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A PURE DESPOTISM. injustice to the majrfritv. Its chtoch And social befobms. omy eneciwui oe to compel we A MAJOBITY RULING WITHOUT BEST3&ATNTS. An Appeal to the Country "Consti- tutions are - Made to -Restrain- Majorities and Protect Minorities." Washingtok; D. C, Feb. 3 An jaddiess to the country ex plaining the position of the Dem ocratic members of the House has been prepared by ex-speaker Carlisle. The address begins by stating that the present situ ation in the House of Represen tatives is so anomalous, and .the unprecedented decisions of the Speaker are so full of danger to the (integrity of future legisla tion, that we (meaning the Dem ocratic members of the House,) consider it our duty to submit a brief statement of the facts in order that the propriety of the course we have taken may be fully determined.) j After referring to the appoint ment of the committee on rules by Speaker Reed, and its duties, the; address states that although nearly two months have elapsed since the committee on rules was appointed, and it has made no re port upon the matters referred to if, except a partial one on Dec. 9, authorizing the Speaker to appoint House committees, and consequently the House j has been compelled to conduct its business without any rule or system, lexcept the general par liamentary law as construed by the Speaker. There s have been no calendars, (it jis stated;, no order of business, no fixed j time to receive reports from commit tees, or for the consideration of bills or resolutions,' and in! fact no 'regular methods whatever in the proceedings of the House. No measure can get before the House for consideration, unless the Speaker chooses to allow it to be presented, and members have no means of knowing in advance what they are to be called upon to discuss or decide. mi ii - , ,. xnis is tne nrst time in our history that a Legislative As senibly or even a public meeting has attempted to transact busi ness for any considerable period without a regular code of rules prescribing the order of its pro ceedings, and the inconven ience and injustice resulting from such an attempt has been forcibly illustrated in the pres ent instance. j The rulings of the Speaker are referred to in vigorous terms and the address charges that "lie has subverted nearly every principle of constitutional par liamentary law heretofore rec ognized in the House." j The Smith-Jackson contested election case on January 29, and the unprecedented rulings of the Speaker in the battle that fol lowed, are referred to. Speaker Reed himself, the report goes on to! state, when in the minority or the floor of the House stated thje true philosophy of the con stitution when he said : I The constitutional idea of a quorum is not the presence of a majority of all the members of the House, but a majority of tile members present and par ticipating in the business of the House. It is not the visible presence but their judgment and votes which the Constitu tion calls for. j I ! (General Garfield, Mr. Blaine, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Conger, Mr. Robeson, and other eminent Re i publicans have taken the same I ppsition, and their arguments have never been answered. We are not j contending for the right of the minority to govern, as the supporters of the Speaker' have 1 endeavored to make j the country believe : on j the contrary, we are denying the right of a minority to eject members from their seats, or to pass laws for tlie government of the people. Under the consti tution a majority of the "mem lJ - J.1- TT i i i uers oi me xiouse constitute a quorum to do business, and we are simply insisting that less than a majority shall not do business. We i are contending that the majority shall take the tesponsibilitv j which properly belongs to them, and shall come to the House of Representatives and vote it they desire j to con trol its proceedings ; and we are protesting against their right to carry tneir measures by count ing us, when we do not vote. j The claim of the majority tnat tney nave a right to govern the House without attending its sessions and taking part in the conduct of its business is too preposterous to require refuta -tion. It must be evident to? any one who understands tne' posi tion taken by the Democratic minority in the ?Housej that it cannot possibly result m any injury to the country pr in any Republican majority elected by the people to assume tne respon sibility imposed upon them. . j On the other hand no one can lecture in the Chicago Auditori um by Father Huntington. "The Church and its Attitude! foresee the evils that may result -ject of the economic discussion from the .inauguration of the a faw vncr5 bv nt PitAl practice ot counting votes not Hall Auditorium building, Chi- cast