Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-22


has highly ineensed him. He dispose
= of the revenue Of MatamOras withOu
needing the remOnstrances Of the Treas
ury officers Of the Empire.
The Austrian soldiers are kept i'm stric
S confinement, as they were desertng in
Q mum bers 10 this side Of the river. They
all wish to enlist in our army.
We have had a severe nOrther which
has lasted four days. The Crescent, from
New Orleans, has been obliged TO bear
! about for three days. She brings two
I companies Of the First Regular Artillery
The passengers have suffered dreadfully
The telegraph informs US she has arrived
at 8razos.
TIE FREEDMEN IN THE SENATE.
Mr.. Wilson Rep, Mass called up a
bill to maintain the freedom Of the IN
habitants Of the States declared 20 be IN
insurrectiOn and rebellion by the procla-
nation of the President Of the nrst oi
july, eighteen hundred and siXty-tWo.
1t declares all laws heretofore in force, OF
held valid, in the insurrectiOnary states,
whereby any inequality Of civil rights
and immunities among the inhabitants
of these states, on account OF race or
color, are null and void.
Mr.. Wilson explained the nature of the
bill. He said the proclamation Of the
President, OF the twenty-second Of Sep
tenber, one thousand eight hundred and
sixtv-three, declaring emancipation,
nledges the faith of the Government Of
tbe United states 10 maintain the free
dom Of the persons declared 70 be free.
mis- was repealed in the proc
7 Ismation Of the first of January.
In was therefore the duty Of the
| Government TO maintain the civil rights
and immunities Of these freedmen. The
most cold-bioOded atrocities were being
perpetrated upon these freedmen, and 1t
was the duty Of Congress 10 interfere at
once. Whatever differences Of opinion
| there might be on the subject of negro
suffrage, there ought TO be none inregard
to the duty of making good the guaran-
tees Of the Government.
/ Mr.. johnson Dem, Nd said there
We're serious legal objections TO the bill
] under consideration. II did not name
Z any bills orlaws, but all laws of a certain
/ character. Besides il only repealed all
] laws already made. But if the Southern
/ States are in the Union they had a right
| TO make police laws for the future He
] had never believed that the Southern
/ States were out Of the Union, and he was
! clad TO see in President JohnsOn's mes
! sage, which was one of the ablest ever
/ issued, a concurrence in this view. The
! people Of the Southern States were now
! as anxious TO return as they were once to
! leave the Union. He believed there was
as much philanthropy in the South a. in
/ the North, and he was sorry 10 see the
! impression sought TO be created that the
/ people of the South were barbarous.
Mr.. Cowan Rep, Pa did not believe
I the bill would accomplish whatits author
/ desired He thought an amendment to
I the Constitution was the only way 10
reach the matter, and he believed such
an amendment would pass in Congress
within a month.
Mr.. Wilson referred to certain laws
passed in the Southern States since the
abolition OF slavery, which he said sub
jected the freedmen to a worse bondage
than slavery itself The condition of the
freedmen Of the South was worse to-day
than it was on the day Of Lees surren-
der. :
Mr.. Sherman Rep, o. sympsthized
with the objects Of the bill. He believed I
il TO be the duty of Congress to secure I
freedom 70 the emancipated slaves; but .
he believed such legislation ought 70 be /
postponed until the proclamation Of the T.
Secretary of State, announcing the
adoption Of the Constitutional Amend /
ment By the requisite number Of States. Z
Congress had the power, he said, under .
the second section Of the amendment TO .
make provision for the freedom Of the .
blacks; and there was another section OF [
the Constitution under which it could be
done-that section which gives % thecit-
izeLs of one State all the rights Of the
citizens of the several States.
The bill before the Senate did not de-
fine the civil rights which the negroes .
ought to have, but stated them in gen
eral terms. In his judgment Congress
ought To impose the conditions upon
which the Southern states should be re-
ceived back into the Union, and they
ought TO be in the form of amendments .
70 the Constitution. Action on the bill .
before the Senate ought to be deferred .
until the report Of the committee Of fif- I
teen provided for by the concurrent .
resolution p.assed gastGrdaT,
Mr.. SaulsbuTy Dem, Bel. said thai I
when the Constitutional amendment was
before the Senate, no Senator claimed the F.
right under the second section 70 give O. .
the Government the powers Of a consoli-
dated government.
bir. Trumbul Rep, Ill. thought the
bill WAS premature IN the sense stated by /
Mr. Sherman. There was vet no official .
information of the passage Of the Con-
stitutional amendment, and until the
adoption of that amendment there might Z
be some doubt as 10 the power of Con- I
gFsss 10 do what was proposed. After
the adoption OF the amendmenk there
could be no doubt as 10 the power OF
Congress. II the second section did not
confer this power upon Congress hewoUia
ask the senator from Delaware for what
purpose it was intended
Mr.. SaulsbUry-I DO not know what is
meant. / had nothing 10 do with it but
1 would ask the honorable Senator
whether, when it was before this body for
adoption, he avowed, i'm his advocacy Of
il, that it was meant for such purpose as
now claimed
Mr.. Trumbull-Nr. President, l never
understood il in any other way.
Mr. Saulsbury-Did you state it 80 81
the time
Mr.. Tumbull-I do not know that I /
stated So 1 might as well have eX-
planned that the clause which declares
that slavery shall not exist meant that
slavery shall not exist l could make ID no
clearer. reported it from the Judiciary
Committee for the very purpose of con-
ferring upOn Congress the authority %
see that the first clause was carried Outin
good faith.
Mr.. salisbury said he did not see how
gentlemen holding that the Southern
States are not in the Union can regard I
S.te constitutional amendmeutas adopted.
Il required three-fOurths Of the States to
adopt the amendment, and that number
could not b3 obtained without counting I
the Southern States.
NEGRO sUFFRAGE,
The House tOOk up the following res0-
lutions introduced by Mr.. Farnsworth,
Of Illinois:
Resolrcd, As the sense Of this House, /
as all just powers Of government are de
rived from the consent Of the governed, I
that cannot be regarded as a just gov
eminent which denies a large portion OF
its citizens, who share both It's pecuuiary
and military burdens, the right 10 eN-
press their consent or dissent 70 the laws
which subject them to taxation aud TO
military duty, and which refuses them
full protection in the enjoyment OF their I
inalienable rights,
EeSohed That In imposing taxes on
the people Of the United States, none are
exempted therefrom on account Of color:
50, too, in the laws enacted by Congress
for enrolling and drafting into the mili-
liable to military duty, no exemption be-
cause of color has been allowed; and
while we have rewarded the foreigReI
who is -gnOrant Of our language and in
stiWtiOns, and who has but Just landed
on our shores, with the rights Of citizen
spip for brief service ip tha sFaaIes Of
the I'rioQ, su0d iaith as well as impair
tial Justice demand Of this Government
that il secure to the cOlOrd soldiers OF the
Union .heir equal rights and privileges
Is citi-s.Es Of the United States
Resolved, That we agree with the Pres
ident O. the United States. thst mercy
without iustiaa u a crime, and admitting
of Rebels and traitors, upon whose hands
the blood Of slain patriots has scarcely
dried, and upon whose hearts the aalnn-
ing crime Of starving loyal men taken as
prisoners IA battle, TO the rights Of citizen
ship and suffrage, while we degy tn9se
rights 10 the loyal hl2cs inan who fought
for the LniOa and who fed and protected
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