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TlOLANDD.SWOOPE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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oecO, '71-If.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIKLD, PA.
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ATTOEIUTS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
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HENRY BRETH,
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CLEARFIKLD, PA.
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jell'7l CLEARFIELD, PA.
J F. SNYDER,
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CLEARFIELD, PA.
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CLEARFIKLD, PA.,
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OLEARFIILD, PA.
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April M, 1071. Clearleld, Pa.
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LCTHIRSBLRO, PA.
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CLEARPIELD, Pit UN' A.
OFFICE IN HESIDENCE, CORNER OP FIRST
AND P1NI STREETS.
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TAR. J. P. BURCH FIELD,
We Sargeoa of the Old ReglsssBl, PaBsaslsasU
"veers, BaslBg rMrs Irss tao ana,
oners kls prefessUaal serrlaes la lasltisM
Claarleld soaaty.
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Watches, Clockt and Jewelry,
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All
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to. April II, U7I.
ended
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P.O.HARRIS,
Clearlrld, Pa., in. 1, 1171 111.
"The Bayonet Must Not, Shall Not,
control tne Ballot."
SPEECH
OF
Hon. J. C. S. Blackburn,
OF KENTUCKY.
Delivered In f Ae House of llepre
senlalire; Tdurodat, April 3, 1879.
The House Bering sndsr eon.lderatloa ths bill
(U. R. No. 1), matini approprlatlona for the sup
port of the Army for the Oscel yearndiu Jane
10, 1080, and for other pnrposss
Mr. BLACKBURN naid:
Mr. CtiAi&MAn, 1 trust that in what
1 may liavo to submit fur the consider-
alion of thin committee I shall in no
wise derogate from, or lower, the plane
v. miruuBOj biiq uillliy Willi WII1CD, in
the main, this discussion has been con
ducted by my colleagues on this tido
ol the Chamber. I trust that no ut
terance of mi no will givo color to the
charge that in my judgment any aoc
tionai question ia involved in the con
sideration ol the issue before this oom
mittee. I do not intend, air, to bo personal
in anything that I may say. There has
como from different members tf the
other aide of the House during Una de
bat o that, which in my judgment, re
quires and morits notice, and I shall
go back, before I shall have finished,
ooveral days to roply as best I may to
the points that have been made bv the
distinguished gentleman from Ohio,
I mr uarneiti. 1 take it. sir. that no
body ia aurnnsed at the annearance of
me nonorauie gontioman Irom JNow
Jersey Mr. Robeson. This man
Kobeson, w ho is now a mem ber of Con-
rcss from Now Jersey, was Grant's
ecrotary ol the Navy, and was sharp
enough to escape impeachment, when
nis uromor War Secretary, lielknan.
went undor and was disgraced ; and if
uoocson naa uis ust dues, bo would bo
serving a term in the penitentiary in
stead ol in Congress. Ed. iisp. who
last occupied the floor. This debate
would not have been complete, or fairly
rounded out, unless some momber of
the privy council of that imperialistic
dynasty, under whoso administration
theso very vicious practicos grow op,
which it is now sought by this amend
ment to repeal, should havo appeared
upon this floor to testify in their be
half. It is charged, sir, not that the amend
ment under consideration, involves of it
self an unconstitutional piece of legisla
tion, but, it is urged by various distin
guished members on this floor that it is
revolutionary in ilscharac tor; that it has
no proper place on an appropriation bill;
that it is out of line, and dosorvos tbo
condemnation of the House because it
is an exotic in this connection and
should have been considered as an in
dependent bill. It is charged further
that the tondoncy and operation ot it
will be to restrict the powor ef the
President as Commander-in-Chiof of
a,u.i .r.L. u-i..a a...... .
Now, Mr. Chairman, he is but a poor
student of this country's history who
is not able to satisly tiimaell that Irom
the very formation of tho Fed oral Con
stitution down to tho present time it has
ever been held, and that by tho highest
authorities of the land and never suc
cessfully denied, that it was a power
not only ol the American uongress but
a power of this House to control the
employment of the Army by a with
holding ol supplies.
Tbedebatesunon tbolormationoi tne
Federal Constitution, which lio before
me, show that the brightest intellects
assembled in tbat convention asserted
this doctrine in its broadest torms and
no man dared gainiay it It is one ot
those features of English liberty that
come down to us by adoption.
It was so stated in the debates upon
tho formation of this instrument, as
givon to us, that it is ever and always
has been in the power of the llouso of
Kopresontalives, by copying mo exam
ple of the House of Commons of En
gland in withholding supplies, to con
trol absolutely the employment and
conduct of tho Army. You may fol
low that thoory down at short inter
vals, and in 1819 when an Army ap
propriation bill was considered and
passed in mis unaraDer anu it was pro
posed to restrict the power of the Pres
ident by specifying tho purposes to
which the appropriations should bo ap
plied, the very same argument was
mado against it thon that our friends
upon tho other sido hurl ugainst us
now.
It was upon that occasion that Mr.
Mercer, one of tho brightest among
the law-makers of tho (iovernmont ot
his day, asserted upon this floor, with
out encountering contradiction, that it
was in ths power of the House of Rep
resentatives to withhold supplies alto
gether lor the maintenance of the
Army it, indoed, that should become
necessary to control its oporation. It
was then that one whose patriotism
has never yet been questioned, though
it has survived through ths greater
portion of ft lading century only to
grow brighter as the ages go by it
was thon that not only K entucky'a, but
American's great commoner, Mr. Clay,
declared in Lis burning words of elo-
quenco, uttered where we now ait, that
be was roaay to marto vne issue who
ths Exocutivs and offer him ft bill with
the objectionable features incorporated
in it. and to aay to the Executive :
"Sign,orrefuaetosign it; but if you do
refuse to do it, declaring mat wo nave
not the Dower to pass it, then my an
swer to you shall be, neither has lbs
Executive tho powor that you arrogate
to Yourself." And you may comedown
from thon till now, and never in ths
history of this Government has It been
denied tbat the Constitution itself,
which givHS to Congress the right to
pas these money bills to provide means
lor the support and maintenance of ft
military establishment, carrion with it
tho resultant right on the part of Con
oross to withhold those appropriation!
when in its judgment it is necessary
to prevent abuses in the employment
of ths military.
