New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-12

against them He did not believe that the Senator IRON
Michigan would have been guilty Of the USsr O' he
mitted by the Senator from Nevada Mr. Nyel wnen hs
said he woud hang Mr. Davis without trial. lie tnougn.
that would be murder Mr. Cowan thought that 10 execute
individual vengeance upon man-to hang nun
aw-was murder, and he who committed 1t murderer.
The law is supreme, and to the law alone he tnouh. "o
bowed he said we owed no allegiance TO congresses ~
Presidents in this country, and be thanked Goa fol ~ m
he hoped the day would come when we snonu pe
he'd TO obey anything but the law We were but slaves
when We wore the collar and harness Of and If ever
did, he thought we should be unworthy sons OF he!o
tonary sres The States said Mr. Cowan corporations
and the citizens corpOraors When any corpoatois
undertook TO prevent the purpose of the corporation was
the duty Of the United States to step IN and protect tne
oil er corporaors in the enjoyment Of their night Gen
tlemen talked Of the President restoring the states lie
would tell them that neither the President nor congress
could do anything Of the kind. The states must 10 Una.
for themselves. There two ways Of dong IL. one
was for the States to continue they were on the othe
hand it was right for the President, If he chose, TO set
aside the Rebel Government as uniahiui ana apPoine
persons to lake the trust would have been done by
Court
Mr. HOWE asked him where the President got the power
to appoint governors. ,
M C0wIs said he got il from his power Command.
er.nChief of the army; he got from his duty to see
that the laws executed He had nght 10 arrest Tue
rebels and traitors and he had right to appoint persons
IN watch over the trust 10 which their own people had
been unaithful. President Lincoln chose the latter al,
tentative Mr. Howard had asked where the President mao
power 10 confer political rights. Nobody ever r-etended
that the President ever conferred political rg on any
body He (Mr. Cowan) would go further and ming BACK
into teeth of the advocates of this doctrine that Coh
hst power has Congress 10 confer political rights?
Thank God the citizens OF the States held
other rights from a higher source than Congress
What had the war DONE Had il repealed any laws, or
DESTROYED any constitutions Certainly not. Then the
cessation Of the brought back the Southern states 10
their status quo Jeum The war was conguctea on
this ide but now that party that was foremost IN con-
Quoting the war was declaring the war failure, ana
its leaders were declaring =, disnnon to oe q q
fact The Senator from Michigan advocated a
,,lan that would never secure Union though IT
might conquest. There never such non Sc
quur that because the southern people were not
would do nothing but carry out the reasonable desires Oh
their constituencies. The Secretary Of State, said MI
CowaD entitled to more confidence tnan no hu ~
ceived a. the hands of Mr. Howard His rank as states
man and his position before the world entitled him to THIS
1t happened that Mr.. Seward agreed with the President
and disagreed with the Senator from Michigan AS many
of your new recruits and zeaots can batch out
of these turbulent times may come here ana ateHPt 10
essail the motives and designs OF Wham a. Se"at anu
the American people will remember him and abide by ms
coun sells or am very much mistaken. There Is no ne
construction except that which comes ID obedience
to the laws. The doctrine advanced by III =:
| Howard is disunon. IL shuts the door OF
hope e Mr Cowan could not stand over the graves OF
two huadred thousand Union soldiers and say that tney
were no men who said there was no Union was lac
non in powor here who said the Southern people were
unit 60 in and why Because come IN as they may
they will never join with these extremists However ueh
he Nr Cogan might deprecate the accession OF party
oppossd To him. he still would bow in submission TO the
will of the people, not to do SO was to be secessohSt
like the secessOnsts OF 1860 IL was SAID now Una, we
con I trust the Democratic party IL was then said We
can 4 trust the Republican party
AT the conclusion Of Mr.. CowaD's speech the question
was taken upon the following amendment:
That no person exercising performing undertaking TO
exercise perform duties OK Office which BY law are
required be filed by the advice and consent OF the senate
shall before continuation receive any compensation Tor DIS
services unless commissioned by the President TO b va
cancy occasoned by DEATH resignation expiration OF term
during the the Senate and since its last adjournment
The vote was as follows:
YT.s-Messrs Anthony Chandler, Clark. Harris Hender
son. Howard. Howe. Lane Qnd) morrill, Nye fomeroy'
| Ramsay Sprugue, Sumner. Trumbul and W aee-l6 49,
NAYs-Messrs Buckalew Cowan Davis Dixon. Doollttle
Edmrnds Feesenden Foster Guthrie johnson Lane kan'
> Dc onga Morgan Nesmitb Norton, Poland. Riddle,
salisbury Sherman Stewart Van Wrinkle, whey wilson
%.
Absent or not yoting-Messrs. Brown CONFESS Cragin
crerwe Grimes Hendrieks Kirkwood, Williams, Wright,
Yates Il, -,
So The amendment was disagreed TO, and the bill was
then passed. -, ,
Tho senate q. AIS went into Executive session, and
after adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The House is not in session to-day.