in order to make a quorum. cago, it beirig the jsecond of the Under it a minority of the mem- xfLj' cor,-aC! nf fiPn;nTT1;n nfpr- bers-eiect to tne Mouse and oen- 11T4,w ths alnsni hf the ate may pass iiwsi K: Economic Club, i The Rev. J. cal laws fori the oppression of the people, and most corrupt laws for the! spoliation of the nublic treasury. : Whether so . . .i . . . . . . intended or not, its direct ten dency is to break down the bar O. Huntington, of New York, was the! speaker, j The hall was crowded, many being unable to gam even standing room. jratner Huntington's i argu; ment was for the i realization of ners neretorore existing ior tne the prophecy of Christ, for the protection of the citizen against consummation of a universal the - encroachments pt power, brotherhood, a wdrld-wide soci ety, such as that of the church of Christ. it was a sad commentary on the church, he thought, that the great mass of humanity in all orrftnt. mtifs t.ViYiiorh t.Viav Visiri rin majorities and protect special hatred of : the church, . 1 A ' ' --w - yvnt --T -aril I 1 " I - and the spoliation of I the trea sury by destroying the limita tiohs which the constitution has wisely imposed upon lative department. Constitutions are made to re strain the legis- minorities. I A majority ruling VAt fnhat it wak n tViino- nnak wituuuu iwuirt mi?iut;uu hb ..y from them. They felt them- er, is a pure despotism anu is aplvfta rumoved from the church inconsistent with our system of w y,oiW nitirln ir. 0it-ir government. Yankee in de Woodpile. by their condition in society, and thus the mass of the people was lost to the church. And Here is a handsome1 piece of wh dwadence of the pow .7 "it" c.4-. er of the church over the minds iL TUf tTt. w t ta. of the people? at. :x aA The aversion of; the masses to tion but the Yankee question P-e clTT N ne, sPeker hntitr TTpLa,nSt thought, due in a great measure r , o p,,eori to the attitude of the church to- ,tvw,o 1, t, ward tthe poor, j The masses SSg ft el ery yLref found the preachers of the 11 l1?, L71 great churches ready enough to rtB:" :;u"llA talk of future happiness, but gro back into slavery. The r. .7 uiuvoo, Yankee is the " Ward of the it came to doling out some xf oi-T- " nrvi a . TTo io of this happiness and peace m "rur ,t this world they, were too often tup uiic tiii, xic0 w w F- 11TY1U TV nT,OQ0 1,0 public expense. Him. and his preachers on the ; social infant (industries) the law must provide for .4. It is he who con fesses that he can't make a liv ing if left I in free competition It lis ho wl,o culls his successful Prtaneo of these;questions. In In TCnVnnAi whnl nan. man- cases- me preacurb ills bf this world were weak and timid. Nor was it because the ministers were hypocrites I because this was so,1 nor yet bebause the min isters were not awake to the im- did ufacture cheaper paupers." i It is ii.Qr, Vi what they-thought the wisest. "v mi I A Ji 4.1 4? 4-i.J.:-. hp who has AUtJ wwe-uepeuucu.f iur wieir plundered agriculture until land in North 1 1 during tne AT J. 1 XI L . I nj r 4- a Ac untb was tatj way many ui uis uaiicu ui uuu iu iuaA.c no kxj iud- , i , 1 j l ,"i ! , UXVC .HW. UV UfiWr 1JU1U 4. ' U l, J.4. 1 li 4. creased nminGrism and crime at were right, j for,, after all, home and to overthrow the rule success and for- the success of the religion they taught upon the; wealth of men who made their money out of the existing order of things.! and toiSDeak dollar hunter, this against social evils meant the consequenx diminisnment ioi xl i -C J 3 ! AX iiitJii uuwer iui yuuu, vw least is i almost as cneap Uarolma as it was Kevolutionary war. j And now this fatling of protection, this educated mbney worshiping disciple mammon, rolls his eyes toward Jv of corporations there; didn't call him to stop the purchase of voters in "blocks of five" at his own door : didn't tell him to re store his millions! of ill-gotten gams m suosidies, j pensions, land grabs and tariff bounties ; didn't tell him to "go" preach the gospel of peace and justice to the people of the South,! but to stay at the dim distance of a thousand miles and proclaim the unsearchable riches of ne gro salvation by a Federal elec tion law ! What the speaker thought, the rich needed the preacher more than the poor. And so the masses do not find the way to the great churches, and do you wonder that they are dissatisfied with the hard benches of the mission chapel; and the iame eloquence of the third-rate! preacher. ! Tooj many ofi the preachers preach to the poor on Sunday and dine witn tne ricn through the week. Canl it be ' wondered at that the poor! fail to reconcile with the teachings a this with the teachings of the What a mission) and Master who dined with the poor . a -r- 11 MI 11 II rUHIMIMI I I 1 I I I J I" I Fl missionary I vouaT"VT" , i