In tho very nature of things this
proposed smcntlmcnt of ths law cannot
be revolutionary. It is ft repealing stat
ute) its only purpose and object ia to
repeal an existing law. 1 win not now
pause to toll how or under what cir
cumstances it was passed; 1 will not now
pause to doolineate the motives which,
in a rrreat measure, because ot the pro-
valence ol natural passions, inspired, if
they did not excase, the passage of
this Isw. But In ths very nsturo of
thinira this amendmonl csnnot be rev
olulionarv. Nonative legislation is
never revolutionary. This is not affirm
ativs legislation, twist ths iasus as the
gentleman from Now Jorsov Mr.
Robeson may seek to do. Buckle, the
most philoeophio ol all historians either
asclont or modern, has told ua that ths
s talesman and ths law maker seldom,
il ever, rendors s benefit to mankind
by the enactment of affirmative lawo ;
that it is rather by the repealing of
obnoxious and violoua enactments that
he entitles himself to the gratitude ol
humanity.
As I have said, this measure is in its
very nature anything but revolutions,
ry. Will it be olaimed is there a con
tleman upon that side of this Chambor
who will undertake to claim tbat h
reason of any provisions of the Fed
eral Constitution the President now
holds the power of which this amend
ment proposes to deprive him ? Is
thero a man loft in the House on either
sido who, attor the clear and logical
presentation or ths issuo made a fow
days since by my colleague from Ren
tucky, Mr. Carisle, will undertake
to assert tbat there wss any such
power on tho part of the Exocutive
prior to the act ol Uongress ot 1795 I
Sir, if the utmost be granted, if it be
admitted instead of being denied, as we
deny it, that this power was originally
nom oy mo rresident, it was beld by
reason of a congressional statute,
and ot necessity the authority passing
that statute and conferring that power
must De domed Willi equal authority
to repeal it.
1 he Constitution dooa not givo to
the Prosidont tho right to send the
armod forces of this Government into
any State even to suppress domestic
violence ; by no means. It gives the
right to the President of his own mo
tion, it goes further and requiros hira,
to protect each Stato from invasion by
tho employment of the military power.
But it only confers upon him tbo autho
rity to send tho armed soldiers of this
Government into a State to suppress do
moatio violence when tho Legislature
of that State, or its governor, the Leg
islature not being convened, shall make
a requisition upon him.
Ho is not to proceed upon apprehen
sion ; he is not permitted to anticipate
domestic violence. Neither ho nor the
exocutive of the State nor its Legisla
ture are permitted to exorcise such an
ticipation. It must be upon pre-existing
stato of things, ilomostio vio
lence must exist, and that laot must bo
certified by tho Legislature ot tho
State whose peace is disturbed, or
when tbat Legislature may not be con
vened, then by the chief executive of
that Commonwealth.
The President ot tho United States
is the rocipiont of no power of impli
cation. Thero is not a prerogative that
no bolds winch is not clearly deuned
and clearly limited by the provisions
of our organic law. That Constitution
has mado this Uongress, In exprcsa
terms by positive provision, the grand
reservoir into which all powers ol Im
plication flow. No. sir; this amendment
cannot, in the very nature ot things,
contemplate revolutionary action.
But, it is said, that it ia nut in its
proper plaoo whon ingraftod npon an
appropriation bill. Is thero a gentlo
man in this Chamber who will Jars to
take issue with ms upon the assertion
and I make it measuring the full im
port of my words alter a oaroful exam
ination of the statutes that more than
one-third of the permanent legislation
this Government, as it stands upon the
statute-books, of your country to day,
has boon put tlioro as riders upon
Army appropriation bills ?
1 do not care to trench uoon the pa
tience of this committee by any elabor
ate review of the countless instances
which that side of the House have
furnishad ua in ths shape of the pre
cedents for ths action that we take.
Sir, if lectures npon revolution are to
be road to us, lot them come from some
momber who is not himself oonvicted
oft tbs record.
Tho gontloman from Ohio Mr. Gar
field told us tbat this was an effort, an
unmanly effort, to starve the Govern
ment to death, lie contrasted it witn
hat he termed the bolder and braver
action oi certain mom hers of Congress
in 1801, when they loft their seats in
tbess two Chambers and carried their
issue to tho field of carnage. He tolls
us that this is revolution, and he de
nounces any effort we make to adopt it.
Mr. Ubairman, Donor would it nave
beon for ths people of this land if tbo
well-earned power ot the distinguished
gentleman from Ohio had bcon employ
ed at an early period of bis political
history in averting, denouncing, and
opposing revolutionary legislation.
Does me gontloman remomnerine rec
ord that ho mado in 1865 upon an
amendment offorod by Mr. Wilson, of
Iowa, proposing to revolutionize tne
judicial systojiv of his country, propos
ing to roD a co-oruinaie Dranun oi me
Government, and that, too, tho lost
barrior behind which tho liberty of the
citiion finds sholtor, proposing to strip
tho .Hopromo Court of the United Stales
of the prerogative and powor with
which the Federal Constitution has
clothed it? Does ho rcmombor ths
record he mado when Mr. Wilsons
amendment, which roads as follows, was
offered !
