Year: 1872

The Washington Patriot, OF Monday, thus


closes an editorial:


The latest outrage perpetrated by the


Radical majority engages attention at this


time, and may be attended with important


consequences. As they had culpably neg


lected the public business-after having
passed a resolution in january to adjourn


on the twentieth of May-it became neces-


sary to adopt some rule by which the ap-
preparations could be passed within the


time last fixed for closing the session. The


Democratic minority willingly assented


and the following rule was adopted instead


of the customary form of general consent


The object was to avoid all possibility of
misunderstanding on the subject


Res0ICed, That during the present session
1t shall be IN order at any time to move
recess; and pending an appropriation bill,


to move to eontine debate on amendments
thereto to five minutes by any Senator on
the pending mOtiOn and such motions shall


be decided without debate. And no amend
ment to any such bill making legislative
provisions, other than such as directly re-
late to the appropriations contained in the


bill, shall be received.


Language could hardly be more explicit
or torcible to express the purpose of this
rule, which was to limit the amendments
strictly to the objects of appropriation, and
to exclude that vicious system of legislation
by which jObbing schemes have heretofore
been packed on the back of the supply bills
in the closing hours of Congress. There
was a perfect agreement on both sides. On
Friday last some of the Radicals found this
rule too rigid for certain private interests,
and application was made to the Demo
cratic side to relax it for their benefit. 1t
was refused upon the ground that if the
door was once opened partisan amendments
would be introduced. This objection was
met by positive assurance given to Mr..
Stockton and others by several Republican
Senators that no such purpose was enter
tanned.


This was the condition of facts under
which the Senate met after the recess on
Friday evening, with the miscellaneous ap-
preparation bill pending. Suddenly, and
without notice of any kind, Mr.. Kellogg,
carpet -bagger from Louisiana, moved an
amendment covering the bill to carry cleo
tons by the bayOnet, which had already
passed the Senate, and is now before the
House. He was evidently put forward to
do this dirty work. and came prepared with
the amendment printed for distribution on
his own side, without any authority from
the Senate. How the public printer could
do that work, while orders regularly made
are largely in arrears, may become the sub
ject of inquiry. As it was withheld from
the Democrats, Mr.. Casserly asked the
amendment to be passed over temporarily,
so that it might be examined. There was a
reason for such scrutiny, as this same Mr..
Kellogg had attempted to smuggle House
bill for the election in Louisiana through
the Senate, by representing it to be identi-
cal with one already passed in that body,
when an examination showed that there
were very material differences between the
two.


Although this amendment flagrantly vio-
lated the rule, it was held to be in order by
Mr.. Anthony, the presiding officer, who was
of course, sustained by the drilled train
bands that had already decided the ques-
tiOn in caucus. The Democrats remOnstra-
ted in vain against so palpable violation
of honor. Their protests in behalf of free
speech were seoffed at by the very dema-
gOgues who had reached the Senate by a
clamOr against the intolerance of the ''slave
power After a prOtracted resistance
through the whole night, and until near
nine o'clock on Saturday morning, brute
force at last triumphed, and this outrageous
amendment was carried. 1t extends the ap-
plication of the act by which the marines
we're paraded at the polls in Philadelphia,
and troops mustered in New York, to every
election precinct in the United States, and
authorizes the appointment of supervisors
of elections, with power to call in the
United States marshal and special deputies
appointed by him without limit. It pro-
poses partisan police of more than 100000
men.


This monstrous attempt to invade the
States, and control the elections federal
agents and the presence Of bayOnets, is the
most daring Of the many acts of despOtism
yet ventured by the party in power. The
object is not only to seize the polls in the
Southern States, but to apply this desperate
exDedient to New York and Pennsylvania
which are regarded likely to defeat Grant.
The Democrats in the House promptly de-
to oppose the conspiracy by the
use of every parliamentary right, and they
gained victory by compelling an adjourn
ment on Saturday night, after sending the
bill to conference committee, ard reserv-
ing their strength, if required, for the final
test to-day.


The Democrats repeatedly offered to pass
the appropriation bill as it stood, with
many Objectionable provisions, if this OBJ
nOxiOus amendment was stricken out. The
now rests with the Senate
Ii the spirit of faction still dominates there,
and the majority are willing TO take the
ton, be it so. The bill could be lost with
Out the least injury, since millions of dol
lars are covered in the proposed expendi-
lures, which will really be applied to polit-
cal purposes, and the reward of unscrupu-
Gus partisans. In any event the Radicals
must bear the burden, but as the want of
his large sum of money might be ineonve-
lient, they may possibly surrender, since
he pocket with them is the first principle
@ be protected.


The Camp Meeting at Biloxi.


We copy this from the Christian Adro-