The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-04-11

Passage Of the Civil Rights hill.
The passage Of the Civil Rights Bill in the
Senate on the 9TH, is thus described by the
reporter of the Associated Press in the tele-
graphic columns Of the dailies
Al o'clock the message Of the President
vetoing the civil rights bill was taken up.
Mr. LANE defended at great length the
President from the charges Of usurpation
and dictation. lie said the President APP
proved Of the resolution he had offered.
| lie said: MIR. President, l am not as COLI
versant with the constituents of the Sena-
tor from Ohio rs he is, but l will venture
the assertion thnt outside of Now England
there is not single state in the Union-not
one Statc--but will, by vote, indorse the
policy of reconstruction rs advised by
President johnson, and expressed in that
Joint resolution. You cannot go before the
people Of this country on policy to give
unqualified suffrage to the blacks. The
/ President has been and is now, in my judy
mcnt, rs anxious to harmonic the difficult
ties Of the Union party as any Senator on
this floor If he was met in the same spirit,
that party would be reunited md this Union
would be restored. His advances are met
by insult his advances are met by dcnun-
citation from the heads Of the Republican
party on this Senate floor, in language with
ont \ parallel SO far as l am concerned,
Mr. President, propose to day and hcreaf-
ter to take my position alongside Of the
President Of the Republican party, and stand
there unfinchingly, defending him against
the Senator from Ohio, IS ! defended his
predecessor against the same Senator.
Mr.. WADE said, in reply: Who is your
President, that every man must bow to his
| q ~ hv cir uvn n
know him he is no stranger TO this b.dy.
We have measured him, sir; we know his
height, his length, his breadth, and his ca
paci,y-all about him and you set him up
as a paragon, and declare here upon the fioor
Of this Senate that you are going to wear his
collar. Is that the idea-that you are going
, 10 be his apologist and defender in whatever
, he may propose. Three millions of people,
sir arc exposed 10 the outrages and insults
and murder from these worse than savages,
, their former masters; murdered, as we are
told, every day; their lives taken away !;
their humanity trampled under foot; ana
Y when Congress, under the Constitution OF
the United States, is endcavoring to tender
them some little protection, how are We met
here? Every attempt of your Moses has
| been to trample them down-making them
worse, and throwing every obstruction in
n the way of everything proposed by Con-
= gress.
= Mr.. LANE in reply-Wear collar! In
dic,ed for treason! Pro slavery and grand
e Jury! Hunted from State to State by n writ
D founded upon that indictment for treason
i. A hundred thousand dollars offered for my
head! Jim Lane wear q collar.. Great
: God! Mr. President, wherever he is, know
!, that George is denied fer false by both friend
J, and enemy
D Mr.. WApE-I wish he was.
Mr. LANE read the extract given above.
and said he appealed to Mr.. Wade to with.
Q draw the serious charge he had made
g against the President. He (I.ane) would no,
defend the Presidents speech of the 22d Of
. February, as it was made under excite.
4 menl.
: Mr.. DooLrTTLE said he had striven to pre-
: vent collision between Congress and the
Executive, and Was sorry to see DISPOSE
ton among some Of his friends toward the
Executive, as though he was unworthy Of
their confidence 1t contains propositions
upon which the ablest men--men in whom
we had undoubted con6dencc--differ, and
trusted the bill could be placed in charge Of
= the Judiciary Committee, and that Commit
tee would frame one which would avoid tht
7, objections raised to it in this body, in the
y other House, and by the Executive. III,
n tons between Congress and the Executive
IS The Legislature of his State had passed 9
- resolution requesting him to vote for til.
d civil rights bill, the Presidents objections
y thereto notwithstanding. He had already
y set forth at length his objections to thu
J. measure, and he could not vote for it, ant
>. would abide by the consequences. lie en-
>. tertained the highest respect for the gentle
} men composing the Legislature Of his State
y but standing where he did, he saw wha
e they could not they were Mt distance, ant
y influenced by party press and persons in
# terested in continuation Of disorder in thu
g South
II Mr.. DAVIS opposed the bill, favoring thu
e veto. lie said il the bill became n law h,
IS should feel compelled to regard himself al
n enemy of the Government, and to work fo
e its overthrow.
1t MIR. SALISBURY said he should consider
1t the passage Of the bill as inaugurating revo
70 luton and that it would lead to bloodshed
st war, and disunion.
le MIR. YATES urged Senators to march for
o. ward in the performance Of their duty, and
lie to do il now and hereafter.
t. The vote was then taken" Shall the bill
pass, the Presidents veto to the contrary
E. notwithstanding!
10 YEAs-Mcssrs. Anthony Brown. Chandler, Clarl
CONFESS, Cragip. Cresswell Edmunds fessenden. Fo'
:" ter, Grimes Harris, Henderson, Howard Hove, kin
wood, Lane Of Indiana, Morgan, Morrill, Nye, Poland
* Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Stewart Sumner
II Trnmbuil, Wade Wiley, Williams Williamson, Yate
~ -33.
'e NAYs-Messrs. Bnckalew, Cowan, Davis, Doolittl'
II Guthrie, Hendricks johnson, Lane II Kansas McDor
Ii gall, Ne-mh Norton, Riddle salisbury, Van Wrinkle
" Wright-1j.
le ABsENT-Mr. Dixon.
8 When Mr.. Morgan recorded his vote in
is the affirmative, the galleries applaudcd yer.
n loudly The Chair announced, amid grea
l. applause, that the bill, having received
st two -thirds vote, had become n law.
Is On motion Of MIR. TRuMBuLL, the Sccrc
!, tary Of the Senate was ordered to commnni
q cate to the House copy Of the veto message
l. together with the result Of the vote, abov
% given.
!, The Senate adjourned at G30 p. m, t
r meet on Monday next.