"Frotiiii, however, That if any cir
cuit or district court ot tho united
States shall adjudgs any act of Con
gress to be unconstitutional or Invalid,
tbo judgmont. before any olhor pro
csodinir shall be bad npon it, shall be
certified up to tho Supremo Court of
tho UniUd States, and shall Do consid
ered therein, and il upon the consider-
ation thereof two-thirds or all the mem
bers of the SuDrome Court shall not
affirm said judgment bolow, the samo
shall bo declared and held reversod."
Upon tbs oall of ths yeas and nays
the gentleman from Ohio is found vot
ing "ay ;" and tbon that amendment
was passed through tbia House by ths
aid of that trentleman's vote. That
court then consisted of eight judges ;
and undor ths bill it required six ot the
Supremo Conrt judges, moro than a
quorum, to affirm tho opinion ol a dis
trict or curcuit Fodoral court declaring
unconstitutional one of the gentleman's
own ill-advised, hasty, crude, if not
parlissn measures, llore, sir, I Dog
the attention of ths committee for a
minute. A district federal judgt
niiuht hold one of theso hasty laws on-
constitutional ; upon appeal ths circuit
Federal judge might affirm that de
cision. What then? Ths United States
district attorney might concur in the
judgment rendered. No appeal might
be asked. But uador the act, which
received the support of the gentleman
from Ohio, it bocame absolutely imper
ative to certify ths record without ap
peal (nobody complaining) to ins ou
proms Court of the Unitod States,
And then what? Under ths law s
majority of that court constituted a
?norum. r ive at ft majority oi eignt.
'ivs of those Supreme Court judges,
clothed in thoir spotless ermine, might
be npon ths bench. All five of them
might, by unanimoas concurrent ac
tion, declare that ths two lower judg
ments were correct, and yet that law
was to be beld, under ths bill which
ths gentleman supported, constitution!!
and valid. Revolution I What is there
(before I get through 1 will ask this
committe to Ull me) that the party
the gentleman so ably leads bss not
dons in tbat direction r
But, sir, this is not all. The gentle
man from Ohio in that effestive and
able speech to which be treated this
House a few days ago used the follow
ing language, which 1 read from the
Record :
"In opening: tho debate, I challenge
all comers to show single instance in
our history wbore this consent has
been coerced."
What consent? The oonsont of the
Executive by extraneous matter inject
ed into appropriation billa.
"This ia the groat, tho paramount
issue, which dwarfs all others into in
significance."
I accept tho gags of battle that the
gentleman throws down. I read from
the records and show him the instanco
he seeks. I find that on the 2d day ot
March, 18U7, ft thing occurred in this
House of which the gentleman should
have been cognizant, for be was thon
aa now- An bouotod meuL on this
floor. I find the following message
was sent by the then f resident ot the
United Slatos to the Houso ot Repre
sentatives :
To the House of Representatives :
"Tho act entitled 'An aot making
appropriations for the support ot the
Army
Ah, by singular coincidence that too
was an Army bill, just as this is.
"Tbo act entitled 'An act making
appriations for the support of the Army
for tho year ending J une 30, 186S, and
for other purposes, contains provisions
to which I must call attention. Those
provisions are contained in the second
Boclion which in certain cases virtually
deprives the President of bis constitu
tional functions ss Commandor-io-Chiof
of the Army, and in the sixth section
which denios to ton Slatos of Uis Un
ion thoir constitutional right to protect
themselves in any emergency by means
of. thoir own militia. Those provi
sions aro out of place in an appropria
tion act.
Bid tho gentleman from Ohio bor
row bis recently used protoit from tbis
official prolost of tho Exocutive of tbo
country f
"ibose provisions are oulot place in
an appropriation aot. I am compelled
to defeat theso necessary appropria
tions if I withhold my signature to the
act. Pressed by these considerations"
1 grunt you, ho does not say "co
erced "
"Pressed by those considerations, I
feel constrained to return the bill with
my signaturo, hut accompany it with
my protest against tbo suction which
I have indicated."
March 2, 1807. Andbew Johnson.
Is there no coercion thero? Whv.
sir, the record is full. In an act mak
ing appropriations for the sundry civil
exponsos of this Government for the
year ending June 30, 180s, it was pro
vided that in the courts of tho United
Statos there should be no exclusion of
any witness on account of color, or in
any otber civil action Decause lie is t
party interested in the issue to bo triod.
Is not that extraneous matter ? Yot
upon this bill ths record shows that
gentleman from Ohio Is found voting
n ino imi. in a..-
But, sir, worse than all this, I find
that on ft momorable occasion in the
Thirty-ninth Congress, of which the
gentleman from Ohio was likewise a
momber, that occurred which will nov
er fade from the minds ot the Amorioan
fieople. I refer to tho proceedings
ooking to the impeachment of the
Chiof Executive of this Ropublic, which
came eo nigh resulting in conviction.
On that occasion 1 find that a colleague
of the gentleman from Ohio, Mr. Ash
ley, moved to suspend me ruies to al
low him to make a report from the
Committoeon what? Judiciary? No,
sir. From the Committee on Terri
tories, in the nature of a resolution im
peaching ths President of the Ameri
can Government for high crimes and
misdemeanors. On the yea-aud-nay
vote I find the gontloman from Ohio
votod "ay."
And 1 nnd lurtber, sir, the counts
npon which those impeachment arti
cles were predicated, and I beg to call
tho attontion oi turn committee to tbnm.
Mr. Ashley said :
"I do impeach Andrew Johnson,
Vice-President and acting President of
tho Unitod states, of high crimes and
and misdemeanors."
"Charge him with the usurpation of
power and violation of law"
And now come tho nvo counts in mo
indictment, and I bog tho careful at
tontion of tbis committee, for 1 will
bring it homo to the very issuo that
the gentleman from Ohio has courted
in tins contest.
