, 1865-02-15
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PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.

PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.
SENATE.
.WAsn1xsrox, Feb. Il.
made lengthy report fa!orlng The appointmcnt
ofFdischarged sailors and soldiers to such c,vil
government Offices as they may pe capable OF Ill.,
The following is the substance OF The report:
The Committee on Military Affairs and the
Mfida, to whom were referred snndry petitions
polninent in ali inicIiof Offices of persons honor
Ice of he Unitsd States Who snall bare served for
the period Of three years during the present re-
bellion. or who shall have suffered permanent
disability while in serf1ce. Of who shall have
15 q s 1 e ane
good behavior, barring considered The same. hcg
leave to report that in the opinion Of the Com;
mittee it Is the imperative duty ofthe National
for appointments In the various c1y1l offices to per-
sons who have been honorahiy discharged from
the military neval service of!hs pnItsa states
In the service, provided they possess The qua1id-
cations necessary to properly discharge the duties
Of such ofices The number Ct eivl Offices IN ne
large at present bear but q small proportion 10
the number Of ofpersous who have honorably served
thecount1y in the army and navy, and who must
of Z E re day
n3tional Government to give the preference TO men
who have been maimcd By wounds, or broken by
chants, manufacturers, mechanics, Rni fhrmers,
IS well IS the business men II all
the ayoeattons Of life. to give the preference in
honorab1y discharged from the service Of their
country. The Committee, therefore, present the
ACCOMPANYING resolutions - expressive OF the
BY the petitioners Joint resolution TO encourage
the employment of discharged and disabled SOL
dters:
charged from the mtlitary or naval service BY
reason Of disability resulting from wounds OF
sickness incurred in their line Of duty should be
ded sey I sb, e fopad 10
capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the
dnt5os ef aueh oa1ces; and be It further
services eacridcee and suifsTings q persons hon:
orably discharged from the military and naval
sass Or e q hs tefus e a9 a.
ment It is respectfully Recommended to oanTafs,
merchants, manufacturers, mechanics, farmers
and persons engaged u lndusta, pasaqtts TO give
erattxe poe!Mons ard employmenss.
MT: HARRIS offered resolution, which was
adopted, calling upon tho President for report
q e Court Of Inquiry upon tho entyect Of The sx:
plosIon Of the Petcrsbnrg mine. The report OF
the Committee Of Conference On the fteedu1au's
bq1eaq wss e. thsn e. , t.ken up: 2.
port. At one o'clock the further consideration
or the E sGS|ess Tss postgonsd untt toorsow
Tmeh s9tnos1.y va " gsa@9asa @ lot inc eonss5neion
Mr: Cowan argued that such structure would in
.esiefe @ ~ T1tn na nasiGanon ol ne nver," "4aeh a,
Saaa Was eoad apSX ns
Of the bridge only s40 feet inside, and It would be
found Impossible 10 get steamboats, safely through
three hundred feet span and that at Cincinnati
vas 70 oe OF l,GNteet spsn. ne Waa IN faros Of
mhRlnE ing ofIoge AZ AoIiS7l4e ts9e mat At Steu-
eeaslne; M He nopea tae n.H @ Moaia pc Feeommlt, MT.
foads a11 ana properly amendea. .,,
MI foM ELh aaa hol oensve sne o'st as ~ II stood
1ep TIe ares t md were On he motoa
to resonsideT; !; which prevailed oy vote OF IL
IL: c9WAN 81 moved to amend ,he blll 1 BY ey st1Ik-
which vas disagreed 10. The Dill then passed as
It Ftocd oftslnany:
tween the several States VAS then taken up.
Mr. SUMNER spoke at length n taEor o. The
doctrine d State Rights. It vas desgned 10 break
! monopoly which could lerJ tribute on every
passenger between the etdes Of New York and
Washington, between tho political and commercial
capitals of the nation the pscteasona Q!
the Camdcn and Amboy Railroad wera mcnactng
to the Onion itself II waa = nuisance which
should be abated, sud usurpatIon which should
QUESTION of lie constitutio uallty Of the measure,
holding that under the constitution Congress
bad the power ta regulate commerce between tho
port armies, under any ore Of Which II could pass
The bill Under consideration.
MI. BALE followed Mr.. Sumner, denying the
Ststs. as Ihe Eli PROPOSED to do. Il was blow '
at tie conststntfon which he hoped would not meet
With the favor Of the Senate. he showed that The
den and Amboy Railroad, was not exceptional, bat
fhat Nav York ani Masss schnsetfa had rrantcd
charters in which prnviaions were Incorporated
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