposed to represent, ana
it is consistent neither with the char
acter of the office nor with the dignity
and independence of the people OF the
United States that their Embassador
abroad should make violent partisan
speeches on questions relating to our
democratic policy upon foreign SOIL
therefore, be it,
Resolved, That the President be and
he is hereby requested TO inform the
House of Representatives, il not in
compatible with the public interests,
what steps if any. he has taken TO as
certain whether said Bayard made said
speeches. and if he has ascertained that
he did make said speeches, what steps,
if any, he has taken to recall or to cen
sure said Bayard.
Crisp Dem) of Georgia objected to
its consideration, and it was referred
TO the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Barrett CRep) of Massachusetts Of
fered as matter of privilege the fol-
lowing:
Il do impeach Thomas F. Bayard,
United States ambassador to Great
Britain, of high crimes and misde-
meanorS on the following grounds:
Whereas, The following report of a
speech delivered before the Edinburgh
Philosophical Institute by Hon.
Thomas F. Bayard, Embassador Of the
United States of America at the Court
of Great Britain, as published in the
London News under date of November
s. 1895: The opening address of the
Edinburgh Philosophical Institute was
delivered last night by Mr.. Bayard,
ambassador of the United States of
America. who selected the subject: In
diVidual Freedom, the Germ of Ma
tional Progress and Permanence. In
his own country he said he had wit
messed the Unsuitable growth of that
form of state socialism styled protec-
ton which, he believed. had done more
inequality of fortune. TO corrupt public
councils, to lower the tone of national
representation, blunt public con-
science, create false standards in the
popular mind, to faniliariZe it with re-
lance upon State aid and guardian
ship in private affairs, divorce ethics
from politics, and place politics upon
the low level of a mercenary scramble
than any other single cause. Step by
step. and largely owing to the confu-
sion of civic strife, ii has succeeded in
obtaining control of the sovereign
power of taxation, never hesitatinS al
any alliance, or to resort 10 any COM
bination that promised to assist its
purpose of perverting the public taxa
tion from its only true jurisdiction and
function of creating revenue for the
support of the whole people into an en-
gine for a selfish profit or = crowd OF
beneficiaries and combinations called
trusts Under its dictation, individual
enterprise and independence have beer
oppressed and the energy OF discovery
and invention debilitated and discour-
aged. It has unhesitatingly allied IT.
self with every policy which tended tC
commercial isolation, dangerously de-
pleted the treasury and sapped the pop
ular conscience by schemes of corrupt
ing favor and largesse to special
classes, whose support was thereby at
tracted. Thus it has done much tc
throw legislation into the political mar
ket, where jobbers and choppers took
the place of statesmen. 1t was incorrect
TO speak of protection as a national pol
lev. for that it could never be. because
1t never could be other than the foster
ing of special interests at the expense
of the rest and thus overthrow the
great principle Of equality before the
law, and that resultant sense of justice
ftgff. fff,fa fas
sovereign powers which was the sense
of domestic tranquility and human
contentment. The enfeeblement OF in
dividuaI energies and the impairment
of many self-reliances were necessarily
involved and the belief in mysteries o.
the State and a reliance upon then
took the place of individual eXertion
fostered the growth of State socialism
and personal liberty ceased to be the
great end of the Government: and,
Nv hereas, such rejection on the peo
pie of the United States in a foreign
country, and before foreign audience
is manifestiy in serious disregard of tht
proprieties and obligations which
should be observed by an official repre-
sentative OF the United States abroad
and calculated 10 injure our nationa
reputation, be It
Resolved, BY the House of Repre-
sentatives that the Committee on For
eign Affairs be directed 10 ascertain
whether such statements have been di
rectly made, and if so, TO report to th,
House such action. by impeachment ol
otherwise. as shall be proper in tn,
premises. For the purposes of this in
duiry, the committee is authorized L
send for persons and papers
Crisp (Den.) OF Georgia made a poin
of order against the resolution that i
did not present a question OF privilege
Speaker Reed oveTruled the point o
order. and Barrett explained his reso
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