Remarks of Justin S. Morrill of Vermont
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Excerpt from Remarks of Justin S. Morrill of Vermont: In the Senate of the United States, Wednesday, April 16, 1884 Mr. Morrill said: Mr. President: I feel it my duty to ask unanimous consent of the Senate to redeem the promise that I made something more that a week ago to give some sort of an answer to the speech made by the Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Beck]; and rather than interpolate a speech into the bankruptcy bill, although I think that bill an exceedingly appropriate bill to precede some tariff bills, I ask unanimous consent that I may occupy the attention of the Senate this morning. The Presiding Officer. The Senate has heard the request of the Senator from Vermont. Is there objection? The Chair hears none; unanimous consent is given; and the Senator from Vermont will proceed. Mr. Morrill. Never was the old proverb more true than to-day that "Evil communications corrupt good manners." I hope I am justified in claiming to be generally an observer of the rules of the Senate and do not make speeches on the tariff when an education bill is the order of the day; but my friend the distinguished Senator from Kentucky a little more than a week ago set the bad example of making an irrelevant speech, and, like Dryden´s Alexander at the famous Persian feast - Fought all his battles o´er again; And thrice he routed all his foes; and thrice he slew the slain. The Senator´s ostensible excuse was that it might be the only chance afforded to him "to lay before the Senate and the people the iniquities of the present tariff system of taxation." My excuse is that it may be my only chance to lay before the Senate and the people the iniquities of the Senator´s speech. This labor on my part has not been sought, but I fear even the Senator himself would think me remiss in my duty if I were to omit that special attention to which, from his recognized ability, he is so well entitled. It is obvious from the abundance of his rather bitter epithets that the Senator starts out with a preconceived theory that the present tariff is wholly bad, and he seems quite ready, as a Brahmin would say, " to believe a piece of sandalwood to be a flame of fire." Even his friends, like the Senator from Mississippi, compliment the ability and apologize for the chronic idiosyncrasies of the Senator from Kentucky, as follows: Right here in the speech of the Senator from Texas on yesterday the Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Beck] interposed, whose attention I have no doubt was called to this debate by hearing the words "taxation for revenue," for it seems the Senator from Kentucky dreams of "revenue," "taxation for revenue," "tariff for revenue," sees it in clouds, "hears it in the wind;" it is his morning lullaby, if I may so say, and his last requiem at night. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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