The sun., 1865-02-04
Congressional Proceedings,
NNNyIIIth CONGRESS second sessIor
SENATE.

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SENATE.
Wdshingt D. FEB. The House IN Tor the con-
strucuon of o snip canal .round NIAGARA Fslls, was
read twice anu re'orrod to tie Committee on I'll
,sry Affairs
The Tiouse bin 10 pay ths Eve surviving soldiers
u the Revolution Hntuty = $500 each, read
sN.o and referred 10 the Committee On PENSIONS.
Mr. wilson / move to take up the nate b.ll IN
relation to the Enrol mont Act Tie dr,n come.
Of this month. and 8, very important to psss tho
bill HWu do great jes to encourage cnl.s,-
meu,s
The bl. was thou teLen up aud made the special
order f5r tomorrow "a cue o'clock
Mr.. Hall aIei 'ip the rceolltiou cforoi by him
q few days since calling uron tie Secretary Of the
Navy for information as h the employment, % de-
tectivcs, Sui whether any instructions we're given
~ such detectives D. inquire into NC busneas mat
ters of any momler = Congress, &c, which wA-
! passed
Tho oint resolution 20 exclude the electoral voies
OF certain ststs IN rebellion then UP end the
question recurrsI on NJ. Ten Eyck's motion to
strike out the word " loaisars," 50 A. ~ exempt
that Hta,c rom ,ho provisions OF the resolution.
Mr.. p,ohttlc took the noor In advocacy o' tho
| proposed ameudment lie held thst there had been
h,ir election in Louisiana
! Wai'-Nho o.toicl that election
NJ. puolitilc--Gcn. Ranks issued au order iuvit.
! inc the people 90 T. into su sle, lon
hr. wade want TO know 4 thc request OF Gen.
| liOuss vss not 90 IA 10 q command
| Mr.. puoNuc Said no would satisfy ito Senator
| io," On" Oh o." subject tciore lr got Llrough
ne WS thrn llErroppni hy Mr. Powell wl % IN
| qWrcd u t'e n',il-rJ sutlort.cs IN Loussna hni
no' lasu'a orlers prescribing the qualification o.
| M Doohtus iepiied ttat the Constitution cf the
| sb'e oi Louisiana Was adopted on tho rule = pre-
rruing ne raltc, onz NJ voters, except that the
MILITARY authorities Issued an order allowing citi-
| ztns oi LOUISIANA IN Ihe Jnitcd sates Army and
| Nayy 10 vote. There were only eight hundred and
elgh' oi these ou. nj eleven thoussr four hundred
anu Iourteen votes cast and separate
| registry had teen made oi these votes
| When We hr't captured New Orleans and by our
| iorcce took possetso Of Ito rivers sud lands nd
| Joining, there could H. government lut tpat oi
m litary character. Rui, sir, after m cSper erce
| oi one two or three years, she pcopo bethme So
well satisfied o the great mistake Il going Into re-
| hclhon against the Government o' the jutod staes
aud the necessity of submitting y lIs authority
and Jurisdictions that they began to come back to
their allegiance T. the Government, and were VIII
ing 10 Join IN the organ alton Of thc civil govern
ment of the Sistr Gnd resume their rel atoms 10 the
Government a. the United state and Accordingly
Ne huC shat wien sekci " do ~, eleven thuueNu4
four hundred OF the loyal citizens p' hat S.Ne
Join ut in te organization Of new Constitution,
wh,ch is subuIued to the people and adopted by
item, and a L"gts' aturo Of Louisiana aud othc.
OH ets are chosen BY virtIo Of II, aud th' whole
machinery Of civil ndmiuistrHt is put into full
| upcratuu IN That tate, Is, virtue Oi the Authort
1T tauL Cons tuition they now have the'r c"u gov
| orumeut ana th,ll own Leg sA1ufc. Toy are max
| iug .uIcpal laws And regulations for thrmsrS Ca
AnI ,her courts 1T- slt,iug every lay IN iuuRuruI
upol the rights OF !nd uals under thr autu orty
| ui the new constitution. Al the relNuous Ol ie
lcul r. 2ulated under the auth ortS OF the new
constitution. tell ny irsnd iron Ouo, that
nearly ucIy thousand slaves nave had tneir let
tCrH fuotAcd is'u ucr hWbs- which we're not
reached ~ Sic emancipation proclamation and
their iroci'tn IL gwen ~ that very constitution
wiica hc would rucrtioDo 10 uaL pc uuitr mn
feet as mutsly usnrpHton, nua miserable