"In that bo has corruptly used tho
appointing powor."
. I put the gontloman on his candor
and submit to him to say whether ho
ever intended to impeach the President
for that? Tho country knows be did
not That appointing powur bad not
been wielded in such a way as to merit
the censuro of the gontloman himself.
, "Secondly, in that ho has oorruptly
used tho pardoning powor."
1 Did the gontloman from Ohio moan
to impeach him for that ? I will an
swer for him, no. Everybody knows
be did not.
, "Thirdly, in that he has corruptly
usod the veto powor." '
And lliero was wnore liioBiingcamo
in. it was tno exorcise oi mat consti
tutional prerogative, it was tbo em
ployment of the veto power, for which
the Houso and the gontloman from
Ohio voted these artiolos of impeach
ment, coupled with one other offense
only.
. "Fourthly, in that ho has corruptly
disposod of the puhlio proporty of tho
Unitod Htatoo.
1 That was a moro formal count in the
indictment, and I doubt not that the
gvntlcman from Ohio will admit it.
"Fifthly, in that ho has corruptly
interfered "
In what? '
"in the elections and did acts which in
contemplation of tho Constitution are
high crimes and misdemeanors."
; There were but two counts in that
indictment upon which it was propos
ed to impeach the Executive ; it was
ths exercise of the veto power and it
waa bis ihtorforenco, not in elections,
but bis Interference to prevent tho in
trterence of the armed power of this
Government in tho elections of this
country. Was the denunciation still
ringing In tbat gentleman's ears which
the thon President bad employed in
his interview with General Emory, de
nouncing aa subversive ot all the prin
oinles of free irovernmeiit the interfer
ence of ths military with ths right of
suffrage at ths polls?
But, Mr. Chsirman, these counts in
this indiotment were) voted on more
than ones. Ths gentleman from Ohio
is recorded every tims as voting In
their favor. And may I be permitted
to remind this'commilteo that the rec
ord of that Congress shows that he
was supported in his action, that he
had standing try mm, voting side Dy
sida with bim to impsach ths Prosi
dont for tbs legitimat sxoroiss of ths
veto power, ons who was the com
REPUBLICAN.
paratively obscure and who but for s
combination ot accidents would have
remained to this day and until bis dy
ing day in that obscurity for which
nature and his Creator scorned so de
signedly to have fitted him that side
by sido with tbs gentleman from Ohio
stood and voted Mr. Rutberlord B.
Uayos, with whose prospective veto
we are mreatcned. Applause and
laughter. Now, sir, I beg you to tell
mo Dy what rule of consistency does
the gentleman from Uliio come upon
this floor to flaunt in tho faoe of an
American Congress an anticipated ex-
erciso by this .Executive of bis veto
when bo and tbat JSxocutivo both
stand committed upon the record to
voto for his impeschmcnt if be dares
to omploy it ?
And whilo I am at this point 1 might
ask by what soit ot authority oither
tbat gontloman or any other comes
npon this floor to threaten us with tho
probable or possible action ot tbat Ex
ecutive at all ? What provision of tho
Federal Constitution, what law onnot-
ed by any preceding Congress under
takes to clotbo anybody, oither that
Prosidont himself or one of his privy
council, evon including bis premier,
the Secretary of State, to sit as he did
on the floor of this Chambor on Satur
day of lust week and by bis presence
and his indications of approval sock to
intimidttto, overawe, Cries ot "Oh I"
on the Republican side and browbeat
an American Congross? Who com
missioned tho gentleman from Ohio to
toll ua tbat wo bad best be careful bo-
cause the issuo was made and the Ex
ecutive would not be coerced into a
message of approval ?
Mr. Chairman, I am advised that
thirty minutes of the hour allowed me
nave expired and the remaining por
tion ot my hour 1 am compelled by
agreement to yield to my friend Irom
Louisiana, Mr, Uibson.j
Mr. GAKFIEL1). I hopo the gen
tleman will not be cut off.
Mr. HUNTON. I move the time
of tho gontloman bo extended. Cries
of "Go on!" from both sides of the
House.
The CUAlilMAN. Thoro is no ob
jection, and tho gentleman will pro
ceed.
Mr. BLACKBURN. Then, Mr.
Chairman, I thank the Houso for its
kindnoss. I would ask, docs tbo gon
tloman from Ohio, or does any olhor
gentleman, put so low an estimate up
on the sclf-rospcct, tho integrity, tho
courage, and tho manhood ot this
House, without regard to party, as to
believe that snoh a treat so flaunted is
to intimidate the law-making branch
of this Government to shape its action
on measures of legislation? I cannot
think that we are measured by so
short a standard.
But, sir, 1 am not through with the
speech which tho gentleman has made.
He tolls us :
The proposition now Is, that after
fourteen years have passed, and not
one petition from one Amorican citizen
has como to us asking that this law be
repealed ; while not one memorial has
lonnrt it wai c dMlra mmr-lajnino
of the law, as tar as 1 have heard, the
Democratio Houso of Representatives
holds tbat if they are not permittod to
force upon another House and upon
the Executive against their consent
the repeal of ft law that Democrats
made, tbis refusal sbal be considered a
sufficient ground for starving this Gov
ernment to death. This is tho prop
osition which we denounce aa revolu
tion." And that was roeoivefl with applause
on the Republican aide.
Does tho gentleman from Ohio moan
to stand upon that declaration ? By
that significant nod he says that ho
docs. Dooa be not know that the Con
gross just expired bore upon its files
potition after petition, memorial after
memorial, in contested-election cases,
sent by the Houso to its committeo,
prolestiug sgainst tho presence ot the
military ot the polls and denouncing
ths usurpation, demanding its ropoal,
in order tbat a Iroo ballot might bo
had? Docs tho genlloman tail to re
member that the State of Louisiana,
a aovoreign State of this confederacy
once moro, thank God, sent her me
morial to tbeso Halls, in wbicb in
thunder tones she uttered hor anathe
mas against the very practice which
this amendment Books to correct ?
