Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-05

SOh@ ~ AAGAMHkAAsAH w AAAN
Passage OT the ResOiU-
ton.
The cor current resolution which passed
the Senate on Friday was introduced into
the House By Hon. Thaddsus Stevens on
Tuesday, Feb. Goth, the day of the deliv-
cry Of the Presidents veto message. 1t
reads as follows:
Concurrent resolutions concerning the in
surrectionary States.
Be Il FssoIrcd 5v the House Of ReBr6Se8-
tGtiuss, (the Senate concurring,l That in
order to close agitation upon a question
which seems likely to disturb the action Of
the Government, as well as to quiet the
uncertainty which is agitating the minds
of the people Of the eleven states which
have been declared to be in Instruction,
no Senator or Representative shall be ad-
mitted INFO either branch Of Congress from
any Of said States until Congress shall
have declared such State entitled to such
representation.
The House occupied the entire day in
its consideration, the opposition fighting
1t with dilatory motions until they were
exhausted. 4 vote was finally reached,
and it was adopted by lO9 yeas to 40 nays
-Nessrs. Rousseau and Smith of Ken
lucky, R1aJey and Latham of West
Virginia, Raymond and Hale of New York,
and NcceH of New Jersey, seven in all,
who were elected as Republicans, voting
with the Democrats against it. 1t then
went to the Senate where it has been dis
cussed at much length, Mr.. Fessenden,
(Republican,) leading its supporters Mr..
Carrot Davis, (Copperhead,) and Mr..
Dixon, ~(Johrson,) its opponents, and Mr..
Sherman speaking on both sides Of the
question. Il was finally adopted on Fri
day, by voteof % to IS, Messrs. COtoaH
of Pennsylvania, DIXON Of Connecticut,
DooLttEs of Wisconsin, Lane of Kansas,
Morgan of New York, Norton of Mime
sofa, Stswart of n evada, and Van Wulkls
of West Virginia. deserving the Republi-
cans and voting with the Copperheads
against it. The Republi can vote in the
Senate against the resolution is the same
as that against the Freedmen's Bureau
Bill, except that Mr.. Wiley of West Vir-
ginia and Mr.. Lane of Kansas have
changed places, the former, who voted
against the Freedmen's Bureau Bill, now
voting for the concurrent resolution, and
0iee Oer8a.
Thus has Congress responded to the
President. Mr.. johnson has insolently
and defantly presumed to usurp the Le-
gislative functions of the Government
ands,o say to.Congress whom it ought arc
when it ought not to admit to its halls.
He has taken the position that all men
who will swear to support the Constitu-
ton should be admitted. But Congress
has responded to this attempt at Execu-
tive dictation By the adoption of d resolu-
ito which rests the decision Of the cases Of
Southern representatives, not on their in
dividual loyalty, but on the loyalty Of the
section and State which they represent.
This is the true basis for deciding the
question. The loyalty of an individual
representative i an important matter, but
the loyalty Of the State which he repres-
ents a vastly more essential one.
By the passage Of this resolu-
ton Congress has completed the
issue which the President has precipi-
tated. 1t has announced its policy,
and that policy is precisely the opposite
of Mr.. Johnson's. Tho latter says
"Admit tie Southern representatives
NOW The former " Ne
shall soais till 1ss are satisfied Of the loyalty
Of the States ,o5iei tiey represent" The
power and the right to decide the matter
rests with Congress only and SO, by the
passage Of this resolution, the first victory
is already won. But if an appeal be
taken to the people, we can go before
them on the issue now so clearly made,
confident of their ~unwavering support.
1t is q matter for congratulation that
this resolution, which SO definitely an
u the Congressional as opposed to
the Presidential policy, has received such
overwhelming support from the Republi-
can party. Only seven so-callod Republi-
cam in the House, and eight in the Senate,
fifteen in all, out Of one hundred and
eighty-threc, voted against the r~esolu-
ton. These gentlemen constitute the
Presidents party as distinguished from
Republicans on the one hand and from
Copperheads on the other. Their strength
might be increased on a full vote to
twenty but hardly to a greater number.