The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-12-28


should maintain its cqnality, and
there should be no sab ,tantial obicc.
ton to the power conferred ON the
committee its If.
This brings me to the conside.
ration OF the joint resolution as it
came from the House OF Ropresen.
tatives and ask that it be read
The Secretary read the resolution
as it was passed 10y the House of
Representatives
MIR. Dlolittlc MIR. President.
the resolution rs it camc from the
House of Representatives to the
senate wasa irint resolution, and,
| Il pa sed Ivy this body in that form.
would have required the signature
IT the President, aud in that event
! it would have become the law of
| the lanl, binding upon both Hon.
Sos at Conlrcss AMI upon the
whole government, until repealed
/ by the joint action OF the two llou
scs With the concurrence of the
Executive. That, however, by the
amendment first offered by the
senator from Rhode Island, has
hccu obviatcd, and the language oI
tho resolution "a it now stands
lamendcd, it is II resolution OF con
currcnce only, not requiring, nc
curding to the practice of the 90
vcrmnent, the signature OF The
Pres dent.
Bnt, sir. ] object TO this rcsolu.
ton in The first place. because mp
IN these grca' questions which are
to 80 to the joint committee, the
senate doas not stuul uron m
equality with the House. This
resolution provides that of the Join,
committee of fifteen, nine shall be-
Appointed by the House of R,prc.
scntativcs, six only by the Senate.
giving to the House portion OF the
committee Il majority OF three. We
all know that in Joint committees
the members vote, not rs the rep.
resen'ativcs ofihc two Houses, but
per cgpit0. The vote of q mem.
bcr of the committee from the
House weighs precisely the same
rs the vote of member of the
committee from the Senate; so that,
lall intcnts and purposes, five pass
this concurrent resolution, which
we cannot repeal but hy the con.
currcncc OF the other House, W,
pace the consideration of thcs,
.ravc questions in the hands of {
com nittee which VIC cannot con
troll, and in which we have no equa
voice.
Mr.. President, another oh bicctior
to the resolution rs i. came from
the House, and strong reason
why | favor the amendment pro
posed by the Senator from Rhode
l. and, is that the resolution in its
terms reaches even beyond tn
present Congress. sir, have you
'areiully studied this language,
which would seem almost to have
been employed for the purpose
rather of Disgusting Its hldIeI
meaning than "f giving full utter
ance to the truthl Tile reSolu
J tion prorideS that. IN c18e Mi
committee shall far any reaso,
mak'e no rcport, or iffor any rea
!. Son CongreSS, 'Dhich i"c'mae
] JoM Houses, ShaN not take .fna
} ,cti0n MGreon, M0 ,estriefir'
4 c,nuse 11es inn Ss'i'o< asa ldw
'J...sy SssaS Is Us procis,ons? II
lProrjd SHY lam that, in Ike hap
Penjng If that c,nti"gencr, TIA
| faiiure to act, no onn IF ne oiep
en- States IF tie Un,ted State
hall send % Represeatatice 10 ei
Tier H0uSe IF Congress. 1t would
be binling on the Senate until re
p,aled, beyond tho present Con
, lress it would bind us in the next
Congress and bind us in Congress
after that. 1t would bs Of pcrpet.
, nal bindiny obligation forever un,
Ill repealed bv act OF Congress.
= Sir, what would have beer
Thought Of the Joint resolution raj
= sing the committee on the conduc
{ of the war if there hal been con
= tanned in 1t a provision similar t.
i this. which the Senator from Rhod
:. island moves to strike ont, an
/, which the Senator from Michigal
: insists shall be retained. and upp
:. which he calls the yeas and nays {
j. the Senatel Suppose that in tha
e Joint resolution there had been
n provision declaring that until til
& Joint committee on the conduct c
the war should make their final re
e port, AMI Congress should tax
C final action thereon, neither Ilous
If OF Congress should take any actio
ID on the subject OF carrying on TIL
rs war, and that every paper relatin
n to that subject should be relerre
le to that committee without debate
,e Monstrous as such propositio
of would have been, it might, perhal
le have been within the purview
81 the constitution for us to adopt il
ID but on the subject of Representa-
sr ton in this body. it is not with
te our Constitutional power to deli
i, gate our power to any other bod
or to any committee which we ou
,e selves do not control.
j. Mr.. President, | believe that u,
m der the constitution, upon all sui
o. ects OF Legislation but one, the tw
q. Houses are eqnal and co.ordinat
10 branchna nj Gonoress That on