But that gentleman did moro : ho
went further and, if possible, ho did
worso. 1 moan to deal in exact fair
ness. I oven mean to bo liberal in the
construction 1 put upon his utterances.
Air. Uhairman, it is generally true
that tho gravo suffices to silence the
tongno ot detraction, ft is not often
that its darkened portals are invaded
to pronounco severe criticism, even
though richly deserved, if it is to be
pronouncod upon the dead. But the
gontloman from Ohio, forgetting him
self in his speech on last Saturday, for
got also to observe mis manly and
magnanimous rulo. By that speech he
certainly must have sought, or, if not
Booking, he was unlortotmto in produc
ing the impression that a distinguish
ed doad Senator from the State of
Kentucky had intioduccd into tho
Federal State Chamber tho bill which
we by this amendment seek to repeal,
and to sond his namo down to posteri
ty to bo blasted by tbo act, if indeed
he had performed it, and that charge
to rest upon that gentleman's own high
authority. I hold in my hand the very
bill, No. 37, which was introduced np
on tho &th of January, 1804, by Sona-
tor 1'owcll, ol Kentucky.- I bore lies
before mo on my desk tho manly,
statesmanlike, and patriotic, bold ut
terances tnai ue uunvereu in lue snape
of speoch npon the consideration ol
that bill. I challenge tho gentleman
to find within tho'limits sf this meas
ure a singlo, solitary provision, line,
sontenco, word, or syllablo that this
amendment seeks to repeal.
Dooa not ths gentleman know if
bo does not, it is bis fault that tho
amendment incorporated upon this bill
which ws now sock to repeal was in
corporated and ingraftod npon it, not
when ths Senate was in Committee of
tbo Wbolo, but in open Sonato, upon
motion ot benator 1 omeroy, and when
tbo vols was taken upon tbat amend
ment oy yeas and nays, every solitary
Democrat in that Chamber voted
against it and put ths seal of his con
demnation upon It, Mr. rowcll among
the number? Hera stands Senator
Powell's utterance, in which he ex
plains bow and why it was that the
Democratio members in that body and
this body at last accepted this as the
best tbat could be bad ; notwithstand
ing, against their protest, the ingraft
ing of ths Pomoroy amendment, be
cause it was to be taken in lieu ot what
they charged was true, of what the
President of the United Statos in an
official communication toCongress had
declared to be true, that in tho absence
of even ths limitations that amonded
bill would give, tbs military authon
ties and officers of tbo Government bad
arrogated to themselves ths power in
all the lately seceding Statos of declar
ing what should bo the qualification to
hold office. It was as the least often
sivo of two offensive alternatives. It
was not candid, it was not fair; ths
record rebukes the genlloman for seek
ing to place a dead statesman in such
a falso position.
But, Mr. Chairman, it is useless to
follow these things further. It is not.
sir, for ms to waste the tims and
trench upon the patience of this com
mittoo by following out 'the torgiver-
.1 L. il.L .1.- T i?i:
ottLiun luruugu wuiua luu Avuuuuiican
party has wounded itself to mis high
f ilana of protest against revolutionary
ogislation. Why, sir, ths gontloman
from Ohio, in 1872, mado a speoch
upon tbis floor wbicb be will not deny.
It was, as is always tho caso with bis
efforts, an adroit as well as an able
speoch. In that ho declared that the
minority to which wo tbon belongod,
but in which in God's providence we
are no longer found ho declared that
the millOrlLV SSlg guilty-
tion. For what? Because they in
sisted that extraneous matter should
not be put upon appropriation bills.
He suid that was revolution. Laugh
tor and applause. We took him at
his word, and uow whoro does he
stand ? It was revolution then to re
sist tho injection of oxtranoous matter
ovor the protest of the majority. It
is revolution now for the majority to
resist that same protest of that minor
ity ; but in tho ono case it was his sido
protesting, in the other caso it was
ours.
Ah, Mr. Chairman, let one take tbo
darkoned pages of his country's histo
ry for the last seventeen long years
and read it carefully, and tell mo then
whethor it lies in tho mouth of
tbat worthy loader of ft onoe
gicat but waning parly to read
lectures to anybody, cither upon
tho score of revolutionary legislation
of extraneous introductions into appro
priation bills. Botler tar in tho face
of the record that they have made,
bettor to listen patiently to the con
firmed inebriate as ho dilutes upon the
virtues of temperance, better let tho
queen of the demi-monde elaborate tho
beauties of female virtue, or let the
devil prato of tho echome of universal
redemption, than for homilies upon
good morals aud lectures upon revolu
tionary legislation to bo delivered from
such a source. AppltiUHC and luugh
ter.1 jhoro ia but one issuo here, and I
insist that neither this House nor tbo
people of this counlry shall bo allowed
to wander from it. It is but this, and
nothing more: whether tho military
powor shall bs allowed at your polls ;
wbolber tbe elections sball bo guarded
by the mailed hand of military powor;
whether the ballot-box, the last and
safest shield of the freeman's libortios,
shall be turned over to tho tender mer
cies of the armies of your land. Or,
to state it yet more torsely and proba
bly more fairly, it is simply whether
tho spirit and tbo genius of this Gov
ernment shall bo rovorscd, and whethor
tho civil shall bo mado subordinate to
tho military powor.
V by, sir, among tbe most lavorod,
u uiw. ilousubfl r - ... - - ,
ciplos ingrafted on our system of gov
ernment from our old protolypo, the
English people, is that provision which
would not tolerate not only tho inter
fcrencs but tho presence of tho milita
ry at the polls.
uver one hundred years ago an
English statute declared tbo will of
Englishmen upon this vital qnestion.
