New-York daily tribune., 1866-01-10

by the President position as cure akas. sno ,,' a
ennricism which first pronounced the patient aead anu
then gives the medicine He wGs in no sense ne fiesi
dent partisan lie did not support MN ior eiectioa
He dreaded the issue which would DC ,na1e II ne ""
toned power But since the day he took the oah oI VI
Ace he believed In him as the magistrate not the private
citizen He Cfr VoOrhees) never MAINTAINED Una. .he
Southern States had the right TO secede many OF te
men of that section while maintaining the same view,
ho,d they possessed the right Of revolution 10 say
that tho Southern States dead Is 10 assert hat nc
war 10 restore the Union is IN utter fanre IN eveIt
aspect the the theory OF :be majority , .SS ta
death and disgrace TO the Government WIN tois ne
contrased the course OF the President who whcn the
temple of Janus was closed extended the mana OF
friendship to the people o the M view
The conduct Of the President as an usurpaton OF power
He found the Southern states without law,
and in the performance OF myr an.y We Te
hailed the appointment Of Sharkey, Perry Johnson ana
Parsons as Provisional Governors as bright promises
OF good administration and as harbingers OF peacs
the Southern people. and Of prosperity TO tue "hoic
country Such men Butler had been disappointed OF
their fat juicy pckngs and The hungry sharks ~ tne
Southern waters had been deprived of thcirprey Com
hating the doctrine that the southern states are out 0
the Union. Mr. Voo0rhcs said that in more than
hundred instances, in letters, IN proclaina
tions and speeches the late Executive always
II these States then are In the Union what power can
close these doors against tbemi How could this House
refuse TO their Representrtivesf Peace and
submission 10 the law are the only guarantees that
can be demanded Of conquered people. The course
pursued Ivy the Southern States in adopting the Const
iutional Amendment aboishing Slavery was wise and
In furthcrance OF this question OF guarantees The re-
fusal to admit the Southern Representatives arose from
sense OF power and not of night Justice Had not
Congress made record il could not ignorei Had IL
not officially assumed a position il coad not over
throw During the war were not Louisiana members
admitted 20 seats by the verg men who now keep
them ont, Was Tennessee destroyedi Her name
was called more than half tie period Of the war; and
answered from both ends OF the Capitol
Could IL then be asserted that Tennessee was portion
Of h foreign government and the President himself a
naturazed foreigner Frederick the Great said, II
wanted 10 ruin my government, would make 1t over
10 the philosophers for philosophers contradict them
selves and II they had abundant evidence. those too
who claimed 70 be Representatives from Virginia were
admitted during the war. but were now excluded
Mr. DrNISG asked the gentleman 20 inform the House
whether he thought the night Of representation must
commence at Antietam or Gettysbnre'
Mr.. NooRHTPs said he would answer by repeating a
sentence had already uttered. namely; that peace
and obedience the only guarantees for the future
which any Government can require and when peace
reigns he held tie people cannot be governed without
representation The present Is more peaceful than the
past and yet Congress ignores It's record OF the last
four years II II Dotted out. Beside what he
had mentioned. he said the principle that the Union
unbToken declared IN AL tie party platforms.
The time 10 which Mr. Noorhies was restricted by
the rules haTing expired,
On motion OF Mr.. SNIfu the House unanimously
granted an extension.
Mr.. VoORHEE~ IN continuation of his speech rlorsed
the vess OF the President the tariff question Taxes
legislation has destroyed the public liberty. The
PTcsdcn, having rITang from the oins Of the people
they will hail him their friend for he has not lost his
lovo and Tor the dignity OF labor On the leading
Of restoration an interesting chapter has been
written. lie submitted II TO another test on which II
lad been nssaed by those who cniui 10 be the only
f,icnd. az the Administration. Thew were engaged In
making IL appear that the President has done nothing
The gentleman from Pennsylvania lSir. Stevens pro-
roanced " impraciicabe aud untenahe. while an
srrugani senator sunnc pronounced the whole thing
iraud Members, too. had crowded INTO theiprcsence
OF the President saying his plan does not promise Ia
give success, and therefore must be recognized as
failare Then the msloriy AK him 10 sc, ii side
and not oycn his lips while they smash to
pieces his plan and knock 70 the
earth his almost completed structure. II IL their mis-
sion TO destroy. not 10 build up TO s,rew the broken
Fragments Under the peaceful policy 81 the President
We can celebrate victories not less renowned than
State after State Is constantly assisted by the President
To return to take their paces and they are welcomed
by the President. Let Congress initiate his example
an the New Year as n season OF universal
Joy May the two sections meet friends. and the
future of the American Union Will be hailed with the
love and praise Of all lis citizens
The above was some OF the points which elab
Grated by the Honorable gentleman twho after taking
his seat. was warmly congratulated by his friends.
SPEECH OF Mr.. BIyGHAM.
Mr. BINGHAM expressed his surprise at the speech Of
the gentleman from Indiana. When the Rebellion was
rife the President had support from the gentleman
and his friends lie had not forgotten that the gentle
man accustomed in his place 10 join IN the cry
cannot sustain the Government by arms" When the
was filed with limentatiOD and death the gentleman
was with his party among the consprators at Chicago
who in convention declared that the war tor the Union
was n failure. He would have remained silent but for
the fact that the gentleman would indoctrinate the
House and The country with the same fell spirit which
inanguraied the Rebellion The ecni.emans argument
could not be mistaken; IL was carefully prepared and
considered. Tie geniemans position was the same as
assumed fret and last by every man who entered into
the conspiracy and II maintained must lead 10 the de-
sructon Of the Constitution. II simply E" once a
Stat ,lu n
with full and equal representation and local legislation.
Wherein did this differ from what. maintained at
The commencement of the great struggle which happily
Lad ended well and no thanks 10 the gentleman or
his party but thanks only 10 God and the grand heroic
armies OF the Unon who stood "a wall VI Ere In de-
fense Of The country. Disguise as he may 1t
Was the position assumed here and nj the
other end ~ the capital by the conspirators who
struck ut our flag and liberties. The position was that
the people Of the United States. under their Consttu
tlon had not the lawful hight to seeding States
This embraced all tie genemans argument You
could cocrce neither by arms or By law; that they
might make war on the tnon seize the forts and Gus
tom houses and arms and muni:i0ns and hunt 10 death
true Union men. That was the position then, as
now lie asserted today. and challenged con.
tradction, that when they became Nationality by
the perfect union which sprung out OF the adoption
of the Constitution declared themselves armed with all
the power necessary to maintain ther nationality and
the supremacy Of the law against all caaors whether
allies beyond the waters; for Groat Britain and France
were tdrfccps orimHs He supported the right by yir
tue the Constitution TO exercise all power to suppress
internal ins nsurTection and foreign invasion.
Nr. VOORHEES, (Mr. Bngham!yielding the floor said
he expected 10 he scoded for what he had declared
The Americana MON being one OF States, formed
he did not know Of any power In the State or Federal
Government destroy the States. II that signifed
Oicc q State, always State" the gentleman was
rigf Ii hard epithets applied TO him. they also mp
pic to the President for the President declared that
The rue theory was that all the pretended acts Of Sc
from the beginning null and void that the
Stats attempting 10 secede had their vitality impaired
but MT exiting and their functions suspended
not DESTROYED But gentlemen said all the Stnes which
Of SrlrA sion lead MLn killcd