Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-07-14
OHIO IIaTEa0
vol q ]l Xslx-.---No. l64 IG; !.


zMr. GUTHRIE, from ths COMMITTEES ol
Finance, reported joint resolution respect
ing the payment Of the interest upon II
war debt due 70 tbs several States. With al
ams1dmens Ut BsingOn tAs aeeend ssctionl
Sec. I'd. "Ths said accounting officer
shall, in like naanhsr, report the claim 0
: each State for interest on the monies Der
rowed and actually expended Tor The uua o
the United States during the rshallion; anc
that the same rules shall be observed Bhief
were prescribed in the State of MARYLAND
; for Interest on monies expended BY Der fol
the uss and benefit of the United States dur
ing the late war With Great Britain, and
chapter SO OF the acts of the sXIXth Con
gress, at its first session IN 1926" ~ Q
Mr.. WILSON introduced the following
which was objected to By Mr.. JOHNSON
and goes over:
| Resoircd, That the President Of the Unit
ed States be requested to furnish to the
Senate the record of the Court Of Enauiry
upon the murder Of twenty three United
States soldiers at Kingston, Nc, in 1884,
by the rebel Generals Hoke and Pickett,
under the charge of being deserters from
the rebel army, together with the findin e
Of said court, aud the action, if any, taksn
thereon s..t fffgy ia lis s. '-.a.s.
Mr., WILSON reportsd bill concerning
the three months extra pay Of volunteers
when mustered out Of The service and dis
charged. Pa --4a.a ." Hefis5 F-ltp
Mr. WILSON reported, without amend
ment from the Committee, the biil %
amend the aetProviding for the paymsnt Of
horses and other properly lost in the United
islAtes service. - Z 2
Mr.. HOWAR refstted' from the Military
COMMITTEES a jointreaOlution giving 10 the
| Union Pacific Railroad the right of WaY
through military reservations, which was
passed. --3a+zt ~ a4ia =
Mr.. P0MERoY, from the Committee on
| Public Lands, reported two billB to revive
to certain Southern States the benefit Of an
act granting public lands to construct rail
roads. Ordered printed. ha 49, >.
Mr.. WILLIAMS offered a motion to re-
consider the vote on the bill to resnnex
| Alexandria to the District Of Colombia,
1 which was defeated in the Senate.
The Niagara Ship Canal bill was taken
| up on the expiration Of the morning hour,
the pending question being on the motion
of Mr.. Morrill, to postpone the bill until De-
| cember.
Mr.. HARRIS spoke in favor of the motion
/ to postpone GiTsG rs1 l.ft
Mr.. TRUMBULL spoke against the post
penement and spoke Of the great national
importance of the proposed work as sufi-
eient to require tho immediate passage o
the bill.
Mr. HENDRICKS hoped the bill would
be postponed. He did not believe its passage
at the present session would accomplish
any good. HO was in favor Of the postpone
ment of this and other pending measures
/ Of Importance. It was time for adjourn
Inent. There were issues enough already
made up to go before the country. Congress
had neglected itsSnost important duty, that
of restoring harmony between the two sec
tions by admitting Southern States to rep
resentation in Congress.
Mr.. TRU MBULL wished to know If the
Senator frem Indians was in favor Of plac-
ing the control of States lately in rebellion
in the hands Of rebels. Is the Vice Presi-
dent of the late Confederacy to come in
here as Senator Is his colleague. Her
schell V. Johnson,) fresh from the rebel
Congress, to come here as a Senator to leg
islate for loyal people of this country
Let the Senator from Indiana shake
off his party shackles and arise
TO the Union sentiment of the
country. Let him say to the people Of the
South you rebels who brought on this war;
who oecssioned this desolation and woe
throughout the land, must stand back and
let the loyal men of the country rule the
country. Let him unite with US in, de-
manding that loyal men shall contiol the
country, and will unite with the Ssnatgr
from Indiana in welcoming their Represen-
tativss to seats here. If the Senator wants
this harmony restored, II he wants friendly
intercourse among the inhabitants of thu
rebel States, he cannot have it until there
Is Union sentiment in the South thai will
safety in trayeling through the late Febel
l,r ..,1 - e..
He can't have it when the national flag
cannot be borne in safety through the streets
of Mobile. He can't have it when loyal
men and women are not permitted TO 60
and scatter flowers upon the graves Of the
heroes who fell to maintain the Union The
loyal element Of the country and the Union
men of this nation have suffered too much
and too 1liaRR.to have friendship with the
trait ught ruin upon the eoun-
try persist in depressing loyal
Mr.. HENyHICKS said he would not'pro
long discussion on a question not directly
relevant to the bill, but would reply di-
rectly TO the Senator from illinois, He Mr..
Trumbull) asks question, or rather states
a proposition, that the srelation between
these States cannot be restored, while l,
and others who think as l do, are in favor
of placing the Southern States under tire
control of rebels and giving rebels q right
to representation in Congress- think
Congress has no control over the selection
Of officers of States. As an Indiana man ]
am not willing to give up to the Federal
Government, and l think as an Illinois man
that Senator would hardly ask that II
linoia should give up to the Federal Govern
ment the control of the officers Of that State,
or that the Federal Government should in
frcI fhESr al
serve the Senator's purpose on huskins, but
will hardly serve his purpose here to say !,
or any with me in opin on, are now adYo-
eating admission to seats in this body, or
the House of representatives., Of persons
directly connected with rebellion. The
Senate knows very we'll there now stands
upon the statute books Of the United States,
and the rules of the Senate, provision re-
curing every person who claims seat in
the Senate to take most solemn oath.
Mr.. TRUMBULL-Is the Senator from
Indiana in favor of that law and rule?
Mr.. HENDRICKS said that his votes
would best express his views on that ques-
ton. He had asked 10 repeal the law. Does
the Senator from Illinois consent TO its re-
peal?
Mr.. TRUMBULL-Certainly not. Will
the Senator from Indiana help me to keep
it in force ? =. -
Mr.. HENDRICKS said that while the
law remained-although he might have
doubts as TO its eonstitntionality-he would
not vote for the admission Of any man who
c4uld not take the prescribed cath. II he
lHendricks) knew a man to be unable 70
take that oath, he would be opposed to his
admission. The question was, however,
not whether rebels should take seats in Con-
rress. It was not whether any manfTbo
had been connected with the Rebellion in
any way, be admitted twas whether men
selected by competent authority IN the
Southern States should be admitted.
Mr.. fTRUMBULI replied to Mr.. Hen
bricks and discussion sprung up be-
tween these two gentlemen, in which the
whole question of the status Of the. late
rebel States was treated. The bill was then
postponed. Yeas "a, naysll. y.
Mr.. WILEY introduced bill to provide
for restoring the States lately in insurrec-
ton to their fdll political rights, which af-
ter reciting in preamble the last constitu-
tional amendment, read as folloBss 4
RESOLVED, That whenever any State lately
in insurreetion shall have satisfied the
above recited constitutional amendment
the Senators and Representatives from said
States, if found duly elected and qualified
may, after having taken the required oath
of Office, be admitted into Congress as such.
Ordered 10 be printed t
Mr.. FESSENDEN offered Joint resolR-
ton authorizing the Commissioners Of Inter
nal Revenue TO suspend the collection of in
ternal tax due prior to July 5th, 1886, in
the LIST District of Maine, from PerEons
owning propsrty or doing business in the
burnt district Of Portland until the next