I read the statute :
"Be if enacted by tin Kings most ex
cellent Majesty, by and icith ths advice
and consent of the JUords, qiirttual ana
temporal, and Commons in Parliament
assembled, and by the authority of the
same, That when and as often as
any election of any peer or peers to
represent tho peer ot Scotland in i ar
liamont, or any member or members to
servo in Parliament, shall be appointed
to be mado, tho becretury at War tor
tho time being, or in caso thero shall
bo no Secretary at War, thon inch por-
snn who shall officials in the place of
the Secretary at .Var, snail, and is
hereby required, at somo convenient
time before the day appointed for such
election, to issuo and send forth proper
orders, in writing, for tho removal of
every such rogimont, troop, or compa
ny, or otber number ot soldiers as shall
bo quartered or biilotod in any such
city, borough, town, or place whore
Biicb election shall be appointed to bo
made, out ot ovory Bucb city, borongb,
town, or place, one day at least before
the day appointed for such election, to
tho distance of two or moro miles from
such city, borough, town, or place, as
aforesaid, until ono day at the least af
ter the poll to bo taken at such elec
tion shall be ondod and tho poll-bo: ks
closed." Statute Utorge 11. .
From that time till now I do declare
that it is not within the power of any
man to find ft single scion of tho Saxon
race that has not beld in utter abhor
rence tho efforts of him or tbom who
sought to control ths freedom of the
ballot by tbo employment ol tho mili
tary powor. f Applauso.l . '
Tho very Army of tbis oounlry pro
tests against such a prostitution ot its
service.
I seo before mo the justly distin
guished Gcnorul in-Chief of our Army,
and I no believe that 1 overstuls tbo
fact when 1 say that from bim down
to the private in tho ranks it la diffi
cult to find ono who has not recoiled
from this service which they havo been
called upon to rendor. Applause.
it w this question, and it- Is none
other, that 1 insist shall bo kcpl before
this 11 on so. V o are declaring that the
ballot shall bo freo. We are denying
it is either constitutional, legal, just,
fair, Or decent, to subject thsovoreign
to tho surveillance of the soldier. , , ,
Now, upon that issuo tho gentleman
from Ohio and his associates toll us
that they stand committed. 1 answer
so do we. We are willing to discuss
it, and for my part I shall oppose any
limitation being put upon this debate
If we cannot slaud uiaa.Avn issue bo
broad, so constitutional, so catholie, so
fair, so free s this, then tell mo in
Heaven s name whoro aro tbe battle
ments strong enough for us to get bo
bind? Lot it go to the country that
ons party assorts that tbo manacles
shall tall front ths limits of the cilison,
and tbat tho Army shall not bold its
mailed band at the throat oi the sov
ereign, and that tho other party re
fuses to release ths throttling grasp,
and doclares tbat it will block ths
whools of ths govornrnent and bring it
to atarvation.
I am willing, and those with whom
I aland aro willing, to accopt thia Is
sue, and ws go further, we tender IL
We are tbe ones to make the issue snd
wo aro rcadv for von to aoccpt it.
Planting ourselves upon this broad
ground, we welcome controversy. Ws
seek no auarrol with you, but tor the
first time in sightees, years past ths
Democracy are back in power in both
branches of tho Legislature, and she
proposes to signalize her return to
powor; shs proposes to oslsbrats her
recovery of her long-lost heritage by
tearing off these degrading badges qS
buiviiuuu auu uumruyiug luo pmcuin-
ery of ft corrupt and partisan legisla
tion. Ws do not intend to stop until we
havo stricken tho lost vestige of your
war measures from the atatule-book,
which like these were born of tho
fiassions incident to civil strifo and
ooked alone to the abridgment of tho
liberty ot tbe citizen.
We demand an untrammolod elec
tion ; no supervising of the ballot by
tho Army. Freo, absolutely free right
to tho citizen in tbe deposit of bis bal
lot aa a condition precedent to tbe pas
sage of your bills.
Now, sir, if the gentleman from Ohio
is to be exc used, tor sure he cannot be
justified, if he is to be excused for jia-
rauing oeiore mis House the throat, tbo
arr-umenfuw fn terrorem of a veto that
would have us believe is already out
ArUA tn ha nlsrwri nnon a bill tbat
ia not yet passed ; if ho is to bo par
doned for warning this Houso that tho
executive branch of this Government
will never yield its assent to thla mess
ura in its presont Ibrm, may ' 1
not bo warranted and justified in
employing equal candor, and may 1
not assure that genlloman and his as
sociates that the dominant party of
this Congress, ths ruling element of
tbis body, -ia also equally determined
that until their just demands aro satis
fied, demands sanctioned by all laws
human snd divino, protected and hedg
ed around by precedents without num
ber, domanded by tho peoplo ot this
land without regard to section, who
aro clamoring for a tree, untrammolod
ballot (not for tbo South, I beg you to
remember, for if there be seetionality
in this issuo I cannot discover it;) for
Philadelphia rts well as for Now Or
leans, for San Francisco and Boston as
well as for Charleston and Savannah
that this side of the Chamber, which
has demonstrated its power, nevor
moans to yield or surrender until this
Congress shall have died by virluo of
its limitation. Applause on the Dem
ocratic sido. We will not yield. A prin
ciple cannot bo compromised. It may
bo surrendered ; but that can only be
dono by its advocates giving proof to
tho world that they are cravens and
cowards, lacking tho courage ot thoir
own conviction. Wo cannot yield and
will not eurrondor.
