Year: 1879

The Senate.


THE WALLACE RESOLUTIONS.


WASHINGTON. April 22.-At the expiration of
the morning hour the Wallace resolution to
vest the appointment and removal of Senate
employees in the secretary and sergeant-at-arms
Ins taken up, the question being on Edmunds'
ubstitute, which opposed by Senator PEN
dleton and advocated by Senator Conkling.


Owing TO the absence of Senator Edmunds
the resolution went over until tomorrow,


HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS.


Senator Pendleton gave notice that Thurs
day, after the disposition of the army bill, he
would call up his bill providing for giving the
heads of depal tments seats on the floor Of the
Senate and House.


THE MULE AND FARM.


Senator Ingalls, introduced bill for the re-
lief of colored persons now emigrating from
the Southern States. Referred.


GARLAND's ARGUMENT.


Consideration was resumed of the army bill
and Senator Garfield addressed the Senate, say
ing two questions were to be considered: First,
whether eight words ''or to keep the peace at
the polls" should be respected; and second, if
80, was it right and proper to secure their re-
peal on an appropriation bill. Such questions
could not have been long debated in the house
of commons and he was surprised that de-
termlned opposition SnOulu De met with among
the representatives of a free people to the
abrOgatiOn of enaCtments hostile to perfect
liberty. No extraordinary emergency existed
to Justify the of troops and without such
excuse the country could not submit to


WAR PRACTICES


in time of profound peace. Passing to the
question of the propriety of attaching the
proposed repeal to an appropriation bill, Senator
Garland said the practice was an old established
one, and whatever its faults, it could not be
uprooted save by a constitutional amendment.
He reviewed some of the notable instances of
similar action by the Republican majorities,
and said the cry of revolution was raised too
late to be sincere He alluded to Senator
Blaines enumeration of the consequences of
failure to provide for expenses of the govern
ment and deslared that rather than see the
liberties of the humblest citizen longer
abridged by law which it in the power of
Congress to repeal, he would see the capitol
crumble to pieces, The ships rot at their moor
ings, and the supreme court unfrocked. But
there was no intention to employ coercion.
Each department of the government was and
should be independent in its action and if
each did its duty according to the spirit of the
constitution he looked forward to continued
prosperity and to brilliant future for the
country.


A STATESMAN SPEAKS.


Senator Davis, ILL.,. said the caucus is an i'm
portant factor in American politics, and both
the great parties of the country employ its
agency on the theory that party action is most
easily perfected by this method. BE did not
complain of the mode adopted to reach results
but as he had been for many years viewing
public affairs from an independent standpoint,
it did not help him any to decide any question
that might come before Senate. Although
usually preferring to give silent vote, he
could not suffer this measure to be passed
;tho h fboo Nbo
heat that had been manifested on the occasion
of this debate had surprised him, if anything
could surprise him in politics. stranger,
unaccustOmed to our modes of debate,
would suppose that the Union was
in danger, and that the old questions,


PASSIONS, PREJUD1cEs AND PURPOSES


which it had been thought were laid aside for
ever, were again revived, and this, too, fourteen
years after the rebellion was conquered, and
when there was complaint from any quarter
that the federal compact presses too hard upon
one section at the expense of another, when
the federal government is obeyed throughout
the entire South. He continued, there does not
seem to be the least ground for the


EXCITEMENT AND BITTERNESS


that have characterized the discussions in Con.
gress at this session, and should be amazed
were it not that the record of all parties proves
that maiorities invariably commit legislative
wrongs, and mino-ities invariably protest
against them. If it be true, as charged, that
the success of one of the great parties of tho
country means revolution and ruin to consti-
tutional liberty, of what value would be the
isGsey eased Of any the oths1 species
property? In the nature of things, if revolu-
ton was impending, or there was any danger
liberty, the government would not be able to
sell bonds at per cent. interest: nor the stock
market in New York maintain its present high
rate. This charge, Mr.. President, is mere tic.
tion, and has no foundation,


BUT IT PROMISES INFINITE MISCHIEF,
and tends to demoralize the country and every
material interest in it, alarms the thoughtlesa
and timid, unsettles business and values, and
produces a state of unrest in every community
II may succeed In winning elections, but 1t
cannot restore prosperity. That great object
can never be accomplished through continu-
ance of sectional strife and violence, nor do
believe the people are in mood for this kind
of policies. They have had more than five
years of harsh experience, and they want to
find some mode of relief from their


PRESENT SUFFERING AND IMPOVERISHED CoND1-


TON,


and they will honor the statesman who con-
tributes to the stock of knowledge on this sub.
iect, rather than the political leader who will
not l6C CQe pttSG aloHc.


I have no present concern, Mr.. Presi dent, in
the rise and fall of parties, but am deeply 80
Iicitous that the affairs of the government shall
be 80 administered that laborers seeking en-
ployment can obtain it. that all industrial
pursuits will be suitably rewarded, aud that
heart be given to the people, North and South,
to work out of their present embarrassments
We are one people, of the same blood, anc
with the same destiny,


AND UNITY OF FEELING,


is essential to lift us out of the mire, and t.
help US on the road to prosperity. The differ
ent parts of our common country are 30 in
timately connected in trade and commerce
that as a general rule whatev er injuriously af
fects one part has corresponding effect on th'
other, and whatever benefits one benefits tht
other. 1t is. Mr.. President, in my Judgment
the imperitive duty Of the hour, instead of
turning the attention of the people back int
history with its animosities, to direct 1t to tn
TROUBLED BUSINESS INTERESTS OF THE COUNTRY
and the way to relieve them. With the pas
buried and discussions on living issues, th
people would soon regain that confidence whicl
is essential in any plan for relieving the presen
hard times. 1T may be that such cours
would affect the fortunes of parties for bot
parties in Congress, or any question of practice
legislation fall to pieces, but it would have
most beneficial effect upon the fortunes of tn
country. Without intending to reflect th
patriotism of either party, it does appear to m