The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-18
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.


FRIDAY, Nov. Il.
The Semste met at 10 al Prayer BY
Rev. Mr.. Philips.
Mr.. Frazier, Of Knox, presented the fol-
lowing " protest sgs usi the passage Of
seuE l. resolution e.
respectfully ask permission 70 present
the following reasons ior my vote up6n Sen
ate joiEi resolution 3 IS.
First / an Of the opinion, the resolution
presents no proposition, which j. the legiti-
mate subject Of legislation, and its adoption
could aceompl sh 10 usefui object
IL II was Out an expression Of our abhor-
renee Of The conduct OF the persons men
! toned IN the preamble, I could have given
i my support But il als5 proposes 10 in
Dict upon those persons the extreme pen
slIy Of the law, which would seem 70
Indicate spirit Of revenge. II Il Is the OBJ
I Jeet Of the resolution to render the persons
named, Infamous in the present, aud all
future time, ] am convinced that the eEecu-
ton Of the parties would signally fad to
eject that object, and world only send down
their names As martyrs TO Posterity.
Louis the l6sh and Charles the lst were
bad men, and yet their great crimes are for
gotten and iheir names are handed down as
martyrs condemned 10 death BY vindictive
msjority.a cannot contribute BY nay vote
martyrs for coming time.
] cordially endorse the declaration that
''they have forfeited their lives and deSsrBe
the extreEe penalties Of the law" but 1
cannot believe that the best interests Of pres
ent OF future time would be promoted BY its
infiction.
1.-THE Senate had given time FOR its con
sideration, and would have accepted an
amendment striking out the name Of James
buchanan from the list OF persons named
in the ream5le and that part Of the resola-
tion which demands the execution Of the
parties, then could have voted for il, al
though might have thought the whole was
useless and Improbable.
(signedl B. FRAnER.
The resignation Of Senator Newbern, from
the oath Distriet, was received and accepted,
and the Speaker requested to notify the
Governor Of the me
Senste bin No. rs, 10 smend Sec. u. Art
l., Of the Code, so that the public acts shall
hereafter be printed in one newspaper at
Knoxville, in one at Nashville and IN one
at Memphis, instead Of Of Jsckson, as here
t0fore required by said section. Passed
| third reading.
Mr. H0wen introduced Senate bill No.
l97, that all bonds which may have hereto
| fore been received by the State or which
| shall hereafter bs received from the differ
ent Railrosd Companies ofths State in pay
ment Of the sinking fund as required BY Sec
ton los OF the Code, and al bonds here
after be received by the same in payment
OF the liabilities Of said Railroad Companies
70 the State, shall be stamped as soon as re-
eeived by The Comptroller Of the Treasury
W th he words sinking Fund" and shall
forever thereafter cease to be negotiable or
transferable by delivery o. otherwise, but
shall remain n file in the Office ofthe Comp
troller Of the Treasury, as evidence Of the
liabilities OF railroads to which they were
| originally issued. Passed first reading.
Mr. Bowen introduced Senate Bill No.
| 19s, that an act 10 amend the Revenue Laws
Of the Stale, psssed May q, 1865, be and
the same is hereby repealed; and that the
rates Of taxation specified in Section j53 OF
the Code be and the same are hereby reviv-
ed and declared to be ia full force as the
law OF the land, and all taxes shall be as
sessed and collected in the manner pre-
| scribed in the various sections OF the Code.
Pssssed first reading.
Mr.. Cypert offered Senate Joint Resolution
No. 30, that the Legislature mature and
pas bill on the subject OF the Elective
Franchise Bill, to improve our system of
Common Schools, q bin for the relief Of the
people, and bill upon the subject OF the
State Bauk, and adjourn sine die on the I'd
Gay Of December next. Laid over under
| the rules.
House bill No. $50, for the benefit Of NJ
L. Patterson, Clerk of the Supreme Court for
the Eastern Division Of Tennessee. Passed
fret resding.
House bill No. 237, to amend an Act to es-
tablish system OF Internal improvements
in this State, passed the 18th Of February,
1852. Passed frss reading.
House bill Ne. ls3, allowing the Sheriff of
Hancock county one additional deputy, be-
sides what is now eliowed by law, TO bs dis
pensed with as soon as the present emergsn-
cy viii permit. Pssaed third reading
Senate bill No. 100, that section 1851 Of
the Code Of Tennessee, upon the prohibition
to sell liquors upon the Sabbath, be so
amended as to include vinous End fermeuted
liquors IA the prohibitory clause in said sec
t on, was indefinitely postponed.
The Senate then adjourned till Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock.