Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-01-21
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.s,, 5,.. EW4sHrSGToN, Jan. 40.
Mr.. OOllamer proct Fded to address Us
Senate at length in airport of the r1ie
requiring Senators to bake a prescribed
OATH In order to understand the trl3e in
tent and meaning OF the foposed rule of
tue Senate 1t was necessatE TO- taks INTO
SonssaeFatton eontemporan66ps.l Sgislation,
me mischief pro !uced under the old Law
ana t1e remedies proposed by The new law
up 20 1901. Men had claimed keats who
IIoIt,ng aeftbB their term 10 sui Fert aud
S,ettu TOW w 9ne goyernmehl of thetU uited
states, who specially dSeiared -tbis.i,, mar.
poses to this e1d. They dsfian.lv ana ma.
ligpentlN domI9eered oper n Ssinr;ft.o .,
the Senate, and hnali5 undsirstoo a. ~
into effect the consnitaCy .they hers- ~
cooted. The question before the SsnSIE
was now the Sen8ee in the adoption Of me
new rule was to$rid the Senate of such
men and to keeB them out. Was the leg
islaton Of thegoVernment to be put in the
hands OF mepsRho boldly plot its destruc-
non -ThsRf indeed, there was auIeud If
the goVernuient; it the constitution VAS so
framed as:so be subject to this infirmity il
was toIdl failure. :. - - : =
mr.. Eendrick controVerted at length the
Fresidsnrs reconstruction policy. He
could pee no authority under the constitu.
S S,ou sIe 1, me President to tear down the.
ga ga iaoEics erected uudsk aud prior 10
si!2T1 OF the Federal CON aud
~. ~ oullu up new states on theft fhfds Nv
ne,Votes OF one'tenth of theft original III !,
nSoltants. 1t was cherished, pri1cfDle "a
the American people lhat9b ! ,ssJ a., I, III,
uerIVed powers from the cohsent pof afttpse
governed. Now we are told that This noyTsr
IS TO be derived from the consent If one
Ientn OF thai namber. In the name of his
policy. 1t'"fI'' = 'u III d
The President proposed 70 take CHARGE
OF Ten States with an army to secoSd
MN inferior to none ever possessed bv anv
sovereign power. He trusted the time
', "ou l9 never come when the people would
oe required tolVOte for the mRn in. mower
az MS oehest, He would have such a nnI-
ICY OF ArecOnstructiouja as yo6Id allow the
return OF the people Of the seeded States
moline Union as friends and not as en-
HOUSE.
The House went into Committee on the
datory Excise bill. Fernando Woods
tie!l was adopted. Ii provides that
sP.rtIs on hand for sale whether distilled
Psi9E 70 the date of this act or not, shall be
euplect 1.-The rates of duty provided nv
this act, from and after The ION doviGr
January 1864, except that spirits which
I I Deen already taxed under the law Of
SSg = 1907, shall not bear more than the
auultlonal or increased tax provided for nv
thls act Several Intellectual efforts were
nAue 10 reduce the 60 cents tax on snirits
as proposed by the bill. = ~ 'P'1l'' %
=. M. Clay of KY, offered an amendment
tnet all Whisky or any othersDirits on
oei6g rectihed or mixed with any spitits
or h9id, or into which matter has been In
FUSED and sold as whiskey, brandy. rum.
Wine' &C., not otherwise provided for shall
pay twenty cents gallon Additional tax.
ayes a, nays not counted.
House adjourned. Z lL.-li--