Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-05-01
adjourned. AZ
HOUSE 0F REPR ESENIA TINES

| TRIAL OF JEFF DAVIS.
Inc ress0qlngons offered on January q, by Mr.
ment Of Jefferson Davis and his trial either by court
or military tribunal, came up as the unfinished bust
| moss OF laSt'MonGay,s morning hour
Mr.. Julian, Of Indiana briefly addressed the House
| in support of the resolutions. He begged he said
not ask for what he desired and ySa Sa
the nation desired and all it would ask is that ordi-
nary justice should be meted out to the most extra
| should be made odious. The Constitution declared
that treason should be punished with death. and he
did not wish to tho Constitution violated In that
| respect any moro than in any other. Ii would not
do to say thai the treason of the rebellion had been
| punished enough already. He would favor amnesty
for the ignoIant and misguided but he would punish
the leaders for nothing remains more plain than for
the nation to execute its aefacors. Their adequate
punishment involved the whole question of the r;-
bellion To tritle with it was to mock dead he
Toes mako treason respectable. and place loyalty
under the ban IN the name of the millions who had
gone before their Maker and in the name of the Iiv-
Ing soldiers ho deInandedthep punishment of Jefferson
The resolutions were then referred to the Judica ar
| Committee.
Mr.. Whaley, Of W. Va, introduced bill to pro-
ylde Tor the payment OF horses turned over to tho
| Government by loyal owners during the war. Re
| ferred to the Military Committee.
COURTS MARTIAL
On motion OF Mr.. Highly, Of Cal, resolution was
| adopted. lnstructlng the Committee on Military At
requiring the Secretary of War and the Judge Advo-
cate General to furnish certificates Of acquttaI to par
!
-, ME- Hlgay, OF Cal offered resolution inStructing
the Committee on Public Expenditures to investiga
| the compromises OF frauds on the Revenue, alleged
to nave taken place in connection with the tustOn
House at Boston, and to ascertain what dispositon
| has been made of the moneys paid on such cornpro-
mIses; nso to investigate such other alleged frauds
| upon the Customs of Internal Revenue. rs If NAV
advisable, and whether any vexatious salts have been
commenced against importers and others, brought or
investigated by any person or persons connected with
the Customs Internal Revenue Service in the cities
oi Bostop and New York. with power to send for per-
TonS anu papers. 70 taRe testimony IN New York or
Boston, and to stdurlng the recess which was agreed
| RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE.
| Mr. Stevens Of Pa, from the Committee On Recon
| strCctlon, reported the following Constitutional
to provide for The restoration Of the States in
| ~ instruction to their full political rights
Whereas it is expedient that the States lately in
insurrection shold, at the earliest day Consistent
Tlth the future peace and safety of this Union be re-
stored to tuil participation in all political rights; and
HheTeGa the Congress aid, by joint resolution pro-
pose Tor ratification to the Legislatures of the several
States; as an amendment to the Constitution Of the
LnIted States, an article in the following words to
| Il joint resolution proposing an amendment to tho
Constitution of the United States:
be u eaacted Gy the Senate aad House Of Rp,esen-
tat!Ge9 oJ he UHHed States Of America in Congress
GSSem5(cd. lGwo-thirds Of both Houses concurring)
That the following article be proposed to the Legis-
iatures OF the several states amendment to tho
Constitution ot the United States, which when rat-
hed by three-iourths of said Legislatures shall be
valid as part OF the Constitution, namely:
Sec. 1. No State shall make or enforce anv law
Whlcn snail abTldge the privileges immun,teS of
citizens Of the United States shall any State de-
prye any person of life, liberty or property 5ithoI,t
due process oflaw, nor deny to any person within tS
| jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Sec. 2 Representatives shall be apportioned among
the several States which may be Included wi hin fb
Union according to their respective numbers count
ing the whole number of persons in each State ex-
| GLIDING Indians not taxed, But whenever in any
State the elective franchise shall be denied to pDy
portion OF It's male citizens not less than twenty
years OF age or IN any way abridged except for par
in such state shall be reduced in the
proportion which tho number of such malScitizens
shall bear to the whole number of male citizens not
| less than twenty-One yea ) of age.
Sec. 3. Until the fourth day of july 1870 all per-
sons who voluntarily adhered 10 the late insurrrc-
ton, giving It aid and comfort. shall be excluded
from the right 10 vote for members of Congress and
for electors for President and Vice President of the
Sec. 4. Neither the United States nor any State
shall assume or pay any debt obligation already
incurred, or which may hereafter be incurred in aid
OF nsurrecuon or OF war against the United States,
or any clalm or compensation Tor loss OF ofinvOuntary
| service or labor.
