Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-02
CONGR ESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l.
SENATE ....

MT. fOSUer, from Cne judiciary commit
tee, reported an act to continue cases pend
ing in the Territorial courts of Nevada to
the courts formed under the new State gov
ernment. 1t was ordered to be printed.
ee Mr.. Wilson, from the Military committee,
reported back House resolution of thanks
to General Sheridan, which was passed
unanimously.
MIR. Sherman, from the Finance commit
tee, reported the general appropriation bill
for the fiscal year 1866.
Mr.. Sherman, from the Finance commit
tee, reported adversely on the bill to in
crease the salaries of members of Congress.
Agreed to.
Mr.. Trumhull, from the Judiciary COM
mittee, reported the House resolution de-
claring the States of Virginia, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Ar
kansas and Tennessee. not entitled to rep
resentation in the Electoral College for
choice of President and Vice President
for the term of Office commencing on the 4th
of March next, with an amendment to insert
in the preamble, the words, land were in
such state of rebellion on the Sth of Novem-
Der, 1864, and said election for electors for
President and Vice President of the United
States, according to the Constitution and
laws thereof, was held in said States on said
day." The amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Ten Eyck moved to amend by strik-
ing out the word Louisiana" He eX-
planned that that State had formed State
Government, and had ordered an election
for Presidential electors.
Further consideration of the subject was
postponed to give way for offering, by Mr..
Conness, the credentials of Messrs. Jas. W..
Nye and VIM. n. Stewart, Senators elect
from the State of Nevada,
Mr.. Davis objected to the swearing in of
these Senators to-day. He urged that Con-
gress had passed no law admitting Nevada
into the Union by the Presidents procla-
nation, and that an act had been passed
authorizing such admission. 1t was not
necessary to pass any act of Congress on
the subject.
Mr.. johnson said the question was not a
new one. Missouri and Michigan had been
admitted to the Union on an enabling act
and proclamation of the President. No act
of Congress, further than an enabling act,
was necessary. Itwas very clear that upon
the ground of precedent and the ground of
authority, the Senators from Nevada were
entitled to their seats.
The question of postponing admission of
the Senators from Nevada was then put and
lost. Messrs. Stewart and Nye were then
duly sworn into office by Vice President
Hamlin.
Mr.. Sherman, from the committee on
Finance, reported bill supplementary to
the act entitled an act to provide national
currency secured by pledge OF U. S. bonds,
and to provide for the circulation and re-
demption thereof; which provides that no
national banking association, organized un-
der the act to which this is supplementary,
shall at any time hereafter pay out on loans
or discounts, or in purchasing drafts or
bills of exchange, or in payment of depos-
its, or in any other mode, directly. or indi-
rectly, pay out or put in circulation notes
of any bank or banking association not or
ganized under the provisions Of this act.
Mr.. Foote offered a resolution, which was
adopted, for the classification of the two
Senators from Nevada, that two slips of
paper be placed in box, the figure to be
ON one of them, and on the other. The
drawer of number to serve until 1869, and
the drawer of number 3 till 1867. This was
done, and Mr.. Stewart drew the long term,
and Mr.. Nye drew the short term.
The Senate resumed consideration of the
resolution offered by Mr.. Trumbull.
Mr.. Trumbull was opposed to Mr.. Ten
Eyck's motion to except Louisiana from the
provisions of the resolution. If this were
done it would be decision by Congress
that Louisiana was, on the Sth of Novem-
Der, in a condition to cast q Presidential
vote. The Judiciary committee, in session
on this subject, has avoided an expression
of opinion as to whether Louisiana
was or was not in the Union.-
Whatever might be the views of SEN
ators as to the organization which
had been gotten up in Louisiana, and al
4 though Congress might hereafter have to
recognize that organization as legitimate,
4 it did not necessarily follow that the con-
dition of the State of things in Louisiana
on the Sth of November was such as tc
authorize counts of vote. 1t was a matter
of notoriety to citizens that large portion
of the State of Louisiana was, on the Sth o.
November, in possession of an hostile enc.
my, and there was no opportunity to VOTE
for President or Vice President in a very
considerable portion of the State. 1t nigh
be very serious question whether half Of
two-thirds of State was overrun by al
enemy. An election held under such cir
cumstances, and under auspices of our owl
guns, would be an election which woult
authorize Congress to receive the vote
the State when in joint convention to can
vass that vote. He didn't mean, By actor
on the subject, to counsel the State one wa.
or the other, in regard to the organization
which had been gotten up in Louisiana.
Mr.. Ten Eyck said that louisiana wa
not out of the Union, and never had been
that no State had actually seeded, and II
the nature of the case could not. Their
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