Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-12-13
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XXXVIIIth Congress I'd Session


present war.
Mr. Sumner moved that it liz on the table
aud it VAS so ordered
Mr. Sherman presented a petition of the
Western Associated Press, praying for te.
uelion of duty oa printing paper which was
referred to the Com mittee on Finance
Mr.. Harlan presented the pstition OF cit
2ens OF Iowa, asking to be discharged irom
the service AT the expiration OF tho term OF
service of tho regiments ia which they eh-
listed. Referred TO Military Committee
Nc Foois, from the Committee on Public
Buildings, offered the House joint resoiuiiun,
which was passed, authorizing the Secretary
oi the Navy to expsDd money out Of The con.
tingeut fund OF the Navy Department to en-.
large the Navy Department building
Mr.. Wilson preseHled the petition of Mejor
General Wezel, and other officers of the
Eighteen Army Corps praying Congress to
increase tie pay Of proper army officers 800
per month, tx the tommutation price OF The
rations at fifty cenis, iustead of thirty, as at
present, and allow SIG per month.
Mr.. Wilson ssid the price Of provisions was
more than double since the commencement Of
tho war which made it very bard for army
officers, especially line officers Captains and
heatewua sswere witlE difficulty enabled TO
support ti1emselves, owing 10 the great rise in
provisions. He would commend the subject
to the serious attention Of the Military Com
miltee, to whom he moved its reference.
So referred.
Mr. Ramsay introduced bill to extend the
time for completing land grants TO railroads in
Missouri and Iowa Referred to Committee
on Public Lands
Mr.. Davis, according to p- v, m notice, in.
troduced a series OF resolutions, for the res.
totation of Peace, Union, &c.
The resolutions propose convention of all
the States, aud the agencv By which these
ends are TO he attained, aud they then pro.
pose to refer 10 the consideration OF such
convention us ~ bnsisluf settlement Of all
differences among the States, numerous
amendments TO The Constitution, arranged in
eleven separate particulars, viz:
The fret paragraph proposes to form the
States of Maine, New Hampshire and Yer.
mont into one State the States OF Massa.
chusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut into
one State; the States of Maryland and the
Eastern shore Of Virginia into one State.
The I'd proposes that ibe President and
Vice President shall be alternately from the
free and slave States, hut both never at the
same time, either from the free or slave
States for the term OF four years and that
any person who may have filled the office OF
President shall be forever ineligible.
The third provides that this States in The
month Of January meet before the expiration
of the Presidential term; shall present candi
dates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency,
me iree olates ioF tne ohe oihse' ana Tue
slhse oSA'ss .iot 'pe o'nerr As tney may oe re-
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sn's We tStS1l Gs"et"i' 81. Dlpiomauf
Olhcers, and oecretaries Of Legation. and all
other civil officers, except those who hold or
flee during good behavior, whom he is re-
quired to nominate to the Senate, he may sus
pend from Their offices. aof .1glll
The inn asserts the absolute right 10 the
writ OF habeas corpus in all places and under
All eirenmsiapees 70 trlal, BY Jury, the, freed
ON of religious opinion aud worship; OF the
press and speech exemption from arbitrary
arrests, and the right to hold and bear arms
tor their own defense
The sixth provides that each State shall
have exclusive power aud right TO establish
its own borders on what subjects the re shall
be property and all its local and domestic in
stitutions.
The seventh provides that private property
shall not be taken for public use without fair
compensation
The eighth provides that necessity shall not
originate or confer any power except within