Lot mo assure my friend, and it is a
picture that 1 know he docs not dwell
upon with pleasure, that this is tho
restoration to power of a party as old
as our Govornrnent itself, which for
almost a hundred years has stood tho
boldest, fairest, freest exponont and
champion and defender of the doctrine
of constitutional limitations against
tho doctrine of ths sggrandizement of
power. It is this organization tbat
has como back to rulo, that moans to
rulo in obedionce to law.
Now, sir, the issue is laid down, ths
gago of battle is delivered. Lift it when
you please ; we are willing to appeal
to tbat sovereign arbiter tbat the gon
tloman bo handsomely lauded, the
American people, to decide betwoon us.
tend to tleny to tLTPrestSenf oTItus
Republio the right to exercise such un
constitutional power. We do not moan
to pitch this contest upon ground of
onjoction to bim wno nsppens, u not
by tbe grace ot Uod yet by ms run oi
luck, to be administering tliat office.
1 toll rou bero that if from yonder
canvas pointing to the picture ol
... . . - n
Washington tho first President of thia
Kcpubho should step down and re
sume these powers that tba grateful
peoplo ol an inlunl iiopuono conierreo
upon him as thoir first Chief Magis
trate, if bo were hero fired by that pa
triotic ardor that moved him in the
earlier and better days of thia Repub
lio, to bim we would never consent to
yield such dangerous and unwarranted
powers, to rest tbe liberties ol the citi
zen upon any one man'a discretion, nor
would he rccoivo it.
It was not for the earlier but for the
later Kxocutivos of this Govermont to
grasp and seek to retain such question
able prortigalivcs. You cannot havo
it Tho issue is mado it ia made upon
principle, not npon policy. It cannot
he abandoned ; it win not uo surrender
ed. Standing upon such ground, clotb
od in such a panoply, resting this case
upon the broadest principles of otornal
justice, wo are content to appeal to the
peoplo ot this land. There is no trib
unal to wbich we are not willing to
carry this case of contest; we are will
ing to allow llim who rules tho domin
ies of men toiudgo botwecn us and give
victory to tho right.
I do not mean to issue a throat. Un
like tho gontloman from Ohio, I dis
claim any authority lo threaten. Uut
I do mean to soy that it is my deliber
ate conviction that tbero is not to bo
found in this majority a singlo man
who will over consent to abandon
one jot or tittle of the faith that is in
Imp., ilo cannot surrender it no would.
I beg you to behoVe ho will hot bo
coorccd by threats nor intimidated by
Earado ot powor. lie must stand npon
is conviction and there ws will all
stand. Howhodalliosisadastard, and
ho who doubts is damned. Groat ap
plause on tbo Democratic sidc.J
A HERD OF nf'FFALOEfS
DltOWNKD.
An army officer who arrived in Chi
cago from tbo Yellowstone Valley re
cently, tolls a story of what happened
to a herd of buffaloes that were mi
grating southward. Tho herd num-
bored Z.&UU head. They bad been
driven out ot the Milk river coon try
by tho Indian hunters belonging to
Sitting Bull's band. Tbo herd struck
tho river near Cow Island, and ven
tured upon the ice with their custom
ary confidence. Ths anlmali came
upon tha river with ft solid irtut, ano
began tbo crossing with closed ranks.
Tbo stream at the point of crossing
Was very deep, ,V hen tbo front file
which w as stretched out a quarter of
ft milo in length, had nearly gained tho
opposite shore, the ice suddenly gave
way under tuem. nome trappers wno
were eys witnesses ol the scous laid it
seemed sa if a trench had boon opened
in tbo ice the whole length ot the
column. Somo tour or five hundred
animals tumbled into the opening all
a boap. Others full In on top of
thoni and sunk out ol sight in
twinkling, By this time tho ration
ice was breaking oft short undor the
still advancing herd. Tho trappers
say that in lens than ft minute ths
whole body ot bsffaloes nan beon pre
cipitated into) the river. . Tbey were
wodgod in so thickly that they could
do nothing but strugglo lor a second
snd then disappear beneath the cakes
of Ico In the swift current. Not beast
in all that mighty herd turned tall and
triod to escape when ths les began
breaking up. loft solid phslanx they
marched lo their fatal bath in the
"lllg Muddy.' In ft minute from tho
tims tbs Brat ics broke not ft buffalo
bead or tail was to bs aeon. .
I ,, , .
EDUCATIONAL.
BY M. L. atoQUOW.f,
TUNIS' BOLL OS HONOft.
The following" istSs pjpds roll of
honor, containing the name ol pupils
that attended school every day of term,
snd other items from lata reports.
LEONARD O RAPID SCHOOL.
Grammar School, Willis Watson snd
John Kenuard, members ol "C'divuion,
attendod school every day of terta,
Nottio Young snd Eddis Bridgs
members of ths "E" division, attended
124 days out of tbe 125 days ths school
was open. Willis Uoffer, belonged 120
days and attondod 120 days.
Mary Whitohill member of "F" di
vision attended every day of teim.
PRIMARY SCHOOL NO. !.
This school is taught by Hstlis
Mooro. Ths following pupils had their
names placed in tbs roll of honor tor
attending at every roll call, good reci
tations and deportment : Graoie Mo
Laughlin, Hester . Williams, Jsnnis
Bridge, Gracis Jackson, liurxUiall
Smith, Sarah Stevenson, James Burch.
field, and A. K. Wright, Ida Lewis snd
Sarah Cultler, attended every day of
term.
The "A" division of this school was
promoted at tha close of tha term to
room No. 1. Thirty-five visits ware
mado to the school, among which were
tbo directors.
TIIRKI RUN SCHOOL,
This school ia taught bs J. A, Hock
endorn. Tacy Glaoo, aged 8 years,
attended overy day of term. Percont.
ot attendance ior term, 07. Number
of visits from directors, 2 ; unclassified,
fifty,
SALT LICK aoUOOL.
