The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-22
The Latest Action OF the House on
the Admission OF the Southern Del
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egatiOns.
Those who were disposed b give cred
% Dir. Stevens aud his more immciiai
friends for tLeIr graceful and prompt ad0p
ton Of the Senate amendment o. -he rssoiu
i'au appointing o. committee on rec0ustruc
ton, were as much puzzled as il.apu1nte.
! on finding that 10 barely took these EeatIe
men tweuIy -four hours % rec5ie from thel
position The original resolution read thus
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lrstgfGtlgC, 90 f0arrt,s a.scrl.lf. That
joint committee oil hu-ea shall De- apo uted
I nine Of whom shan be members Of III.
I House, aud Sax OF the senate, who shall iu
quur INTO the condition % the St.trs vhict
FORMED the so-calleJ Confederate States o.
America, aud rsP0r. whether they or ans
Of them are entitled 10 De represented DO
I either House O.. Congress, with leave 20 &C.
[ port a. any time. by hi.l OF otherwise; aal
Z uuiA such report shall have been made and
1 finally acted upon by Congress, no member
l shall be received IN Their House from any
I Of the said sJ-callei Confederate States, and
I ali papers relating % the representative Of
I the said states shall De referred % the said
/ committee.
10 the Senate, on Tuesday, Mr. Anthony,
Rep If Rhode Island. called up the res.-
luton, ana novel 90 strike out the after
clause, % Wit
Anduutl such report shall have been made
and hually acted On ly Congress, NJ mem
1sTs shall be received .uto either house from
any Of the said s0-clll-3 Confederate statee.
aud al. papers relating 20 Jle reprgseutati lu
Of the SAID STATES shah be referred 20 the
said committee without debate.
4hls was agreed % bv vote, the strength
o.. which showed Dm.skab.y The temper TO-
d OF @
question of restoration. Although the
whole, so-called, conservative strength oi
the Opposition was mustered against the
amended resolution. Mr. Au0thuys pre-
pos ton was EN- ueutly Of a conservative
character. As such, it was regarded Jy the
whole country, and gave universe, sa-l-iac-
u0a tn men Of moderate a4- rational views.
This satisfaction was enhanced By the re-
pot Of Wednesday preceding iu the
House. when Mr.. Str4gus moved If- con-
cuurreuce ia the resolution as returned from
the Senate. Itis stating the a.t temper
ately, then, 10 say tlat the public were
hardly prepared 0r the practical repesl Of
the concurrent resolution which followed on
Thursday, when Mr. Wilson, or Iowa, moved
iu The House, aud carried by large ms'lr-
i.y, the following.
Esso.rs9, That all papers which may 1e
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late sO-gal4ed Confederate y ates Ui Amer.
ca, OF either Of them, shall be referred t1
the joint committee Of ifteeu, without de-
bate, aad that no members shall be admit
ted from either oi the so-Caliei States until
Congress shall dec are such States, OF either
Of them, entitled 10 representation.
This does not, DO is true, Interfere with
the power which the Senate reserved t1 it-
geli Of being the sole Judge of the guailica-
ton of It's own members. 10 does nos de-
clare, as In the original resolution, that EMO
members shall be received into either
House. &e.;.it simply declsres "that no
member shall BE- admitted from either OF
the sJ-calied Confederate States" UuuI Ger
tam conditions are fulfilled. In the latter
case, members. of course, means utssI5
o. ne Hose. Bus The essential disagree
meat 10 the Two rr-0lIglus-that amended
By the Senate and this oi the Ho1se-.s
none the les apparent, and may Del tine
cause OF no little embarrassment 10 lrl.L-
ing a safe aud satisfactory solution OF the
grave questions which the joint committee
will have before hem.
10 cannot De overlooked 40 this Cr.sIs that
the action of the Senate wss more iu har-
m0uy with the policy which has hglilet
the President throughout Ais whole course
10 dealing with the unrepre5eutei States
While the Senate was deI5sratu- % this
very question OF q committee the President
was engaged iH preparing D dispatch 90 the
pr8r.sI. nal Governor Of Georgia, arprogiu &
q sue inauguration Ut the G1rTH. --s.scr,
Judge jenkins; and while heartily APP
proving of the course Of the former, recon-
me1duc him to issue no c1mmiss.oa 20
members Of Congress, but o. "lGare nat flr
The iar0atiHg 5aUlrH0r.' Anticipating, By
a few h0Irs only, the moier4tug action of
the senate Ou the House resolution, the
President says, Iu the same dispatch
Wky can't eos elect q SENATOR No one
will b. disposed Co the belief that this ds-
patch was not known % the majority who
voted, on Tuesday, 10 the senate, on the
al -tIOu of a committee Most people sill.
Be inclined 10 believe that the favorable
progress in George, which elected slel
emphatic approval from The Executive Eas
one of the strongest Inducements TO The
ms lrlty IN the senate 20 retain iu ii5 own
hands the rigat1t opening ne doors % tue
members from individual states, without
sliding the adoption Of a concurrent resJ-
luton o. submitted By the House.
The majority that followed Mr. Wison on
Thursday doubtless acted fr m what they
considered the highest motives Of pa
tr.alsu 10 uuio.ug as Ter c. possible che
agreement between The two Houses But d
will shortly be- seen, We doubt not, that -hs
uea er me policy 1f the Executive alt Of Con
rrsss harmon yes, the safer. the surer, ths
spsedIer and The more satisfactory viii b.
tae v1-k lf restoring e the States 20 Their
true relations 20 the Cl.Ou. The Pres .deu.
does not invite she election Of -euat0r. ir0u
| G-orr.a w.th0lt knows ng that there has been
an honest conformity 10 tina. S'ate % th.
reauiremsus laid down iu his plan ~ re-
c1ustrurti11 To b q question mainly then
as i1r 81 Georgia b concerned, whether th.
Presidents policy has the approval 1f Con
| rrsss. or has d not. The credentials az th'
/ Individual delegations that present them
[ selves VIII 81 course be stiu O. matter M
! thorough C0rsr-ss.oual scrutiny. But aside
I from hat. d decision % the claims 81 EleI
States as 1s0rga aud Tennessee mus- ura
| resolve ITSELF into az approval OF disap
pr5yal Of the Executive policy rn deailni
/ with the whole broad qlesl0u 81 she r-ha.
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