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and recommend to the country. Sir. I trux
kie7s are no such things a. ezelbstve }Yiends of
Ms q /. fss'sasi a9n2 y. q gentemts soho dire
ths Prs.ident @ q e 4. Tssd hot., p1e6e6g 3.
ey ~an fae aro as aa 1a .o .ss 6na 1nzt
u him hTe Il fhey 1aonld nos b ous Of plaos
md in bad tdste in Ais bodsu. Tia! I IN dIs-
posed and ready TO support him to tho best Of
ny ability. as every gentleman around me- H.
n good faiih and With kind feeling In aN that
he may desire that Is consistent with my
views Of duty, to the country. giving him ere
dit for Intentions a. good as m,nc, aud with
sbIlliy Tar greater, am ready to asseyeratc.
Uaf, sit, I do rsot ngrte nth the doet5trt. an5
I desire to e1ter my disSens 70 Y now and here,
tha, oecauss eeTtan hne ef policy Aat 6es. l
adopted :of esss @oraae" cF she tort7.pus's, Or
eeTtasn ,7etss arr entertained bK one branch of
Ms Government. therefore, for 01af reaua utofss
s7d none ofh<T that Is to be fritd, eye,9 IT. it il
against my judgment; and ! do not saJ that
Il Is or Il not. That Is question to be con
s'aeted. ! hare great respect, not for MI.
hold q Senator Of the United States; and
no measure Of Government, NO policy OF the
Prcsldent, or Of tho head Of q De.
partment' sa. shall pass nc, while I
Ihave, examined It and gi7eu my assent to
1t e1nanatcs, bnt On account Of its oTn In.
tfinsic, merits, and because believe It
will reBnlt In the good Of my. county That
Is my duty as Senator, and fear no mis-
construction at home on this subject or any
other I have represented the State ftom
that b md II act against the ptejudices CT
prcconeeived opinions Of that. people, they
are always ready to hear mo, and hear my
reasons, and II they are satisfactory to them,
TO g1va mo credit for them, and, Il not salts
factory. at least to give nc credit for good
inientions; and that L al aak Of anybody.
Now, therefore, sir, hope that, laying
aside all these matters which arc entirely
foreign, we shall act upon this resolution
simply as matter Of business. No one has
right to complain OF IL that VIC raise COM
mlttee for certain purposes Of our own when
we Judge It to bo necessary. It Is an fmputa-
it Is not anything whleh any sensible man
conld ever find fault with, or be disposed to
do 3D., II Is onr Judgment; our deliberate
judgment, our friendly Judgments course Of
action adopted from regard to the good Of
the community, and that good of tie COM
m9nlty eonprehenda the good of every indl.
ALLOW ME to say, slr, ia closing, ono thing
which may as well say now In tie beginning
Of tho session, because 1t Is the principle
which intend shall guide my. action, and l
hope will guide the action of all Of us. Wo
While we were In 1t 1t became neccs.sr. =.
around to do certain things for which per
baps no strict warrant will be found; cun-
trary, ut any rate,~ 10 previous experience,
That Iadmit most distinctly, Sir, defended :.
them from .the &c; inning. laid down the
principle that the enemy man who, placed IN posi-.
occupied, would not, IN 4 ttmo Of Ear,
md when this country was In peril, put his |
own reputation at haznrd Ms readily as be
would anything e1e in order TO do his duty,
was not lit for his place. upheld many |
things then thnt perhaps would not uphold
now, because they arc not necessary. The !
time must come when Tho Senate aud House |
Of Representatives, the Congress, must revert |
to its own original position. do not think
there viii be tho slightest danger; have no /
apprehension of any but II act upon DIFF
fcrent principles now and hereafter in state |
Of peace, from those which i adopted aud
defended before, wish everybody to under
stand ihe reason for It. In al countries. iu
Nil nations IN q time Of extreme peril, eI-
trme and somewhat questionable measures
are inevitable. T.,
stand nc as holding a different doctrine,
because maintained that On tho 1oor Of tho
Senate. :. -,
Mr.. .FEssESDrS-1 trust not. But In tune !