I- . L br VAg., J,
MoClosky, Aunie Heine, attended
every day of term, and Cordilla Mc
Cartnov everv dav but one. Per cent.
of attendant!, 81. . Number of visits
received, 29. Messrs. Itankin, Hcikle,
Ueckendorn and Ed. McClosky, mem
bers of tbe board, visited the school. A
literary society wss sustained in con
nection with the school, and the peo
ple of tbe community manilestcd ft
deep interest in ita welfare.
PINI SWAMP SCHOOL,
This school is taught by Sadis Mor
gan. Austin Kirk and Charley Bailey
walked one mile and attondod every
day of term. The school closed with
an examination and literary entertain
ment A spicy paper, entitled ths
"Literary Star, was a pleasing fosturs
in tbo oxerciscs. A number ot visitors
were present and an addrofs waa made
by Mr. Henry boylor.
COAL HILL SCHOOL.
This school is taught by J. V. Lid-
die, The numberot pupils tbat missed
no time, lojt no lessons, bsd no tardy
marks, no marks or misconduct, were
three viz : Isaac Smith, Dellie Smith
and Maggie Reams. Thirty -seven
oitizena wore present at the closing ex
amination and gave short sddresses.
Rov. Talory, of Lotbersburg, made an
extended asMress to the school.
DtOLIR SCHOOL.
This school ia taught by J. M. Mc
Dowell. Mina Curley, Roy Curley,
James Curley and Florence Miller, at
tended every day of term. Dory Mil
ler, Jake Smutzmyer, Howard Road
and Lizzie Redifor belonged 96 daya
and attended 90 days. Twenty-four
scholars attended evory day during tba
lost month. Keceived eight visits Irom
directors, 20 from parents, and 85 on
classified. Per cent, of attendance 85.
MIONOT SCHOOL.
This school is taught by Ada Stew
art. Two scholars missed no time, vis :
Bonifsro Mignot and Sadie Mignot.
Felix Rougeux, aged five yesrs, miss
ed but one day, and at the close of the
school could spell on page 40 of ths
primary speller. Tbe ususl literary
exercises were conducted on the last
present. Number of vists to school by
directors, 6 ; parents, 13.
WIST OOSHIN SCHOOL.
This school is taught by Maggie For-
oeo. Miss Jennie Shirey sttended the
school overy dsy of torm. Per sent, of
attendance for term, 93; number of
visits from directors, i ; from parents,
7 ; from County Superintendent, 2. .
PLEASANT RIDOB SCHOOL.
This school ia taught by Ida Mullon.
Minnie Bloom, Lavina Howies, Amy
Rowlos, Emma Rowlea and Ambrose
Rowles, attended school every day of
term. Ten pupils missed no time dur- '
ing tha last month. Per cent of at
tendance, 88 ; number of visits from
directors, 2; unclassified visits, 34.
Cl'SH SCHOOL.
This school is taught by Mrs. Matt.
Irvin. Emma Smith, Josis Dowler
and Alfred Smith missed no lima dur
ing term. Alfred Smith had no tardy
marks during the torm. Per cent of
attendance, 77 ; number of visits re
ceived from directors, 1 ; number of
visits from parents, 17; unclassified, 41,
W1LL1AMSDALI SCHOOL.
i Tbis school ia taught by J. D. Flo
gal. The school was open 129 days.
Hannah Shirey and K. Flegal attond
od every day during tho torm. Paul
Flegal was absont ono dsy, and Croigh
ton Flegal three days on account of
sickness. Forccnt. of attondancs, 9i.
Much Interest was manifested, by di
rectors and parents.
UNION SCHOOL.
This school is taught by G. W.
Stroup. Libbie snd Annie Kanady,
May and Jlalinda Flood, and Freddie
Brown, attondod every dsy of term.
A number of others missed but one
day. Per cent, for term 85. Number
of visits from directors, 5 ; from par
onls, 9. Unclosuifiod visits, 28.
UKOOKS SCHOOL.
This school is taught by Miss Belle
Welch. Tbe following nsinsd scholars
sttendod evory day during tho term.
Clinton Zastman, James7.astnan, Clar
ronce Dnnlap and Alice Johnston.
This is ths third year Clinton Zastman
has attended every dsy or ths term,
and in six yesrs bs has missed only six
days. Number enrolled daring term,
05. Per cent, of attendance far terra
78 ; vloits fiora directors, t.
MISCELLANEOUS.
In Bald Hill school, Rush and An.
Die Stewart attonded evory' day of
term. -; 1 '
Salt Lick school, Kdmond Ilartlins,
attended every day but two oat of 132,
tbs number of days ths school - was
open.
I ho Madura school report no.oaww
fur tbe roll of honor, bnt sends us a
glowing aocounlof ths closing sxar
oises ol the school. Pennvill School
sends ths nsmos of Oscar Sharps, May
and Alio Moors, lor having passed
Mental Arithmetic,
William Robiaon and Enroch Livsr-
good, members of Shawsrille school, at
tended every dsy from time oi tamit-
Unco.
Suppose that baby-cart do Injurs
ths baby's health, doejto's tbs baby
bavs his revenge whan oighl somes,
and ths psregorio is down stairs ?
Vftroit tret nets. 1
"Spoil love," said ft young man to his
girl ths other night. "Y o u," sbs '
timidly essayed. Ths oMrtsblp bad
been a protracted ons, but by ars to
be married now.
An admirer of Wsston, O'Leary, ,
snd other "tramps," purchased a copy
of Walker's diotionsry, under the loa
rrrmioa tbat it was work on pedes-
triftoisnv , ., .,
If Ksntuoky hemp was ss strong at
Rentnnkv whiskr. it would stand ft
i drop ol more than two foot, snrl insure
I, death svery time, " ' i 1 .'