Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-26
Benjamin Harris, a member Of Il

Benjamin Harris, a member of thi
House from the State Of Maryland.
Mr.. Raymond presented the certificat.
Of election TO the House, of Mr.. Kyle
signed by the Governor of Arkansas ant
attested by the Secretary of State, will
the great seal attached.
On motion, it was referred to the Com
mlttee on Reconstruction.
Mr.. Elliott introduced a bill TO limi
the liability of ship owners concerning
maratime license and other purposes
Referred to the Committee on Com
merce.
Mr.. Stevens presented the petition ol
! Judge Yarmouth, asking to be admitted
to the House as delegate from the Ter.
rltory of Louisiana, and purporting TO be
signed by nineteen thousand voters. II
was referred, without debate, TO the Com
mittee on Reconstruction.
On motion of Mr.. Stevens, it was re-
| solved that the Superintendent of the
| Freedmen's Bureau, Maj Gen Howard,
be directed to inform the House
whether any real estate, seized under the
act of July twenty-nine, eighteen hum
dred and siXty-two, as enemies property,
and title of which, by that act, was
vested in the United States, had been
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dence or homestead, by order of any de-
partment of the Government; and if so,
/ whether the same has been restored 30
| the rebel owners, and the people of color
ordered off, and by whose authority; and,
| also, whether the abandoned plantations
had been thus occupied and thus restored,
and if known to the said Superintendent
OF the Bureau, to state under what pre-
tense Of authority, property once vested
in the United States, under confiscatiOn
of enemies and traitors, was thus taken
from the United States and bestowed on
conquered enemies.
MIR. Hall announced the death of his
immediate predecessor, Orlando Kellogg,
and paid fitting tribute to the deceased.
Messrs. Griswold, Randall and More
head, also delivered brief eulogies, when
the usual resolutions of respect were
passed, and the House adjourned.
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Mr.. Hubbard, of Connecticu+, offered
a resolution that the Government of the
United States ought never to recognize
any Government imposed upon any ma
ton on this continent by the arms Of
any European power. Referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mr.. Voorhees,, of Indiana, offered a
resolution indQrsing the Presidents an
nual message, and asking the support Of
the House TO the principles enunciated
in it. On motion, il was postponed until
the eighth of January.
Mr.. Niblack, of Indiana, offered a re-
solution, desiring inquiry to be made into
the eXpediency Of admitting delegate to
Congress to represent the District of CO.
lumbia. Passed.
Numerous resolutions of inquiry were
passed.
The House went into Committee of
the Whole on the Presidents annual
message.
Mr.. Fink, of Ohio, made a speech,
cOntroverting Mr.. Stevens position, de
nying that the Southern States were ever
out ofthe Union, and urging the admis-
sion of Representatives from that sec
ton, 50 as TO secure restoration of the
friendly relations heretofore existing.
Mr.. Raymond, of New York, was glad
TO see the indications on the opposite side
Of the House TO support the Union. If
these indications had been exhibited
during the war, we should have been
spared the lives of thousands of men, and
the expenditure of rivers of blood and
treasure. Mr., Raymond said the ordi-
nance of secession was simply a deelara-
ton of a purpose, and a determination to
succeed, whether practical effect could be
given TO the purpose depended on their
success in the field. The effort was not a
success but 4 failure. Who did not wish
the day would speedily come when We
shall have a great Republic, one and in
divisible, stronger than it has ever been
before? He controyerted at length the
position Of Mr.. Stevens, of Pennsylvania,
denying that the States lately in rebel
lion We're ever out of the Union.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. RS speech,
Alr. Jinks, of Rhode Island, said he did
not wish to be compromised by any
speech here when no question was pre-
sented for their consideration.
The committee then rose, when areso-
luton referring to various branches of
the Presidents Message was presented.
The House then adjourned.