I feel myself justified in taking every advantage which the Almighty has put in my hands to defend the power and authority of this body.

I will not yield to these appeals of comity on a question like this, but I will tell the President and everybody else that if God Almighty has stricken a member of this body so that he cannot be here to uphold the dictation of a despot, I thank him for it and I will take every advantage of it I can." Mr.Wade was answered with great severity by Mr.McDougal of California.

Mr.Guthrie spoke with much spirit, but not with the temper of Mr.McDougal.

"I should not like it to go out from this body," said the senator from Kentucky, "that Mr.Stockton was removed to get rid of his vote.

I do not want it to go out from this body that we would not extend a courtesy to sick senators because we could pass a bill without their votes when we might not pass it if they were here.