Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-06
VOL. XX---NO. 90.


b The House resumed the consideration o
t the Senate bill to ealarge the powers of tn,
/ Freedmen's Bureau. s
Mr.. TRIMBLE, of Kentucky, opposed tht
bill. He regarded it as striking the very
70 foundation on which liberty rests.
Mr.. GRINNELL,of Iowa, while support
: ing the bill, took occasion to reply to the
gentleman who had just addressed the
House, denouncing the same oppression and
j crime winch had been perpetuated, and the
: injury which the gentleman defended. -
Mr.. TRIMBLE wished to know whether
T the gentleman was personal in his remarks.
l Mr.. GRINNELL replied he applied them
: to the state which the gentlemsn defended,
and while proceeding with his speech made
use of the term Your President
: Mr.. RANDALL asked what gentleman
he meant by saying " Your President -,
Mr.. GRINRELL replied the President,
the gentleman who said at Nashville that
he would be the Moses" to lead out the
! children Of Israel. r G--z - !
Mr.. RANDALL said be esteemed the
PRESIDENT, he supported his policy, because
he was calculated TO restore the Union as of
Yorei -tg .5
Mr.. STEVENS said the bill as it stood
contemplated turning off the negroes at the
end OF three years from the land on which
| they had been located by the government.
Hem. he moved to strike out this Objectionable
T. Mr.. SMITH moved as an amsudmant
that none of the provisions of this act ex-
tend or be enforced in the State of Ken
| tuckv. =
Mr, STEVENS offered q resolution set
| ting apart the evenings for general debate,
/ and in pursuance Of the same the House
took a recess to u o'clock for that purpose.
' Z EVENING SESSION. Il
Mr. HUBBEhI, from Ohio, made a speech /
to show. that Abraham Lincoln, in his proa-
lamation and. other acts, contemplated the
reestablishment of the loyal States in the |
South at the earliest possible moment. He
offered an amendment to change the basis
of representation from the population to
voters or something equivalent, so as to con
firm the new order of things, and ample and I
complete protection to freedmen. ~,
Mr.. RANDALL affirmed that the rebel
States have never been out Of the Union:
70 say so is to admit the right of secession,
which we have been at war to prevent he
declares that States cannot commit treason,
but individuals could. I II
Mr. LAWRENCE, of Ohio, vindieated the |
policy OF the government, in relation to the !
punishment Of traitors. House adjourned
SENATE. 2
Mr., DoOLITTLE stated that he would | /
Y
rights had he been in the Senate on Friday, !
when the vote was Gaken. .--. s- !
Mr.. WILSON presented the petition of U
Gen. Sherman and other officers for an in | 4
crease of pay. The petition was referred to 4
the Military Committee. -r .
Mr.. HOWARD presented a petition of b
citizens of Detroit, asking for protective q
tariff Referred to the Financial Committee 8
Mr.. CHANDLER, from the Committee on | .
n q 1 -, 4
the issue of american registers to vessels a
whose owners procured foreign registers Il
during the war, and asked that it be passed i
.
Mr.. SHERMAN asked that the bill lie
over until tomorrow as it was very impor-
5ant, and it was SO ordered.
Mr.. FOOTE offered a resolution, which |
vas adopted, calling on the Secretary of
War for the report Of General Roberts, set
ing forth his views as TO the best mode of 10
eclaiming the swamp lands in the basin of In
he Mississippi. ai Gs si9T Gao ar
By a clerical error in the report of a N
ecent day proceedings, the bill introduced 10
y Mr.. Anthony to regulate suffrage in the az
District off Columbia is made to confer the IN
ight of suffrage only upon white persons. / n
t confers it upon all male persons resident W
q the District one year prior to the election ca
Mr.. RAMSAY, of Minnesota, presented co
memorial from the citizens Of Minnesota, lie,
skiing for the establishment Of q Bureau of &c
iducation at Washington to have charge Of Or
be educational interests of the country
nd to establish common schools in every .
art of the Union. =,
Mr. CLARK, Of New Hampshire, from a A
lie Committee on Claims, reported adverse II
upon several petitions for compensation or
II losses, incurred by invading armies, in ia'
and nlsawhara |
Mr.. NYE, of Nevada, callod up bill for nj y
ie relief of Paymaster RittenhOuse, of the All
acifc squadron, to indemnify him for the I'M
ss Of Government funds stolen from his OF
lfe. WI
In the discussion of the above measure
Ir. Wilsen, who opposed it. stated that the
had lost less than a half million III,
trough the negligence Of Paymasters SINCE of
le commencement of the war he thought
best TO hold every one of them TO strict de
,eount, and not set bad precedent at this wi
me, when there were SO many settle
ents with Paymasters being made. Pend in
ig discussion on the above. to
Mr.. FESSENDEN said / gave notice that DR.
4 Monday 1 would ask the Senate to pro-
ed to the consideration Of the joint resolu-
on for an amendment to the Constitution
,ported by the Com. on reconstruction, and 1S
, | understand, that the Senator from Mas Io'
Ieasure, and other gentlemen understood
e is to do SO to-day, ,2I shall make motion
lat all further consideration of this bill be ab
until Tuesday, and that we pro- Ga
,ed to the consideration Of the joint resolu- ali
on. ..,- III -g- tai
Mr.. STEWART, of Nevada, spoke of the al,
ecessity of taking action on the bill for the all
omission of Colorado.
Several ISenators replied that the bill for 4
I'll hak 1lray, akl l
ny time. ~ .4 .--. e.
The joint resolution was then read, pre- ~ -,
,ribing the following amendment u
Representatives shall be appor- ~,
oned among the several States which may "
g included within this Union, according to
1eir respective numbers, counting the -
hole number Of persons in each State, ex-
Iuding Indians not taxed, provided that
Thenever the elective franchise shall be "
enied or abridged on account of color, all al
ersons of such race or color shall be ex- III
luded from the basis of representation.
Mr.. SUMNER took the floor and after a pc
Nv Introductory remarks called for the CT
eading of the following proposition offered .
Y him as a substitute for the above reso-
ltion:
WHEREAsedt is provided that the Consti- n
ution of the United States shall guarantee -,
, every State in the Union Republican II
i
WHEREAS, By reason Of the failure of GER -,
ain States TO maintain governments which -
congress can recognize, it has become the
uty Of the United States, standing in the r
lace of guarantees where the principal has W
nade lapse, to secure to such States ac- NJ
ording to the requirement of the guaranty as
government Republican in form and cr
WHEREAS, Further, it is provided in a re- y,
ent constitutional amendment that Congress ~
nay enforce the prohibition of slavery by y
legislation, and it is important p
o this end that all relics Of slavery should NJ
,e removed, including ali distinction of pi
lights on account of color; now therefore, to al
AIRY out the guaranty of a Republican form b.
f government, and to enforce the prohibi- al
ion of slavery, be it --- d,
Resolved, By the Senate and House of a,
that in all States lately de- II
dared to be rebellion, there shall be no oil =, -
,archy aris .ocriey, caste or monopoly inyes- a. a.
ed with peculiar privileges and powers, u
md there shall bo no denial of rights, civil q
II political, on account of color or race, but Il
III persons shall be equal before the law, b
whether in the Court room or at the ballot eC
,ox, and this statute made in pursuance of 81
he Constitution, shall be the supreme law ls
# the land anything in the Constitution or "
avs of any such State to the contrary not in
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