Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-20
THIRTY NINTH CONGRESS
First session. a
WEDNESDAY, December 20, 1865.

SENATE,
Mr.. Wade presented the memorial Of the
Society Of Friends Of Baltimore, asking that
something be done in behalf Of the freedmen
Of the South. Referred to the Special Com.
mittee on Freedmen. ........
The bill for the payment of $25, 900 to the
widow Of tho late President Lincoln was
passed.
Mr.. Morrill,, from the Committee on the
District of Columbia, reported the bill to
regulate the elective franchise in the District,
by removing distinction Of color as quali6.
cation for its exercise.
Mr.. Sumner hoped IL would be acted on
very soon. The country demanded IL.
Mr.. Davis called Mr.. Sumner to order,
making the point Of order that the bill was
not before the Senate for discussion.
Mr.. Anthony reported, from theiCommittee
on Printing, resolution for the printing Of
5000 copies Of the eulogios delivered on tho
late Senator Collamer. Passed.
Mr.. Cresswell called up the House resolu-
tion providing for recess, and moved that
the Senate recede from Its amendment.
The Senate refused to recede, and COM
mittee Of conference was agreed to.
Mr.. Wilson called up the Senate bill to
maintain the freedom Of the inhabitants Of
States lately in rebellion.
Mr.. Sumner addressed the Senate in favor
Of the bill.
He said that when he thought of what
occurred in this Chamber yesterday in at
tempting to whitewash the unhappy condi-
tion Of the rebel States, he felt that he ought
to speak of nothing else to-day. He pro.
ceeded TO speak Of the right Of Congress to
pass the bill, and read number Of letters
from tho South, private and public, TO show
tL.N n r .t.I ..Nn thnu
and that the rights Of freedmen were being
disregarded in all the Southern States.
Mr.. Cowan, Of Pennsylvania, was replying
to Mr.. Sumner when our report closed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Mr.. Broomall, Of Pennsylvania, submitted
q resolution, which was referred TO the Com.
mittee on Reconstruction, congratulating
the country on the adoption Of the anti-sla-
very amendment to the Constitution Of the
United States.
Mr.. Broomall also sought to introduce
resolution declaratory as to what shall be
done with the States lately in rebellion, but
objection was made.
Mr.. Morrill,, from the Committee Of Ways
and Means, reported bill authorizing the
Secretary Of the Treasury to appoint Assist
ant Assessors Of the Internal Revenue; which
was passed.
Mr. Banks, from the Committee on the
Rules, reported an amendment thereto, rec
ognizing, from the 4th of March last, the re.
porters Of the official proceedings Of the
House, as published in the Globe, as officers
Of the House; and their appointment and re-
moval shall be held subject to the Speaker
of the House.
A debate took place upon this subject.
On motion of Mr.. Hale, the subject was
sent to the Committee on the Judiciary, to in
quire whether any contract exists between
the House and the publishers of the Globe.
Mr.. Stevens introduced bill to pay PEN
sions and damages to Union property by
rebels out of the proceeds of confscated
property; and IL was referred to the Commit
tee Of the Whole on the state Of the Union.
Mr.. Lawrence, Of Ohio, offered q series Of
resolutions, to theIefect that Jefferson Davis,
tho representative man of the rebellion,
should be tried and punished; and also those
who starved Union prisoners, etc., and in
structiug the Committee on the Judiciary to
inquire whether any amendment Of the laws
is necessary to further such trials. On his
motion the resolutions were laid on the table
and ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Stevens presented the petition Of
Judge Warmoth, claiming to have been
elected a delegate from the Territory Of
Louisiana; which was referred to the COM
mittee on reconstruction.