The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-05-31
The ye,. York Press the Passage OF the
Constitutional Amendment.

SEy YoRE Nav 1.-The Post saws, eiitoriailv, of
OF the House the Reeonstruction Report,
.th4, the first and fourth sections superuous and
unnecessary. The third section, which dlsfranchises
the of the Southern people till after 1870 Is,
we believe fennei by judicOus injurious,
and productive Of and hostility; while the
ond section is eminenty Just and necessary and ex-
pedient, and all that = required on the subject
hope the Senate viii Juticiousiy prune away the
superhaou- substance from this auiendment, and pre-
TO the States measure OF whose justice and
proprietv there te no doubt
The Times makes editorial comment but I'D lts
Washington despatch gives this explanation Of the
"Mr. Stevens then To close the debate. and
made acrimonious bitter, and vindctive speech, IN
which he appealed the passions and hatred OF his
fellow members to oppose any effort 70 change this
proposition. He then moved the previous question,
and the disgraceful game of the Democrats was at
once apparent As on the passage of the District
Suffrage Bill, this occasion, the Copperheads
GENE Mr.. Stevens rescue prevent any amend
the joint resolution. There clear
ortv the Republican side in favor of amending by
striking out, or changing, the third section Mr. Ste
knew this, and summoned his Copperhead allies
sustain his demand for the previous question This
they did, and the demand sustained nearly all the
Democrats voting with Mr.. Stevens. Then on ordering
the main question be put. the yeas and nays
demanded in order get these Copperheads record
This frightened of them, and at the close of the
roll call there majority against ordering the
M in question Whereupon such worthless as Jack
Rogers of New Jersey, Kerr and Niblack Of Indiana
Eldridge, of Wisconsin, and Chaner of n. York, the
rebel wing of the Democratic party In the House,
either changed their votes from the negative to the a
NATIVE, asked that their be recorded when the
the main question ordered by i've majority The
Republicans then wheeled into solid line, and passed
the resolution by the immense majority of niuety-one
votes; the Copperhead factiou poweriess for further
mischief sneakng into their seats, and record
ing Insignificant vote against the proposition BY
his coalition between the extremes the majority OF
the Union party in the House was prevented from
changing the resolution as they desired but as the
previous question is unknown in the Senate, it will
undoubtedly be put in proper shape there, and the
House will ultimately agree to despite the efforts of
factions a both extremes.
The H-ruid calls attention to Mr.. Raymond's vote,
and adds that 'the constitutional amendment thus
rushed through the House has to pass the ordeal
of Senate In that body it NAV perhaps succeed,
and it may be doomed to failure. But If ii pass the
Senate, and if the two bills follow, there yet remains
appeal To the people
The Trt,,se SAYS, 1.-The amendment new goes 70 the
Senate aud will be carried by taan the
requisite two 1t is what would have but
believe in taking the best get, as the true
way to get more hereafter. The proposition may be
amended here it would have been ia the House, but
for the Democratic opposition.