Sec. 5. Congress shall have power to enforce by
appropriate legislation the provisions of this article
ho'c, therefore. be 4 enacted, de, That whenever the
| above stated amendment shall have become part OF
the constitution, and any State lately nsurrection
snail have ratified the sa0e, and shall have modified
It's constitution and laws in conformity Herewith the
| Senators and Representatives FROM such State il
| found duly cltcte! and qualified, may after having
taken the required oath Of office, be admitted into
Sec. = Aad be It further enacted, That when any
| State lately III iDsurreCton shsl have ratified the
| foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution
any part OF the direct tax under the act Of August
| 1901. which may remain due and unpaid in such
! state, may pe assumed and paid by such State; and
! lhe payment thereof, upon proper assurances from
such State 10 be given TO tae Secretary Of tle Tre2
sury OF the United States, may be postponed for a
period not exceeding ten years from and after the
biz deG,laTing certain persons Ineligible to Office
| under the Government of the United states.
CEttctsQ, hal hp oil hIs
| to any office under the Government Of the United
States who is included in any thefoliowing classes
First. The President and Vice President Of the Con.
ederate States Of America so-caled. and the heads
second Those who in other countries acted rs
agents Vi the States Of America socalled
Third IiGads Of Departments Of the United States
o.ceTs OF The army and navy of the United States
and all persons educated at the Military and Naval
Academy of the United States, judges Of the courts
OF the DDlted states aud members Of either House Of
the Ihirty-siXth Congress of the United States who
| gave aid or comfort to the late rebellion.
Fourth. Those who acted officers of the COnfed-
crate States OF America, sO-called. above the grade
| of colonel in the army master in the navy, and
any whc as Governor of either Of the so-caiICd
Confederate States, gave aid comfort to the Tate
Fifth. Those who have treated officers or soldiers
or sailors OF the army or navy of the United States
captured during the late war, otherwise than law
| fully as prisoners of war,
Mr. Niblack, of Ind. rose TO inquire if this report
superseded the one made some time since in the
| the House.
Mr. stevens replied that did not, but that the re-
port made in the case Of Tennessee was still before
| the House.
Mr. Stevens then moved to make the Constitutional
amendment the special order for Tuesday, May s,
| 3lT. AncOna, of Pa, objected.
Mr.. Stevens moved to SUSPEND the rules which was
| then postponed until May s. and made the special
| orGer from day TO day until disposed of.
| MI Stevens, Of Pa, said he directed by the
COMMITTEE to say, that as soon as the testimony ta-
| ken by the Reconstruction Committee was printed
a,short written report on it would be made TO tbs
| House.
ABANDONED LANDS.
| Mr- Stevens. from the Committee o. Appropria-
onS, reported bill making appropriations for the
Bureau of Abandoned Lands and Refugees and Freed
men, for the fiscal year, commencing January 1866,
as follows: For salaries OF commissioners $l475O0;
ing $4,000; quarters and fuel $l5g00; for clothing,
$7OOOO for commssary stores, 81 ,Z0O 750 for mcdi
cpesr S5VO OoC Tor t5T9InHsportation 5IHp $4,000 for
| Sl8Q9Q The bill referred to the Committee of
| the Whole, and made the order for Tomorrow
| Mr.. Stevens, of Pa. asked but failed TO Obtain
leave to offer resolution, calling on the President
to transmit to the House Information, giving the
| number OF pardons granted, to whom granted, the
! amount OF property cOnfscated etc
| RAILROAD TO THE NORTHWEST
Dir; GARFIELD, OF Omo' introduced bill to con-
! struct continuous line of railroad from Washing
ton to the Northwest This bilreciteS that as there
| viii be continuous line Of railway from Washing
| ton to Cumberland, Md. when the Washington and
Point Of Rocks railroad is conpleted and as there
therefore, link to be filed between Cumberland
and Pttsburg, it is declared by the bill that full a-
thority be given to the Pittsburg and ConnesvilIe
| Railroad Company to complete their road between
Connellsville and PttsbUrg, and the same is made
! United States military and postal road The bill
was referred to the Select Committee Military AID
| Postal Railroads.
| Mr.. Garfield also introduced a bill to aid in the
construction OF railroad from PittSburg, Pa to
| Cleveland Ohio. " ~
| [This bill declares the Cleveland and Maboninq
| Railroad Company to be military and postal road
and authorizes it to construct its road between The
two points named
1t referred to the Select Committee on Military
| and Postal Railroad Companies
| TENNESSEE.
Mr.. Kuykendall, of ILL.,, introduced n series of reso-
lutions declaring that the State of Tennessee is
restored in all of her practical Constitutional rela-
TONS the same as before the war; which were referred
| TO the judiciary Committee.
| APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS
On motion of Mr.. Eliot, of Mass the House pro-
ceeded to consider the bill making appropriations
for the repair preservation. and completion of GER
tam public works heretofore commenced This bill
makes the following appropriations For improving
| the channel of the Susquehanna river below Havre
de Grace S2640 for Patapsco river S. 200; for the
Delaware Breakwater, SG0t00, and the Secretary of
war IS directed to cause survey of the Patapsco
river IRON Fort McHenry to its mouth.
Mr.. Eliot addressed the House in favor of a gene
raj system of internal improvements, especially on
the esern lakes and rivers. On the conclusion of
Mr. T.. speech, the bill was passed withoat di-
vision.
PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
MIR. Blaine, of Maine. rose to personal explana-
tion and said he had letter from General Fry de-
tending himself from the assault made on him by