v;r X hunters have sometimes and for borne purposes made good J citi zens, but did the Lord ever call one to be a missionary ? In view of these facts and m the name of the people of North Carolina, I do most humbly pe tition the! present Congress to consideration of the -4- -x election law and take up the method for The I speaker outlined the prin ciples of the two great divisions of the political I economists the individualists and the socialists. Each of these Were striving, for xnax one great end, xnei univer sal brotherhood of mankind- the church of Jesus Christ. The different reformers advised dif- ar riving at 'V. consideration of the only ques- uu iuu j ot ka hofnrA tho Pm,nhv ciples; were the same the broth TTrrwr nan wo aimnnrt ho Van. C1UUVH x iidiiiviiiLl, blie ipcLL- kee economically enough to pre- UV T.lululi u Jesu.b vent starvation in other sections Christ. Kow since such a soci- A4? 1. nnnWmr v ety aireaoy existed it was i tne vjx tuo wuum j ..:!: .1 4. ' Ji 1 If . i i -i , 1 Hn ttT y.T n I - Ann -4- l- -4- Of course we understand that N Trr1,0' Lnuu1L he must bej supported! at public expense he has always been the question is how shall it, be done the cheapest. They ought also, as far as possible, to keep down the (missionary spirit in him ; his fervor comes not from religion, but from the pride of high living,; and finds its proper vent m more worldly amuseH ments than missionary work. I fear, too, that there is no moral antiseptic that will disinfect a heart whose avarice has taken a. religious turn. j Mr. Hardup "Why don't you fay more attention to the cook ing? You know that you can do first-rate cooking when you try." I know I can, but when ever I get up any particular nice dish you eat ! it all your self." Terre Haute Express, i Not for Col. John C. ment! South Carolina tion lawyer, the Savannah a Subsidy. Haskell, a pfom- Rea w w w vyyy- tt m TVTiTirrv aw THE ASnEVlLLK UE1UUKAT. A Large 8-page Weekly Paper, i state BY ROBT. M. FURMAN AND DAVID M. VANCE, lift., man ASHEVILLE, N. C. ASHEVILLE, :: N. : C. THE PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. It will be a large, 8-page; weekly paper, devoted to the Social, Industrial and Political interests; of Western North Carolina. It will be the earnest endeavor of the editors to make THE DEMOCRAT useful to.the great and varied interests of this rapidly growing city and section. t No efforts will be spared to make it entirely acceptable because of tts usefulness. DEMOCRATIC IN POLITICS Dealers in It will be Democratic in politics emphatically and reliably so as its name and the life-time creed of its editors imply. Real Estate THE INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS OF THIS SECTION, Agricultural, Mechanical? and Mining, will receeive special attention. ' The resources of ejrery county, the various enterprises of all the people, will have constant bonsideration. The department foT the Home Circle will be complete. As THE DEMOpRAT is already assured a large circulation in the city of Asheville and all the Western Counties, it will be an excellent medium for advertisers. Rates will be reasonable. Father Huntington, to enter; the society: to gro into the church. make! it what it should be, and to take the kinsrdom of heaven by mam force. p its bPSnChS Send in your name witb i the cash at once. Address, I Employer '-'William, Mrs. Spriggins i complains - that she received only one of all the bun dles that she had 4put up here last nights ' William ''That's funny, sir. I wrote Mrs. Sprig gins on one bundle and put ditto on each of the others." Law rence American. u; , coriiora- appeared before !(Ga.) Cotton j Ex change Saturday last and made a long and earnest speech m advocacy of ah indorsement by the Exchange of the steamship subsidy bill ijow before Con gress, and for instructing the iieorgia .representatives m Con gress to vote for it. But the members of the Savannah! Cot ton Exchange are Democrats, ana; tney gave Joi. Haskell a black eye by promptly passing j & resolution tnat, m the opinion oi the Exchange, it was '' lniu- dicious to memoralize i Congress to grant subsidies to ships." Col.y -Haskellh x appeared very much disappointed at the result of the meeting. THE; ASHEVILLE DEMOCRAT, Refer, by Permission, to all; the ,"!!!'''' ! ! ; ! : I - i -i i : ' I "'"' ' 1 - M i ! ;i Banks of Asheville. r FURMAN; & VANCE, Editors, No man can! jump -off his own shadow, nor for that matter off his own age.-fLowelL- i For i Particulars, Price List, Etc., apply or address lis ' Asheville, N. C. We will thank any one for any name or names nf frkmrfa raiding in any of at tMs place. j j hue States or Territories that we laay send spwimen copies of THE DEMOCRAT.
The Asheville Democrat (Asheville, N.C.)
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