Of peace, when we live under a written Con-
stilution, II is our duty to come back as fast
as possible; 10. forget, Ii necessary, any pre-
cedent which might, Il made In times like
thcse, hnge oecas1oued very serious difficulty
and trouble
Now, fir, hare said this !; it Is ns much
ont Of place as anything complained Of In
other gentlemen; !; but took Tho occasion
simply because 1t presented itsel, aud 1t
would seem somewhat connected with what
has taken place. trust we shah adopt The /
amendment proposed By the honorable Scna-
tor from Rhode Island, aud bclieTc that II
the resolution be passed In that form It will
accomplish all It IS desltabte to accomplish
and be entirely satisfactory. ):
OF my friends Withdraw the call for tho ycas
md nays.
SENATOR 7nrNnuLl's nENARKs; |:
Mn. TaUMsuile-We nil know that tho |
State organizations In certain States OF the
This is . fact Of which We must oalcIa3ly
lake notice. There was time when tho
Senator from Indiana, {M1. Mcndricks) as
well as myself, would not have thought OF
receiving Senator from the Legislature Or
Carolina. When tic people OF tbat State,
BY their Representative, undertook TO with.
draw from the union and set up an inde-
pendent gofesnnsa,tt 81 thnt Slate In hostility
eG Gn,"" ibc, When r." hody spays Gt!ng
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against this GotetFEarnt, peIther he nor1 :
Y soNld have rcueiyed representatives from it. ,
hat waa q usnrpasion which by fotce Of arms
NC hare put dow. Nov tho question nrises,'
las State goEctnmcnt siuce been Inaugural
led there entitled to representation Is not :.
lint falr subject Of inquiTy} Ought pc not |
10 be satisfied upon that point! We do not
make such ar Inquiry In resereucc: to nacua-
5ets tlut come from States which havo never
to deny Their allegiance to the
Dnee been admitted d States, they continue
60 uni ty comc positive act they throw OF
their allegiance, and assume an attitude Of
bostilityto the Government, aud make war | I
&c should all object that they, Of course.
could not be represented in the Congress OF
The United Stntea. Now, Is It not proper ,
subject for inquiry to nscertoin whether they |
baro assumed position In harmony with the
Government; md Is It not proper that that
inquiry should be made the subject of Joint
think we could get At 1t in another way as
we'll perhaps as by this joint committed. We i,
could, BY institptlpg committee Of our OWL,
Or By referring this subject to committee Of
our own, bare it investigated and hare rcso-
luton reported, as was done by tho Judiciary
Committee Of the Senate last session when q
report wns made, not In favor Of admitting
to seats The persons claiming seats and who
presented credentials, but D favor OF recog-
QlxlnE 0a leBItLWAH auu AM44t aNU EuAAEA |
10 representation, an organization which was
zet up after the rebellion had been put down |
In one of the rebel States. If that resolution |
had been passcd by the Senate, It would have
gone 10 the House Of Representatives., sud IN
that way we ahould have had concurrent nc-
Joint committee, and perhaps quite as well;
but the House Of Representatives. have desired !
q Joint committee on this subject; We all de-
size Joint action, cooperation. AL the fricuds .
oi the Union, all men who desire 10 SEQ har-
mony and good feeling restored between a91
aetiou between the different bslnches Of Con-
e1ess and all departments Of the Government.
The HonEe Of Representatives thought In
sending us this resolution, that the best way
10 accomplish TINT was through joint com-
mIttee. L I supposed that il diFested the
Judge Of the elections, returns, and '4ualilca-
lIo1a Of It's members, could not support It.
never would have supported this resolution
rs It came from tho House Of Representatives,
because 1t would not bear investigation. It Il
is not ansecptibleftn ny Judgement, Ct the
Island In his ibcra11ty was disposed to put
upon II, when he suggested that It might be
questionable whether credentials went to this
As the resolution was framed,
md as It came from the House Of Represen-
tatives, It provided that until report shall
have BEEN made By this committee aud finally
acted on hy Congress, no member shall be
received into either House from any of the
so-called Confederate states," expressly pro-
vidIng that no member shall be received
in either House; "and all papers relating to
the representation Of said States shall be re-
ferred TO said committee without debate"
sending the credentials to Joint committee;
that Is, rn1sfng committee Of the two Houses
to determine whether persous would be cntf-
tied to seats tn either House, which would
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and one not warranted BY the Constitution.
But as the resolution is altered, do not
think It susceptible Of tho construction which
the Senator from Indiana puts upon Il. I
should hare said nothing but for his remarks,
the tden that would vote for resolution
which took from either House the constitu-
tIonal prerogatire which tho Constitution in
express terms has conferred: 49,
the PRESIDENT pro fempore. The question
fp ha iaf1H HS arr1 |